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doe 成语

doesn't add up

is not logical, does not make sense One shot was fired, but three cows are dead. It doesn't add up.

doesn't mince words

does not say nice words when complaining, call a spade a spade When Greta is angry she doesn't mince words. She tells you what is bothering her.

doesn't wash

is not believable, is not logical, does not make sense His explanation doesn't wash. If a millenium begins at year 1, how does he account for the first year?

Easy does it!

Be very careful! / Don't do anything too fast or too hard!

easy does it

do something without sudden movements or too fast "Easy does it" he said as he helped to move the large piano.

how does that grab you

how do you feel about that? A holiday in Greece - how does that grab you?

if a mussel doesn't open don't eat it

if you force things to happen you may regret it, leave well enough alone If you force a child to talk, you may regret it. As they say, If a mussel doesn't open, don't eat it.

if that doesn't beat all

that is the best/biggest/ worst I have ever seen Fifty people in a phone booth - if that doesn't beat all!

John Doe

name used for an unknown person Why do the application forms use "John Doe" as the name of the person who is applying for something?

money doesn't grow on trees

money is not easy to get, we value our money "Father said, ""Money doesn't grow on trees, boy. You earn it."""

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

"kids are like their parents; a chip off the old block; like father, like son" I looked at the father, then at the son, and I thought, The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

doe

an endearing term for a stupid person or dumbass. (You call your friends does when they do something airheaded.)"Which one of you does locked the keys in the car?"

really doe

(interj) wrong spelling of "Really though", used to emphasize a point

Pretty is as pretty does

Idiom(s): Pretty is as pretty does

Theme: PERSONALITY

you should do pleasant things if you wish to be considered pleasant.
• Now, Sally. Let's be nice. Pretty is as pretty does.
• My great aunt always used to say "pretty is as pretty does" to my sister.

A swallow does not make the summer.

One good event does not mean that everything is alright.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Children resemble their parents.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve

If a person doesn't know about something, it cannot hurt them.

Jane Doe

Jane Doe is a name given to an unidentified female who may be party to legal proceedings, or to an unidentified person in hospital, or dead. John Doe is the male equivalent.

Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doin

If the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, then communication within a company, organisation, group, etc, is so bad that people don't know what the others are doing.

Money doesn`t grow on trees

This means that you have to work to earn money; it doesn't come easily or without effort.

One swallow does not make a summer

This means that one good or positive event does not mean that everything is all right.

The apple does not fall far from the tree

Offspring grow up to be like their parents.

Time does sail

This idioms means that time passes by unnoticed.

What does that have to do with the price of tea in

This idiom is often used when someone says something irrelevant to the topic being discussed.

One swallow does not make a summer.

A single piece of evidence is not enough to prove anything.

John Doe|Doe|John

n. A name used for an unknown person, especially in police and law business. The alarm went out for a John Doe who stole the diamonds from the store.

damned if one does, damned if one doesn't|damn

adj. phr. No matter what one does, someone is likely to criticize one. No matter what decisions I make, there are always some people who will approve them and those who won't. It is a classical case of "damned if I do, damned if I don't."

doesn't add up to a can of beans|add|bean|beans|ca

v. phr. To be of little or no value. (Said of plans, ideas, etc.) "That's a fairly interesting concept you got there, Mike, but the competition is bound to say that it doesn't add up to a can of beans."

easy does it|easy

informal Let's do it carefully, without sudden movements and without forcing too hard or too fast; let's try to just hard enough but not too hard. "Easy does it," said the boss as they moved the piano through the narrow doorway.
Compare: TAKE IT EASY.

handsome is as handsome does|handsome

informal A person must act well and generously so that he will be truly worth respecting.

A proverb. Everyone thinks that Bon is a very handsome boy, but he is very mean too. Handsome is as handsome does.
Compare: FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE PINE BIRDS.

little does one think|little|think

v. phr. To not realize; not expect; be hardly aware of. Little did Ed think that very soon he would be the father of twin daughters.

crime does not pay

crime does not pay
Lawbreakers do not benefit from their actions. For example, Steve didn't think it mattered that he stole a candy bar, but he's learned the hard way that crime does not pay. This maxim, originating as a slogan of the F.B.I. and given wide currency by the cartoon character Dick Tracy, was first recorded in 1927. There have been numerous jocular plays on it, as in Woody Allen's screenplay for Take the Money and Run (1969): “I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot.”

does, doesn't

does, doesn't
see easy does it; handsome is as handsome does; how does that grab you?; left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, the; that does it.

handsome is as handsome does

handsome is as handsome does
How one acts is more important than how one looks. For example, He may be homely, but he's the kindest man I've ever met—handsome is as handsome does. This expression already appeared in John Ray's 1670 collection of proverbs.

that does it

that does it
Also, that does the trick. The last requirement has been fulfilled; that accomplishes it. For example, That does it; we're ready to send in the application now, or That last screw does the trick—it's fully assembled. Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1823) defines do the trick as “accomplish a robbery or other business successfully,” and presumably the it in the first term stands for the trick. [Early 1800s] Also see that's that.