含义: A new broom sweeps clean

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a new broom sweeps clean

an employee works hard on the first day or two, make a good impression "After my first day working for Grandfather, he said, ""A new broom sweeps clean."""

baby boomer

a person born during the decade after World War II Baby boomers will retire in the first decade of the 21st century.

boom box

portable cassette/CD player.

boys in the backroom

a group of men making decisions behind the scenes The boys in the backroom told us that we must close down the factory as soon as possible.

elbow room

room to move among people, space in a crowd On the streets of Hong Kong there wasn't much elbow room.

late bloomer

a person who is slow to mature or succeed Kelly is not doing well in math, but she may be a late bloomer.

make room

create a space, move out of the way Please make room so Miss Munro can walk to her car. Move, please.

make room for someone or something

arrange space for He made room for the new computer in the spare room.

new broom sweeps clean

a new person makes many changes We discovered the truth to the expression "a new broom sweeps clean" when our new boss changed everything in our organization.

the room is so small you have to go outside turn a

"the room is very small; so small you could barely swing a cat" It's not a large apartment. The bathroom is so small I have to to go outside to turn around.

zoom in

move the camera closer, magnify the subject Now zoom in for a photo of the baby. Get a close-up of her face.

afterboomer

newspaper slang for a person born between 1965 and 1974 after the baby-boom of 1946 to 1964

bloomer

a mistake

blooming

an intensifier: "It's blooming cold outside!"

shrooms

psilocybin/psilocin, mushrooms; a kind of hallucinogenic mushroom

zoom-in

an unexpected and usually undesirable kiss

doomed to

fated to meet；bound to注定要
The plan is doomed to failure／to fail．这项计划是注定要失败的。
He was doomed to ill fortune．他命中注定要遭厄运。

make room for

1． arrange space for为…腾出空地
We can easily make room for you at this table．我们很容易就能在这张桌上为你腾出位置。
2．be replaced by被…所替代
It's in the very nature of things that the old eventually makes room for the new．旧事物终将被新事物所代替，这是必然的。

room and board

Idiom(s): room and board

Theme: LODGING

food to eat and a place to live; the cost of food and lodging. (Fixed order.)
• That college charges too much for room and board.
• How much is your room and board?

not enough room to swing a cat

Idiom(s): not enough room to swing a cat

Theme: SIZE - SMALL

not very much space. (Folksy.)
• Their living room was very small. There wasn't enough room to swing a cat.
• How can you work in a small room like this? There's not enough room to swing a cat.

lower the boom on

Idiom(s): lower the boom on sb

Theme: SCOLDING

to scold or punish someone severely; to crack down on someone. (Informal.)
• If Bob wont behave better, III have to lower the boom on him.
• The teacher lowered the boom on the whole class for misbehaving.

loom large on the horizon

Idiom(s): loom large (on the horizon)

Theme: IMPORTANCE

to be of great importance, especially when referring to a possible problem, danger, or threat.
• The exams were looming large on the horizon.
• Eviction was looming large when the students could not pay their rent.

go to the bathroom

Idiom(s): go to the bathroom (2)

Theme: BATHROOM

2. to go into a rest room, bathroom, or toilet.
• BILL: Where is Bob? JANE: He went to the bathroom.
• John went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

doomed to failure

Idiom(s): doomed to failure

Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE

certain to fail, usually because of some obvious flaw.
• This project was doomed to failure from the very beginning.
• The play is doomed to failure because there is not a good story line.

take up room

Idiom(s): take up space AND take up room

Theme: SPACE

to fill or occupy space. (Note the variations in the examples.)
• The piano is taking up too much room in our living room.
• John, you're not being any help at all. You're just taking up space.

A new broom sweeps clean.

A newly-appointed person makes changes energetically.

Barrack-room lawyer

(UK) A barrack-room lawyer is a person who gives opinions on things they are not qualified to speak about.

Bedroom eyes

Someone with bedroom eyes has a sexy look in their eyes.

Elephant in the room

An elephant in the room is a problem that everyone knows very well but no one talks about because it is taboo, embarrassing, etc.

Green Room

The waiting room, especially for those who are about to go on a tv or radio show.

No Room to Swing a Cat

An unsually small or confined space.

give house room to

give space in your house to something: "I wouldn't give house room to that lamp. It's horrible!"

zoom in on

focus on something, pinpoint
"She zoomed in on his face while taking the picture."

baby boom|baby|boom

n. A sudden increase in the birth rate. The universities were filled to capacity due to the baby boom that followed World War II.

control room|control|room

n. A room containing the panels and switches used to control something (like a TV broadcast). While a television program is on the air, engineers are at their places in the control room.

elbow room|elbow|room

n. Adequate space to move around or to work in. He doesn't require a huge office, but we must at least give him elbow room.

ladies' room|ladies|room

n. phr. A public toilet and restroom for women. Can you please tell me where the ladies' room is?

live in|live|room|room in

v., informal To live in the school you attend or the place where you work. Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college. Many women advertise for mother's helpers to room in with families and help take care of children.

lower the boom|boom|lower

v. phr., informal To punish strictly; check or stop fully. The mayor lowered the boom on outside jobs for city firemen. Father lowered the boom on the girls for staying out after midnight.
Synonym: CRACK DOWN. The police lowered the boom on open gambling.

new broom sweeps clean|broom|clean|new|sweep|sweep

A new person makes many changes.

A proverb. The new superintendent has changed many of the school rules. A new broom sweeps clean.

paint a gloomy picture|gloomy|gloomy picture|paint

v. phr. To describe something in a gloomy, pessimistic way. We are sad because the weather forecast has painted a gloomy picture for all of next week when we go on vacation.

powder room|powder|room

n. The ladies' rest room. When they got to the restaurant, Mary went to the powder room to wash up.

rest room|rest|restroom|room

n. A room or series of rooms in a public building which has things for personal comfort and grooming, such as toilets, washbowls, mirrors, and often chairs or couches. Sally went to the rest room to powder her nose.
Compare: POWDER ROOM.

room and board|board|room

n. phr. A room for rent with meals included. A room alone in that country costs only $10 a day, but room and board together run $22 a day.

room clerk|clerk|desk|desk clerk|room

n. A person who is responsible for assigning rooms and providing service to guests in hotels, motels, inns, etc. At first-class hotels, room clerks are trained to be at the service of every guest. Sometimes resort hotels in the mountains hire college students as room clerks during the summer.

room service|room|service

n. Service provided to hotel guests in their rooms. Also: The hotel workers who give this service. We called for room service when we wanted ice. Room service will install a TV set in your room upon demand.

room with|room

v. phr. 1. To live in a furnished room with someone as a roommate without having an affair. I roomed with him in college for four years. 2. To live together as husband and wife without the benefit of marriage. Dan and Sue have been rooming together for quite a while and people are wondering if they will ever get married.

sonic boom|boom|sonic

n. A loud noise and vibration in the air, made when a jet plane passes the speed of sound (1087 feet per second). Fast jet planes sometimes cause a sonic boom, which can break windows and crack the plaster in houses below them. We thought there was an explosion or earthquake, but it was only a sonic boom that shook the house.

utility room|room|utility

n. A room in a house or building for machinery and other things important in the daily use of the building and the work of the people in it. There is a utility room upstairs where Mother does the laundry. The oil burner is kept in the utility room in the basement.

waiting room|room|wait|waiting

n. phr. The sitting area in a doctor's, lawyer's, accountant's, etc. office, or in a hospital, or other workplace, where people wait their turn. Some doctor's offices have elegantly furnished waiting rooms with magazines, newspapers, and coffee for the patients.