passing 成语

just passing through

(See pass through)

with each passing day

Idiom(s): with each passing day

Theme: TIME

as days pass, one by one; day by day.
• Things grow more expensive with each passing day.
• We are all growing older with each passing day.

no trespassing

Idiom(s): no trespassing

Theme: EXCLUSION

do not enter. (Usually seen on a sign. Not usually spoken.)
• The sign on the tree said, "No Trespassing." So we didn't go in
• The angry farmer chased us out of the field shouting, "Get out! Don't you see the no trespassing sign?"

mention in passing

Idiom(s): mention sb or sth in passing

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to mention someone or something casually; to mention someone or something while talking about someone or something else.
• He just happened to mention in passing that the mayor had resigned.
• John mentioned in passing that he was nearly eighty years old.

in passing|passing

adv. phr. While talking about that subject; as extra information; also. Our teacher showed us different kinds of flowers and told us in passing that those flowers came from her garden. The writer of the story says he grew up in New York and mentions in passing that his parents came from Italy.
Compare: BY THE WAY.

in passing

in passing
Incidentally, by the way, as in “It may be remarked in passing” (Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, 1849). [Mid-1800s]

passing

passing
in passing
1) without careful thought; casually
2) incidentally; by the way