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what's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine 成语

back to the salt mines

back to work, humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work Well, lunch is over so let

Your guess is as good as mine

Idiom(s): Your guess is as good as mine.

Theme: CERTAINTY - LACKING

Your answer is likely to be as correct as mine. (Informal.)
• I don't know where the scissors are. Your guess is as good as mine.
• Your guess is as good as mine as to when the train will arrive.

gold mine of information

Idiom(s): gold mine of information

Theme: KNOWLEDGE

someone or something that is full of information.
• Grandfather is a gold mine of information about World War I.
• The new encyclopedia is a positive gold mine of useful information.

either feast or famine

Idiom(s): either feast or famine

Theme: AMOUNT

either too much (of something) or not enough (of something). (Also without either. Fixed order.)
• This month is very dry, and last month it rained almost every day. Our weather is either feast or famine.
• Sometimes we are busy, and sometimes we have nothing to do. It's feast or famine.

cross-examine

Idiom(s): cross-examine sb

Theme: LEGAL - COURTROOM

to ask someone questions in great detail; to question a suspect or a witness at great length.
• The police cross-examined the suspect for three hours.
• The lawyer plans to cross-examine the witness tomorrow morning.

bound and determined

Idiom(s): bound and determined

Theme: DETERMINATION

determined. (Fixed order.)
• We were bound and determined to get there on time.
• I'm bound and determined that this wont happen again.

Back to the salt mine

If someone says they have to go back to the salt mine, they have to return to work.

Canary in a coal mine

(UK) A canary in a coal mine is an early warning of danger.

Feast today, famine tomorrow

If you indulge yourself with all that you have today, you may have to go without tomorrow.

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informal Back to the job; back to work; back to work that is as hard or as unpleasant as working in a salt mine would be.

An overworked phrase, used humorously. The lunch hour is over, boys. Back to the salt mines! "Vacation is over," said Billy. "Back to the salt mines."

what's abundance is yours, and what's castigation is mine

We may adore or accomplish use of one another's assets or actual backing equally. Used abnormally in the ambience of marriage. Can additionally be said in the about-face order. A: "I would feel funny application the money you won to pay off my acclaim agenda debt." B: "Hey, what's abundance is yours, and what's castigation is mine, remember?" We allotment this appointment amplitude and aggregate that's in it, Mary. What's abundance is yours, and what's castigation is mine!Learn more: and, mine

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