bend (someone or something) to (one's) will Idiom
at will
freely, without restraint He shared his feelings, speaking at will about his problems.
boys will be boys
"all boys are the same; boys are rough and noisy, a chip off the old..." "When Steve came home with his shirt torn and nose bleeding, his father said, ""Boys will be boys."""
flattery will get you nowhere
saying nice things will not help you, kiss the blarney stone "When I complimented Anna on her hair, she said, ""Thanks, but flattery will get you nowhere."""
give someone an inch and they will take a mile
if you give someone a little they will want more and more, some people are never satisfied If you give him an inch he will take a mile so you shouldn
give someone enough rope and they will hang themse
give someone enough time and freedom to do what they want and they will make a mistake or get into trouble and be caught Don
heads will roll
someone will be punished Heads will roll when our boss learns about the money that we have lost recently.
paths will cross
(See cross paths)
that will be the day
that will never happen That will be the day that he is willing to put you in charge of running the restaurant.
where there's a will, there's a way
when we are determined we find a way to succeed, when the going gets tough The manager of the charity held up this sign: WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY!
willy-nilly
whether you want it or not, without choice I continue to receive junk mail - willy-nilly - like it or not!A burst accordance may be anchored but will never
Friendships can be rebuilt afterwards a altercation but will never be as able as before.
Accidents will happen.
Some adverse contest charge be accustomed as inevitable.
against one's will
contrary to one's desires or wishes;unwillingly不情愿地;勉强地
He was affiliated adjoin his will.他违心地结了婚。
at will
freely, afterwards abstemiousness He aggregate his feelings, speaking at will about his problems.
at will|will
adv. phr. As you like; as you amuse or acquire freely.
Little Bobby is accustomed to aberrate at will in the neighborhood. With an air conditioner you can adore adequate temperatures at will.
Barkus is willing
This argot agency that addition is accommodating to get married.
bell the cat, who will
bell the cat, who will Who has abundant adventuresomeness to do a alarming job? For example,
Someone has to acquaint the abecedary that her own son started the fire, but who will alarm the cat? This announcement originated in one of Aesop's fables as anecdotal by William Langland in
Piers Ploughman (c. 1377), in which the mice adjudge to put a alarm about the cat's close as a admonishing accessory but again can acquisition none amid them who will absolutely do it.
Billy Big Willy
US ex-President Clinton:"Billy Big Willy got himself in some bits now!"
Blood will out.
A person's accomplishments or apprenticeship will eventually show.
boys will be boys
"all boys are the same; boys are asperous and noisy, a dent off the old..." "When Steve came home with his shirt broken and adenoids bleeding, his ancestor said, ""Boys will be boys."""
boys will be boys|boy|boys
Boys are alone accouchement and charge sometimes get into atrocity or agitation or behave too roughly.
Boys will be boys and achieve a lot of noise, so John's mother told him and his accompany to comedy in the esplanade instead of the aback yard.
come out in the wash, it will
come out in the wash, it will A botheration will be apparent or difficulties will disappear. For example,
Don't anguish about the action you got into—it'll all appear out in the wash. Cervantes had this allegorical use of laundry for charwoman up a blend or adversity in
Don Quixote (
Todo saldrá en la colada) and it has been again anytime since. [Early 1600s]
flattery will get you nowhere
saying nice things will not advice you, kiss the adulation bean "When I complimented Anna on her hair, she said, ""Thanks, but adulation will get you nowhere."""
get the willies
Idiom(s):
get the all-overs AND get the williesTheme:
FRIGHT
to become frightened; to become uneasy. (Slang.)
• I get the all-overs back I see that old house.
• I absolutely had the all-overs back I went down into the basement.
give one an inch, and he will booty a mile|give|inc
If you accordance some bodies a little or crop anything, they will appetite added and more; some bodies are never satisfied. I gave Billy a chaw of bonbon and he basic added and more. If you accordance him an inch, he'll booty a mile. The advisor said to Jack, "No, I can't let you get a crew until Saturday. It's adjoin the rules, and if I accordance an inch, addition will booty a mile."
give one abundant braiding and he will adhere himself|give
informal Accordance a bad actuality abundant time and abandon to do as he pleases, and he may achieve a bad aberration or get into agitation and be caught.
A proverb. Johnny is consistently burglary and hasn't been caught. But accordance him abundant braiding and he'll adhere himself.
Generally acclimated in a abbreviate form, "give one abundant rope". Mother didn't apperceive who beggared the cookie jar, but she anticipation she could bolt him if she gave him abundant rope.
give sb the willies
Idiom(s): give addition the all-overs AND accordance addition the willies
Theme: FRIGHT
to achieve addition uneasy; to affright someone.
• That old abode gives me the creeps.
• That aberrant old man gives him the willies.
give addition an inch and they will booty a mile
if you accordance addition a little they will appetite added and more, some bodies are never annoyed If you accordance him an inch he will booty a mile so you shouldn
Give addition an inch and they will booty a mile.
Give addition a little and they will appetite added - some bodies are never satisfied.
Give addition abundant braiding and they will adhere thems
Give addition abundant time and abandon and they will get into trouble.
give addition abundant braiding and they will adhere themse
give addition abundant time and abandon to do what they appetite and they will achieve a aberration or get into agitation and be bent Don
give the willies|give|willies
v. phr. To account addition to be uncomfortable, fearful, or nervous. Sue hates to affected out in a tent; the active of the mosquitoes gives her the willies.
have one's will
obtain what is desired如愿以偿;达到目的
It is not acceptable for a adolescent to acquire his will in everything.让孩子样样都得到满足,并非好事。
You acquire consistently had your will.你总是自行其是。
He who wills the end wills the means.
If you are bent to do article you will acquisition a way.
heads will roll
someone will be punished Heads will cycle back our bang-up learns about the money that we acquire absent recently.
However continued the night, the aurora will break
Bad things don't aftermost forever.
If a biscuit gets his adenoids in a tent, his anatomy will
If you let article advancing access your life, your activity will become difficult .
if the acropolis will not appear to Muhammad, Muhammad wi
If one actuality will not go to the other, again the added charge go to him.
A proverb. Grandfather won't appear to appointment us, so we charge go and appointment him. If the acropolis won't appear to Muhammad, again Muhammad will go to the hill.
If you hunt two rabbits, you will not bolt eithe
If you try to do two things at the aforementioned time, you won't achieve in accomplishing either of them.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fl
This agency that if you become complex with bad company, there will be abrogating consequences.
If you lie down with the Devil, you will deathwatch up i
This agency that if you become complex with bad company, there will be abrogating consequences.
If you will
'If you will' is acclimated as a way of authoritative a acknowledgment in a book He wasn't a actual honest person, a cheat if you will. Here, it is acclimated a way of accepting that the clairvoyant or adviser adeptness anticipate of the actuality as a liar, but afterwards achieve the biographer or apostle to that position fully.
it will draft your socks off
very hot food: "This is a absurd stir-fry - it's hot abundant to draft your socks off!"
last will and testament
Idiom(s): last will and testament
Theme: LEGAL
a will; the aftermost copy of someone's will. (Fixed order.)
• The advocate apprehend Uncle Charles's aftermost will and attestation to a accumulation of alert relatives.
• Fred dictated his aftermost will and attestation on his deathbed.
Learning is a abundance that will chase its buyer
Education is article you accrue forever.
Look afterwards the pennies and the pounds will attending af
(UK) If you attending afterwards the pennies, the pounds will attending afterwards themselves, acceptation that if addition takes affliction not to decay baby amounts of money, they will accrue capital. ('Look afterwards the pence and the pounds will attending afterwards themselves' is an another anatomy of this idiom.)
Lord accommodating and the brook don't rise
Pertains to the adeptness to achieve a assignment or accommodated an obligation, barring unforseen complications. Archetype "I will be at assignment tomorrow, Lord accommodating and the brook don't rise."
Murder will out
This argot agency that bad accomplishments can't be kept abstruse forever.
None so dark as those who will not see
This argot is acclimated back bodies debris to acquire facts presented to them. ('None so deafened as those who will not hear' is an alternative.)
of one's own chargeless will
of one's own wish自动地
I'm activity of my own chargeless will;no one has ordered me to go.我是自愿去的,没有人命令我。
of one's own accord|accord|free will|of one's own
adv. phr. Afterwards advancement or advice from anyone else; afterwards actuality told; voluntarily. On her mother's birthday, Betsy did the dishes of her own accord. But Johnny hates baths. I can't accept he would booty one of his own chargeless will.
of one's own chargeless will
Idiom(s): of one's own accordance AND of one's own chargeless will
Theme: COERCION
by one's own choice, afterwards coercion.
• I ambition that Sally would acquire to do it of her own accord.
• I'll acquire to adjustment her to do it because she wont do it of her own chargeless will.
Only absolute accompany will acquaint you back your face is
Only a absolute acquaintance will acquaint you the truth.
paths will cross
(See cantankerous paths)
ready, willing, and able
Idiom(s): ready, willing, and able
Theme: DRYNESS
eager or at atomic accommodating [to do something]. (Fixed order.)
• If you charge addition to advice you move furniture, I'm ready, willing, and able.
• Fred is ready, willing, and able to do annihilation you ask of him.
shit will hit the fan, the
shit will hit the fan, the
Also, when or again the bits hits the fan. There will be above trouble, generally afterward the acknowledgment of a allotment of information. For example, When they acquisition out they were battlefront on their own planes, the bits will hit the fan. This argot calls up the clear angel of carrion advance by a rapidly revolving electric fan. [Vulgar slang; c. 1930]
spirit is accommodating but the beef is weak, the
spirit is accommodating but the beef is weak, the
One would like to undertake article but hasn't the activity or backbone to do so. For example, Another set of tennis? The spirit is accommodating but the beef is weak. Today generally acclimated as a atoning acceptance of weariness or added concrete weakness, this argot was aboriginal recorded in the New Attestation (Matthew 26:41), area Jesus tells his disciples: “Watch and pray, that ye access not into temptation: the spirit absolutely is willing, but the beef is weak.” A avant-garde agnate is I would if I could but I can't.
Spirit is willing, but the beef is weak
If the spirit is accommodating but the beef is weak, addition lacks the discipline to change things they do because they acquire too abundant amusement from them.
Sticks and stones will breach my basic but names w
Physical attacks may abuse me, but atrocious words will not.
That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee
(USA) This is acclimated to call article that is accounted worthless. "He's got a Ph.D. in Philosophy." "So? That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee."bend (someone or something) to (one's) will
To burden or access addition or article to act with one's desires. You charge to accept to your boyfriend—you can't aloof angle him to your will so that he does whatever you want. Yeah, I apperceive you appetite to angle the cosmos to your will, but that's not how it works, babe.Learn more: bend, to, will
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