come back to the fold Idiom
fold
fold up
The business folded up．买卖失败了。
In an economic crisis， smaller enterprises are usually among the first to fold up．小的企业在经济危机中往往最先倒闭。
Most of his amibitious schemes folded up on him．他的野心勃勃的计划大部分都玻产了。
The new restaurant folded up in less than a year．这家新开的饭馆不到一年就关门了。
2． suffer moral or spiritual collapse 垮掉；精神崩溃
She didn't fold up when her only son died． She kept on working even harder．当她的独生子死去时，她并没有精神崩溃，相反更加努力地继续工作。
He folded up when the prosecutor discredited his story．当检察官不相信他的陈述时，他精神崩溃了。
3．collapse with mirth or pain（因高兴或疼痛）坍下来（笑得要命，痛得要命等）
From the moment the clown appeared on stage，the audience folded up in their seats．这个小丑一上场，观众们就坐在椅子上笑得前俯后仰。
The pain in her stomach was so sharp that she folded up．她的胃疼得她连腰都直不起来了。
He folded up with laughter．他笑弯了腰。
3．make smaller by folding叠小
She folded up the papers．她叠起了报纸。
Fold up your clothes tidily，please．请把你的衣服叠整齐。
Would you fold up the garden chairs and put them in the storeroom？你能把花房里的折叠椅叠起来放入储藏室去吗？
4．collapse ；break down坍塌；倒塌
He sat down on the chair， but it suddenly folded up under him．他往椅子上一坐，但是突然那椅倒塌下来了。
The table folded up under the heavy weight．这张桌子因上面放的东西太重而倒塌了。
able to blindfolded
Idiom(s): able to do something blindfolded AND able to do something standing on one's headTheme: SKILL
able to do something easily and quickly, possibly without even looking. (Informal. Able to can be replaced with can.)
• Bill boasted that he could pass his driver's test blindfolded.
• Mary is very good with computers. She can program blindfolded.
• Dr. Jones is a great surgeon. He can take out an appendix standing on his head.
fold up|fold
v., informal To collapse; fail. The team folded up in the last part of the season. The new restaurant folded up in less than a year.Compare: FALL APART.
blindfolded
blindfoldedsee do blindfolded.
do blindfolded
do blindfoldedAlso, do standing on one's head. Perform very easily, as in Dave said he could do the income tax return blindfolded, or An excellent carpenter, he could do just about anything standing on his head. For a synonymous hyperbolic expression, see with one arm tied behind one's back.
fold one's tent
fold one's tentQuietly depart, as in It's late, so let's fold our tents. This term is a partial quotation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem “The Day is Done” (1844): “And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And quietly steal away.”
return to the fold
return to the foldCome back to a group after an absence, as in Matthew taught for a number of years, but now he's returned to the fold as vice-president of the firm. This term employs fold in the sense of “an enclosure for sheep,” which has been used figuratively since the first half of the 1300s.
come aback to the fold
To activate accommodating in, acceptance to, or acknowledging some group, activity, or acreage that one larboard for a aeon of time in the past. After dispatch abroad from backroom for about ten years, the above governor is advancing aback to the bend with his bid for the presidency. Danielson declared that she would be advancing aback to the bend as the new arch drillmaster of her alma mater's rugby team.Learn more: back, come, fold
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