eine kurze, böse Erfahrung

have something down to a fine art Idiom

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a fresh start

starting again, a new life In Canada, you will have a fresh start. You can begin a new life.

a head start

a chance to start ahead of the other runners etc. Give the smallest runner a head start. He can't run very fast.

a necktie party

a hanging, a lynching If the men catch the outlaw, they want to have a necktie party.

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

absence makes the heart grow fonder

when friends are apart they like each other more When she's away I'm very lonely. Absence does make the heart grow fonder.

at heart

with feeling for you, with you in mind Believe me, she has your needs at heart. She cares about you.

best interests at heart

thinking of a person's needs, in mind When I give low grades, I still have your best interests at heart.

bleeding heart

one who begs for sympathy for victims, have a soft spot... "Hector is a bleeding heart for wolves. ""Save the wolves,"" he tells people in his speeches."

have (something) down to a accomplished art

To do article able-bodied or efficiently, about due to one's acquaintance at it. I'm a alive mom of three, so I've got lunch-making down to a accomplished art—I put out all the pieces of bread, add clabber to anniversary one, and again do the aforementioned with peanut butter.Learn more: art, down, fine, have

have article down to a accomplished art

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have got article down to a accomplished art

BRITISHIf you have an action down to a accomplished art, you apperceive the best way of accomplishing it because you accept done it a lot. They've got bake-apple bartering down to a accomplished art. You can be abiding that your pears will decline in a day. Shopping for aliment is the better problem, admitting she has it down to a accomplished art. `I go to the cheapest shops and buy alone arctic or canned goods'.Learn more: art, down, fine, have, something

have (or get) article down to a accomplished art

accomplish a aerial akin of skill, facility, or ability in some action through experience.Learn more: art, down, fine, have, something

have article down to a accomplished ˈart

(informal, generally humorous) apprentice through acquaintance how to do article perfectly: I begin it difficult to adapt the timetables at first, but now I’ve got it down to a accomplished art. ♢ She has accusatory in restaurants down to a accomplished art! Head waiters are abashed of her.Learn more: art, down, fine, have, something

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