rose by any other name Idiom

a household name

"a name everyone knows; name of a famous person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.

drop a name/drop names

pretend you know famous people, name dropper He was dropping names at the interview - Klein, Clinton etc.

household name

(See a household name)

in heaven's name

if we think of heaven, for heaven's sake Why in heaven's name did we come to Canada? It's cold here!

it has your name on it

we saved this one for you, it is yours There's a steak on the grill, and it has your name on it.

make a name for oneself

become well-known or famous He has made a name for himself in the field of computers.

make a name for yourself

become well known, become famous Martin Luther King made a name for himself - and for freedom!

name dropper

one who implies famous people are his friends What a name dropper! He spoke of Gordon Lightfoot as his friend.

name is cleared

name is not involved in a scandal or a crime The lawyer thinks I should leave town until my name is cleared.

name is mud

name is bad, name is not respected If you don't pay for the support of your child, your name is mud.

a rose by any added name (would aroma as sweet)

What addition or article is alleged does not change their congenital characteristics or attributes. The beneath adaptation of the byword is generally acclimated back anecdotic abominable bodies or things. The abounding band is from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet bemoans the actuality that Romeo, whom she loves, is a Montague, her family's rivals. You can dress up his destructive accomplishments with whatever ballsy descriptors you like, but it still charcoal treason. A rose by any added name, as they say. Honestly, I don't affliction if they end up alteration the name of my town. A rose by any added name would aroma as sweet, and this will consistently be home.Learn more: any, by, name, other, rose, smell

a ˈrose by any added name (would aroma as ˈsweet)

(saying) what is important is what bodies or things are, not what they are calledThis byword comes from Shakespeare’s comedy Romeo and Juliet.Learn more: any, by, name, other, rose

rose by any added name, a

The name does not reflect the basal qualities of article or someone. The cliché is a absolute citation from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (2:2), in which Juliet says, “What’s in a name? that which we alarm a rose by any added name would aroma as sweet; so Romeo would, were he not Romeo called.” Today it is generally acclimated jokingly, as it was by Clyde Jinks in 1901 (Captain Jinks): “A banknote by any added name would cool as sweet.”Learn more: any, by, other, rose

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