IOU Idiom, Proverb
get serious
goodness gracious
IOU
serious coin
take me seriously
bootilitious
gracious
it's all good to the gracious
anxious about
He is anxious about his daughter being out so late at night．他为女儿晚上这么晚在外面而担心。
anxious for
He is anxious for a better job．他渴望找到更好的工作。
conscious of
I was not conscious of having offended him．我没有意识到得罪了他。
He is not conscious of his shortcomings．他没有意识到自己的弱点。
He was conscious of being watched by the enemy．他意识到自己正被敌人盯梢。
I am quite conscious of his innocence．我很清楚他是无辜的。
envious of
John is envious of Tom's success．约翰对汤姆的成功非常羡慕。
I am never envious of others for their wealth．我从不羡慕别人的富有。
previous to
They made full investigations previous to reaching a conclusion．他们在下结论之前做了充分的调查研究。
precious few
Idiom(s): precious few AND precious littleTheme: AMOUNT - SMALL
very few; very little. (Informal.)
• We get precious few tourists here in the winter.
• There's precious little food in the house and there is no money.
in a vicious circle
Idiom(s): in a vicious circleTheme: TROUBLE
in a situation in which the solution of one problem leads to a second problem, and the solution of the second problem brings back the first problem, etc.
• Life is so strange. I seem to be in a vicious circle most of the time.
• I put lemon in my tea to make it sour, then sugar to make it sweet. I'm in a vicious circle.
• Don't let your life get into a vicious circle.
fast and furious
Idiom(s): fast and furiousTheme: SPEED
very rapidly and with unrestrained energy. (Fixed order.)
• Her work in the kitchen was fast and furious, and it looked lovely when she finished.
• Everything was going so fast and furious at the store during the Christmas rush that we never had time to eat lunch.
precious little
Idiom(s): precious few AND precious littleTheme: AMOUNT - SMALL
very few; very little. (Informal.)
• We get precious few tourists here in the winter.
• There's precious little food in the house and there is no money.
Perfidious Albion
England is known to some as perfidious Albion, implying that it is not trustworthy in its dealings with foreigners.Vicious circle
A vicious circle is a sequence of events that make each other worse- someone drinks because they are unhappy at work, then loses their job... 'Vicious cycle' is also used.I.O.U.|IOU
adj. phr. I owe you, abbreviated; a promissory note. I had to borrow some money from John and, in order to remind both of us, I wrote him an I.O.U. note for $250.fast and furious|fast|furious
adj. or adv. phr. Very fast; with much speed and energy. He was mowing the grass at a fast and furious rate. When I last saw her she was driving fast and furious down the street.Compare: GREAT GUNS.
goodness gracious|goodness|gracious
interj., slightly archaic Exclamation of surprise and a certain degree of disapproval. "Can my boyfriend stay overnight, Dad?" Melanie asked. "Goodness gracious, most certainly not!" her father replied. "What would the neighbors think?"self-conscious|conscious|self
adj. Embarrassed; shy. Edith has a freckled face and sometimes she is very self-conscious about it.vicious circle|circle|vicious
n. phr. A kind of circular or chain reaction in which one negative thing leads to another. Some people take so many different kinds of medicine to cure an illness that they develop other illnesses from the medicine and are thus caught in a vicious circle.conscious
consciousthe conscious
Psychol. that part of one's mental activity of which one is fully aware at any given time
see also unconscious, preconscious
furious
furioussee fast and furious.
preconscious
preconsciousthe preconscious
preconscious mental activity
previous
previousprevious to
before
subconscious
subconsciousthe subconscious
subconscious mental activity: a term, now obs. in psychiatry, that was formerly used to include the preconscious and the unconscious
unconscious
unconsciousthe unconscious
Psychoanalysis the sum of all thoughts, memories, impulses, desires, feelings, etc. of which the individual is not conscious but which influence the emotions and behavior; that part of one's psyche which comprises repressed material of this nature
various and sundry
various and sundryOf different kinds, miscellaneous, as in Various and sundry items did not sell, so they'll probably hold another auction. This expression is a redundancy, the two adjectives meaning just about the same thing.
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