Meaning: abronia maritima

n.
plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico

MAR Idiom, Proverb

a black mark

a mark beside your name means you are bad If you cause an accident, you get a black mark beside your name.

a marked man

a person known for political beliefs or criminal acts When they discovered I had been a Nazi, I was a marked man.

all his marbles

normal, sensible Dan talks to the door. I wonder if he's got all his marbles.

all the marbles

all the money, the top prize How does it feel to be playing in the final - for all the marbles?

an easy mark

one who can easily be persuaded, a soft touch Ask Charlie for a loan. He's an easy mark.

black mark

(See a black mark)

corner the market

become the main supplier, have a monopoly Japanese automakers are trying to corner the luxury car market.

don't get smart with me

show more respect, do not talk back "If you ask why, she'll say, ""Don't get smart with me."""

flea market

a place where antiques or secondhand things are sold We went to a flea market last Saturday to try and buy some dishes.

in the market for

wanting or ready to buy something I am in the market for a new computer as my old one is too slow.

lose your marbles

lose control of your mind, lose it When people grow old, do they lose their marbles?

make your mark

be known for an invention or an achievement, set the world on fire If you want to make your mark, do it for humanity. Think of a cure for hate and war.

mark my words

listen carefully, pay attention A California team will win the Super Bowl. Mark my words.

mark time

be idle, waiting for something to happen He has been marking time for over a month now as he waits to hear about the new job.

marked man

(See a marked man)

off the mark

not correct, wrong His answer is a bit off the mark. Canada Day is July 1, not July 4.

on the mark

accurate, correct, dead on, spot on Your answer is right on the mark. Canada became a country in 1867.

on the market

ready to sell, for sale, up for sale Yes, our house is on the market. We want to sell it by October 1.

play the stock market

buy stocks and shares, sell stocks and shares "At first he invested in real estate; then he played the stock market."

pointed remark

a remark clearly aimed at a particular person or thing He made a pointed remark during the meeting that was clearly designed to get my attention.

rigmarole

(See what a rigmarole)

smartass

a person who tries to be witty, cocky, lippy """What do you want to drink?"" ""Do you have breast milk?"" ""Don't be a smartass!"""

smarten up

be smarter, do not be stupid People who drink and drive should smarten up.

smarts

intelligence, mental ability Jen gets good grades. She has the smarts to win a scholarship.

soft market

a period when sales are few and prices are low The real estate market is soft now. Don't try to sell your house.

street smarts

knowing how to survive, worldly wise You need street smarts to be a police officer in Toronto.

tell it to the marines (Sweeney)

I don

there's something rotten in the state of Denmark

something is wrong, something is strange, there's something fishy "Father knew I was tricking him. He said, ""Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."""

what a rigmarole

what a process, what a a hassle To get a refund, I had to answer 50 questions. What a rigmarole!

x marks the spot

look for x, begin at x, x is important "Someone had written on the map ""X marks the spot where we were abducted by aliens."""

Amarredos

Italian bit-size cookies that often come with meals

Anna Maria

London cockney rhyming slang for fire

Aunt Mary

cannabis

Bolivian marching powder

cocaine

camarada

friend

marijuana

Dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant that yield THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the physiologically active chemical C21H30O2 that is the chief intoxicant in marijuana) and are smoked in cigarettes for their intoxicating effect. Other reported words for it are: bammer, bionic, bomb, brown, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, chronic, dank, doubage, ganja, grass, green, groove weed, hash, herb, home-grown, ill, Indo, iszm, Lebanon, Mary Jane (mj), maui wowy, method, pot, sess, shake, shit, skunk, stress, tabacci, Thai, wacky and weed.

marinate

to chill, hang out

mark

1. a sucker, a target for gaffling and crime:"You mark-ass busta, you betta raise up" -- Dr Dre (Dre [??])
2. someone who is claiming a set (subset of a Crip or Blood gang) to which he does not belong

Remy Martin

a brand of cognac

beside the mark

having nothing to do with离题；与本题无关
That question was beside the mark and need not be answered．那个问题与本题无关，没有必要回答。
What you have said is beside the point．你所说的与题无关。

beside the point/mark/question

hit the mark

attain one's object； succeed达到目的；成功
My brother hit the mark when he purchased a quantity of cotton cloth just before the rise in the market. 我弟弟刚好赶在市场涨价之前购进一批棉布，赚了大钱。
Your answer just hit the mark．你的答案正好击中要害。

make one's mark

make a reputation出名
Shakespeare made his mark as a playwright．莎士比亚作为一个剧作家享有盛名。
You've made your mark in the engineering world，you ought to be content．你已在工程学方面取得了成功，你该满意了。
Norman quickly made his mark and was the company's top salesman．诺曼很快做出了成绩，成为公司第一流的推销员。

mark down

1．lower the price of减价
All our stock has been marked down thirty percent．我们的所有存货都已减价百分之三十。
I wonder why these dresses have been marked down．我不知道这些衣服为何降价。
2．note down with a mark作记号
The teacher immediately marked down the students'suggestion in his notebook．老师立即将学生提出的建议记在笔记本上。
3．single out选出
He has been marked down for assassination．他们事先定下来要暗杀他。
He marked down that house for his headquarters．他选那所房子作他的指挥部。

mark off

lay out in sections划出界线
The fiela will be marked off in accordance with the special track events which will take place tomorrow．场地将按照明天的特殊径赛项目而划分。
This feature marks him off from other boys．这个特征使他和别的孩子有所区别。

mark out

1．put lines on to indicate limits划线
The tennis court has been freshly marked out．网球场新划了线。
The site of the new chemical fertilizer plant has been marked out．新的化肥厂的地界已经划出来了。
2．chart the course of制订
They have marked out a general course of action．他们已经拟订了一个行动计划。
The directions of urban development have been marked out．城市发展的规划已制订出来了。
3．select sb．for special treatment 选定
Three of his paintings have been marked out for exhibition．他的3幅画已被选出，准备送去展览。
He was marked out as the most promising young soldier in the whole army．他被认为是全军最有前途的青年军人。

mark up

1．put up with a mark记分；在…上作记号
The child used his new crayons to mark up the kitchen walls．小孩用新蜡笔在厨房的墙上画。
They marked up the score on the scoreboard．他们把得分记在记分牌上。
2．decide the price at which to sell sth．给…标价
If we mark them up at that price，we'll never sell them．如果我们标那样的价，那这些货永远也卖不出去。
They have marked up all these items．他们把这些商品通通标了价。
3．raise the price涨价；加价Everything in the shop will have to be marked up if the tax is increased．如果税收增加的话，商店里所有的物品都得加价。
They marked up the prices of those rare books．他们提高那些珍本书的定价。
4．add（an item） to a store account；give credit for记帐；赊欠
I shaved a gentleman who asked me to mark it up．我替一位先生修了面，他要我记帐。
A man bought an umbrella from us and asked us to mark it up．一个男人向我们买了一把伞，叫我们记帐。
5．increase the marks awarded to （a student，a class，etc．）增加（学生等的）分数
If we mark up Jones on two papers he will just scrape a pass．要是我们给琼斯的两份卷子加分，他也只能勉强及格。

marry up

join together；unite会合；联合；结合
The regular troops married up with partisans pressing down from the hills．正规军和从山上冲下来的游击队会合了。
The two parts of the project are not well married up．计划的两个组成部分结合得不好。
The povertystricken Jordan is married up with a rich lady．一贫如洗的乔丹和一个有钱的妇人结了婚。

play the market

try to make money on the stock market by buying and selling stocks玩股票
Sometimes Mr．White makes a lot of money when he plays the market，and sometimes he loses．怀特先生玩股票有时赚大钱，有时则赔本。

wide of the mark

Idiom(s): wide of the mark

Theme: ADEQUACY

inadequate; far from what is required or expected.
• Jane's efforts were sincere, but wide of the mark.
• He failed the course because everything he did was wide of the mark.