Val Idiom, Proverb
at face value
discretion is the better part of valor
face value
on approval
Cavalier
chavala
chavalas
at intervals
The music came from the building at intervals．音乐声从楼里不时传来。
2．happening regularly after equal periods of time or appearing at equal distance（时间、距离）间隔
The trees are planted at intervals of six feet．每隔6英尺栽一棵树。
Leaders should come to hear the masses'views at intervals．领导们应常常来听听群众的意见。
vale of tears
Idiom(s): vale of tearsTheme: LIFE
the earth; mortal life on earth. (A "valley" of tears.)
• When it comes time for me to leave this vale of tears, I hope I can leave some worthwhile memories behind.
• Uncle Fred left this vale of tears early this morning.
take sth at face value
Idiom(s): take sth at face valueTheme: ACCEPTANCE
to accept something exactly the way it appears to be.
• I don't know whether I can take her story at face value, but I will assume that she is not lying.
• The committee took the report at face value and approved the suggested changes.
survival of the fittest
Idiom(s): survival of the fittestTheme: SURVIVAL
the idea that the most able or fit will survive (while the less able and less fit will perish). (This is used literally as a part of the theory of evolution.)
• In college, it's the survival of the fittest. You have to keep working in order to survive and graduate.
• I don’t give my houseplants very good care, hut the ones I have are really flourishing. It's the survival of the fittest, I guess.
Discretion is the better part of valour
It is useless to take unnecessary risks.at face value|face|face value|value
prep. phr. What one can actually hear, read, or see; literally. John is so honest that you can take his words at face value. This store's advertisements are honest; take them at face value.discretion is the better part of valor|discretion|
literary When you are in danger or trouble, good sense helps more than foolish risks; it is better to be careful than to be foolishly brave.
A proverb. When you are facing a man with a knife, discretion is the better part of valor.face value|face|value
n. 1. The worth or price printed on a stamp, bond, note, piece of paper money, etc. The savings bond had a face value of $25. 2. The seeming worth or truth of something. She took his stories at face value and did not know he was joking.on approval|approval|on
adv. phr. With the understanding that the thing may be refused. Mr. Grey bought his camera on approval. The company offered to send a package of stamps on approval.survival of the fittest|fittest|survival
n. phr. The staying alive or in action of the best prepared; often: idea that those living things best able to adjust to life survive and those unable to adjust die out. Life in the old West was often a case of survival of the fittest. With changes in the world's climate, dinosaurs died but many smaller animals lived on. It was survival of the fittest. On the 50-mile hike it was survival of the fittest; only 12 out of 25 Scouts finished.approval
approvalsee on approval; seal of approval.
at face value, take
at face value, takeAccept from its outward appearance, as in You can't always take a manufacturer's advertisements at face value; they're bound to exaggerate. Literally this idiom has referred to the monetary value printed on a bank note, stock certificate, bond, or other financial instrument since the 1870s. The figurative usage is from the late 1800s.
interval
intervalat intervals
1) once in a while
2) here and there
seal of approval
seal of approvalAn endorsement of something or someone, as in Our candidate doesn't have the governor's seal of approval, or The new management gave the old refund policy their seal of approval. This idiom was used, and perhaps invented, as an advertising gimmick of Good Housekeeping Magazine, which gave its so-called “seal of approval” to products it endorsed; the products' packaging in turn bore a small emblem attesting to this endorsement. The noun seal here is used in the same sense as in set one's seal on.
take at face value
take at face valuesee at face value, take.
valor
valorsee discretion is the better part of valor.
value
valuesee at face value, take.
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