given Idiom, Proverb
given to understand
Idiom(s): given to understandTheme: BELIEF
made to believe.
• They were given to understand that there would be no tax increase, but after the election taxes went up.
• She was given to understand that she had to be home by midnight.
Given the day that's in it
(Irish) This idiom is used when something is obvious because of the day that it occurs traffic, for example would be busy around a football stadium on game day, given the day that's in it. On any other day the traffic would be unexplainable, but because its game day its obvious why there is traffic.If you are given lemons make lemonade
Always try and make the best out of a bad situation. With some ingenuity you can make a bad situation useful.given to|given
adj. phr. Having a tendency to; addicted to. Phil is given to telling fantastic tales about his chateau in France.given to
given toTending toward, inclined to, as in She was given to eating crackers in bed. [Late 1500s]
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