beg Idiom, Proverb
beg off
beg to differ
beg your pardon
beg your pardon?
beggars can't be choosers
charity begins at home
beggar
begging for it
at the beginning
They sang a song at the beginning of the meeting．会议开始时他们唱了一首歌。
beg for
The old man went from house to house，begging for food．老人挨家乞食。
2．make an urgent request for请求；恳求
The wounded soldier begged for mercy．那个伤兵恳求宽恕。
He would rather starve to death than shamelessly beg for his life．他宁愿饿死也不无耻求饶。
begin with
The first word of a sentence should begin with a capital letter．句子的第一个词应以大写字母开头。
I'll ask you to read the poen，beginning with Jane．现在我要请你们读这首诗，从简开始。
Begin with this one and do the others afterwards．先做这个，然后再做其他。
from beginning to end
The story was interesting from beginning to end．这个故事从头到尾都很有趣。
to begin with
To begin with， there must be close cooperation between them．首先，在他们之间要有密切的合作。
go begging
Idiom(s): go beggingTheme: NEED - LACKING
to be unwanted or unused. (As if a thing were begging for an owner or a user.)
• There is still food left. A whole lobster is going begging. Please eat some more.
• There are many excellent books in the library just going begging because people don't know they are there.
beginning of the end
Idiom(s): beginning of the endTheme: ENDINGS
the start of the termination of something or of someone's death.
• When he stopped coughing and remained still, I knew it was the beginning of the end.
• The enormous federal deficit marked the beginning of the end as far as our standard of living is concerned.
begin to see the light
Idiom(s): begin to see the lightTheme: UNDERSTANDING
to begin to understand (something).
• My algebra class is hard for me, but I’m beginning to see the light.
• I was totally confused, but I began to see the light after your explanation.
begin to see daylight
Idiom(s): begin to see daylightTheme: ENDINGS
to begin to see the end of a long task.
• I've been working on my thesis for two years, and at last I'm beginning to see daylight.
• I've been so busy. Only in the last week have I begun to see daylight.
beggar description
Idiom(s): beggar descriptionTheme: DESCRIPTION
to defy description; to be unable to be described
• The house was a mess. The place beggared description.
• Our reaction to the proposal beggars description. We were deeply disturbed for days.
A good beginning makes a good end.
If a task is carefully planned, there's a better chance that it will be done well.A young idler, an old beggar.
If you don't work, you won't have any money when you're old.Charity begins at home.
A person's first duty is to help and care for his own family.If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
Wishing alone is of no use; you must act as well.Kindness begets kindness.
If you are kind to people, they will be kind to you.Money begets money.
If you have money you can make more money.Beg the question
In philosophy "to beg the question" is to assume something to be true that has not yet been proved. I have seen the idiom also to mean that a question is crying out to be asked.If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
This means that wishing for something or wanting it is not the same as getting or having it.Beggars cannot be choosers.
One must accept what is available in difficult circumstances.Well begun is half done.
A good start to a task leads to its easy and successful completion.If wishes were horses beggars would ride.
Life would be very easy if goals could be achieved only by desiring.beg off|beg
v. To ask to be excused. Father told Tom to rake the yard, but Tom tried to beg off. Mrs. Crane accepted an invitation to a luncheon, but a headache made her beg off.Compare: BACK OUT.
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v. phr., literary To accept as true something that is still being argued about, before it is proved true; avoid or not answer a question or problem. The girls asked Miss Smith if they should wear formal dresses to the party; Miss Smith said they were begging the question because they didn't know yet if they could get permission for a party. Laura told Tom that he must believe her argument because she was right. Father laughed and told Laura she was begging the question.Compare: TAKE FOR GRANTED.
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People who can not choose what they will have, must accept what they get; if you are not in control, you must take what you can gel. We wanted to leave on the train in the morning but it doesn't go until afternoon, so we must go then. Beggars can't he choosers. Mary got a red dress from her sister, although she didn't like red. She kept it because she said beggars should not be choosers.Compare: LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
begin with|begin
adv. phr. As a preliminary statement; in the first place. To begin with, you are far too young to get married.go begging|beg|begging|go
v. phr. To be not needed or wanted. Many old homes in the city go begging. Most of the apples on the market went begging.beg
begIn addition to the idioms beginning with beg, also see go begging.
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- beg, borrow, or steal
- beg off
- beg the question
- beg to differ
beg, borrow, or steal
beg, borrow, or stealObtain by any possible means, as in You couldn't beg, borrow, or steal tickets to the Olympics. This term is often used in the negative, to describe something that cannot be obtained; Chaucer used it in The Tale of the Man of Law. [Late 1300s]
begin
beginIn addition to the idioms beginning with begin, also see charity begins at home; see the light; to start with.
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- begin to see daylight
- begin to see the light
- begin with
- beginning of the end, the
beginner's luck
beginner's luckGood fortune in a first attempt or effort, as in I often use a brand-new recipe for a dinner party; I trust beginner's luck. [Late 1800s]
beginning of the end, the
beginning of the end, theThe start of a bad outcome (ruin, disaster, catastrophe, death), as in Joe's failing two of his courses was the beginning of the end; he dropped out soon afterward. This phrase, at first (16th century) used only to describe an approaching death, gained a new meaning after the French lost the battle of Leipzig in 1813 and Talleyrand said to Napoleon, “C'est le commencement de la fin” (“It's the beginning of the end”).
I beg your pardon
I beg your pardonsee under beg to differ.
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