dm Idiom, Proverb
badmouth
loudmouth
loudmouth/bigmouth
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admit of
This work admits of no delay．这件工作不得延误。
This admits of no excuse．这是不容辩解的。
This regulation does not admit of our doing that．按规定我们不能这样做。
Your problems did not really admit of any solution．你的问题真是没有解决的可能。
admit to
You have to pass the professional examinations to be admitted to the society．要加入这个学会你得经过专业考试。
2．tell the truth about； confess to 承认
She admitted to being easily annoyed．她承认自己易生气。
The young man admitted to stealing the money．那个年轻人承认偷了钱。
He admitted to taking these goods without paying for them．他承认他拿了这些东西没有付钱。
tilt at windmills
Idiom(s): tilt at windmillsTheme: FIGHTING
to fight battles with imaginary enemies; to fight against unimportant enemies or issues. (As with the fictional character, Don Quixote, who attacked windmills.)
• Aren't you too smart to go around tilting at windmills?
• I'm not going to fight this issue. I've wasted too much of my life tilting at windmills.
Let the devil take the hindmost
This idiom means that you should think of yourself and not be concerned about other people; look after yourself and let the devil take the hindmost.Teach your grandmother to suck eggs
When people say 'don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs', they mean that people shouldn't try to teach someone who has experience or is an expert in that area.fairy godmother|fairy|godmother
n. 1. A fairy believed to help and take care of a baby as it grows up. 2. A person who helps and does much for another. The rich man played fairy godmother to the boys and had a baseball field made for them. Jane was a fairy godmother to her poorer friends.tilt at windmills|tilt|windmill|windmills
v. phr., literary To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes' Don Quixote). John is a nice guy but when it comes to departmental meetings he wastes everybody's time by constantly tilting at windmills.admiration
admirationsee mutual admiration society.
devil take the hindmost, the
devil take the hindmost, theLet everyone put his or her own interest first, leaving the unfortunate to their fate. For example, I don't care if she makes it or not—the devil take the hindmost. This expression, first recorded in 1608, probably originated as an allusion to a children's game in which the last (coming “hindmost”) is the loser, and came to mean utter selfishness.
fairy godmother
fairy godmotherA generous benefactor, as in An anonymous fairy godmother donated the money for the new organ. This expression alludes to a stock character in fairy tales such as Cinderella, who gives unexpected and much needed assistance. [Late 1800s]
hindmost
hindmostsee devil take the hindmost, the.
mutual admiration society
mutual admiration societyA relationship in which two people have strong feelings of esteem for each other and often exchange lavish compliments. The term may signify either genuine or pretended admiration, as in Each of them praised the other's book—it was a real mutual admiration society. The expression was invented by Henry David Thoreau in his journal (1851) and repeated by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.
windmill
windmillsee tilt at windmills.
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