Meaning:
advance death benefit
n.
a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months)
fit Idiom, Proverb
benefit of the doubt
(See the benefit of the doubt)
by fits and starts
irregularly, with many stops and starts By fits and starts the company was finally able to begin business.
dressed fit to kill
dressed in party clothes, dolled up, dress up In walks Erica, dressed fit to kill. She looked terrific!
fit as a fiddle
in good athletic condition or health Her grandfather is 92 years old but he is as fit as a fiddle.
fit like a glove
fit perfectly The new pair of jeans that he bought fit like a glove.
fit to be tied
very angry, mad, see red He was fit to be tied when you said the accident was his fault.
fits and starts
moving unevenly, stop and go The new crew worked in fits and starts, not at a steady pace.
give someone the benefit of the doubt
believe someone is innocent rather than guilty when you are not sure I gave him the benefit of the doubt but I still think that he is a liar.
give you the benefit...
(See the benefit of the doubt)
have a fit
become very excited, have a conniption Promise me you won't have a fit if I fail math.
if the shoe fits wear it
that what is said in general can also be said of an individual person You shouldn
if the shoe fits, wear it
if what is being said in general describes you then it probably means you He was complaining that most of the workers at his company were lazy. However his friend looked at him and said that if the shoe fits, wear it.
into fitness/dancing etc.
involved in fitness etc., enjoying a hobby They're really into fitness. They exercise and jog a lot.
keep fit
exercise to be healthy, look after your body You'll feel better if you keep fit - if you exercise regularly.
see fit
decide it is right, decide it is good I hope you will see fit to approve their request for assistance.
the benefit of the doubt
fair judgement when some of the facts are not known, take your word for it If money is missing, we give you the benefit of the doubt. We assume you didn't take it.
turn a profit
profit from, make money It will be a year before we turn a profit on this new product.
fit
clothes that much
fitted
well dressed
watching Andy Griffith
refers to masturbating
benefit by
gain advantage, pleasure or profit from从…得到好处;从…受益
I have benefited a lot from the trip.这次旅行使我受益匪浅。
I believe you'll benefit from your further study.我相信你会从这次进修中学到许多东西的。
The patient will benefit by a few day's rest.病人休息几天就会好一些。
He doesn't seem to have benefited by the treatment.这种治疗看来对他没有效。
benefit from
gain advantage, pleasure or profit from从…得到好处;从…受益
I have benefited a lot from the trip.这次旅行使我受益匪浅。
I believe you'll benefit from your further study.我相信你会从这次进修中学到许多东西的。
The patient will benefit by a few day's rest.病人休息几天就会好一些。
He doesn't seem to have benefited by the treatment.这种治疗看来对他没有效。
benefit from/by
gain advantage, pleasure or profit from从…得到好处;从…受益
I have benefited a lot from the trip.这次旅行使我受益匪浅。
I believe you'll benefit from your further study.我相信你会从这次进修中学到许多东西的。
The patient will benefit by a few day's rest.病人休息几天就会好一些。
He doesn't seem to have benefited by the treatment.这种治疗看来对他没有效。
fit for
suited for对…合适的;有资格胜任
Such a boat is fit only for a calm sea.这种船只适于在风平浪静的海上航行。
This meal is not fit for me.这种饭不适合我吃。
He is in poor health;he is not fit for heavy work.他身体不好,不适合做重活。
What kind of work are you fit for?你适合做哪种工作?
fit in
1. find space for sth.安排(地方);放进;为某物腾出空间
There was so much furniture in the room that it became impossible to fit any more in.这个房间放了那么多家俱,不能再放进什么东西了。
Somehow she managed to fit everything in the suitcase.她设法把全部东西都装入箱子。
Can you manage to fit this small table in somewhere?你能设法找个地方放这张小桌子吗?
2.find time for sb.为某人腾出时间
Although I'm very busy, I'll try to fit in a game of tennis at the weekend.尽管我很忙,本周末我打算安排打一场网球。
I hope the hairdresser can fit me in today.我希望理发师今天能给我安排个时间(理发)。
There are still two patients to be fitted in this afternoon.今天下午还有两位病人需要安排治疗。
Our director can't fit in any more visits this week.本周我们主任已再没时间接待来访者了。
3. adjust well to one's surroundings;live in harmony适应环境;相处融洽
She doesn't fit in here, I'm afraid.我担心她在这儿不适应。
Brought up in a big city, he found it quite difficult to fit in in the countryside.由于在城市长大,他发现他很难适应农村的环境。
He fitted in well with his room mates.他和同房间的人处得很融洽。
fit in with
1.accord;harmonize;coincide符合;一致;协调;适应
This information does not fit in with what I was told yesterday.这消息和我昨天听到的不一致。
The expectations may not fit in with the results.估计与结果可能不相符。
We must fit our plan in with yours.我们的计划得和你们的一致。
Your ideas fit in with mine.你的想法和我的是一致的。
Our literature and art must fit in with our socialist economic base.我们的文学艺术必须和我国的社会主义经济基础相适应。
Our office fits in beautifully with its surroundings.我们的办公室跟周围的环境很协调,显得很漂亮。
2.cooperate;get on with合作;和…相处得好
She tried to fit in with the others,but it was difficult.她力求与别人配合,但很难。
For years,he has fitted in well with his neighbours.多年来,他一直和邻居相处得很好。
How are you fitting in with your new colleagues in your new job?你在新的工作岗位上与新的同事合得来吗?
fit out
equip装备
The ship has been fitted out with a new engine.那船已安装了一个新的发动机。
We must fit the expedition out with the best equipment.我们必须给考察队最好的装备。
It is quite expensive nowadays to fit a child out with all he needs when he is going away to school.如今,当孩子离家上学时,为他准备所需的各种物品,花费是相当可观的。
The hotel was fitted out in the latest style of comfort.这家旅馆有舒适的最新设备。
fit up
1. fit together and place in position;install固定;安装
It took us about half an hour to fit up the apparatus.我们花了半小时左右安装了这个设备。
The new machine has been fitted up for a trial.这部新机器装配好了,准备试机。
The carpenter fitted up the wall cupboards.木匠装好了壁橱。
2.equip to serve a specific purpose为一定目的而布置;装置;配备
We fitted up one of the bedrooms as a study.我们将其中一间卧室布置成书房。
A shed at the back of the house was fitted up as a workshop.屋子后面的一间工棚被改成了一个车间。
They are to fit up that school with every modern convenience.他们用一切现代化设备来装备那个学校。
3.supply sb.'s needs;supply with necessaries供给;供给…必需物
His parents helped to fit him up for a long journey.他父母帮他准备长途旅行用的东西。
Could you fit me up with a new bike?你能给我配备一部新自行车吗?
John needs fitting up with a new hearingaid.约翰需要买一只新助听器。
for the benefit of
for the advantage of为了…利益
The teacher repeated part ofhis previous lecture for the benefit of those who had been absent.教师为了缺课的学生把上次讲的内容的一部分又重讲了一遍。
He was travelling for the benefit of his health.为了身体健康,他出去旅行了。
He told the story for the benefit of the children.他讲那个故事是为了孩子们好。
have a fit fits/throw a fit
1.have a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body.突然发作而痉挛
He suffers from epilepsy;that's why he had a fit yesterday.他患有癫痫病,所以昨天他痉挛不止。
2.become angry or upset发怒
When Bell decided to drop out of college,his parents had fits.当比尔决定退学时,他父母很生气。
He had a fit when he learned about his son's misbehaviour at school.当听到他儿子在校表现不好时,他大发脾气。
have a fit/have fits/throw a fit
1.have a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body.突然发作而痉挛
He suffers from epilepsy;that's why he had a fit yesterday.他患有癫痫病,所以昨天他痉挛不止。
2.become angry or upset发怒
When Bell decided to drop out of college,his parents had fits.当比尔决定退学时,他父母很生气。
He had a fit when he learned about his son's misbehaviour at school.当听到他儿子在校表现不好时,他大发脾气。
have a have fits/throw a fit
1.have a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body.突然发作而痉挛
He suffers from epilepsy;that's why he had a fit yesterday.他患有癫痫病,所以昨天他痉挛不止。
2.become angry or upset发怒
When Bell decided to drop out of college,his parents had fits.当比尔决定退学时,他父母很生气。
He had a fit when he learned about his son's misbehaviour at school.当听到他儿子在校表现不好时,他大发脾气。
profit by
benefit from获益
I hope to profit by your advice.我希望得益于您的劝告。
profit by/from
benefit from获益
I hope to profit by your advice.我希望得益于您的劝告。
profit from
benefit from获益
I hope to profit by your advice.我希望得益于您的劝告。
see/think fit
decide that an action is necessary,wise or advisable 认为合适;认为(做某事)适当
I don't see fit to tell you all my plans.我认为把我所有的计划都告诉你是不合适的。
We'll leave this entirely to you,so do as you see fit.我们把这件事全托付给你了,你看着办吧。
think fit
decide that an action is necessary,wise or advisable 认为合适;认为(做某事)适当
I don't see fit to tell you all my plans.我认为把我所有的计划都告诉你是不合适的。
We'll leave this entirely to you,so do as you see fit.我们把这件事全托付给你了,你看着办吧。
throw a fit
Idiom(s): throw a fit
Theme: ANGER - RELEASE
to become very angry; to put on a display of anger. (Folksy.)
• Sally threw a fit when I showed up without the things she asked me to buy.
• My dad threw a fit when I got home three hours late.
think fit for
Idiom(s): think sb or sth fit for sth
Theme: OPINION
to believe that someone or something is suitable for something.
• I don't think John fit for the job.
• Do you think this car fit for a long trip?
survival of the fittest
Idiom(s): survival of the fittest
Theme: 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.
of benefit
Idiom(s): of benefit (to sb)
Theme: BENEFIT
serving someone well; to the good of someone.
• I can't believe that this proposal is of benefit to anyone.
• Oh, I'm sure it's of benefit.
have a conniption fit
Idiom(s): have a conniption (fit)
Theme: ANGER - RELEASE
to get angry or hysterical. (Folksy.)
• I got so mad I thought I was going to have a conniption.
• My father had a conniption fit when I got home this morning.
give sb the benefit of the doubt
Idiom(s): give sb the benefit of the doubt
Theme: FAIRNESS
to make a judgment in someone's favor when the evidence is neither for nor against the person.
• I'm glad the teacher gave me the benefit of the doubt.
• Please, judge. Give me the benefit of the doubt.
get the benefit of the doubt
Idiom(s): get the benefit of the doubt
Theme: FAIRNESS
to receive a judgment in your favor when the evidence is neither for you nor against you.
• I was right between a B and an A. I got the benefit of the doubt—an A.
• I thought I should have had the benefit of the doubt, but the judge made me pay a fine.
fit to kill
Idiom(s): fit to kill
Theme: CLOTHING
dressed up to look very fancy or sexy. (Folksy.)
• Mary put on her best clothes and looked fit to kill.
• John looked fit to kill in his tuxedo.
fit sb to a T
Idiom(s): fit sb to a T
Theme: FITTING
[for something] to fit a person very well.
• His new jacket fits him to a T.
• My new shoes fit me to a T.
fit for a king
Idiom(s): fit for a king
Theme: SUITABLE
totally suitable.
• What a delicious meal. It was fit for a king.
• Our room at the hotel was fit for a king.
fit and trim
Idiom(s): fit and trim
Theme: HEALTH - FIT
slim and in good physical shape. (Fixed order.)
• Jane tried to keep herself fit and trim at all times.
• For some people, keeping fit and trim requires time, effort, and self-discipline.
feel fit
Idiom(s): feel fit
Theme: HEALTH - GOOD
to feel well and healthy.
• If you want to feel fit, you must eat the proper food and get enough rest.
• I hope I still feel fit when I get old.
Fit of pique
If someone reacts badly because their pride is hurt, this is a fit of pique.
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