Meaning: abruptly-pinnate

adj.
of a leaf shape; pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex

inn Idiom, Proverb

ears pinned back

told to behave, disciplined The rowdy kid needs his ears pinned back. Tell him to behave.

head is spinning

mind is confused, boggle your mind The lawyer asked me so many questions my head was spinning.

skinny dip

swimming naked, in the buff They took off their clothes and went for a skinny dip in the lake.

spinny

a little crazy, eccentric, drive me batty Their family is kind of weird. Even the cat is a little spinny.

winner take all

the winner of the game gets all the money "Bert said, ""Let's play one more game of poker, winner take all."""

winning isn't evrything; it's the only thing

winning is the only thing that matters, get it straight "It was Vince Lombardi, a football coach, who said, ""Winning isn't everything - it's the only thing."""

winning streak

winning game after game, make a clean sweep The Expos have won nine games - their longest winning streak.

abysinnia

a jocular and intentional mispronunciation of "I'll be seeing you!"

binnie

a refuse collector

binno

see binman

divulge dinner

to vomit

at the beginning

at the starting point of在…开头
They sang a song at the beginning of the meeting．会议开始时他们唱了一首歌。

from beginning to end

from first to last自始至终
The story was interesting from beginning to end．这个故事从头到尾都很有趣。

thin-skinned

Idiom(s): thin-skinned

Theme: SENSITIVE

easily upset or hurt; sensitive.
• You'll have to handle Mary's mother carefully. She's very thin-skinned.
• Jane weeps easily when people tease her. She's too thin-skinned.

thick-skinned

Idiom(s): thick-skinned

Theme: FEELING - LACKING

not easily upset or hurt; insensitive.
• Tom won't worry about your insults. He's completely thick-skinned.
• Jane's so thick-skinned she didn't realize Fred was being rude to her.

innocent as a lamb

Idiom(s): (as) innocent as a lamb

Theme: INNOCENCE

guiltless; naive.
• "Hey! You can't throw me in jail," cried the robber. "I'm innocent as a lamb."
• Look at the baby, as innocent as a lamb.

beginning of the end

Idiom(s): beginning of the end

Theme: 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.

A good beginning makes a good end.

If a task is carefully planned, there's a better chance that it will be done well.

Breadwinner

Used to describe the person that earns the most money. For example - She's the breadwinner in the family.

Dog's dinner

Something that is a dog's dinner is a real mess.

Quitters never win; winners never quit

If you quit you will never get what you want, but if you keep trying you will find a way to get what you want. ('Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win and never quit are idiots' is a variation accredited to Larry Kersten)

Spinning a line

When someone spins you a line, they are trying to deceive you by lying.

Spinning a yarn

When someone spins you a yarn, they are trying to deceive you by lying.

Winner takes all

If everything goes to the winner, as in an election, the winner takes all.

more than you've had hot dinners

an expression to mean that you've had a lot of something: "I've had more jobs than you've had hot dinners!"

inner city|city|inner

n., colloquial Densely populated neighborhoods in large metropolitan areas inhabited by low income families usually of minority backgrounds, such as Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, or African Americans; characterized by slums and government-owned high rises. Joe comes from the inner city he may need help with his reading.

winning streak|streak|winning

n. A series of several wins one after the other. The team extended their winning streak to ten.

beginner's luck

beginner's luck
Good 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, the
The 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”).

more sinned against than sinning

more sinned against than sinning
Less guilty than those who have injured one, as in It's true she took the money but they did owe her quite a bit—in a way she's more sinned against than sinning. This expression comes from Shakespeare's King Lear (3:2), where the King, on the heath during a storm, so describes his plight.