pare Idiom, Proverb
compare notes
prepare like crazy
spare me
bit of spare
compare to
Life is often compared to a voyage．人生常被比作航程。
Books are often compared to friends．书籍常常被比喻为朋友。
We can compare her poetry to the greatest poems of the presend century．我们可以把她的诗同本世纪最伟大的诗篇相提并论。
compare with
He can not be compared with Shakespeare as a writer of tragedies．作为一个悲剧作家，他无法和莎士比亚相比。
You can compare your writing with the model writing on page 85．你可以把自己的作文同第85页的范文作一比较。
If you compare this with that，you'll find they are very much alike．如果把这个与那个比较一下，你会发现它们非常相似。
prepare for
The family is preparing for Christmas．全家人正在为圣诞节作准备。
I'm going to prepare lessons for tomorrow．我要准备明天的功课。
in one's spare time
Idiom(s): in one's spare timeTheme: TIME
in one's extra time; in the time not reserved for doing something else.
• I write novels in my spare time.
• I'll try to paint the house in my spare time.
have to spare
Idiom(s): have sth to spareTheme: ABUNDANCE
to have more than enough of something.
• Ask John for some firewood. He has firewood to spare.
• Do you have any candy to spare?
and to spare
Idiom(s): and something to spare AND with something to spareTheme: ABUNDANCE
with extra left over; with more than is needed. (Something can be used literally.)
• I had as much flour as I needed with something to spare.
• Fred said he should have enough cash to last the week—with money to spare.
with sth to spare
Idiom(s): and something to spare AND with something to spareTheme: ABUNDANCE
with extra left over; with more than is needed. (Something can be used literally.)
• I had as much flour as I needed with something to spare.
• Fred said he should have enough cash to last the week—with money to spare.
Spare the rod and spoil the child
If you don't punish a child when he does wrong, you will spoil his character.Drive you spare
If someone or something drives you spare, it is extremely annoying.Go spare
(UK) If you go spare, you lose your temper completely.loose change|spare change
coins in your pocket: "Do you have any spare change for the parking meter?"compare notes|compare|note|notes
v. phr., informal To exchange thoughts or ideas about something; discuss together. Mother and Mrs. Barker like to compare notes about cooking.pare down|pare
v. phr. To limit; economize; reduce. With a smaller income per month, the family had to pare down their household expenses.compare
compareIn addition to the idiom beginning with compare, also see beyond comparison.
spare
spareIn addition to the idioms beginning with spare, also see to spare.
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- spare the rod and spoil the child
- spare tire
spare tire
spare tireFat around one's middle, as in He's determined to lose ten pounds and that spare tire he's acquired. This expression transfers the term for an extra tire carried in cars in case of a flat tire to excess fat around the waist. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
to spare
to spareIn addition to what is needed, extra, left over, as in We paid our bills and still had money to spare. This expression uses spare in the sense of “leftover” or “unused,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.
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