Meaning: admiralty range

n.
mountains in Antarctica north of Victoria Land

range Idiom, Proverb

a perfect stranger

a person you have never seen, a total stranger In New York, a perfect stranger asked her to sleep with him.

a total stranger

one you have never seen, a perfect stranger """Can I give you a ride home?"" ""No. You're a total stranger."""

make strange

be afraid of a stranger, cry when a stranger comes Ali makes strange when we have visitors. He cries and tries to hide.

out of range

too far away, not close enough The FM station is out of range of my radio. The signal is weak.

perfect stranger

(See a perfect stranger)

point-blank range

close range, only a few feet away The report stated that the gorilla was shot at point-blank range.

total stranger

(See a total stranger)

arrange for

make a plan about sth．for sb．安排；准备
I have arranged for the photographer to take some pictures of the ceremony．我已经安排摄影师为典礼拍些照片。
Who has arranged for the concert？谁组织了这次音乐会？
I've arranged for a car to pick them up at the station．我已安排了一辆车去车站接他们。

strange to say

not what sb．might think 说也奇怪
Strange to say，Jerry doesn't like candy．奇怪，杰瑞不喜欢糖果。

at close range

Idiom(s): at close range

Theme: PROXIMITY

very near; in close proximity. (Usually used in regard to shooting.)
• The hunter fired at the deer at close range.
• The powder burns tell us that the gun was fired at close range.

apples and oranges

Idiom(s): apples and oranges

Theme: DIFFERENCE

a pair of words representing two entities that are not similar. (Fixed order.)
• You can't talk about Fred and Ted in the same breath! They're apples and oranges.
• Talking about her current book and her previous best-seller is like comparing apples and oranges.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Events in real life are sometimes stranger than in fiction.

Rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

(UK) If people are rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, they are making small changes that will have no effect as the project, company, etc, is in very serious trouble.

Strange at the best of times

To describe someone or something as really weird or unpleasant in a mild way.

Agent Orange|Agent|Orange

n. A herbicide used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, considered by some to cause birth defects and cancer, hence, by extension, an instance of "technological progress pollution". If things continue as they have, we'll all be eating some Agent Orange with our meals.

at close range|close range|range

adv. phr. Close by; in proximity. The police officer fired at the fleeing murder suspect at close range.

strange to say|say|strange

adv. phr. Not what you might think; surprisingly.

Used for emphasis. Strange to say, Jerry doesn't like candy. Strange to say, the Indians didn't kill Daniel Boone.

arrangements

arrangements
see make arrangements for.

grange

grange
the Grange
â
the Patrons of Husbandry, a fraternal organization, orig. of farmers, organized in the U.S. in 1867

make arrangements for

make arrangements for
Plan or prepare for someone or something, as in Who is making all the arrangements for our sales meeting? This expression employs arrangements in the sense of “measures or preparations for a particular purpose,” a usage dating from the late 1700s.

oranges

oranges
see apples and oranges.

range

range
see at close range.

strange bedfellows

strange bedfellows
A peculiar alliance or combination, as in George and Arthur really are strange bedfellows, sharing the same job but totally different in their views. Although strictly speaking bedfellows are persons who share a bed, like husband and wife, the term has been used figuratively since the late 1400s. This particular idiom may have been invented by Shakespeare in The Tempest (2:2), “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” Today a common extension is politics makes strange bedfellows, meaning that politicians form peculiar associations so as to win more votes. A similar term is odd couple, a pair who share either housing or a business but are very different in most ways. This term gained currency with Neil Simon's Broadway play The Odd Couple and, even more, with the motion picture (1968) and subsequent television series based on it, contrasting housemates Felix and Oscar, one meticulously neat and obsessively punctual, the other extremely messy and casual.

truth is stranger than fiction

truth is stranger than fiction
Real life can be more remarkable than invented tales, as in In our two-month trip around the world we ran into long-lost relatives on three separate occasions, proving that truth is stranger than fiction. This expression may have been invented by Byron, who used it in Don Juan (1833).