take out order Idiom, Proverb
ducks in order
"organized, planned; each person knows his job" I have to get my ducks in order before the sale on Tuesday.
in order
to make it possible, to help it happen In order to win, we have to work as a team.
in order to
for the purpose of We have decided to close down the school for the summer in order to do some major repairs.
just what the doctor ordered
exactly what is needed or wanted Having the extra day off from work was just what the doctor ordered and he was able to get his many errands finished.
out of order
not operating, broken The stamp machine is out of order. I think it's broken.
pecking order
from strongest to weakest, line of authority The first thing to learn about a company is the pecking order.
to order
according to directions given in an order in the way something is made or size wanted etc. He had three suits made to order when he visited Hong Kong last year.
bang out of order
totally unacceptable
border on
be next to;come close to接近;毗邻
China borders on Mongolia to the north.中国的北方同蒙古接邻。
border on/upon
be next to;come close to接近;毗邻
China borders on Mongolia to the north.中国的北方同蒙古接邻。Apple pie order
Everything is in absolute adjustment and tidy if it is in angel pie order.
apple-pie order
apple-pie order Extreme neatness, as in
David keeps his banking annal in apple-pie order. This appellation is about believed to be an English bribery of the French
nappes pliées, “neatly bankrupt linen.” [Early 1600s]
apple-pie order|apple|apple pie|order|pie
n. phr.,
informal Exact akin arrangement, neatness; tidy arrangement.
The abode was in apple-pie order. Like a acceptable secretary, she kept the boss's board in apple-pie order.
back order
Idiom(s):
back adjustment sthTheme:
COMMERCE
[for a merchant] to adjustment article that is not in banal and again accomplish commitment to the chump aback the appurtenances become available. (The merchant may authority your money until the adjustment is filled.)
• The abundance didn't accept the backup allotment for my exhaustion cleaner, so the administrator aback ordered it for me.
• The boutique had to aback adjustment some of the items on my list.
bang out of order
totally unacceptable
border
border
1.
border on
or
1) to be abutting to or adjoining
2) to be like; about be his affliction borders on madness
2.
the Borders
the breadth surrounding the abuttals amid Scotland and England
border on
be abutting to;come abutting to接近;毗邻
China borders on Mongolia to the north.中国的北方同蒙古接邻。
border on/upon
be abutting to;come abutting to接近;毗邻
China borders on Mongolia to the north.中国的北方同蒙古接邻。
border on|border
v. phr. To be adjoining to; appear abutting to; adjoin. Our apple borders on the Mississippi River. John's accomplishments bound on irresponsibility.
border upon
be abutting to;come abutting to接近;毗邻
China borders on Mongolia to the north.中国的北方同蒙古接邻。
build sth to order
Idiom(s): build sth to order
Theme: CONSTRUCTION
to body article abnormally for someone.
• Our new car was congenital to adjustment aloof for us.
• My aggregation builds computers to order. No two are alike.
call the affair to order
Idiom(s): call the affair to order
Theme: BEGINNINGS
to alpha a affair officially; to advertise that the affair has started.
• The admiral alleged the affair to adjustment anon afterwards noon.
• We cannot do annihilation until accession calls the affair to order.
call to order
call to order
Formally accessible a meeting; also, bid bodies to obey the rules. For example, The administrator acclimated his gavel to alarm anybody to order, or The adjudicator alleged the assemblage to adjustment and threatened to accomplish them leave. [Early 1800s]
call to order|call|order
v. phr. 1. To accessible (a meeting) formally. The administrator alleged the board to order. The admiral formed with his gavel to alarm the assemblage to order. 2. To acquaint not to breach the rules of a meeting. The adjudicator alleged the bodies in the cloister allowance to adjustment aback they talked too loud.
drunk and disorderly
Idiom(s): drunk and disorderly
Theme: DRUNK
a bent allegation for accessible abandonment accompanied by bad or abhorrent behavior. (Fixed order.)
• The adjudicator fined Max for actuality bashed and disorderly
• In accession to actuality bedevilled for active while intoxicated, Max was begin accusable of actuality bashed and disorderly.
ducks in order
"organized, planned; anniversary actuality knows his job" I accept to get my ducks in adjustment afore the auction on Tuesday.
free and accessible accidental Fixed order
Idiom(s): free and accessible casual. (Fixed order.)
Theme: CASUAL
casual. (Fixed order.)
• John is so chargeless and easy. How can anyone be so relaxed?
• Now, booty it easy. Aloof act chargeless and easy. No one will apperceive you're nervous.
get your own abode in order
tidy up your own diplomacy afore criticising added people's: "You should get your own abode in adjustment afore cogent me what to do!"
give accession their boot orders
fire someone: "After the argument, he was accustomed his boot orders."
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get your anxiety beneath the table
get acclimatized in: "It alone took him a anniversary to get his anxiety beneath the table, again he started to accomplish changes."
holy orders
holy orders
take angelic orders
to accept Christian ordination
In apple-pie order
If article is in apple-pie order, it is actual accurate and organised.
in acceptable order
systematically arranged(放置)整齐地
She kept aggregate in the allowance in acceptable order.她把房间收拾得井然有序。
in order
to accomplish it possible, to advice it appear In adjustment to win, we accept to assignment as a team.
in adjustment that
for the purpose of为了
Come aboriginal in adjustment that you may see him.要想见到他,你就得早来。
He ran in adjustment to bolt the train.他跑着赶这趟火车。
in adjustment that/to
for the purpose of为了
Come aboriginal in adjustment that you may see him.要想见到他,你就得早来。
He ran in adjustment to bolt the train.他跑着赶这趟火车。
in adjustment to
for the purpose of We accept absitively to abutting down the academy for the summer in adjustment to do some above repairs.
in adjustment to|order|so as to
conj. For the purpose of; to.
Acclimated with an infinitive. In adjustment to chase the buffalo, the Indians generally had to move their camps. We best apples so as to accomplish a pie.
Compare: SO THAT.
in order|order
adv. or adj. phr. 1. In arrangement; in the able way of afterward one another. Come to my board in alphabetical adjustment as I alarm your names. Line up and airing to the aperture in order. Name all the presidents in order.
Compare: IN TURN. 2. In able condition. The car was in acceptable alive adjustment aback I bought it. The club baton looked at the club treasurer's annal of money calm and spent, and begin them all in order.
Compare: IN COMMISSION2, PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER. 3. Afterward the rules; proper; suitable. Is it in adjustment to ask the apostle questions at the meeting? At the end of a program, acclaim for the performers is in order.
Compare: IN PLACE.
Antonym: OUT OF ORDER. 4. See: PUT ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER or SET ONE'S HOUSE IN ORDER.
in abbreviate order
Idiom(s): in abbreviate order
Theme: SPEED
very quickly.
• I can align out this blend in abbreviate order.
• The bodies came in and bankrupt the abode up in abbreviate order.
in abbreviate order|order|short order
adv. phr. Without delay; quickly. Johnny got accessible in abbreviate adjustment afterwards his ancestor said that he could appear to the brawl bold if he was accessible in time.
just what the doctor ordered
exactly what is bare or capital Having the added day off from assignment was aloof what the doctor ordered and he was able to get his abounding errands finished.
just what the doctor ordered|doctor|just|order|ord
n. phr., informal Exactly what is bare or wanted. "Ah! Aloof what the doctor ordered!" exclaimed Joe aback Mary brought him a algid soda.
large order|large
n. phr. Difficult job; a difficult assignment to fulfill. It is a ample adjustment to brainwash three accouchement in academy at the aforementioned time.
Compare: TALL ORDER.
law and order
law and order
Strict administration of laws, abnormally for authoritative crime. For example, Our applicant is consistently talking about law and order. The abstraction abaft this appellation was declared by Aristotle. Today, however, it additionally carries the association of anarchic on civilian rights in the advance of too backbreaking law enforcement. [Late 1500s]
made to order
Idiom(s): made to order
Theme: FITTING
put calm on request.
• This accouterment fits so able-bodied because it's fabricated to order.
• His anxiety are so big that all his shoes accept to be fabricated to order.
made to order|made|order
adj. phr. 1. Fabricated distinctively in the way the client wants instead of all the aforementioned in ample amounts; fabricated abnormally for the buyer. Mr. Black's clothes were all fabricated to order.
Compare: MADE-TO-MEASURE. 2. Aloof right. The acclimate was fabricated to adjustment for the hike.
mail order|mail|order
n. phr. A acquirement fabricated by mail. If you don't accept a adventitious to go to a store, you can sometimes accomplish a acquirement by mail order.
make sth to order
Idiom(s): make sth to order
Theme: CREATION
to put article calm alone aback accession requests it. (Usually said about clothing.)
• This abundance alone makes apparel to order.
• Our shirts fit altogether because anniversary one is fabricated to order.
marching orders, get one's
marching orders, get one's
Be ordered to move on or proceed; also, be absolved from a job. For example, The sales force got their boot orders yesterday, so now they'll be on the alley with the new product, or It's too bad about Jack—the bang-up gave him his boot orders Friday. This announcement originally alluded to a aggressive command. [Colloquial; backward 1700s]
on order
requested but ont yet supplied 订购中 The boutique abettor told the chump that they didn't accept this blazon of shoes in banal then, and that they were on order.售货员告诉顾客他们店现在这种鞋已没货了,正在订购中。
When do you anticipate you can address the appurtenances on orer?你认为何时能运走所订的货物?
on the adjustment of
on the adjustment of
1) Approximately, as in We charge on the adjustment of three cases of wine for the reception.
2) Like, of a affectionate agnate to, as in Their abode is on the adjustment of a colonial saltbox. [c. 1900]
order
order
In accession to the idioms alpha with order, additionally see apple-pie order; back order; call to order; in order; in abbreviate order; just what the doctor ordered; law and order; made to order; marching orders, get one's; on order; on the adjustment of; out of order; pecking order; put one's abode in order; short order; standing order; tall order; to order.
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- order of the day, the
- order accession about
order about
keep giving orders or instructions 不断差遣
He doesn't like actuality ordered about by anyone.他不喜欢受任何人的驱使。
I mean,he's got no appropriate to adjustment me about the place.我的意思是,他没有权利指派我在这儿干这干那。
order about/around
keep giving orders or instructions 不断差遣
He doesn't like actuality ordered about by anyone.他不喜欢受任何人的驱使。
I mean,he's got no appropriate to adjustment me about the place.我的意思是,他没有权利指派我在这儿干这干那。
order about|order|order around
v. phr. To behest arrogantly to someone; domineer. Dan orders his adolescent colleagues about in a best abhorrent way.
order around
keep giving orders or instructions 不断差遣
He doesn't like actuality ordered about by anyone.他不喜欢受任何人的驱使。
I mean,he's got no appropriate to adjustment me about the place.我的意思是,他没有权利指派我在这儿干这干那。
order of the day
Idiom(s): order of the day
Theme: NEED
something all-important or usual; an cardinal necessity.
• Warm clothes are the adjustment of the day aback camping in the winter.
• Going to bed aboriginal was the adjustment of the day aback we were young.
order of the day, the
order of the day, the
The prevailing or accepted mode, the accepted agenda, as in Volatility is the adjustment of the day in high-tech stocks, or T-shirts and dejected jeans were the adjustment of the day for the picnic. This expression, dating from the backward 1600s, originally alluded to the accountable of agitation in a assembly on a accurate day, as able-bodied as to specific commands accustomed to troops. Its allegorical use dates from the additional bisected of the 1700s.
order sb about
Idiom(s): order accession about AND adjustment accession around
Theme: DOMINATION
to accord commands to someone.
• I don't like for accession to adjustment me about.
• Don’t adjustment me around!
order sb around
Idiom(s): order accession about AND adjustment accession around
Theme: DOMINATION
to accord commands to someone.
• I don't like for accession to adjustment me about.
• Don’t adjustment me around!
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