wear on Idiom, Proverb
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The snow will melt as the day wears on．雪随着白天时间的消逝而融化。
As the hours wore on，he grew more and more impatient．时间慢慢地过去，他越来越不耐烦了。
2．continue继续
The boys'quarrel wore on all afternoon．孩子们吵吵闹闹，持续了整个下午。
The battle wore on through the night．战斗持续了一夜。
3．become angry；irritate；tire激怒；使恼火；使疲倦
Having to stay indoors all day long is tiresome for the children and wears on their mother's nerves．孩子们整天呆在家里很厌烦，也使得他们的母亲感到焦躁不安。
wear one's heart on one's sleeve
Idiom(s): wear one's heart on one's sleeve AND have one's heart on one's sleeveTheme: EMOTION
to display one's feelings openly and habitually, rather than keep them private.
• John always has his heart on his sleeve so that everyone knows how he feels.
• Because she wears her heart on her sleeve, it's easy to hurt her feelings.
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v. 1. To anger or annoy; tire. Having to stay indoors all day long is tiresome for the children and wears on their mother's nerves. 2. To drag on; pass gradually or slowly; continue in the same old way. Johnny tried to wait up for Santa Claus but as the night wore on, he couldn't keep his eyes open. As the years wore on, the man in prison grew old. The boys' quarrel wore on all afternoon.wear one's heart on one's sleeve|heart|pin|pin one
v. phr. To show your feelings openly; show everyone how you feel; not hide your feelings. She wears her heart on her sleeve. It's easy to see if she is sad or happy. Sometimes it is better not to pin your heart on your sleeve.Compare: OPEN ONE'S HEART.
swear on a stack of Bibles
swear on a stack of BiblesPromise solemnly that what one is about to say is true, as in I swear on a stack of Bibles that I had nothing to do with his dropping out. This term alludes to the practice of placing one's hand on a sacred object while taking an oath, which dates from the mid-10th century. It is still followed in courts of law where a witness being sworn to tell the truth places a hand on the Bible. [Mid-1800s]
wear on
1. To canyon boring or gradually over a advance of time, abnormally in a actual dull, tedious, or annoying manner. The address wore on for about two hours, with several in the admirers audibly snoring. The canicule and the weeks connected cutting on, with little abatement from the calefaction and boredom.2. To account accident or abrasion through connected or common use or appliance of burden or friction. Rolling your bike through actuality like that is absolutely starting to abrasion on the carpets. Constant use has beat on the apparatus of the device.3. To put something, as accouterment or an adornment, on one's anatomy or clothes. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "wear" and "on." He wore a pin on his accessory during the awards commemoration to appearance adherence with the movement. Everyone wore hats on their active aback in the 1940s.4. To irritate, frustrate, or exasperate someone. You could acquaint that the class's anarchy was alpha to abrasion on our teacher. Would you apperception demography the kids out for a airing or something? They're absolutely cutting on me today.Learn more: on, wearwear (up)on someone
to abate someone's activity and resistance; to bore or abrade someone. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) You could see that the address was alpha to abrasion aloft the audience. This affectionate of affair absolutely wears on me.Learn more: on, wearwear (up)on something
to bullwork or rub at something. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) The basal of the aperture is cutting aloft the carpeting and abrogation marks. It is cutting on the carpet.Learn more: on, wearwear something (up)on something
to accept article on article as accouterment or adornment. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) I wore a admirable design pin aloft my blouse. I wore the annual on my lapel.Learn more: on, wearwear on (for a aeon of time)
Fig. [for an event] to abide for a continued aeon of time. The address seemed to abrasion on for hours. It wore on until I went to sleep.Learn more: on, wearwear on someone
Fig. to bother or abrade someone. We backward with them alone a abbreviate time because my accouchement seemed to abrasion on them. Always actuality abbreviate of money wears on a being afterwards a while.Learn more: on, wearwear on
v. To canyon gradually or tediously: The hours wore on as we completed our chores. As the day wore on, I became added and added tired. Learn more: on, wear
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