Significado: a soft answer turneth away wrath

Una respuesta suave devolverá calor

answer Idioma

a pat answer

a planned or memorized answer, a canned answer You won't get the job if you give a pat answer to every question.

pat answer

(See a pat answer)

answer back

reply rudely回嘴；顶嘴
Don't answer back like that．别那样顶嘴！
The child often answered his grandmother back．这孩子经常与祖母顶嘴。

answer for

1． be responsible for；take the responsibility for对…负责
You must answer for any missing articles after the party．你必须对聚会后遗失的任何物品负责。
Parents should answer for their children's behaviour．父母应对自己孩子的行为负责。
2．guarantee 保证；担保
I can answer for his honesty．我可以保证他是诚实的。
I will answer for the truth of his statements．我担保他说的话是真实的。
3．be punished or blamed for因…而受罚；因…而受责备
He will have to answer for his crimes．他必须因他的罪行而受到惩罚。
Someday you will answer for your foolish behaviour．总有一天你将因你的愚蠢行为而受到惩罚。
4．serve for起…作用
That night the table answered for a bed for me．那天晚上那张桌子成了我的床。
5．speak for代表…讲话
Stop answering for John，let him speak．不要替约翰说，让他自己讲。
I can't answer for the other members of the committee．我不能代表其他委员的意见。

answer to

1．correspond to；be in accordance with符合；相符；一致
We all hope that the result will answer to our expectation．我们都希望结果和我们预料的一样。
That answers precisely to our needs．那正符合我们的需要。
A man answering to the police description was arrested in London last night．那个与警察描述的特征相符的人，昨晚已在伦敦被捕。
2．be responsible to对…负责
You'll have to answer to me if any harm comes to these children．要是这些孩子受到什么伤害，我将唯你是问。
He said he was ready to answer to those who worked under his direction．他说他愿意对在他领导下工作的人负责。
3．respond to；reply to对…做出反应；听从
The illness doesn't answer to medical treatment．这病治疗无效。
Young people should answer to the nation's call to go where they are most needed．青年人应该听从国家号召，到最需要的地方去。

answer up to

1．respond to对…做出反应；响应
We answered up to the appeal quickly．我们迅速响应了这个呼吁。
At the roll call，the men answered up to their names．点名时，士兵们应答迅速。
2．have a ready reply to对…对答如流
The little boy answered up to all the questions except two．除了两个问题外，这个孩子对答如流。

in answer/response to

in reply to应…而；响应；回答
He only shrugged his shoulders in answer to the question．他对问题的回答只是耸了耸肩而已。
The doctor came at once in answer to my telephone．医生接了我的电话立即就来了。
In answer to her shouts people ran out to help．人们一听到她的叫喊声都跑出来帮忙了。

in answer to

not take no for an answer

Idiom(s): not take no for an answer

Theme: PERSISTENCE

not to accept someone's refusal. (Informal. A polite way of being insistent.)
• Now, you must drop over and see us tomorrow. We won't take no for an answer.
• I had to go. They just wouldn't take no for an answer.

answer one's purpose

Idiom(s): answer someone's purpose AND serve someone's purpose

Theme: SERVING

to fit or suit someone's purpose.
• This piece of wood will answer my purpose quite nicely.
• The new car serves our purpose perfectly.

Answers on a postcard

This idiom can be used to suggest that the answer to something is very obvious or that the person would really like to hear what people think.

answer for|answer

v. 1. To take responsibility for; assume charge or supervision of. The secret service has to answer for the safety of the President and his family. 2. To say you are sure that (someone) has good character or ability; guarantee: sponsor. When people thought Ray had stolen the money, the principal said, "Ray is no thief. I'll answer for him." 3. Take the blame or punishment for. When Mother found out who ate the cake, Tom had to answer for his mischief.

answer one's calling|answer|calling

v. phr. To fulfill one's destiny in terms of work or profession by doing what one has a talent for. Don answered his calling when he became a chiropractor. Susy answered her calling when she became a violinist.

answer the call of nature|answer|call of nature|ob

v. phr., slang To go to the bathroom to relieve oneself by urinating or defecating. Ted was hiking in the mountains when suddenly he had to answer the call of nature but since there was no bathroom in the woods, he excused himself and disappeared behind the bushes.

answer to|answer

v. To be named; go by a certain name or designation; be accountable. When you walk my dog, please remember that he answers to the name "Caesar." As head of the company she does not have to answer to anyone.

talk back|answer|answer back|back|talk

v. informal To answer rudely; reply in a disrespectful way; be fresh. When the teacher told the boy to sit down, he talked back to her and said she couldn't make him. Mary talked back when her mother told her to stop watching television; she said, "I don't have to if I don't want to." Russell was going somewhere with some bad boys, when his father told him it was wrong, Russell answered him back, "Mind your own business."

answer

answer
In addition to the idioms beginning with answer, also see know all the answers; take no for an answer, not.
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know all the answers

know all the answers
Also, know a thing or two; know it all; know one's way around. Be extremely knowledgeable or experienced. These idioms may be used somewhat differently, expressing overconfidence, as in Helen always knew all the answers, or thought she did, or competence, as in Bob knows a thing or two about battery technology, or ruefulness, as in I thought I knew it all about plants and then I got poison ivy, or genuine expertise, as in John knows his way around tax forms. The first term dates from the early 1900s, the second from the later 1700s, the third from the later 1800s, and the fourth, also put as know one's way about, dates from the 1500s. Also see know one's stuff; know the ropes; under tricks of the trade.

not take no for answer

not take no for answer
see take no for an answer, not.

take no for an answer, not

take no for an answer, not
Not accept a refusal, be persistent in demanding something, as in I want you to show me the statements and I won't take no for an answer. This idiom was first recorded in 1930 in Winston Churchill's My Early Life: “Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure.”

More Idioms/Phrases

take it out of one take it upon oneself take lying down take no for an answer, not take notes take off one's hands