Significado: 4to

4to (quarto)tamaño de hoja de papel que mide aproximadamente 9.5 x 12 pulgadas; libro con dicha medida

kill with kindness, to Idioma

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

kill someone with kindness

Fig. to be awfully affectionate to someone. You are aloof killing me with kindness. Why? Don't annihilate them with kindness.Learn more: kill, kindness

kill with kindness

Overwhelm or abuse addition with mistaken or boundless benevolence. For example, Aunt Mary consistently sends Jane chocolates and block and added goodies, alike admitting she's been told Jane's on a diet-nothing like killing with affection . This announcement originated as kill with affection as addicted apes do their young (presumably crushing them to afterlife in a hug) and was a adage by the mid-1500s. Learn more: kill, kindness

kill with kindness, to

To beat with benevolence. The aboriginal adage was “to annihilate with affection as addicted apes do their young,” abracadabra up the angel of a ample simian crushing its babyish to afterlife with too active a hug. It appeared as a adage in the mid-sixteenth aeon and was quoted in abundant sources thereafter. A Woman Kilde with Kindnesse is the appellation of one of Thomas Heywood’s best-known plays (1607). It was absolutely a cliché by the time Byron wrote (Letters and Journals, 1815), “Don’t let them annihilate you with claret and kindness.”Learn more: kill

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake