Significado: a girl in every port

que tiene una novia en cada puerto, Casanova, Don Juán

port Idioma

a golden opportunity

a good chance to succeed, a good investment The Royal Hotel is for sale. What a golden opportunity!

a good sport

a person who is fair and friendly What a good sport! You never complain, even when you lose.

a window of opportunity

an opportunity, a chance, a golden opportunity Sometimes a problem is actually a window of opportunity.

blow it out of proportion

exaggerate it, make it bigger than it should be When Gretzky was traded, the media blew it out of proportion.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

go all the way (sports)

win a final series, win the cup or trophy If the Leafs beat us, they'll go all the way.

golden opportunity

(See a golden opportunity)

good sport

person who loses well He is a very good sport and never complains about losing.

seize the opportunity

act now to gain most, take advantage of He seized the opportunity to invest in gold. He didn't wait.

shoot-out (sports)

taking shots at each goal to determine the winner Sweden won the gold medal by defeating Canada in a shoot-out.

shutout (sports)

no goals scored against a goal keeper in one game Our goalie has three shutouts this season - three zeros!

spoilsport

one who will not play, party-pooper You spoilsport! Why won't you play strip poker with us?

throw away a chance or opportunity

fail to make use of a chance or opportunity He threw away a chance to get a good education when he began to work when he was very young.

window of opportunity

(See a window of opportunity)

in proportion to

in relation to the degree与…成比例
Each man's pay will be in proportion to his work．每个人的报酬将与其工作成比例。
His expenditure is not in proportion to his income．他的支出与收入不平衡。
The house is tall in proportion to its width．按照宽度来说这房子是很高的。

proportional to

in proper proportion to与…成比例的
The payment is proportional to the work done．报酬与完成的工作成比例。

sporting chance

Idiom(s): sporting chance

Theme: CHANCE

a reasonably good chance.
• If you hurry, you have a sporting chance of catching the bus.
• The small company has only a sporting chance of getting the export order.

out of all proportion

Idiom(s): out of all proportion

Theme: REALISM - LACKING

of an exaggerated proportion; of an unrealistic proportion compared to something else; (figuratively) lopsided. (The all can be left out.)
• This problem has grown out of all proportion.
• Yes, this thing is way out of proportion.

blow sth out of all proportion

Idiom(s): blow sth out of all proportion

Theme: EXAGGERATION

to cause something to be unrealistically proportioned relative to something else. (The all can be left out.)
• The press has blown this issue out of all proportion.
• Let's be reasonable. Don’t blow this thing out of proportion.

any port in a storm

Idiom(s): any port in a storm

Theme: SOLUTION

a phrase indicating that when one is in difficulties one must accept any way out, whether one likes the solution or not.
• I don't want to live with my parents, hut it's a case of any port in a storm. I can t find an apartment.
• He hates his job, but he can t get another. Any port in a storm, you know.

leap at the opportunity

Idiom(s): jump at the chance AND jump at the opportunity; leap at the opportunity

Theme: OPPORTUNITY

to take advantage of a chance to do something.
• John jumped at the chance to go to England.
• I don't know why I didn't jump at the opportunity myself.
• I should have leaped at the chance.

jump at the opportunity

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

Don't miss opportunities that come along.

First port of call

The first place you stop to do something is your first port of call.

Opportunity knocks but once

This idiom means that you only get one chance to achieve what you really want to do.

any port in a storm|port|storm

Any help is welcome in an emergency.

A proverb. The motel we stopped in was nothing to brag about, but we were so exhausted that it was a clear case of any port in a storm.

out of all proportion|out|proportion

adv. phr. Disproportionate; lopsided. The news coverage of the sensational celebrity double murder has grown out of all proportion, obscuring the international news.

port of call|call|port

n. phr. 1. Any of the ports that a ship visits after the start of a voyage and before the end; a port where passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off; an in-between port. Savannah is a port of call for many Atlantic coasting vessels. 2. A place you visit regularly or often; a stop included on your usual way of going. It was an obscure little restaurant which I had made something of a port of call. His home had become one of my regular ports of call in Boston.

port of entry|entry|port

n. phr. 1. A port where things brought into the country to sell may pass through customs. Other ports of entry have been taking business from New York. 2. A port where a citizen of another country may legally enter a country; a port having passport and immigration facilities. Airports have joined seaports as ports of entry for the visiting foreigner.

seize the opportunity|opportunity|seize

v. phr. To exploit a chance. His wealthy uncle offered to send him to Harvard and he wisely seized the opportunity.

sporting blood|blood|sporting

n. Willingness to take risks; spirit of adventure. The cowboy's sporting blood tempted him to try to ride the wild horse. The boy's sporting blood caused him to run away with a circus.

in proportion

in proportion
see out of proportion.

make sport of

make sport of
see make fun of.

moral support

moral support
Emotional or psychological backing, as opposed to material help. For example, There's not much I can do at the doctor's office, but I'll come with you to give you moral support. [Late 1800s]

out of proportion

out of proportion
Also, out of all proportion. Not in proper relation to other things, especially by being the wrong size or amount. For example, This vase looks out of proportion on this small table, or Her emotional response was out of all proportion to the circumstances. The noun proportion means “an agreeable or harmonious relationship of one thing relative to another.” [Early 1700s] The antonym in proportion dates from the late 1600s and also refers either to physical size or appropriate degree, as in The bird's wings are huge in proportion to its body, or Her willingness to believe him stands in direct proportion to her love for intrigue.

port

port
see any port in a storm.

proportion

proportion
see out of proportion.

report

report
on report
Subject to disclipinary action.

sport

sport
1.
in sport
or for sport
in joke or jest; not in earnest
2.
make sport of
to mock or ridicule; poke fun at

sporting blood

sporting blood
Willingness to take risks, as in His sporting blood won't let him stay away from the races. This idiom uses sporting in the sense of “associated with gambling.”

sporting chance, a

sporting chance, a
A fair chance for success, as in She thinks she has a sporting chance for being named bureau chief. [Colloquial; late 1800s]