Significado: 4to

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

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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.

rub someone('s fur) the amiss way

Fig. to abrade someone. I'm apologetic I rubbed your fur the amiss way. I didn't beggarly to agitated you. Don't rub her the amiss way!Learn more: rub, way, wrong

rub the amiss way

Irritate, annoy, as in His animadversion about abundance rubbed a abundant abounding bodies the amiss way. This argot alludes to abrading an animal's fur in the amiss direction. [Mid-1800s] Also see ruffle someone's feathers. Learn more: rub, way, wrong

rub (someone) the amiss way

To annoy; irritate: "One can see ... how [his] announcement of his ethics and intentions charge accept rubbed abounding bodies the amiss way" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt).Learn more: rub, way, wrong

rub the amiss way, to

To annoy. This announcement transfers abrading a cat’s fur in the amiss administration to acid a animal being. (Learn added against the grain.) The British declamation is to rub addition up the amiss way and dates from the mid-nineteenth century. “Don’t rub her prejudices up the amiss way,” wrote H. Aïdé (Carr of Carrlyou, 1862).Learn more: rub, wrong

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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

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