in the world Idiome
what in the world
why in the world
in the world earth
Who in the world is that fellow？那人究竟是谁？
Where in the world did you find that necklace？你究竟是在哪儿发现这根项链的？
He didn't understand what on earth the teacher meant．他不能理解老师究竟说了些什么。
in the world/on earth
Who in the world is that fellow？那人究竟是谁？
Where in the world did you find that necklace？你究竟是在哪儿发现这根项链的？
He didn't understand what on earth the teacher meant．他不能理解老师究竟说了些什么。
rise in the world
He's honest and diligent；I 'm sure he'll rise in the world．他诚实勤奋，我相信他会有出息的。
with the best will in the world
Idiom(s): with the best will in the worldTheme: EFFORT
however much one wishes to do something or however hard one tries to do something.
• With the best will in the world, Jack won't be able to help Mary get the job.
• With the best will in the world, they wont finish the job in time.
not have a care in the world
Idiom(s): not have a care in the worldTheme: CAREFREE
free and casual; unworried and carefree.
• I really feel good today—as if I didn't have a care in the world.
• Ann always acts as if she doesn't have a care in the world.
not for anything in the world
Idiom(s): not for (anything in) the world AND not for love nor money; not on your lifeTheme: NEGATION
not for anything (no matter what its value). (Note the variation in the examples. The order of love nor money is fixed.)
• I won't do it for love nor money.
• He said he wouldn't do it—not for the world.
• She said no, not for anything in the world.
• Me, go there? Not on your life!
move up in the world
Idiom(s): move up (in the world)Theme: ADVANCEMENT
to advance (oneself) and become successful.
• The harder I work, the more I move up in the world.
• Keep your eye on John. He's really moving up.
come up in the world
Idiom(s): come up in the worldTheme: ADVANCEMENT
to improve one's status or situation in life.
• Since Mary got her new job, she has really come up in the world.
• A good education helped my brother come up in the world.
come down in the world
Idiom(s): come down in the worldTheme: EXTRAVAGANCE
to lose one's social position or financial standing.
• Mr. Jones has really come down in the world since he lost his job.
• If I were unemployed, I'm sure I'd come down in the world, too.
come down in the world|come|world
v. phr. To lose a place of respect or honor, become lower (as in rank or fortune). The stranger plainly had come down a long way in the world.Compare: DOWN ON ONE'S LUCK.
come up in the world|come|in the world|rise|rise i
v. phr. To gain success, wealth, or importance in life; rise to a position of greater wealth or importance. He had come up in the world since he peddled his wife's baked goods from a pushcart.Compare: GET AHEAD.
Antonym: COME DOWN IN THE WORLD.
in the world|in the wrong|world|wrong
adj. phr. With moral or legal right or truth against you; against justice, truth, or fact; wrong. In attacking a smaller boy, Jack was plainly in the wrong. Mary was in the wrong to drink from a finger bowl. Since he had put pennies behind the fuses, Bill was in the wrong when fire broke out.Compare: OUT OF THE WAY.
Antonym: IN THE RIGHT.
in the world
in the worldsee come up; on earth; with the best will in the world.
in the world
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Acclimated as an intensive: How in the apple did they manage? I never in the apple would accept guessed.Learn more: world
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in the throes in the unlikely event in the wings in the world in thing, the in token of in touch, be in the twinkle of an eye in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event in the unlikely event (that) (something) happens in the unlikely event of in the unlikely event of (something) in the van in the van of (something) in the vicinity (of something) in the view of (someone) in the wake of in the wake of (something) in the wake of somebody/something in the wake of something in the wars in the way in the way of in the way of (someone or something) in the wild in the wilderness in the wilds of (some place) in the wind in the wings in the wink of an eye in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong box in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in the... stakes in the/somebody's blood/genes in the/somebody's way in theory in there in there pitching in these parts in thing, the in this day and age in this regard in this/that neck of the woods in this/that regard in those parts in thrall in thunderation? in time in time (with someone or something) in times past in token of in token of (something)
English Vocalbulary
make a parade of one's knowledge
make a pass at
make a person yawn
make a play for
make a pledge
make a point
make a point of
make a present to
make a quick recovery
make a retraction
make a right turn
make a sacrifice
make a scene
make a score off one's own bat
make a smart job of it
make a song about
make a spectacle of oneself
make a speech
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