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a budding genius

a child who appears to be very intelligent "The newspaper described Pam as ""a budding genius"" on the violin."

boozing buddies

friends who drink liquor and party together In those days, Billy and I were boozin' buddies - pals.

budding genius

(See a budding genius)

no kidding

I am serious, I am not joking Keith's my brother. No kidding. I'm telling you the truth.

proof of the pudding...

(See the proof of the pudding is in the eating)

the proof of the pudding is in the eating

do not judge until you test the finished product, do not jump to conclusions She drew a cartoon of a boy with a plum on his thumb. Then she wrote The proof of the pudding...

tough sledding

hard work, slow progress, heavy going, rough going We've had tough sledding on our building projects. Rainy weather has caused a lot of problems.

you're kidding

you are joking, you are not serious You're kidding. Jen wouldn't take off her clothes and climb a tree.

you're not kidding/ you aren't kidding

you are right, you are not joking """It's really cold today,"" Jen said. ""You aren't kidding!"" he replied."

You've got to be kidding!

You can't be serious! (What you said can't be true.

you've got to be kidding

you must be telling me a joke, get out of town, you're kidding """The manager wants me to give him a massage every afternoon."" ""You've got to be kidding!"""

addicted to

1．very much interested in沉溺于；醉心于
Alice is addicted to music．爱丽丝酷爱音乐。
2．having increasing need of（esp．taking drugs）（吸毒等）成瘾
He became addicted to the drug．他吸毒成瘾。

in addition to

besides除…之外
In addition to English， he has to study a second foreign language．除英语外，他还得学门第2外语。
In addition to a large collection of scientific works in Chinese，our library contains many scientific books in foreign languages．我们图书馆除了藏有大批中文科技书籍之外，还有许多外文科技书籍。

shotgun wedding

Idiom(s): shotgun wedding

Theme: MARRIAGE

a forced wedding. (Informal. From imagery of the bride's father having threatened the bridegroom with a shotgun to force him to marry.)
• Mary was six months pregnant when she married Bill. It was a real shotgun wedding.
• Bob would never have married Jane if she hadn't been pregnant. Jane's father saw to it that it was a shotgun wedding.

all kidding aside

Idiom(s): (all) joking aside AND (all) kidding aside

Theme: SERIOUSNESS

being serious for a moment; in all seriousness.
• I know I laugh at him but, joking aside, he's a very clever scientist.
• I know I threatened to leave and go round the world, but, joking aside, I need a vacation.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The real value of something can be judged only after it has been tried or tested.

Laugh to see a pudding crawl

(UK) Someone who would laugh to see a pudding crawl is easily amused and will laugh at anything.

Over-egg the pudding

(UK) If you over-egg the pudding, you spoil something by trying to improve it excessively. It is also used nowadays with the meaning of making something look bigger or more important than it really is. ('Over-egg' alone is often used in this sense.)

Proof of the pudding is in the eating

This means that something can only be judged when it is tested or by its results. (It is often shortened to 'Proof of the pudding'.)

in addition|addition

adv. phr. As something extra; besides. We saw a Mickey Mouse cartoon in addition to the cowboy movie. Aunt Mary gave us sandwiches for our picnic and a bag of cookies in addition. He has two cars and in addition a motorboat.

kiddie car|car|kiddie

n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon A school bus. Watch out for that kiddie car coming up behind you!

no kidding|kidding

n. phr. Without jokes or teasing; honestly spoken. "You actually won the lottery?" Dick asked. "No kidding," Joe replied. "I really did."

nodding acquaintance|acquaintance|nodding

n. Less than casual acquaintance. I have never spoken to the chancellor; we have only a nodding acquaintance.

piss into the wedding cake|cake|piss|spit into the

v. phr., vulgar, avoidable To spoil someone's pleasure or celebration by doing or saying something harsh or unseemly in an otherwise happy gathering; bring up depressing or unhappy subjects at a supposedly happy time. Stuart really spit into the wedding cake when he told Burt in a bragging fashion that Lucy, Burl's bride, used to be his girlfriend.

proof of the pudding is in the eating|eating|proof

Only through actual experience can the value of something be tested.

A proverb. He was intrigued by the ads about the new high mileage sports cars. "Drive one, sir," the salesman said. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating."

silver wedding|anniversary|silver|silver anniversa

n. phr. The twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of a couple; the twenty-fifth anniversary of a business or an association, etc. "The day after tomorrow is Mom and Dad's silver anniversary," Sue said to her brother. "I hope you have a nice present picked out."

tough sledding|hard sledding|rough sledding|sleddi

n., informal Difficulty in succeeding or making progress. Jane had hard sledding in her math course because she was poorly prepared. When Mr. Smith started his new business, he had tough sledding for a while but things got better.

addition

addition
see in addition.

bidding

bidding
do the bidding of
to be obedient to; carry out the orders of

easy sledding

easy sledding
Effortless progress, as in It's easy sledding from here on. This expression alludes to coasting smoothly down a hill and was first recorded as smooth sledding in 1898. Also see the antonym tough sledding.

in addition

in addition
1) Also, as well as. For example, They study their instruments and, in addition, theory and music history.
2) in addition to. Over and above, besides, as in In addition to a new muffler, the truck needs new brakes. [c. 1900]

kidding

kidding
see all joking aside; no kidding.

nodding acquaintance

nodding acquaintance
Superficial knowledge of someone or something, as in I have a nodding acquaintance with the company president, or She has a nodding acquaintance with that software program. This expression alludes to knowing someone just well enough to nod or bow upon meeting him or her. “Early 1800s]

proof of the pudding, the

proof of the pudding, the
Results are what count, as in Let's see if this ad actually helps sales—the proof of the pudding, you know. The full expression of this proverb, dating from about 1600, is The proof of the pudding is in the eating, but it has become so well known that it is often abbreviated.

pudding

pudding
see proof of the pudding, the.

sledding

sledding
see easy sledding; tough sledding.

wedding

wedding
see Shotgun wedding.