Holi Idiom

holier-than-thou

acting as if one is better than others in goodness or character etc. I don

spend holidays

do during your holidays, go for your holidays """How'd you spend your holidays?"" ""We drove to Texas and Tijuana."""

workaholic

"one who loves to work; who is addicted to work" Gary is a workaholic. He even works on weekends!

busman's holiday

Idiom(s): busman's holiday

Theme: HOBBIES

leisure time spent doing something similar to what one does at work.
• Tutoring students in the evening is too much of a busman’s holiday for our English teacher.
• Ifs a bit of a busman's holiday to ask her to be wardrobe mistress for our amateur production in the summer. She's a professional dressmaker.

half-holiday|half|holiday

n. A day on which you get out of school or work in the afternoon. The principal said that Tuesday would be a half-holiday.

holier-than-thou|holier|holy|thou

adj. Acting as if you are better than others in goodness, character, or reverence for God; acting as if morally better than other people. Most people find holier-than-thou actions in others hard to accept. After Mr. Howard stopped smoking, he had a holier-than-thou manner toward his friends who still smoked.

holistic health|health|holistic

n., informal, semi-technical The maintenance of health and the avoidance of disease through such psychogenic practices and procedures as biofeedback, meditation, alternative methods of childbirth, and avoidance of drugs. The Murgatroyds are regular holistic health freaks why, they won't even take aspirin when they have a headache.

holiday

holiday
see busman's holiday.

holy of holies

holy of holies
A place of awe or sacredness, as in The corporate board room is the holy of holies here. This expression is a translation of the Hebrew term for the sanctuary inside the tabernacle of the Temple of Jerusalem, where the sacred Ark of the Covenant was kept (Exodus 26:34). Its figurative use dates from the second half of the 1800s.