tell everybody, tell secrets I told you I like Kevin, and you blabbed it to everybody.
blabbermouth
a very talkative person--especially one who says things that
labor of love
something done for personal pleasure and not for money The book that he wrote was a labor of love and he doesn
slab
1. the ground; to lower a car to the slab; to lower down;"I'm breaking em down to the slab" -- Rage (The chronic [1992]) 2. crack
elaborate on
explain in detail(a plan,a theory,etc.)详细说明(计划、理论等) He is going to elaborate on his design.他将对他的设计作详细的说明。 The physicist is asked to elaborate on his theory.这位物理学家被邀请详细解释他的理论。
labour at
make a lot of effort about努力 Don't labour at your writing;try to make it easy and natural.写文章不要过分雕琢,要力图使其易懂自然。
labour at/over
make a lot of effort about努力 Don't labour at your writing;try to make it easy and natural.写文章不要过分雕琢,要力图使其易懂自然。
labour for
work hard so as to gain努力工作以获取 Leaders of many nations are labouring for peace.许多国家的领导人致力于和平事业。
labour over
make a lot of effort about努力 Don't labour at your writing;try to make it easy and natural.写文章不要过分雕琢,要力图使其易懂自然。
labour under
1.be burdened, troubled,or distressed by; suffer from the shortcoming of为…苦恼;困于 I think you must be labouring under a misunderstanding.我想你可能是受误解之苦。 She labours under speech handicaps because she stammers.由于有口吃的毛病,她说话很费力。 The firm has been labouring under difficulties for the past year.公司去年一直在困难中挣扎。 2.be misled or blinded by受…骗;受…蒙蔽 He's been labouring under the impression that we are prejudiced against him. However, we have been treating him with fairness.他一直以为我们对他有偏见,感到很苦恼,可我们一向对他是公正的。
make available to
Idiom(s): make sb or sth available to sb
Theme: AVAILABILITY
to supply someone with someone or something. • I made my car available to Bob. • They made their maid available to us.
belabor the point
Idiom(s): belabor the point
Theme: PERSISTENCE
to spend too much time on a point of discussion. • I don't want to belabor the point, but the sooner we get these things settled, the better. • If the speaker would agree not to belabor the point further, I will place it on the agenda for the next meeting.
Labour of love
A labour of love is a project or task undertaking for the interest or pleasure in doing it rather than the reward, financial or otherwise.
On the wallaby track
(AU) In Australian English, if you're on the wallaby track, you are unemployed.
Pin down with a label
If you pin someone down with a label, you characterise them, often meant negatively as the label is restrictive.
be in labor|labor
v. phr. To be in parturition; experience the contractions of childbirth. Vane had been in labor for eight hours before her twin daughters were finally born.
belabor the point|belabor|point
v. phr. To overexplain something to the point of obviousness, resulting in ridicule. "Lest I belabor the point," the teacher said, "I must repeat the importance of teaching good grammar in class."
labor movement|labor|movement
n. Groups which form, strengthen, and increase membership in labor unions. His father was connected with the labor movement in the 1920's.
labor of love|labor|love
n. phr. Something done for personal pleasure and not pay or profit. Building the model railroad was a labor of love for the retired engineer.
labor under|labor
v. phr. To be the victim of; suffer from. Ken is obviously laboring under the delusion that Jennifer will marry him out of love.
words of one syllable|syllable|words
n. phr. Language that makes the meaning very clear; simple, or frank language. Usually used after "in". Mary explained the job to Ann in words of one syllable so that she would be sure to understand.Some people say that John is cute and mischievous, but in words of one syllable, he's just a brat. Compare: IN SO MANY WORDS, SPELL OUT.
stoop labor
stoop labor Back-bending manual work, especially farm work. For example, They had us picking peas all day, and that's too much stoop labor. [First half of 1900s]
words of one syllable, in In simple terms, as in I don't understand financial derivatives—can you explain them in words of one syllable? [Colloquial; 1920s]
An lab idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with lab, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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