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nF Idiom

information leak

(See have a leak)

inside information

facts available to those inside an organization I can get inside information. My friend works for the FBI.

info

information

confer on

1．talk together，esp．to try to reach agreement商讨
They are conferring on the question of reducing prices．他们正在就降低物价的问题进行磋商。
They conferred on the best way of paying off the debt quickly．他们商议迅速偿还债务的最好办法。
2．bestow授予
The Queen conferred a title on the brave sailor．女王为那个勇敢的水手授衔。
The university conferred on him the title of LLD．该大学授予他法学博士称号。

confer on/upon

confer upon

confide in

1．trust；believe in相信
You can confide in me，my dear．Your affair will be kept private．你可以信任我，亲爱的，你的事情我会保密的。
Why should I not confide in those that have been so kind to me？为什么我不该信赖那些一直待我这样好的人呢？
I confided in your good judgement．我坚信你有良好的判断力。
Do you confide in my ability to finish the work on time？你相信我有按时完成工作的能力吗？
2．share secrets and intimate matters with 向…吐露秘密；讲心里话
Her heart was breaking，and she had no one to confide in．她伤心欲绝，而且又没有人可以倾诉。
Modern girls seldom confide in their mother．现代女孩子很少向母亲吐露心事。

confide to

1．give to the care of托…照管；委托
He confided his child to the care of his neighbour．他把他孩子托邻居照看。
You'd better confide your jewels to the bank．你最好把珠宝托银行代管。
2．tell as a secret；tell secrets to吐露（秘密）
She confided her secret to her best friend．她把秘密告诉了最亲密的朋友。

confident of

feeling or showing confidence；certain感觉有信心的；有把握的
He feels confident of passing the examination．他自信能考及格。
I am confident of success．我自信能成功。

confine to

limit to限制在…内；使闭门不出
Confine your remarks to the subject of the meeting．讲话内容不要超过会议主题。
The lecture is confined to economic management．讲座的内容局限在经济管理方面。
She was confined to bed by illness．她卧病在床。

conform to

1．be in agreement with与…相符
All parts of superstructure which do not conform to the form to the economic base must be trans formed．要改革。一切不适应经济基础的上层建筑。
What he has done does not conform to the interests of the people．他所做的不符合人民的利益。
2．obey；act in accordance with 遵从
We must conform to the laws of the country．我们必须遵守国家的法律。
All students must conform to the rules．所有学生都必须遵守校规。

confront with

bring face to face；cause to meet使面对；遭遇
Fearless hunters dare to confront with the fiercest animals．无畏的猎手敢于面对最凶残的野兽。
They were confronted with a lot of difficulties in their research work．他们在研究工作中遇到了许多困难。

in confidence

secretly；privately秘密地；私下地
I'm telling you this in confidence；please don't tell anyone else.这件事我只告诉你一个人，请别告诉别人。

in conformity with

in agreement，accordance or harmony with；according to；in obedience to；in compliance with同意；遵照；依据；听从
His action was in conformity with the law．他的行为是合法的。
All these are entirely in con formity with the interests and aspirations of the people of our two countries．这一切完全符合我们两国人民的利益和愿望。
We should build our country in conformity with the principle of achieving greater，faster，better and more economical results．我们应按照多、快、好、省的原则建设我们的国家。

inferior to

worse than 劣于…
Woman is inferior to man in running．讲赛跑，女人不如男人。

inform…of

tell告诉
Have you informed them of your intended departure？你已经把准备离开的事告诉他们了吗？

scornful of

feeling contempt for；holding in scorn 鄙视；看不起
He is scornful of such a selfish and haughty man．他藐视这样一个自私又狂妄的人。

under the influence of alcohol

Idiom(s): under the influence (of alcohol)

Theme: DRUNK

drunk; nearly drunk; affected by alcohol.
• She behaves quite rudely when under the influence of alcohol.
• Ed was stopped by a police officer for driving while under the influence.

take sb into one's confidence

Idiom(s): take sb into one's confidence

Theme: TRUST

to trust someone with confidential information; to tell a secret to someone and trust the person to keep the secret.
• We are good friends, hut I didn't feel I could take her into my confidence.
• I know something very important about Jean. Can I take you into my confidence?

gold mine of information

Idiom(s): gold mine of information

Theme: KNOWLEDGE

someone or something that is full of information.
• Grandfather is a gold mine of information about World War I.
• The new encyclopedia is a positive gold mine of useful information.

A fault confessed is half redressed.

Confession is the beginning of forgiveness.

Bring a knife to a gunfight

If someone brings a knife to a gunfight, they are very badly prepared for something.

Chickenfeed

If something is small or unimportant, especially money, it is chickenfeed.

Worm information

If you worm information out of somebody, you persuade them to tell you something they wanted to keep from you.

a skinflint

someone who doesn't want to spend money: "She reuses tea bags - she's such a skinflint!"

informal

Hardly; unlikely; not so. Would I marry him? In a pig's eye.

mine of information|information|mine

n. phr. A person, a book, etc., that is a valuable source of information. A dictionary can be a mine of information. He is a mine of information on the stock market.

press conference|conference|press

n. phr. A meeting with news reporters. The reporters questioned the president about foreign affairs at the press conference. The press conference with the senator was broadcast on television.

confederacy

confederacy
the Confederacy
â
the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
official name, Confederate States of America

confederation

confederation
the Confederation
â
1) the United States of America (1781-89) under the Articles of Confederation
2) the union of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick in 1867 to form the Dominion of Canada

confess

confess
1.
confess to
to admit or admit having; acknowledge
2.
stand confessed as
to be revealed or admitted as

confidence

confidence
In addition to the idiom beginning with confidence, also see in confidence; take into one's confidence.

confidence game

confidence game
Also, confidence trick; con game. A swindle in which the victim is defrauded after his or her trust has been won. For example, The police warned of a confidence game in which people were asked to turn over valuables for a so-called appraisal, or The typical confidence trick is easy to spot if you know what to look for, or I almost let myself be taken in by her con game—she seemed so sincere. These terms, which use confidence in the sense of “trust,” date from the mid-1800s. They also gave rise to confidence man (or con man) for the swindler.

confine

confine
be confined
to be undergoing childbirth

confusion

confusion
covered with confusion
greatly embarrassed

draw an inference

draw an inference
Conclude, as in From his wording, we can draw the inference that he disapproves. This idiom is a long-winded way of saying infer. [Late 1600s]

inference

inference
see draw an inference.

infinite

infinite
the Infinite (Being)
God

infinity

infinity
to infinity
without limit or end

influence

influence
see under the influence.

information

information
see under gold mine.

infringe

infringe
infringe on
or infringe upon
to break in on; encroach or trespass on to infringe upon their right to privacy

take into one's confidence

take into one's confidence
Trust someone with a secret, as in She took me into her confidence and admitted that she was quitting next month. This idiom uses confidence in the sense of “trust,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.

under the influence

under the influence
Impaired functioning owing to alcohol consumption, as in He was accused of driving under the influence. This expression, from legal jargon, is short for under the influence of intoxicating liquor and implies that one is not completely drunk. Since it is nearly always applied to drivers suspected or so accused, it has given rise to the police acronym DUI, for “driving under the influence.” [Second half of 1800s]

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