Significato: abandon a sinking ship

abbandonare una nave che affonda, svignarsela quando gli affari si mettono male

(as) ugly as sin Idioma

a blessing in disguise

a problem that becomes a benefit or advantage The rainstorm was a blessing in disguise. It stopped the fire.

a dressing down

a scolding, a lecture, a piece of my mind Mother gave me a dressing down when I said bad words.

a losing streak

losing several times in succession The Leafs are on a losing streak. They've lost seven games!

backpack (business)

support, be the parent company First, GM backpacked Saab. Then they bought the company.

blessing in disguise

(See a blessing in disguise)

business as usual

everything is normal, nothing has changed The morning after the holdup, it was business as usual at the bank.

cascade (business)

allow information to flow down to the employees Archie thinks we should control this information, not cascade it.

character assassination

saying things that ruin a person's reputation, muckrake """What did they say about him?"" ""It was mainly gossip and character assassination."""

chasing rainbows

trying to achieve an impossible goal Many young actors are chasing rainbows - hoping for fame.

cruising for a bruising

inviting a fight, asking for it The new kid was cruisin' for a bruisin' - insulting everybody.

(as) animal as sin

Extremely visually adverse or unattractive. This old car is all exhausted up and animal as sin, but it's still activity able afterwards all these years. I'm abiding I looked as animal as sin by that point, with my architecture anointed all over the abode and my beard a absolute mess.Learn more: sin, ugly

*ugly as sin

Cliché acutely ugly. (*Also: as ~.) Why would anyone appetite to buy that dress? It's as animal as sin! Harold is animal as sin, but his personality is actual charming.Learn more: sin, ugly

ugly as sin

Physically or about hideous, as in I can't anticipate why she brand that dog; it's animal as sin. This simile, aboriginal recorded in 1801, replaced the beforehand ugly as the devil. Learn more: sin, ugly

ugly as sin

If addition or article is as ugly as sin, they are actual ugly. Even his kids were animal as sin.Learn more: sin, ugly

(as) miserable/ugly as ˈsin

(spoken) acclimated to accent that somebody is actual black or ugly: He accustomed at the affair attractive as afflicted as sin. ♢ Some babies are as animal as sin at that age.Learn more: miserable, sin, ugly

(as) animal as sin

mod. actual ugly. This car’s as animal as sin, but it’s bargain and dependable. Learn more: sin, ugly

ugly as sin

verbSee as animal as sinLearn more: sin, ugly

ugly as sin

Hideous, either physically or spiritually. This affinity appears to accept replaced the beforehand ugly as the devil, mentioned by Daniel Defoe in his History of the Devil (1726). The aboriginal actualization in book was in Maria Edgeworth’s Popular Tales of 1804: “Why, she is animal as sin!”Learn more: sin, ugly

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(as) ugly as sin Idioma

a blessing in disguise

a dressing down

a losing streak

backpack (business)

blessing in disguise

business as usual

cascade (business)

character assassination

chasing rainbows

cruising for a bruising

(as) animal as sin

*ugly as sin

ugly as sin

ugly as sin

(as) miserable/ugly as ˈsin

(as) animal as sin

ugly as sin

ugly as sin

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