Significato: a going plant

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PLAN Idioma

best laid plans

(See the best-laid plans)

catch a plane/bus/train

go to the airport and get on the plane After the meeting, you can catch the plane to Toronto.

layaway plan

a plan in which one pays some money down and then pays the rest little by little and the store holds the article until the full price has been paid He decided to buy the television set on the department store

Plan B

the substitute for Plan A, an alternative plan Plan A depends on getting a student loan. What is Plan B?

take the bus/plane

ride on the bus or plane, catch a plane Lee never takes the bus. He prefers to ride his bicycle.

the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray

plans are not guaranteed, plans sometimes do not work out "If this boat sinks, we'll say, ""The best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray."""

plan on

1．intend打算
We plan on visiting your city next month．我们打算下个月访问你们的城市。
I plan on going to the movies after I finish my homework．我打算做完作业后就去看电影。
2．count on指望；确定；预期
I'm hoping to go away for the weekend，but I'm not planning on it．我想外出度周末，但没定下来。
Don't plan on my going with you，for I expect to be busy this weekend．不要以为我会陪你一块去，因为本周末我会很忙的。

walk the plank

Idiom(s): walk the plank

Theme: PUNISHMENT

to suffer punishment at the hand of someone. (From the image of pirates making their blindfolded captives commit suicide by walking off the end of a plank jutting out over the open sea.)
• Fred may think he can make the members of my department walk the plank, but we will fight back.
• Tom thought he could make John walk the plank, but John fought back.

best-laid plans of mice and men

Idiom(s): best-laid plans of mice and men AND best-laid schemes of mice and men

Theme: PLANNING

the best thought-out plans of anyone. (Mice and men is fixed order.)
• If a little rain can ruin the best-laid plans of mice and men, think what an earthquake might do!
• The best-laid schemes of mice and men are often disturbed by any small matter.

Need teaches a plan.

Necessity will make you find a solution.

Game plan

A game plan is a strategy.

American plan|American|plan

n. A system of hotel management in which meals are included with the room, as opposed to the European plan that does not include meals. American tourists in Europe sometimes expect that their meals will be included, because they are used to the American plan.

lay-away plan|lay-away|plan

n. A plan for buying something that you can't pay cash for; a plan in which you pay some money down and pay a little more when you can, and the store holds the article until you have paid the full price. She could not afford to pay for the coat all at once, so she used the lay-away plan.

plan on|plan

v. 1. To have the plan of; have in mind.

Used with a verbal noun. I plan on going to the movies after I finish my homework. Mary was planning on seeing John at the baseball game.
Synonym: FIGURE ON. 2. To think you will do or have; be sure about; expect. I'm hoping to go away for the weekend, but I'm not planning on it. We can't order the food for the party until we know how many people to plan on. We planned on Mary for the decorations, but she is sick.

walk the plank|plank|walk

v. phr. 1. To walk off a board extended over the side of a ship and be drowned. The pirates captured the ship and forced the crew to walk the plank. 2. informal To resign from a job because someone makes you do it. When a new owner bought the store, the manager had to walk the plank.

best-laid plans go astray, the

best-laid plans go astray, the
Also, the best-laid schemes go astray. Even very careful designs or projects do not always succeed. For example, Mary spent all afternoon preparing this elaborate dish but forgot the most important ingredient—oh well, the best-laid plans go astray. This particular turn of phrase comes from Robert Burns's poem “To a Mouse” (1786): “The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley [go often astray].” It is so well known that it is often abbreviated to the best-laid plans.

plan

plan
In addition to the idiom beginning with plan, also see best-laid plans go astray, the.

plank

plank
see walk the plank.