Significato: archaic

ar·cha·ic || ɑː'keɪɪkadj. arcaico; antiquato; antico

chai Idioma

chain letter

a letter that is copied and sent to other people This letter says I will have bad luck if I break the chain.

chain of command

order of those in power, line of authority If you are a lieutenant, the chain of command goes up and down.

chain reaction

one event causing a sequence of events Abe sold his shares, causing a chain reaction in the market.

chain smoker

a person who smokes one cigarette after another, smokes like a furnace """Do all chain smokers die of emphysema?"" ""No, but most of them do."""

chairman of the boards (hockey)

a player who controls play along the boards In the 1970s Doug was chairman of the boards for the Hawks.

grab a chair

sit down, have a seat, take a load off your feet "After I introduced everybody, I said, ""Grab a chair and sit down."""

have a chair

please sit down on a chair, have a seat """Please have a chair,"" my aunt said, and the man sat down."

musical chairs

the transfer of a number of officers in an organization into different jobs - especially each other

pull your chain

ask you what you think, ask for your opinion If we want your opinion we'll pull your chain. We'll ask you.

rattle my chain

annoy me, anger me, get under my skin That woman rattles my chain, the way she gossips about me!

ball and chain

derogatory term for a wife or girlfriend

take a chair

sit down 坐下
After she had taken a chair，we started to watch TV．她坐下来以后我们就开始看电视。

play first chair

Idiom(s): play first chair

Theme: LEADERSHIP

to act as a leader.
• I need to get this job done. Who plays first chair around here?
• You re not the boss! You don t play first chair.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.

The strength of a group depends on each individual member.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link

This means that processes, organisations, etc, are vulnerable because the weakest person or part can always damage or break them.

Armchair critic

An armchair critic is someone who offers advice but never shows that they could actually do any better.

Rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

(UK) If people are rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, they are making small changes that will have no effect as the project, company, etc, is in very serious trouble.

Take the chair

If you take the chair, your become the chairman or chairwoman of a committee, etc.

Yank my chain

If some one says this to another person (i.e. stop yanking my chain) it means for the other person to leave the person who said it alone and to stop bothering them.

The strength of the chain is in the weakest link.

The most fragile point determines the quality of a structure.

chain gang|chain|gang

n. A group of convicts or slaves in the old South who were chained together. Chain gangs are no longer an acceptable way of punishment, according to modem criminologists.

chain letter|chain|letter

n. A letter which each person receiving it is asked to copy and send to several others. Most chain letters die out quickly.

chain smoker|chain|smoker

n. Person who smokes many cigarettes in a row, person who continuously smokes. Mr. Jones is a chain smoker.

chain stores|chain|store|stores

n. A series of stores in different locations, joined together under one ownership and general management. The goods in chain stores tend to be more uniform than in independent ones.

chain-smoke|chain|smoke

v. To smoke cigarettes or cigars one after another without stopping. Mr. Jones is very nervous. He chain-smokes cigars.

chain-smoking|chain|smoke|smoking

adj. or n. Chain smoking is very dangerous to health.

chained to the oars|chain|chained|oar|oars

adj. phr. The condition of being forced to do strenuous and unwelcome labor against one's wishes for an extended period of time. Teachers in large public schools frequently complain that they feel as if they had been chained to the oars.

go to the chair|chair|go

v. phr. To be executed in the electric chair. After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair.

musical chairs|chair|musical

n. phr. (Originally the name of a children's game.) The transfer of a number of officers in an organization into different jobs, especially each other's jobs. The boss regularly played musical chairs with department heads to keep them fresh on the job.

armchair

armchair
armchair quarterback
or
a person who is not a quarterback (or general, etc.), but offers opinions and criticism on the performance or decisions of those who are

chain

chain
In addition to the idioms beginning with chain, also see ball and chain; pull someone's chain.
* * *
- chain reaction
- chain smoker

chair

chair
see musical chairs, play.

daisy chain

daisy chain
1) A series of connected events, activities, or experiences. For example, The daisy chain of lectures on art history encompassed the last 200 years. This metaphorical term alludes to a string of the flowers linked together. [Mid-1800s]
2) A line or circle of three or more persons engaged in simultaneous sexual activity. For example, A high-class call girl, she drew the line at daisy chains. [Vulgar slang; 1920s]
3) A series of securities transactions intended to give the impression of active trading so as to drive up the price. For example, The SEC is on the alert for unscrupulous brokers who are engaging in daisy chains. [1980s]

musical chairs, play

musical chairs, play
Move around from position to position, such as the jobs in an organization. For example, Bob took over for Tom, who took over for Mary, who got Bob's title—the boss loves to play musical chairs with the staff. This expression alludes to the children's game in which children walk around a number of seats while music plays, and there is one less chair than players. When the music stops the players must sit down, and the player who is left standing is eliminated. Then another chair is removed, and the game goes on until only one player is left sitting. [c. 1900]

play musical chairs

play musical chairs
see musical chairs, play.

pull someone's chain

pull someone's chain
1) Make someone speak out of turn, as in Who pulled your chain?—It's none of your business. [1920s]
2) Make someone angry, especially deliberately, as in Teenagers really know how to pull their parents' chains. [c. 1960] Both usages allude to the literal sense of chain-pulling, that is, “causing someone to do something, as though activated by a chain.”