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a babe in the woods

"a defenseless person; a naive, young person" He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him.

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

a bun in the oven

pregnant, expecting a baby Mabel has a bun in the oven. The baby's due in April.

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a drop in the bucket

a small part, a tiny piece, the tip of the iceberg This donation is only a drop in the bucket, but it is appreciated.

a feather in your cap

an honor, a credit to you, chalk one up for you Because you are Karen's teacher, her award is a feather in your cap.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a flash in the pan

a person who does superior work at first I'm looking for a steady worker, not a flash in the pan.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a grandfather clause

a written statement that protects a senior worker They can't demote him because he has a grandfather clause.

the able of dawn

The moment at which the sun aboriginal rises. It's a continued drive, so we'll accept to leave at the able of aurora if we appetite to get there on time. I've been up back the able of aurora acclimation the fences that blew down in the storm.Learn more: crack, dawn, of

crack of dawn

Very aboriginal morning, daybreak. For example, I got up at the able of dawn. The crack in this appellation alludes either to the abruptness of aurora or to the baby block of ablaze actualization as the sun rises over the horizon. Originally the appellation was usually put as crack of day. [Late 1800s] Learn more: crack, dawn, of

the able of dawn

actual aboriginal in the morning. Crack actuality agency the burning of time active by the able of a whip.Learn more: crack, dawn, of

the able of ˈdawn

(informal) actual aboriginal in the morning: We’ll accept to get up at the able of aurora to be there by 9 a.m.Learn more: crack, dawn, of

crack of dawn, (at) the

Early in the morning. The agent of this announcement is uncertain. One biographer suggests that “crack” is acquired from the age-old acceptation of a abrupt loud babble (since the chat comes from Old English cracian, “to resound”), because the sun comes up suddenly. Rudyard Kipling acclimated agnate adumbration in his composition “Mandalay,” area “the aurora comes up like barrage alien China ’crost the Bay.” On the added hand, “crack” may accredit to a baby amplitude or opening—that is, the block of ablaze that appears as the sun rises over the horizon. Whichever, the byword originated in America in the backward nineteenth century. It may already accept been a cliché back W. Somerset Maugham wrote (Catalina, 1948), “He had slipped abroad at the able of dawn.”Learn more: crack, of

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crack of dawn, (at) the Idioma

a babe in the woods

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

a bun in the oven

a chip off the old block

a drop in the bucket

a feather in your cap

a fine-toothed comb

a flash in the pan

a fly on the wall

a grandfather clause

the able of dawn

crack of dawn

the able of dawn

the able of ˈdawn

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