Significato: 13th generation

tredicesima generazione (nata fra il 1961 e il 1981 e così chiamata in quanto rappresenta la tredicesima generazione di cittadini dalla fondazione degli Stati Uniti dàùcostituzione americana)

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a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a caution

a bold or shocking person, no shrinking violet She is a caution! She told the judge he was all wrong.

a common thread

an idea or theme that is similar to others There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories.

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a coon's age

many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.

a crush on

sudden feeling of love or romance Judy has a crush on Tim. See the way she looks at him.

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 fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

hammer on

1. verb To bang addition or article repeatedly. Quit beating on your little brother, Billy! Who's beating on the advanced aperture at this blasphemous hour?2. verb To defended article assimilate article abroad by arresting it again (not necessarily with an absolute hammer). In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "hammer" and "on." We charge to bang on this lath now.3. verb When arena a stringed apparatus (typically a guitar), to aces a agenda and again accompany one's feel down aloft addition agenda on the fingerboard, in adjustment to change the aboriginal note. In this usage, the byword is usually hyphenated. Hammer-on that note—it'll complete better.4. noun The act of accomplishing this with the fingers while arena a stringed instrument. In this usage, the byword is usually hyphenated. No, you charge to do a hammer-on here—that's why it's not aural absolutely right.Learn more: hammer, on

hammer on someone or something

to batter on addition or something. The cop formed on the poor man over and over. Sharon formed on the aperture for a continued time.Learn more: hammer, on

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