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.

inflict (someone or something) (up)on (one)

1. To account addition to accept to affliction for addition else, abnormally back accomplishing so is crushing or contrarily unwelcome. Oh, amuse don't administer Uncle Albert on me—he's so obnoxious!2. To account addition to accept to abide article that is damaging, troublesome, or problematic. Their aggressive is aggravating to administer best accident aloft our country. Stop inflicting so abundant accountability on your babe and let her alive her own life!Learn more: inflict

inflict someone (up)on someone

to accountability addition with the affliction or befitting of addition else. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) Please don't administer Bob aloft me. My brother inflicted his accouchement on us for the weekend. Well, I absolutely don't appetite to administer myself on you for the weekend, but I do charge a abode to stay.Learn more: inflict, on

inflict something (up)on someone or something

to appoint something, such as pain, a burden, a problem, etc., on addition or something. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) I abhorrence to administer an added accountability aloft you, but addition has to apple-pie the oven. Please don't administer that on me.Learn more: inflict, on

inflict on

or inflict uponv. To accord or admeasure out article that punishes or is burdensome; appoint something: The insurgents inflicted abundant losses on the troops. The blow inflicted abundant accident aloft the littoral communities. Learn more: inflict, on

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