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)

nose in on Idioma

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.

nose in on (someone or something)

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nose in on

v. To accept in on or get complex in article area one's attendance is not wanted: You're consistently nosing in on my conversations, and I ambition you'd stop. Learn more: nose, on

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a fill-up a fine line a fine-toothed comb a firm hand a flash in the pan a fleeting glance a fly on the wall a fool and his money are soon parted a foregone conclusion a fraidy cat a free-for-all a free hand a freeze on a fresh pair of eyes a fresh start a full house (cards) a full plate nook and cranny, every nook or cranny nookie nooks and crannies nooky noon noose nope nor normal normcore norra north north and south Norwich nose nose about nose around nose around for (someone or something) nose candy nose for nose habit nose hit nose in nose in a book, have one's nose in on nose in on (someone or something) nose in the air, have one's nose into (something) nose job nose of wax nose or a group out nose out nose out of nose out of joint nose out of joint, have one's nose out of joint, to have one's/put someone's nose to tail nose to the grindstone nose to the grindstone, have/keep one's nose to the grindstone, keep one's nosebag nosebleed nosebleed seat nosebleed seats nose-burner nosedive nose-lunger nose-pick nose-picker nose-picking