oak Idioma
soak up
croak
2. to kill
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sink/soak in
If the ink sinks in it'll be hard to remove the spot from the cloth．布一沾到墨水，墨迹就很难洗净。
2．be absorbed， understood or acknowledged被充分理解或领会
I think it has finally sunk in that she must be more careful：she won't forget her passport again！我想她终于领悟到她必须更加小心，她再也不会忘了她的护照！
Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe；it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too．除了乔每个人都被这笑话逗乐了，过了一会儿他完全理解过来也笑了。
soak in
For a whole year，he soaked himself in the history of the Roman Empire．整整一年，他专心于对罗马帝国历史的研究。
Study this document until you have soaked in all the details．好好研究一下这份文件，把所有的细节都记住。
If the ink sinks in it'll be hard to remove the spot from the cloth．布一沾到墨水，墨迹就很难洗净。
2．be absorbed， understood or acknowledged被充分理解或领会
I think it has finally sunk in that she must be more careful：she won't forget her passport again！我想她终于领悟到她必须更加小心，她再也不会忘了她的护照！
Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe；it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too．除了乔每个人都被这笑话逗乐了，过了一会儿他完全理解过来也笑了。
soaked to the skin
Idiom(s): soaked to the skinTheme: WETNESS
with one's clothing wet clear through to the skin.
• I was caught in the rain and got soaked to the skin.
• Oh, come in and dry off! You must be soaked to the skin.
cloak-and-dagger
Idiom(s): cloak-and-daggerTheme: SECRECY
involving secrecy and plotting. (Fixed order.)
• A great deal of cloak-and-dagger stuff goes on in political circles.
• A lot of cloak-and-dagger activity was involved in the appointment of the director.
Great oaks grow from little acorns.
Large successful operations can begin in a small way.Tall oaks grow from little acorns.
Great things may come from small beginnings.Little strokes fell great oaks
Meaning even though something may seem impossible, if you break it up into small parts and take one step at a time, you will succeed.Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
Big or great things start very small.cloak and dagger
mysterious: "Who's arranging the party? I don't know - it's all very cloak and dagger at the moment."Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Much may come from a small beginning.Joe Doakes|Doakes|Joe
n. A name used informally for the average man. Let us say that Joe Doakes goes to the movies three times a year.Compare: MAN IN THE STREET, SO-AND-SO.
cloak-and-dagger|cloak|dagger
adj. Of or about spies and secret agents. It was a cloak-and-dagger story about some spies who tried to steal atomic secrets. The book was written by a retired colonel who used to take part in cloak-and-dagger plots. (From the wearing of cloaks and daggers by people in old adventure stories.)Compare: BLOOD AND THUNDER.
great oaks from little acorns grow|acorn|acorns|gr
As great oak trees grow from tiny acorns, so many great people or things grew from a small and unimportant beginning, so be patient.
A proverb. Many great men were once poor, unimportant boys. Great oaks from little acorns grow.soak in|sink|sink in|soak
v., informal To be completely understood; be fully realized or felt. Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe; it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too. When Frank heard that war had started, it didn't sink in for a long time until his father was drafted into the army.Compare: BRING HOME.
soak up|soak
v. 1. To take up water or other liquid as a sponge does. The rag soaked up the water that I spilled. 2. To use a sponge or something like a sponge to take up liquid. John soaked up the water with the rag. 3. informal To take up into yourself in the way a sponge takes up water. Mary was lying on the beach soaking up the sun. Charles soaks up facts as fast as the teacher gives them.soak
soaksoak out
to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
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