Significato: Age of empires

n. L'età degli imperi (gioco video)

pir Idioma

dampen your spirits

reduce your enthusiasm, cause you to lose interest Losing one game didn't dampen her spirits. She's full of hope.

lift my spirits

cause me to be happy, give me a lift Music will lift our spirits. Let's listen to some Mozart.

raise your spirits

help you feel positive, help you feel happy If you want to raise your spirits, just have a visit with Kari.

spirit away

take away mysteriously, steal secretly, into thin air Somebody or something spirits away my fingernail clippers. I wonder where they are.

that's the spirit

good work, good attitude, way to go """That's the spirit,"" the Captain shouted as we scrubbed the deck."

ass pirate

(derog) gay male:

piru blood

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in high spirits

in a joyous mood高兴
All of us were in high spirits when we heard the good news．听到那则好消息，我们大家都很高兴。

in spirit

inwardly；in one's thoughts or imagination在精神上或思想上
I in spirit flew into the sky．我在想象中飞入了天空。
I am beside you in spirit．我在想象中在你身旁。
My friend couldn't come to my birthday party， but she said she would be there in spirit．我朋友不能来参加我的生日宴会，但她说她在想象中将和我们在一起。

in spirits

in a good humor；laughing and joking和颜悦色；兴高采烈
He is always in spirits．他总是兴高采烈的。
She was in low spirits because he failed in the exam．她情绪不好，因为她考试不及格。

out of spirits

worried忧愁
He was out of spirits as if he had something on his mind．他忧心忡忡，好像有什么心事。

spirit away/off

make sb．or sth disappear quickly or in a mysterious way 使…不翼而飞；使…神秘地消失
The pop star was spiried off through the back door．那位流行歌星通过后门神秘地消失了。
We caught just one glimpse of him and then he was spirited away by his friends．我们只看见他一面，
以后他就给朋友们悄悄拖走了。
Someone seems to have spirited the documents away．似乎有人把文件偷偷地弄走了。
I was sure I left my umbrella in the office，but when I returned to get it．it had been spirited away．我确信我把伞放在办公室里的，可当我回去取时，伞已经不翼而飞了。

spirit off

in good spirits

Idiom(s): in good spirits

Theme: HAPPINESS

happy and cheerful; positive and looking toward the future, despite unhappy circumstances.
• The patient is in good spirits and that will speed her recovery.
• Tom wasn't in very good spirits after he heard the bad news.

Awe inspiring

Something or someone that is awe inspiring amazes people in a slightly frightening but positive way.

Dunkirk spirit

(UK) Dunkirk spirit is when people pull together to get through a very difficult time.

Kindred spirit

A kindred spirit is someone who feels and thinks the way you do.

Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

If the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, someone lacks the willpower to change things they do because they derive too much pleasure from them.

Spirit of the law

The spirit of the law is the idea or ideas that the people who made the law wanted to have effect.

spiral out of control

a situation that gets worse all the time: "Our costs are spiralling out of control - we have to save money."

kindled spirits|kindled|spirits

n. phr. People who resemble each other in numerous ways, including their ways of thinking and feeling. They are kindred spirits; they both like to go on long walks in the forest.

moving spirit|moving|spirit

n. phr. The main figure behind a business or an activity; the one who inspires the others. Mr. Smith is the moving spirit behind our expansion plans.

spirit away|spirit

v. phr. To hide or smuggle something out; abduct. The famous actress was spirited away by her bodyguards as soon as she emerged from the door.

conspiracy of silence

conspiracy of silence
A tacit or explicit agreement to keep something secret. For example, In this state's medical society there is a conspiracy of silence regarding incompetent practitioners. This term was first used as a complaint about lack of attention, but today it more often refers to remaining silent about something unfavorable or criminal. [Late 1800s]

spirit

spirit
In addition to the idioms beginning with spirit, also see kindred spirit.
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spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, the

spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, the
One would like to undertake something but hasn't the energy or strength to do so. For example, Another set of tennis? The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Today often used as a rueful admission of weariness or other physical weakness, this idiom was first recorded in the New Testament (Matthew 26:41), where Jesus tells his disciples: “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” A modern equivalent is I would if I could but I can't.