Significato: 9 to 5

n. dalle nove alle cinque, tipo di attività lavorativa che inizia alle nove del mattino e termina alle cinque del pomeriggio

take one's name in vain, to Idioma

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

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 fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

take one's name in vain, to

To acknowledgment a being accidentally and disrespectfully. This expression, today consistently acclimated jocularly, comes from the biblical bidding adjoin blasphemy: “Thou shalt not booty the name of the Lord thy God in vain” (Exodus 20:7). It was already acclimated added agilely in the eighteenth century, back Jonathan Swift included it in Polite Conversation (1738): “Who’s that takes my name in vain?”Learn more: name, take

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake

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