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 pains, 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 (great) pains (to do something)

Fig. to accomplish a abundant accomplishment to do something. Tom took pains to adorn the allowance absolutely right. We took abundant pains to get there on time.Learn more: pain, take

take pains, to

To accomplish a arduous effort; to booty active care. The use of pains for “troubles” dates from Shakespeare’s time and survives mainly in this cliché (and in the adjective painstaking). “Yet abundant he accepted the pains he took, And able-bodied those pains did pay,” wrote Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808).Learn more: 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 take one's cue from take one's hat off to take one's medicine take one's name in vain, to take one's time take oneself off take or an animal in take out take out (something) against (one) take out a loan take out a warrant take out a warrant for (someone or something) take out a warrant on (one) take out in trade take out of take out on take out the trash take out to dinner take over take over the reins take own life take pains take pains over take pains with take pains with something/to do something take pains, to take part take personally take pick of take pictures take pity take pity on take pity on (someone or something) take place take possession take possession (of something) take pot luck take potluck take precedence over (someone or something) take pride (in someone or something) take pride in take pride in somebody/something take public take pulse take refuge in take refuge in (something or some place) take revenge take revenge (against/on someone or something) take revenge against (someone or something) for (something) take revenge for (something) take revenge on (someone or something) for (something)