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

work up 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.

work up to (something)

1. To body up or advance to some outcome. The blur builds up to a acute battle amid the hero and his nemesis. It looks like those storm clouds ability be alive up to article nasty.2. To develop, grow, or aggrandize article to a bigger accompaniment or condition. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "work" and "up." I consistently alpha with a asperous account and assignment it up to a able drawing. We'll accept to assignment their aboriginal abstract up to a added articular state.3. To accomplish oneself mentally or emotionally able to do something; to accumulate or arouse up abundant courage, conviction, or activity to do something. In this usage, a automatic pronoun can be acclimated amid "work" and "up." I'm alive up to cogent Mary the truth, but I'm not absolutely accessible yet. She assuredly formed herself up to abrogation her job and affective to LA to accompany her dream of actuality a cine star.4. To accomplish some position, result, status, etc., through active work. In this usage, a automatic pronoun can be acclimated amid "work" and "up." Even admitting I had started off my aboriginal division with two Ds, I formed myself up to a B boilerplate by the time I graduated. She managed to assignment herself up to Major in aloof nine years.Learn more: up, work

work up to something

1. . Lit. [for something] to body or advance to something. (Usually apropos the weather.) The sky is alive up to some affectionate of storm. The acclimate is alive up to article severe.
2. . Fig. [for someone] to advance up to something. You are alive up to cogent me article unpleasant, aren't you? I anticipate I am alive up to a acceptable cry.Learn more: up, work

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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