意味: accept a bill

法案の承認

Bill イディオム

a clean bill of health

a good report from the doctor, a good checkup You'll never get a clean bill of health if you eat fat meat!

billy dog

(See a billy dog)

clean bill of health

(See a clean bill of health)

fill the bill

be suitable for what is required I think that the new equipment should fill the bill for us.

foot the bill

pay The company will foot the bill for his move to Chicago.

pad the bill

add false expenses He always pads the bill when he goes on a business trip.

put it on the bill

charge a purchase, charge it, run a tab When I buy something at the grocery store, I put it on the bill.

Bill

1. a one hundred dollar banknote
2. [+the] police

bill collecta

drug dealer

billy

Amphetamine Sulphate. Abb. of "Billy Whizz", a cartoon character from the children's magazine Beano; Billy Whizz does everything with exceptional speed and energy

Billy Big Willy

US ex-President Clinton:"Billy Big Willy got himself in some shit now!"

Billy no mates

derogatory term for a person who appears to have no friends

sell sb a bill of goods

Idiom(s): sell sb a bill of goods

Theme: DECEPTION

to get someone to believe something that isn't true; to deceive someone. (Informal.)
• Don't pay any attention to what John says. He's just trying to sell you a bill of goods.
• I'm not selling you a bill of goods. What I say is true.

give sb a clean bill of health

Idiom(s): give sb a clean bill of health

Theme: MEDICAL

[for a doctor] to pronounce someone well and healthy.
• The doctor gave Sally a clean bill of health.
• I had hoped to be given a clean bill of health, but there was something wrong with my blood test results.

get a clean bill of health

Idiom(s): get a clean bill of health

Theme: MEDICAL

[for someone] to be pronounced healthy by a physician.
• Sally got a clean bill of health from the doctor.
• Now that Sally has a clean bill of health, she can go back to work.

Fit the bill

If something fits the bill, it is what is required for the task.

Billy no-mates

(UK slang) a man with no friends: "He doesn't want to go alone to the restaurant and look like Billy no-mates."

clean bill of health|bill|clean|health

n. phr. 1. A certificate that a person or animal has no infectious disease. The government doctor gave Jones a clean bill of health when he entered the country. 2. informal A report that a person is free of guilt or fault. The stranger was suspected in the bank robbery, but the police gave him a clean bill of health.

fill the bill|bill|fill

v. phr., informal To be just what is needed; be good enough for something; be just right. The boss was worried about hiring a deaf boy, but after he tried Tom out for a few weeks, he said that Tom filled the bill. I thought I would need a special tool, but this wrench fills the bill.

foot the bill|bill|foot

v. phr. To cover the expenses of; pay for something. The bride's father footed two-thirds of the bill for hix daughter's wedding.
Compare: PICK UP THE TAB.

sell one a bill of goods|bill|goods|sell

v. phr. To persuade another to acquire something useless; defraud. We were sure sold a bill of goods when Alfred persuaded us to buy his custom-built car for which replacement parts weren't available anywhere.

bill of goods

bill of goods
sell someone a bill of goods
â Informal to persuade someone by deception or misrepresentation to accept, believe, or do something

bill of health

bill of health
clean bill of health
1) a bill of health certifying the absence of infectious disease
2) Informal a good record; favorable report, as after an investigation

double bill

double bill
see double feature.

sell a bill of goods

sell a bill of goods
Deceive, swindle, take unfair advantage of, as in He was just selling you a bill of goods when he said he worked as a secret agent, or Watch out if anyone says he wants to trade bikes with you; he's apt to be selling you a bill of goods. The bill of goods here means “a dishonest offer.” [c. 1920]

More Idioms/Phrases

seek seen better days, have seen one, seen them all seize sell sell a bill of goods sell off sell oneself sell someone on send

English Vocalbulary

accept as a member of a family accept guarantee accept something at its face value accept the fact accept the situation accept the whole hog accept with reserve accept without reserve acceptabilities acceptability acceptability of admission acceptability of confession acceptability of evidence acceptable acceptable excuse acceptable solution Acceptable Use Policy acceptableness BILL 反意語