aver イディオム
an eager beaver
a person who is always willing to volunteer or do extra work.
as busy as a beaver
very busy, working steadily When the teacher returned, the students were as busy as beavers.
busy as a beaver
(See as busy as a beaver)
eager beaver
a person who wants to work Joan is the eager beaver in this class. She likes to work.
beaver
1. the female genitals, implying the inclusion of pubic hair
2. to work hard
beaver leaver
the penis
candy ravers
younger members of the raver subculture:"There were just some candy ravers there last night"
average out
1.reach an average达到某一平均数
His taxes may average out at about one quarter of his income.他的税可能平均达到他收入的四分之一左右。
Their working hours average out at 40 per week.他们每周的工作时间平均达到40小时。
2.make or calculate the average of 算出平均数
They averaged out the unmbers and got the result 25.他们算了这些数的平均数,结果是25。
on an average
in most cases;usually通常
On an average Don's mother has to ask him three times before he helps wash dishes.通常唐的母亲叫他3遍他才帮助洗盘子。
On the average the machine turns out one bottle every two seconds.这台机器平均每两秒钟生产1只瓶子。
on an/the average
in most cases;usually通常
On an average Don's mother has to ask him three times before he helps wash dishes.通常唐的母亲叫他3遍他才帮助洗盘子。
On the average the machine turns out one bottle every two seconds.这台机器平均每两秒钟生产1只瓶子。
on the average
in most cases;usually通常
On an average Don's mother has to ask him three times before he helps wash dishes.通常唐的母亲叫他3遍他才帮助洗盘子。
On the average the machine turns out one bottle every two seconds.这台机器平均每两秒钟生产1只瓶子。
Average Joe
An average Joe is an ordinary person without anything exceptional about them.
Unwavering loyalty
Unwavering loyalty does not question or doubt the person or issue and supports them completely.
batting average|bat|batting
n. phr. Degree of accomplishment (originally used as a baseball term).
Dr. Grace has a great batting average with her heart transplant operations.
eager beaver|beaver|eager
n. phr.,
slang A person who is always eager to work or do anything extra, perhaps to win the favor of his leader or boss.
Jack likes his teacher and works hard for her, but his classmates call him an eager beaver. The man who was promoted to be manager was an eager beaver who got to work early and left late and was always offering to do extra work.
face-saver|face|saver
n. The shop teacher's note was a face-saver when another teacher thought John and Bill were playing hookey in town. -
law of averages|averages|law
n. phr. The idea that you can't win all the time or lose all the time.
The Celtics have won 10 games in a row but the law of averages will catch up with them soon.
on an average|average|on|on the average
adv. phr. In most cases; usually.
On an average Dan's mother has to ask him three times before he helps with the dishes. On the average, Mr. Blank trades in his car for a new one every three years.
average
average 1.
average out to arrive at an average eventually
2.
on (the) average as an average quantity, rate, etc.
law of averages
law of averages The idea that probability will influence all occurrences in the long term, that one will neither win nor lose all of the time. For example,
If it rains every day this week, by the law of averages we're bound to get a sunny day soon. This colloquial term is a popular interpretation of a statistical principle, Bernoulli's theorem, formulated in the late 1600s.
work like a beaver
work like a beaver Also,
work like a dog or
horse or
Trojan. Work very energetically and hard, as in
She worked like a beaver to clean out all the closets, or
I've been working like a dog weeding the garden, or
He's very strong and works like a horse. The first of these similes is the oldest, first recorded in 1741; the variants date from the second half of the 1800s. Also see
work one's fingers to the bone.