意味: actual damage

実際の傷, 実際に被った被害 (見た目よりも大きいことが多い)

mag イディオム

capture the imagination

cause a person to imagine a scene or character The story of Jacob Two-Two will capture the kids' imagination.

damaged goods

abused, in poor condition One man described prostitutes as damaged goods.

not by any stretch of the imagination

not adding to the story, not stretching it Gigi wasn't his only girl, not by any stretch of the imagination.

spitting image

exact resemblance He is a spitting image of his father.

the spitting image

one who looks like someone, a dead ringer Patty is the spitting image of her mother - same face, same hair.

mag

1. short for magazine, as in clip or ammo insert
2. short for Magnum

Magnolia

The Magnolia Projects in New Orleans

the spit and image of

Idiom(s): be the spit and image of someone AND be the spitting image of someone

Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS

to look very much like someone; to resemble someone very closely. (Folksy. The first version has fixed order. The second version is a frequent error.)
• John is the spit and image of his father.
• I'm not the spitting image of anyone.

do sb damage

Idiom(s): do sb damage

Theme: HARM

to harm someone. (Informal.)
• I hope she doesn't plan to do me damage.
• They did us damage by telling the whole story to the newspapers.

the spitting image of

Collateral damage

Accidental or unintended damage or casualties are collateral damage.

line of scrimmage|line|scrimmage

n. phr. An imaginary line on a football field parallel to the goal lines where each play except the kickoff begins. The play was stopped at the line of scrimmage.

magic carpet|carpet|magic

n. 1. A rug said to be able to transport a person through the air to any place he wishes. The caliph of Baghdad flew on his magic carpet to Arabia. 2. Any form of transportation that is comfortable and easy enough to seem magical. Flying the Concord from Dallas to London seemed like boarding the magic carpet. Mr. Smith's new car drove so smoothly it seemed like a magic carpet.

spit and image|image|spit|spitting|spitting image

n. informal An exact likeness; a duplicate. John is the spitting image of his grandfather. That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston.
Compare: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.

stretch of the imagination|imagination|stretch

n. phr. Imaginative attempt or effort. By no stretch of the imagination can I see Al as a successful lawyer.

damage

damage
In addition to the idioms beginning with damage, also see do someone wrong; the damage.
* * *
- damage control
- damaged goods

damage control

damage control
Measures to minimize or curtail loss or harm. For example, As soon as they discovered the leak to the press, the senator's office worked night and day on damage control. Used literally since the 1950s, specifically for limiting the effect of an accident on a ship, this term began to be used figuratively in the 1970s.

figment of one's imagination

figment of one's imagination
Something made up, invented, or fabricated, as in “The long dishevelled hair, the swelled black face, the exaggerated stature were figments of imagination” (Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, 1847). This term is redundant, since figment means “product of the imagination.” [Early 1800s]

image

image
see spitting image.

imagination

imagination
see figment of one's imagination.

magnitude

magnitude
1.
of the first magnitude
of the greatest importance
2.
of the first magnitude
of the greatest importance

the damage

the damage
The cost or price of something, as in So what's the damage for this outfit? This seemingly modern slangy phrase, with damage alluding to the harm done to one's pocketbook, was first recorded in 1755.