nati イディオム

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capture the imagination

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

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character assassination

saying things that ruin a person's reputation, muckrake """What did they say about him?"" ""It was mainly gossip and character assassination."""

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have a physical (examination)

get a medical check-up Our company sent all the employees to have a physical last week.

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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.

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what in tarnation

what is this? what the hell What in tarnation? Where did you get that dinosaur?

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Procrastination is the thief of time

Delaying an action for too long is a waste of time.

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go native|go|native

v. phr. To behave like a native (said of European Americans in tropical countries). Mainlanders often go native in Hawaii.

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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.

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sweep the city|city|country|nation|sweep|sweep the

v. phr. To gain great attention or popularity throughout the city, country, etc. Pavarotti's unmatched tenor voice swept the world in an unprecedented manner.

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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]

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go native

go native
Adopt another people's way of life, especially that of a culture from a less developed country. For example, Ben's decided to go native, sleeping in a hammock and eating all kinds of strange foods. This expression is closely associated with the often contemptuous view British colonists had of indigenous peoples. [c. 1900]

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imagination

imagination
see figment of one's imagination.

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incarnation

incarnation
the Incarnation
Christian Theol. the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ

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nation

nation
the nations
1) Bible the non-Jewish nations; Gentiles
2) Old Poet. all the peoples of the earth

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native

native
go native
to adopt the mode of life, often one less complicated, of the native inhabitants

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nativity

nativity
the Nativity
1) the birth of Jesus
2) a representation of the newborn Jesus
3) Christmas Day