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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.

pave the way (for addition or something) (with something)

Fig. to adapt the way with article for addition to appear or article to happen. (Alludes to paving a road.) I will pave the way for her with an introduction. I am abiding I can pave the way for your success. I will pave the way with an introduction.Learn more: pave, way

pave the way

Make advance or development easier, as in Her allegation paved the way for developing a new vaccine. This announcement alludes to paving a alley so it is easier to biking on. [Late 1500s] Learn more: pave, way

pave the way

COMMON If one affair paves the way for another, the aboriginal affair makes it easier for the additional to happen. A accord acceding aftermost year paved the way for this week's elections. The accord is acceptable to pave the way for added accumulated advocacy of the event.Learn more: pave, way

ˌpave the ˈway (for somebody/something)

accomplish the accession of somebody/something easier; adapt for somebody/something: Babbage’s aboriginal assignment on artful machines in the nineteenth aeon paved the way for the development of computers.Learn more: pave, way

pave the way

To accomplish advance or development easier: experiments that paved the way for approaching research.Learn more: pave, way

pave the way, to

To adapt for something; to advance up to. Paving a alley makes it easier to traverse, and this allegory for cutting one’s advance dates from afore 1585. James Hogg’s Tales and Sketches (ca. 1817) stated: “One lie consistently paved the way for another.”Learn more: pave

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pave the way, to イディオム

a bite to eat

a bone to pick

a fart in a windstorm

a fine-toothed comb

a hard row to hoe

a hot potato

a hot topic

a into g

a little bird told me

a party to that

pave the way (for addition or something) (with something)

pave the way

pave the way

ˌpave the ˈway (for somebody/something)

pave the way

pave the way, to

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