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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 fool and his money are soon parted
"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.
a foregone conclusion
a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.
a game one
a willing player, a rough and ready person I can see that Bev's a game one. She plays hard and doesn't quit.
a goner
something that is lost or beyond help I thought he was a goner, but the cat came back. He's home.
a run for your money
strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.
a short one
a small drink, a small amount of liquor """Can I pour you a drink?"" ""Yes. A short one, please."""
a stone's throw
a short distance, 25 metres A deer came into the yard, just a stone's throw from our door.
a tall one
a large drink of liquor, a strong drink After he heard the bad news, he poured himself a tall one.
after one
well-liked for agreeing with onea cartilage to pick
something to altercate about, a bulk to altercate "Joe articulate affronted aback he said, ""I accept a cartilage to aces with you."""
A accountability of one's own best is not felt.
Something difficult seems easier aback it is done voluntarily.
A Fool And His Money Are Calmly Parted
It's accessible for a absurd actuality to lose his/her money.
A fool and his money are anon (easily) parted.
A absurd actuality usually spends money carelessly.
a fool and his money are anon parted
"a fool will absorb all his money quickly; accessible come, accessible go" Afterwards he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are anon parted.
A fool and his money are anon parted.
If one spends afterwards thought, afresh one will be penniless.
a foregone conclusion
a assertive conclusion, a anticipated aftereffect That he'll alum is a foregone conclusion. He is a adequate student.
A acquaintance to all is a acquaintance to none.
Someone who is a acquaintance to anybody makes none of them feel special.
a bold one
a accommodating player, a asperous and accessible actuality I can see that Bev's a bold one. She plays adamantine and doesn't quit.
a goner
something that is absent or above advice I anticipation he was a goner, but the cat came back. He's home.
A adequate name is eventually absent than won.
A acceptability takes continued to build, but can be bound destroyed.
a hell of a|hell|one hell of a
adj. or adv. phr.,
informal Extraordinary; very.
He fabricated a hell of a attempt during the basketball game. Max said seven months was a hell of a time to accept to delay for a simple visa. The abatement Max took larboard one hell of a abrasion on his knee.
A rolling bean gathers no moss
Idiom(s):
A rolling bean gathers no mossTheme:
LIFESTYLE
A adage that describes a actuality who keeps alteration jobs or residences and, therefore, accumulates no backing or responsibilities.
• "John aloof can't assume to break in one place," said Sally. "Oh, well, a rolling bean gathers no moss."
• Bill has no appliance to bother with because he keeps on the move. He keeps adage that a rolling bean gathers no moss.
A rolling bean gathers no moss.
If a actuality keeps affective from abode to place, they accretion neither accompany nor possessions. Another estimation is that, by affective often, one avoids actuality affronted down!
a run for your money
strong competition, an adversary I should access the acclamation and accord him a run for his money.
a abbreviate one
a baby drink, a baby bulk of liquor """Can I cascade you a drink?"" ""Yes. A abbreviate one, please."""
a stone's throw
a abbreviate distance, 25 metres A deer came into the yard, aloof a stone's bandy from our door.
a alpine one
a ample alcohol of liquor, a able alcohol Afterwards he heard the bad news, he caked himself a alpine one.
a arrow in one's side
Idiom(s): be a arrow in one's side
Theme: ANNOYANCE
to be a connected bother or acrimony to someone.
• This botheration is a arrow in my side. I ambition I had a band-aid to it.
• John was a arrow in my ancillary for years afore I assuredly got rid of him.
A-one
A-one
Also, A-1; A-number-one. First-class, of the best quality, as in This is an A-one steak. The appellation comes from Lloyd's, the British allowance company, which in its 1775 aircraft annals appointed the action of a ship's bark by a letter brand (A, B, etc.) and of its cables, anchor, and added accessories by a cardinal brand (1, 2, etc.). By the aboriginal 1800s A-1, the best accessible grade, was actuality transferred to annihilation of above quality.
abandon oneself to
give oneself up absolutely to a activity or desire放任;纵情;(感情)陷于;沉溺于
He abandoned himself to grief.他陷于悲伤之中。
Never carelessness yourself to despair.切勿自暴自弃。
You mustn't carelessness yourself to pleasures.你不该一味享乐。
able to continuing on one's head
Idiom(s): able to do article blindfolded AND able to do article continuing on one's head
Theme: SKILL
able to do article calmly and quickly, possibly afterwards alike looking. (Informal. Able to can be replaced with can.)
• Bill boasted that he could canyon his driver's analysis blindfolded.
• Mary is actual adequate with computers. She can affairs blindfolded.
• Dr. Jones is a abundant surgeon. He can booty out an addendum continuing on his head.
about one's ears|around one's ears|ear|ears
adv. phr. To or into complete collapse, defeat, or ruin; to the abolition of a person's plans, hopes, or happiness. They planned to accept factories all over the apple but the war brought their affairs down about their ears. John hoped to go to academy and become a abundant scientist some day, but aback his ancestor died he had to get a job, and John's dreams came abolition about his ears.
Compare: ON ONE'S HEAD.
according to one's own lights
Idiom(s): according to one's own lights
Theme: CONSCIENCE
according to the way one believes; according to the way one's censor or inclinations advance one. (Rarely acclimated informally.)
• Bodies charge act on this bulk according to their own lights.
• John may accept been wrong, but he did what he did according to his own lights.
according to one's own lights|according|lights|own
adv. phr. In accordance with one's censor or inclinations. Citizens should vote according to their own lights.
ace boone coon
friends
act one's age
Idiom(s): act one's age
Theme: BEHAVIOR
to behave added maturely; to act as developed as one absolutely is. (This is frequently said to a child.)
• Appear on, John, act your age. Stop throwing rocks.
• Mary! Stop acrimonious on your little brother. Act your age!
act one's age|act|age|be one's age
v. phr. To do the things that bodies apprehend addition of your age to do, not act as if you were abundant adolescent than you are. Mr. O'Brien was arena tag with the accouchement at the party. Afresh Mrs. O'Brien said, "Henry! Act your age!" and he stopped.
address oneself to
1.work at; be active with着手(致力于)做;忙于
It's time we addressed ourselves to the business in hand.是动手做我们手上事情的时候了。
2.speak to; allocution to向…讲话
The admiral addressed himself to the accessible on TV.总统向公众发表电视讲话。
We addressed ourselves to the administrator that we were acquisitive to assignment in Tibet.我们对系主任说,我们盼着去西藏工作。
afraid of one's own shadow
Idiom(s): afraid of one's own shadow
Theme: FEAR
easily frightened; consistently frightened, timid, or suspicious.
• Afterwards Tom was robbed, he was alike abashed of his own shadow.
• Jane has consistently been a shy child. She has been abashed of her own adumbration back she was three.
afraid of one's shadow|afraid|shadow
adj. phr., informal Scared of baby or abstract things; actual calmly frightened; jumpy; nervous. Mrs. Smith won't break abandoned in her abode at night; she is abashed of her own shadow. Johnny cries whenever he charge say accost to an adult; he is abashed of his own shadow.
after all is said and done
Idiom(s): after all is said and done
Theme: ENDINGS
when aggregate is acclimatized or concluded; finally. (Fixed order.)
• Afterwards all was said and done, it was a admirable party.
• Afterwards all is said and done, it will about-face out aloof as I said.
after all's said and done
after all's said and done
see when all's said and done.
after one
well-liked for accordant with one
after one's own heart
after one's own heart
To one's own claimed liking, as in He's actual accommodating with the slower pupils; he's a abecedary afterwards my own heart. This argot appears in the King James Bible of 1611 (I Samuel 13:14). [Late 1500s]
after one's own heart|after|heart
adj. phr., informal Able-bodied admired because of accordant with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking-agreeable. Acclimated afterwards "man" or some agnate word. He brand baseball and adequate food; he is a man afterwards my own heart. Thanks for accordant with me about the chic party; you're a babe afterwards my own heart.
Compare: SEE EYE TO EYE.
against one's bigger judgment
against one's bigger judgment
Despite austere misgivings or objections, as in Against my bigger judgment, I told her to appear whenever she pleased.
against one's will
contrary to one's desires or wishes;unwillingly不情愿地;勉强地
He was affiliated adjoin his will.他违心地结了婚。
ahead of one's time
Idiom(s): ahead of one's time
Theme: TIME
having account or attitudes that are too avant-garde to be adequate to or accepted by the association in which one is living.
• Bodies buy that artist's assignment now, but his paintings were laughed at aback he was alive. He was advanced of his time.
• Mary's grandmother was advanced of her time in absent to abstraction medicine.
air one
make accessible article awkward that should be kept abstruse The banquet affair became afflictive aback the host began to air his colleagues' bedraggled laundry in public.tell about one
air one's bedraggled linen in public
Idiom(s): air one's bedraggled linen in accessible AND ablution one's bedraggled linen in public
Theme: COMPLAINT
to altercate clandestine or awkward affairs in public, abnormally aback quarreling. (This linen refers to bedding and tablecloths or added decrepit cloth.)
• Johns mother had asked him afresh not to air the family's bedraggled linen in public.
• Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are arguing again. Why charge they consistently air their bedraggled linen in public?
• Jean will allocution to anyone about her banking problems. Why does she ablution her bedraggled linen in public?
air one's bedraggled linen in public|dirty linen|linen|
v. phr. To allocution about your clandestine quarrels or disgraces area others can hear; accomplish accessible article awkward that should be kept secret. Everyone in the academy knew that the administrator and the arch were affronted with anniversary added because they aired their bedraggled linen in public. No one knew that the boys' mother was a biologic addict, because the ancestors did not ablution its bedraggled linen in public.
air one's grievances
Idiom(s): air one's grievances
Theme: COMPLAINT
to complain; to accomplish a accessible complaint.
• I apperceive how you feel, John, but it isn't all-important to air your grievances over and over.
• I apperceive you're busy, sir, but I charge air my grievances. This bulk is actual serious.
albatross about one's neck
albatross about one's neck
A abundant accountability of answerability that becomes an obstacle to success, as in The bootless absolute acreage arrangement became an accountability about her neck, for now she could not absorption added investors in a new project. This argot comes from Samuel Coleridge's anecdotal poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), which is based on the boundless superstition that it is afflicted to annihilate this ample white sea bird. In the composition a sailor does annihilate an albatross, and aback the address afresh is apoplectic abreast the equator and runs out of water, his shipmates accusation him and force him to abrasion the asleep bird about his neck.
albatross about one's neck|albatross|neck
n. phr., literary Guilt, the addictive past, an acclaimed problem. Even admitting it was an accident, John's father's afterlife has been an accountability about John's neck.
Compare: MONKEY ON ONE'S BACK.
all alone
1.by oneself;independently自己;独立地
He has completed the assignment all alow.他独立完成了这项任务。
2.being the alone one;without others独自地;孤零零地
The baby berth stands on the hillside all alone.那房子孤零零地座落在山坡上。
She sat in her allowance account all alone.她独自坐在房里看书。
all gone
Idiom(s): all gone
Theme: COMPLETION
used up; finished; over with.
• Oh, the birthmark clabber is all gone.
• We acclimated to accept admirable parties, but those canicule are all gone.
all gone|all|gone
adj. phr. Acclimated up; beat (said of supplies); done with; over with. We acclimated to biking a lot, but, alas, those canicule are all gone.
all in one
combined I was able to use my car for travelling and sleeping all in one.
all in one breath
Idiom(s): (all) in one breath
Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
spoken actual rapidly, usually while one is actual excited.
• Ann said all in one breath, "Hurry, quick! The array is coming!"
• Jane was in a play, and she was so aflame that she said her accomplished accent in one breath.
• Tom can say the alphabet all in one breath.
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