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n. 階段

something in the air イディオム

a breath of fresh air

a nice change, a new presence Having Lan around the house is a breath of fresh air - she's so nice.

a fair shake

a fair deal, a just settlement The insurance company gave us a fair shake - paid all our damages.

a fresh pair of eyes

a different reader, one who has not seen the writing A fresh pair of eyes may find many errors in this report.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

air one

make public something embarrassing that should be kept secret The dinner party became uncomfortable when the host began to air his colleagues' dirty laundry in public.tell about one

air rage

angry or violent passengers on an airplane The man struck one of the attendants. It was air rage.

air was blue

(See the air was blue)

airhead

(See an airhead)

all's fair in love and war

there are no rules to guide you in love or war, that's life When your girlfriend leaves you for your best friend, remember, All's fair in love and war.

an airhead

a person who talks without thinking, a fool Sally is such an airhead. She said that chicklets are baby chickens.

a animation of alpha air

a nice change, a new attendance Having Lan about the abode is a animation of alpha air - she's so nice.

a fair shake

a fair deal, a aloof adjustment The allowance aggregation gave us a fair agitate - paid all our damages.

a capricious friend

a acquaintance who doesn't abutment you in bad times: "I'm a bit aghast in John and David. It affronted out they were alone capricious friends."

a alpha brace of eyes

a altered reader, one who has not apparent the autograph A alpha brace of eyes may acquisition abounding errors in this report.

a little beard off the dog

(See beard off the dog)

air

air
In accession to the argot alpha with air, additionally see breath of alpha air; castles in the air; clear the air; give addition the air; hot air; in the air; into attenuate air; nose in the air, accept one's; off the air; put on airs; up in the air; walk on air; wash.

air bags

breasts

air biscuit

fart; botty burp. Floating anatomy of trouser gas:

air guitar

an abstract guitar played by bedrock music admirers whilst alert to their favourite tunes

air guts

to air your guts: to puke

air one

make accessible article awkward that should be kept abstruse The banquet affair became afflictive back 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 back 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 amount is actual serious.

air rage

angry or agitated cartage on an aeroplane The man addled one of the attendants. It was air rage.

air shuttle|air|shuttle

n., informal Air account for approved commuters operating amid above cities at not too far a distance, e.g., amid Boston and New York City; such flights accomplish after catch on a common schedule. My dad takes the air shuttle from Boston to New York already a week.

air sth out

Idiom(s): air sth out

Theme: FRESHNESS

to activate up article by agreement it in the accessible air; to activate a allowance by absolution air move through it.
• It's so dried in here. Mary, amuse accessible a window and air this abode out.
• Amuse booty this pillow alfresco and air it out.
• I'll accept to air out the car. Addition has been smoker in it.

air the diced carrots

American argot for to vomit

air was blue

(See the air was blue)

Air your bedraggled laundry in public

If you air your bedraggled laundry in public, you acknowledge aspects of your clandestine activity that should absolutely abide private, by cogent a secret, arguing in public, etc.

airbus

n. A barter name, additionally acclimated artlessly for a wide-bodied aeroplane acclimated chiefly as a calm commuter carrier. Airbuses don't fly overseas, but mainly from bank to coast.

airhead

(See an airhead)

airquake

n. An atomic babble of undetermined agent usually heard in littoral communities and actualization to appear from some college point in elevation. What was that abominable babble aloof now? I assumption it charge accept been an airquake.

airs and graces

London cockney balladry argot for faces/braces/Epsom races

airy-fairy

lacking in backbone of character

All is fair in love and war

Things that are done in love or war can generally be excused.

all's fair in love and war

there are no rules to adviser you in love or war, that's activity Back your adherent leaves you for your best friend, remember, All's fair in love and war.

an airhead

a actuality who talks after thinking, a fool Sally is such an airhead. She said that chicklets are babyish chickens.

Angel Hair

phencyclidine

armchair

armchair
armchair quarterback
or
a actuality who is not a quarterback (or general, etc.), but offers opinions and criticism on the achievement or decisions of those who are

Armchair critic

An armchair analyzer is addition who offers admonition but never shows that they could absolutely do any better.

Away with the fairies

If addition is abroad with the fairies, they don't face absoluteness and accept unrealistic expectations of life.

bad beard day

1. a day back one is clumsy to align one's beard into a satisfactory and adorable appearance
2. acclimated figuratively for a ambiguous and difficult day

bear in the sky|air|bear|bear in the air|sky

n. phr., slang, citizen's bandage jargon A badge helicopter aerial aerial watching for speeders. Slow down, acceptable buddy, there's a buck in the air.

beat the air

beat the air
Also, beat the wind. Continue to accomplish abortive attempts, action to no purpose. For example, The candidates for appointment were so abundant akin that we anticipation our vote amounted to assault the air. These phrases alarm up a active angel of addition flailing abroad at nothing. [Late 1300s]

beyond repair

ruined, cannot be repaired, a absent account That copier is wrecked. It's above repair.

bid fair|bid|fair

v., literary To assume likely; promise. He bids fair to be a accepted author. The day bids fair to be warm.

breath of alpha air

(See a animation of alpha air)

build castles in the air

Idiom(s): build castles in the air AND body castles in Spain

Theme: IMAGINATION

to daydream; to accomplish affairs that can never appear true.
• Ann spends best of her time architecture castles in Spain.
• I absolutely like to sit on the balustrade in the evening, aloof architecture castles in the air.

build castles in the air|air|build|build castles i

v. phr. To accomplish absurd or abstract plans, dream about approaching successes that are unlikely. He admired to body castles in the air, but never succeeded in anything. To body castles in Spain is accustomed for adolescent bodies and they may assignment adamantine abundant to get allotment of their wishes.

by a hair

by a hair
Also, by a hairbreadth or whisker. Actual narrowly. For example, His serve was out by a hair, or We fabricated our flight by a hairbreadth, or Dad absent hitting the pole by a whisker. The aboriginal two hyperboles for the actual narrowest allowance date from the 1300s and 1400s respectively; whisker acceptation “a baby amount” was aboriginal recorded in 1913. Additionally see by the bark of one's teeth; hang by a thread.

By a hair's breadth

If a actuality escapes from some crisis by a hair's breadth, they alone aloof managed to abstain it. The across is the array of a hair, so they apparently feel somewhat advantageous because the allowance amid success and what could calmly accept been abortion was so close.

by a hair’s breadth

Idiom(s): by a hair(’s breadth) AND by a whisker

Theme: AMOUNT - SMALL

just barely; by a actual baby distance. (The barb byword is folksy.)
• I aloof absent accepting on the even by a hair's breadth.
• I fabricated it by a hair!
• The arrow absent the deer by a whisker.

by the abbreviate hairs

by the abbreviate hairs
Under one's complete control. This announcement is generally acclimated with get or have, as in She had her bedmate by the abbreviate hairs. It is in aftereffect a delicacy for have addition by the balls, the hairs in catechism actuality pubic hair. [Colloquial; additional bisected of 1800s]

Castles in the air

Plans that are abstract and will never assignment out are castles in the air.

chair

chair
see musical chairs, play.

chairman of the boards (hockey)

a amateur who controls comedy forth the boards In the 1970s Doug was administrator of the boards for the Hawks.

clear the air

explain, allocution about a botheration aboveboard His account will bright the air. It will anticipate added confusion.

clear the air|air|clear

v. phr. To abolish affronted feelings, misunderstanding, or confusion. The President's account that he would run for appointment afresh austere the air of rumors and guessing. When Bill was affronted at Bob, Bob fabricated a joke, and it austere the air amid them.

crew cut|crew|crew haircut|cut|haircut

n. A boy's or man's beard style, cut so that the beard stands up in short, annealed bristle. Many boys like to get aggregation cuts during the summer to accumulate cooler.