completely crazy, out of your mind Ophelia went stark raving mad after Hamlet rejected her.
time flies when you're having fun
time goes quickly when you are playing, how time flies "Ho looked at his watch, yawned and said, ""Time flies when you're having fun, eh."""
Flavavision
the glasses of PE's Flavor
lavish
see live lavish
live lavish
to live extravagantly and ostentatiously
on one's best /good behavior
behaving right行为规矩 While his father was around,the boy was on his good behavior, but when the father left, the boy soon got into mischief.父亲在场时,这孩子规规矩矩,但父亲一走,他马上就调皮起来。 The naughty boy is on his best behavior today.今天这个调皮鬼表现很好。
saving grace
Idiom(s): saving grace
Theme: SURVIVAL
the one thing that saves or redeems someone or something that would otherwise be a total disaster. • Her saving grace is that she has a lot of money. • The saving grace for the whole evening was the good music played by the band.
on one's best behavior
Idiom(s): on one's best behavior
Theme: POLITENESS
being as polite as possible. • When we went out, the children were on their best behavior. • I try to be on my best behavior all the time.
get time off for good behavior
Idiom(s): get time off for good behavior
Theme: FREEDOM
to have one's prison sentence shortened because of good behavior. • Bob will get out of jail tomorrow rather than next week. He got time off for good behavior. • I know I will have time off for good behavior.
Having a gas
If you're having a gas, you are having a laugh and enjoying yourself in company.
eat into your savings
spend some of your savings: "We can't afford a new car, unless we eat into our savings."
n. A way of keeping time in summer that is one or two hours ahead of standard time. Abbreviation DST. Many places in the United States keep their clocks on daylight saving time in the summer; in this way people get up earlier and have more free time in the afternoon and evening while it is still daylight.Father said that next week it will get dark later because we will change to daylight saving lime.We go off daylight saving in the fall. Compare: CENTRAL TIME. Antonym: STANDARD TIME.
face-saving|face|saving
n.Face-saving is not helped by too many invented excuses.
on one's good behavior|behavior|good behavior|on
adv. phr. Behaving right to make a good impression. While his father was around the boy was on his good behavior, but when the father left the boy soon got into mischief.The minister is coming to dinner, and Mother wants us to be on our good behavior.
saving grace|grace|saving
n. phr. A single good attribute; a redeeming quality. Felicity is not very attractive but her intelligence and wit are her saving grace.
savings account|account|savings
n. An account in a bank, where people put money to save it, and the bank uses the money and pays interest every year. If you leave your money in your savings account for six months or a year, the bank will pay interest on it. Compare: CHECKING ACCOUNT.
savings bond|bond|savings
n. A government certificate given for money and saved for a number of years so that the government will pay back the money with interest. Mary bought a $25 savings bond for $18.75.John's father gave him a savings bond for graduation.
saving grace, a A redeeming quality, especially one compensating for drawbacks or negative characteristics. For example, She may not be too knowledgeable, but her saving grace is that she doesn't pretend to be. This term, dating from the late 1500s, at first referred to the concept of being saved from eternal damnation, and was used more loosely only from the late 1800s on.
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