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honeymoon is over

the first happy period of friendship and cooperation between two groups is over The honeymoon was over for the new President after about two months.

no rhyme or reason

no sense, no logical plan There's no rhyme or reason to the game of golf. It's stupid!

rhyme or reason

(See no rhyme or reason)

YMCA

Young Men's Christian Association The English classes at the YMCA were recommended to the students last year.

big tymer

someone with everything, everything you do you think big time

sympathize with

1．feel sorry for 同情
She always sympathizes with the poor people．她总是同情穷人。
2．be interested in and approve of 赞同
Her brother doesn't sympathize with her idea to be a waitress．她的哥哥不赞成她当女招待。

without rhyme or reason

Idiom(s): without rhyme or reason

Theme: RANDOMNESS

without purpose, order, or reason. (See variations in the examples. Fixed order.)
• The teacher said my report was disorganized. My paragraphs seemed to be without rhyme or reason.
• Everything you do seems to be without rhyme or reason.
• This procedure is without rhyme or reason.

The honeymoon is over

Idiom(s): The honeymoon is over

Theme: ENDINGS

The early pleasant beginning has ended.
• Okay, the honeymoon is over. It's time to settle down and do some hard work.
• I knew the honeymoon was over when they started yelling at me to work faster.

mealymouthed

Idiom(s): mealymouthed

Theme: FRANKNESS - LACKING

not frank or direct; too shy to speak directly. (Informal.)
• Jane is too mealymouthed to tell Frank she dislikes him. She just avoids him.
• Don’t be so mealymouthed. It's better to speak plainly.

extend one's sympathy

Idiom(s): extend one's sympathy (to sb)

Theme: SORROW

to express sympathy to someone. (A very polite and formal way to tell someone that you are sorry about a misfortune.)
• Please permit me to extend my sympathy to you and your children. I'm very sorry to hear of the death of your husband.
• Let's extend our sympathy to Bill Jones, who is in the hospital with a broken leg. We should send him some flowers.

Sing from the same hymn sheet

If people are singing from the same hymn sheet, they are expressing the same opinions in public.

down payment|down|payment

n. A retainer paid to a prospective seller. How much of a down payment do you require for this new car?

extend one's sympathy to|extend|sympathy

v. phr. To offer one's condolences on the occasion of a death or similarly tragic event. All of Tom's colleagues extended their sympathy to him when his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident.

honeymoon is over|honeymoon

The first happy period of friendship and cooperation between two persons or groups is over. A few months after a new President is elected, the honeymoon is over and Congress and the President begin to criticize each other. The honeymoon was soon over for the new foreman and the men under him.

neither rhyme nor reason|reason|rhyme

n. phr. No emotional or intellectual substance. As far as I am concerned, his proposal makes no sense; it has neither rhyme nor reason.

rhyme or reason|reason|rhyme

n. phr. A good plan or reason; a reasonable purpose or explanation.

Used in negative, interrogative, or conditional sentences. Don could see no rhyme or reason to the plot of the play. It seemed to Ruth that her little brother had temper tantrums without rhyme or reason.

status symbol|status|symbol

v. phr. Signs of wealth and prestige. A new yacht or airplane might be a status symbol to a bank manager.

honeymoon is over, the

honeymoon is over, the
The initial harmonious period in a new relationship has ended, as in After the first ninety days, the honeymoon between the new President and the press was over. The figurative use of honeymoon (literally referring to the first month of marriage) dates from the late 1500s.

neither rhyme nor reason

neither rhyme nor reason
see rhyme or reason, no.

rhyme

rhyme
rhyme or reason
order or sense: preceded by without, no, etc.

rhyme or reason, no

rhyme or reason, no
An absence of common sense or reasonableness, as in This memo has no rhyme or reason. Closely related variants are without rhyme or reason, as in The conclusion of her paper was without rhyme or reason, and neither rhyme nor reason, as in Neither rhyme nor reason will explain that lawyer's objections. This term originated in French about 1475 and began to be used in English about a century later. Sir Thomas More is credited with saying of a mediocre book that a friend had put into verse, “Now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; whereas before it was neither rhyme nor reason.”

status symbol

status symbol
A position or activity that allows one's social prestige to be displayed, as in She doesn't even drive; that car of hers is purely a status symbol. [Mid-1900s]

stop payment

stop payment
Instruct a bank not to honor a check one has drawn, as in If that check was lost, we'll have to stop payment on it before issuing another. This usage was first recorded in 1722.

symbol

symbol
see status symbol.