의미: Abaddon

A·bad·don n.

1 지옥, 나락

2 【성서】 Apollyon의 히브리명

add 관용구

add fuel to the fire

cause more anger, aggravate a problem He's angry. Telling him bad news will add fuel to the fire.

add insult to injury

add another negative, make it worse, put your foot in it If you say his answer is wrong, and then say he can't understand, you've added insult to injury.

add up

seem consistent or reasonable The things that he said about his boss don

doesn't add up

is not logical, does not make sense One shot was fired, but three cows are dead. It doesn't add up.

in the saddle

in command, in control The president is back in the saddle again after being ill for several months.

paddle your own canoe

be an individual, be independent Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe.

saddle up

put a saddle on a horse, place a saddle on a horse Let's saddle up and ride our ponies to the river.

saddled with

burdened with, responsible for She doesn't want to be saddled with a bus load of teen-age boys.

saddled with debt

burdened with debt Our sister company is saddled with a great amount of debt and should be sold as soon as possible.

skidaddle

leave, go, off with you, vamoose """Get out of here! Skidaddle!"" the old man shouted at the boys."

sugar daddy

a rich older man who gives money to a younger woman for her companionship The woman went off on a nice winter holiday with her sugar daddy.

Baby Daddy

father (also see Baby Momma )

back in the saddle

working or in operation again

bladdered

drunk

Mack Daddy

a man who's popular with women

paddle

a gun:"Say why ya creep without a muthaphuckin paddle" -- Lady or Rage (Lyrical Gangbang [1992]).

add on

add as an extra or extras追加
Would you please add these names on to your list？请把这几个名字补加到你的名单里好吗？
Add the other items on at the bottom of the page．把别的项目加在这页的下端。

add to

make greater；increase增加
We can add another room to the house．这所房子我们还可以加盖一个房间。
Two added to five makes seven．2加5等于7。
This adds to their difficulties．这增加了他们的困难。
I don't want to add to your troubles．我不想给你增加麻烦。

add up to

1．amount to；make a total of合计，总共
The money he spent added up to more than ＄ 1，000．他花的钱合计超过了1000美元。
The bills add up to exactly ￡1，000．这些账单加起来正好1000英镑。
Eight and ten add up to eighteen．8加10等于18。
2．mean；signify意味着；意思是
The evidence all adds up to a case of murder．全部证据都表明这是一件谋杀案。
The rain，the mosquitoes and the crowded cabin all added up to a spoiled vacation．下雨、蚊子和拥挤的小屋，意味着这假期过得糟透了。
His long answer just adds up to a refusal．他的冗长的回答实际上意味着拒绝。

addicted to

1．very much interested in沉溺于；醉心于
Alice is addicted to music．爱丽丝酷爱音乐。
2．having increasing need of（esp．taking drugs）（吸毒等）成瘾
He became addicted to the drug．他吸毒成瘾。

address oneself to

1．work at； be busy 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； talk to向…讲话
The president addressed himself to the public on TV．总统向公众发表电视讲话。
We addressed ourselves to the dean that we were eager to work in Tibet．我们对系主任说，我们盼着去西藏工作。

in addition to

besides除…之外
In addition to English， he has to study a second foreign language．除英语外，他还得学门第2外语。
In addition to a large collection of scientific works in Chinese，our library contains many scientific books in foreign languages．我们图书馆除了藏有大批中文科技书籍之外，还有许多外文科技书籍。

kick down the ladder

said of persons who repudiate or ignore the friendship or associations by means of which they have risen in the world忘恩负义；过河拆桥
As soon as Harris became manager of the company he kicked down the ladder and turned his back on his former friends．哈里斯一当上经理就翻脸不认人，不理睬过去的朋友了。

up the creek without a paddle

Idiom(s): up the creek (without a paddle)

Theme: TROUBLE

in a bad situation. (Slang. Use with caution. There is a taboo version of this phrase.)
• What a mess I’m in. I'm really up the creek without a paddle.
• I tried to prevent it, hut I seem to he up the creek, too.

saddle sb with

Idiom(s): saddle sb with sth

Theme: BURDEN

to give someone something undesirable, annoying, or difficult to deal with. (Informal.)
• Mary says she doesn't want to be saddled with a baby, but her husband would just love one.
• Jim saddled Eddie with the most boring jobs so that he would leave.

sadder but wiser

Idiom(s): sadder but wiser

Theme: EXPERIENCE

unhappy but educated [about someone or something—after an unpleasant event]. (Fixed order.)
• After the accident, I was sadder but wiser, and would never make the same mistake again.
• We left the meeting sadder but wiser, knowing that we could not ever come to an agreement with Becky's aunt.

paddle one's own canoe

Idiom(s): paddle one's own canoe

Theme: INDEPENDENCE

to do (something) by oneself; to be alone.
• I've been left to paddle my own canoe too many times.
• Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe.

at the bottom of the ladder

Idiom(s): at the bottom of the ladder

Theme: ADVANCEMENT

at the lowest level of pay and status.
• Most people start work at the bottom of the ladder.
• When Ann got fired, she had to start all over again at the bottom of the ladder.

add fuel to the flame

Idiom(s): add fuel to the fire AND add fuel to the flame

Theme: INCITE

to make a problem worse; to say or do something that makes a bad situation worse; to make an angry person get even more angry.
• To spank a crying child just adds fuel to the fire.
• Bill was shouting angrily, and Bob tried to get him to stop by laughing at him. Of course, that was just adding fuel to the flame.

Better lose the saddle than the horse.

It's better to stop and accept a small loss, rather than continue and risk losing everything.

Bur under my saddle

A bur under your saddle is something that annoys you or spurs you into action.('Burr' is an alternative spelling.)

Kick away the ladder

If someone kicks away the ladder, they remove something that was supporting or helping someone.

Up a river without a paddle

If you up a river without a paddle, you are in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the resources to remedy the matter.

get a foot on the housing ladder

manage to buy your first house so that you can buy a bigger second one later: "It's becoming more difficult for young people to get a foot on the housing ladder."

Paddle your own canoe.

Mind your own business and be self-reliant.

add fuel to the flame|flame|fuel

v. phr. To make a bad matter worse by adding to its cause; spread trouble, increase anger or other strong feelings by talk or action. By criticizing his son's girl, the father added fuel to the flame of his son's love. Bob was angry with Ted and Ted added fuel to the flame by laughing at him.

add insult to injury|injury|insult

v. phr. 1. To hurt someone's feelings after doing him harm. He added insult to injury when he called the man a rat after he had already beaten him up. 2. To make bad trouble worse. We started on a picnic, and first it rained, then to add insult to injury, the car broke down.

add the finishing touches|finishing|finishing touc

v. phr. To complete; finish. Mary's first novel promised to be excellent; however, her editor suggested that she should add some finishing touches before accepting it.

add up|add

v. 1. To come to the correct amount. The numbers wouldn't add up. 2. informal To make sense; be understandable. His story didn't add up.

add up to|add

v. 1. To make a total of; amount to. The bill added up to $12.95. 2. informal To mean; result in. The rain, the mosquitoes, and the heat added up to a spoiled vacation.

big daddy|big|daddy

n., slang, informal The most important, largest thing, person or animal in a congregation of similar persons, animals, or objects. The whale is the big daddy of everything that swims in the ocean. The H-bomb is the big daddy of all modern weapons. Al Capone was the big daddy of organized crime in Chicago during Prohibition.

doesn't add up to a can of beans|add|bean|beans|ca

v. phr. To be of little or no value. (Said of plans, ideas, etc.) "That's a fairly interesting concept you got there, Mike, but the competition is bound to say that it doesn't add up to a can of beans."

in addition|addition

adv. phr. As something extra; besides. We saw a Mickey Mouse cartoon in addition to the cowboy movie. Aunt Mary gave us sandwiches for our picnic and a bag of cookies in addition. He has two cars and in addition a motorboat.

in the saddle|saddle

adv. or adj. phr. In command; in control; in a position to order or boss others. Mr. Park was in the saddle when he had over half the company's stock. Getting appointed chief of police put Stevens in the saddle.

paddle one's own canoe|canoe|paddle

v. phr., informal To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe.
Synonym: HOE ONE'S OWN ROW.
Compare: MAKE ONE'S WAY.

paddy wagon|paddy|wagon

n., informal A police van used for transporting prisoners to jail or the police station. The police threw the demonstrators into the paddy wagon.

public-address system|address|public|public-addres

n. A set of devices for making a speaker's voice louder so that he can be heard by more people. The public-address system broke down during the senator's speech. The news was announced over the public-address system.

saddle shoe|saddle|shoe

n. A white shoe with a black or brown piece of leather shaped like a saddle across the top of the shoe. Mary wore bobby socks and saddle shoes.

saddled with|saddle|saddled

adj. phr. Burdened with; handicapped. The business was so saddled with debt that the new owner had a hard time making a go of it for a couple of years.

sugar daddy|daddy|sugar

n., slang, semi-vulgar, avoidable An older, well-to-do man, who gives money and gifts to a younger woman or girls usually in exchange for sexual favors. Betty Morgan got a mink coat from her sugar daddy.

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