purple patch 관용구

oilpatch

the local oil industry, the oil business Calgary's oilpatch does not control the price of oil and gas.

patch things up

agree to stop fighting, become friends again Jon and May fight a lot, but they patch things up and go on.

patch up

fix I have been trying to patch up our differences for many months now.

patch sth up

Idiom(s): patch sth up

Theme: RECONCILIATION

to (figuratively) repair the damage done by an argument or disagreement.
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith are trying to patch things up.
• We patched up our argument, then kissed and made up.

patch sb up

Idiom(s): patch sb up

Theme: MEDICAL

to doctor someone; to dress someone's wounds. (Informal.)
• They patched John up in the emergency room.
• I patched up Ann's cuts with bandages and sent her home.

to go through a bit of a rough patch

when things are not going well: "Since the argument, they've been going through a bit of a rough patch."

lay rubber|lay|lay a patch|patch|rubber

v. phr., slang To take off in a car or a motorcycle so fast that the tires (made of rubber) leave a mark on the pavement. Look at those crazy drag racers; they laid rubber in front of my house.

patch up|patch

v. 1. To mend a hole or break; repair; fix. He patched up a couple of old tires. The lovers patched up their quarrel. 2. To put together in a hurried or shaky way. They patched up a hasty peace.

patch

patch
1.
not a patch on
Informal not as good as; not comparable or equal to the second half is not a patch on the earlier sections
2.
patch up
to bring to an end or settle (differences, a quarrel, etc.)

purple patch

1. A area of autograph that is chichi and absurd and generally stands out in adverse to the blow of the autograph in a piece. I don't appetite to see a distinct amethyst application in these analysis papers, class. Focus on communicating the facts!2. A aeon apparent by abundant success or acceptable luck. Primarily heard in UK. After falling abaft early, the aggregation hit a amethyst application and denticulate three quick goals to tie the game. We had few angular years, but our business is assuredly in a amethyst application now, acknowledge goodness.Learn more: patch, purple

a amethyst patch

an adorned or busy access in a arcane composition. This appellation is a adaptation of Latin purpureus pannus , and comes from the Roman artist Horace's Ars Poetica: ‘Works of austere purpose and admirable promises generally accept a amethyst application or two stitched on, to flash far and wide’.Learn more: patch, purple

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