의미: apsides

ap·sis n. (pl. -si·des[-sədìːz])

1 【천문】 장축단(長軸端) 《근일점 또는 원일점》

2 【건축】 =APSE 1

sides 관용구

choose sides

help one side or team, take sides Some of the students will dislike you if you choose sides.

choose up sides

choose people to play on two or more teams Let's choose up sides and play a game of volleyball.

take sides

support one side on the other You should not take sides in the argument or both sides will hate you.

there are two sides to every story

two people tell different stories of the same event, compare notes If you compare Mary's story with Sam's, you'll know there are two sides to every story.

two sides to every story

(See there are two sides to every story)

bat for both sides

to be bisexual

take sides with

favor one party over another袒护My brother always takes sides with my sister．我哥哥总是袒护我妹妹。

split one's sides with laughter

Idiom(s): split one's sides (with laughter)

Theme: LAUGHTER

to laugh so hard that one's sides almost split. (Always an exaggeration.)
• The members of the audience almost split their sides with laughter.
• When I heard what happened to Patricia, I almost split my sides.

Two sides of the same coin

If two things are two sides of the same coin, there is much difference between them.

choose up sides|choose|sides

v. phr. To form two teams with two captains taking turns choosing players. The boys chose up sides for a game of softball. Tom and Joe were the captains. They chose up sides.

take sides|sides|take

v. phr. To join one group against another in a debate or quarrel. Switzerland refused to take sides in the two World Wars. Tom wanted to go fishing. Dick wanted to take a hike. Bob took sides with Tom so they all went fishing.
Compare: LINE UP(4b).
Antonym: ON THE FENCE.

split one's sides

split one's sides
Also, laugh one's head off. Be extremely amused, laugh uproariously. For example, That comedian had us splitting our sides, or Jane laughed her head off when she saw Rob's costume. The first of these hyperbolic terms dates from about 1700.

work both sides of the street

work both sides of the street
Engage in doubledealing, be duplicitous, as in The real estate agent was known for working both sides of the street, advising first the buyer and then the seller. This metaphoric term transfers opposite sides of a street to opposite sides of a negotiation.