Arch Идиома
search me
search one
arching for it
Bolivian marching powder
in search of
We are in search of a typist．我们在招聘一名打字员。
The prospecting team traversed far and wide in search of mineral deposits．地质勘探队为寻找矿藏走遍四面八方。
They went out to Australia in search of gold．他们去澳大利亚淘金。
search for
The villagers are helping to search the woods for the missing child．村民们帮忙在树林里寻找失踪的孩子。
They searched all the drawers for the missing paper．他们翻了所有的抽屉寻找那个丢失的文件。
He who would search for pearls must dive below．要找珍珠就得下深海。
search out
The lawyer searched out the weak ness in the witness's statement．律师找到证词中的漏洞。
There he searched out an old friend of his．他在那儿找到了他的一位老朋友。
take the starch out of
Idiom(s): take the starch out of sbTheme: EXHAUSTION
to make someone tired and weak.
• This hot weather really takes the starch out of me.
• What a long day! It sure took the starch out of me.
steal a march
Idiom(s): steal a march (on sb)Theme: CLEVERNESS
to get some sort of an advantage over someone without being noticed.
• I got the contract because I was able to steal a march on my competitor.
• You have to be clever and fast—not dishonest—to steal a march.
march to a different drummer
Idiom(s): march to a different drummerTheme: DIFFERENCE
to believe in a different set of principles.
• John is marching to a different drummer, and he doesn't come to our parties anymore.
• Since Sally started marching to a different drummer, she has had a lot of great new ideas.
search sth with a fine-tooth comb
Idiom(s): go over something with a fine-tooth comb AND search something with a fine-tooth combTheme: SEARCHING
to search through something very carefully.
• I can't find my calculus book. I went over the whole place with a fine-tooth comb.
• I searched this place with a fine-tooth comb and didn't find my ring.
search high and low for
Idiom(s): hunt high and low (for sb or sth) AND look high and low (for sb or sth); search high and low (for sb or sth)Theme: SEARCHING
to look carefully in every possible place for someone or something.
• We looked high and low for the right teacher.
• The Smiths are searching high and low for the home of their dreams.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Life is what you make it.Mad as a March hare
Someone who is excitable and unpredictable is as mad as a March hare.March to the beat of your own drum
If people march to the beat of their own drum, they do things the way they want without taking other people into consideration.Searching question
A searching question goes straight to the heart of the subject matter, possibly requiring an answer with a degree of honesty that the other person finds uncomfortable.give someone their marching orders
fire someone: "After the argument, he was given his marching orders."\t\t
get your feet under the table
get settled in: "It only took him a week to get his feet under the table, then he started to make changes."
in search of|search
or literarymad as a hatter|March|March hare|hare|hatter|mad|m
adj. phr. Not able to think right; crazy. Anyone who thinks the moon is made of green cheese is mad as a hatter.search me|search
informal I don't know; how should I know?
May be considered rude. When I asked her what time it was, she said, "Search me, I have no watch."search one's heart|heart|heart-searching|search|se
v. phr., formal To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest. The teacher searched his heart trying to decide if he had been unfair in failing Tom. -search out|search
v. To search for and discover; find or learn by hunting. The police were trying to search out the real murderer.steal a march on|march|steal
v. phr. To get ahead of someone by doing a thing unnoticed; get an advantage over. The army stole a march on the enemy by marching at night and attacking them in the morning. Jack got the job by getting up earlier than Bill. He stole a march on him.Compare: GET THE JUMP ON, GET THE BETTER OF, TAKE BY SURPRISE.
take the starch out of|starch|take
v. phr., informal 1. To make (someone) feel weak or tired. The hot weather took the starch out of Mrs. Jones, and she didn't feel like doing a thing. The cross-country run took all the starch out of the boys. 2. See: TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE'S SAILS.Archean
Archeanthe Archean
the Archean Eon or its rocks
archenemy
archenemythe archenemy
Satan
Archeozoic
Archeozoicthe Archeozoic
the Archean (see phrase under Archean)
archer
archerthe Archer
Sagittarius, the constellation and ninth sign of the zodiac
archfiend
archfiendthe archfiend
Satan
heptarchy
heptarchythe Heptarchy
1) Obsolete the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
2) the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England before the 9th cent.
march
marchIn addition to the idiom beginning with march, also see steal a march on.
march to a different beat
march to a different beatAlso, march to a different drummer. Act independently, differ in conduct or ideas from most others, as in Joe wanted to be married on a mountain top—he always marches to a different beat, or Sarah has her own ideas for the campaign; she marches to a different drummer. This idiom, alluding to being out of step in a parade, is a version of Henry David Thoreau's statement in Walden (1854): “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.” It came into wide use in the mid-1900s.
marching orders, get one's
marching orders, get one'sBe ordered to move on or proceed; also, be dismissed from a job. For example, The sales force got their marching orders yesterday, so now they'll be on the road with the new product, or It's too bad about Jack—the boss gave him his marching orders Friday. This expression originally alluded to a military command. [Colloquial; late 1700s]
search
searchIn addition to the idiom beginning with search, also see high and low; in search of.
starch
starchsee take the starch out of.
steal a march on
steal a march onGain an advantage over unexpectedly or secretly, as in Macy's stole a march on their rival department store with their Thanksgiving Day parade. This metaphoric expression comes from medieval warfare, where a march was the distance an army could travel in a day. By quietly marching at night, a force could surprise and overtake the enemy at daybreak. Its figurative use dates from the second half of the 1700s.
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