Homeric nod Идиома

deuce of nods on the backbeat

two nights ago

nod off

fall asleep unintentionally打瞌睡
He nodded off over his paper．他在看报时睡着了。
Is it really so late？I must have nodded off．真的这么晚了吗？我一定是睡着了。

land of Nod

Idiom(s): land of Nod

Theme: SLEEP

sleep. (Humorous. From the fact that people sometimes nod when they are falling asleep.)
• The baby is in the land of Nod.
• Look at the clock! It’s time we were all in the land of Nod.

get the nod

Idiom(s): get the nod

Theme: CHOICE

to get chosen.
• The manager is going to pick the new sales manager. I think Ann will get the nod.
• I had the nod for captain of the team, but I decided not to do it.

Give the nod

(UK) If you give the nod to something, you approve it or give permission to do it.

Nod's as good as a wink

(UK) 'A nod's as good as a wink' is a way of saying you have understood something that someone has said, even though it was not said directly. The full phrase (sometimes used in the UK ) is 'a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'.

Noddy work

(UK) Unimportant or very simple tasks are noddy work.

On the nod

(UK) If something is accepted by parliament or a committee majority, it is on the nod.

land of nod|land|nod

n. phr. Sleep. The little girl went off to the land of nod.

nodding acquaintance|acquaintance|nodding

n. Less than casual acquaintance. I have never spoken to the chancellor; we have only a nodding acquaintance.

Homeric nod

A chain absurdity in a assignment of fiction. An allusion to the Greek artist Homer, whose ballsy balladry accommodate several credible errors in continuity. Though the blur is actuality heralded by abounding as the director's masterpiece, there is a Homeric nod appear the end that is acutely jarring.Learn more: nod

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