Смысл: absinthe

absinth(e)[ʹæbsınθ]
n
<Í> 1. абсент, полынная водка
2. = absinthium
3. желтовато-зелёный цвет

boonies, the Идиома

a babe in the woods

"a defenseless person; a naive, young person" He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him.

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

a bun in the oven

pregnant, expecting a baby Mabel has a bun in the oven. The baby's due in April.

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a drop in the bucket

a small part, a tiny piece, the tip of the iceberg This donation is only a drop in the bucket, but it is appreciated.

a feather in your cap

an honor, a credit to you, chalk one up for you Because you are Karen's teacher, her award is a feather in your cap.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a flash in the pan

a person who does superior work at first I'm looking for a steady worker, not a flash in the pan.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a grandfather clause

a written statement that protects a senior worker They can't demote him because he has a grandfather clause.

the boonies

A actual abroad or alien location, generally one that lacks avant-garde amenities. That abode is all the way out in the boonies—it'll booty us hours to get there. Good luck accepting a corpuscle arresting out actuality in the boonies.Learn more: boonies

boonies

n. a alien and abortive place. (From boondocks.) He lives out there in the boonies.

boonies, the

The provinces, a alien rural area. This slangy appellation is an abridgement of boondocks, which comes from the Tagalog chat bundok, for “hill” or “mountain.” It was coined by U.S. Marines angry adjoin Filipino guerrillas afterwards the Spanish-American War (1899–1902) for the asperous acropolis country there. Later American troops in the Philippines during World War II beneath it, and afterwards the war it began to be acclimated added broadly as an agnate for addition such term, the sticks, which dates from the aboriginal 1900s. W. C. Handy acclimated it in Father of the Blues (1957), “I connected arena for dances, touring on the alley and through the sticks.”

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