Смысл: absinthe

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

fact of the matter, 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 actuality of the matter

The best basic, axiological accuracy of something. I apperceive these regulations are unpopular, but the actuality of that amount is that we accept to ascendancy acreage prices if we are activity to abstain an bread-and-butter crisis like what we faced in the past. He never shies abroad from discussing the actuality of the matter, alike if it agency he comes beyond badly.Learn more: fact, matter, of

fact of the matter, the

The truth. This rather abandoned phrase, for which apparent and simple “fact” would do aloof as well, is somewhat newer than its turnaround companion, as a amount of fact, which agency “in truth” and, as Eric Partridge acicular out years ago, about precedes a lie. Both accept been clichés back the nineteenth century. Two carefully accompanying locutions are the accuracy of the amount and if accuracy be known, which about announce an absolute account of how the apostle sees a situation. On the added hand, matter-of-fact used as an adjective has a absolutely altered meaning, that is, aboveboard and commonplace, and a amount of actuality without as has meant, back the sixteenth century, article of an absolutely absolute nature.Learn more: fact, of

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a golden opportunity a goner a good arm a good egg a good head a good sport a grain of salt a grain of truth a grandfather clause a handful a handout a hard day a hard-on a hard row to hoe a hard time a hassle a head start face to face face to face with (someone or something) face up face up to face up to (someone or something) face up/down face value face with face with (someone or something) Facebook Facebook official Facebook stalk Facebook stalking faced facelift face-off face-to-face facing fack fact fact check fact checker fact checking fact is stranger than fiction fact of life fact of the matter, the factor factor in factor out factory factory farming facts are stubborn things facts of life facts on the ground fade fade away fade back fade down fade fast fade from fade from (something) fade from view fade in fade into fade into (something) fade into insignificance fade into the woodwork fade out fade up faded fading