find (one's) match Идиома

match wits

compete with someone's wit or humor Don't try to match wits with Pat. He has a reply for everything.

no match for

not as strong as, not an equal competitor European basketball teams were no match for the Dream Team.

rubber match

final game, showdown Each team has won a game. They play the rubber match today.

shooting match

(See the whole shooting match)

the whole shooting match

everything, every bit/piece/person Wagon, horses, load - the whole shootin' match disappeared.

whole shooting match

(See the whole shooting match)

match up

1．correspond；bring into correspondence or harmony相配；和谐；使相配；使和谐
He has matched the patterns up very well．他把这些图案配得很好。
Her blouse and skirt match up nicely．她的衬衫和裙子很配。
2．fit together to form a complete and intelligible whole把…拼成一个整体；使吻合起来
I found it difficult to match up the different versions of the event by two eyewitnesses．我发觉很难把那次事件的两位目击者的说法吻合起来。
We can't match up the two halves of the photograph．A bit is missing from the middle．我们无法把这两个半张的照片拼起来，因为中间缺了一块。

match up to

be equal to胜任；比得上；对付得了
His performance did not match up to the glowing account we had received of him．他的演出完全不象我们听说的那样了不起。
He matched up to the situation．那局面他应付过去了。
The imitation hardly matches up to the original．这个仿制品简直不能同真品相比。

mix and match

Idiom(s): mix and match (2)

Theme: COMBINATION

2. to select a number of items from an assemblage, often in order to get a quantity discount. (As opposed to getting a quantity discount for buying a lot of only one item.)
• The candles were 25 percent off, and you could mix and match colors, sizes, and length.
• I found a good sale on shirts. They were four for fifty dollars, and the store would let you mix and match.

meet one's match

Idiom(s): meet one's match

Theme: SIMILARITY

to meet one's equal.
• John played tennis with Bill yesterday, and it looks as if John has finally met his match.
• Listen to Jane and Mary argue. I always thought that Jane was loud, but she has finally met her match.

find (one's) match

To appointment one's according or above in ability, skill, etc., abnormally in a aggressive setting. Stevenson acclimated to be the ascendant amateur on the tour, but it looks like she has assuredly begin her bout in the adolescent newcomer. A lot of kids who are acclimated to actuality the smartest apprentice in academy are a little shell-shocked back they acquisition their bout in college.Learn more: find, match

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