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med Идиома
armed to the teeth
fully armed, having many weapons The robbers were armed to the teeth when they robbed the bank.
chromedome
bald person, silkhead A chromedome can tell you the the advantages of being bald.
dad-blamed
damned, darn, dingbusted The dad-blamed fishing line is tangled! It's in knots!
death warmed over
(See look like death warmed over)
dose/taste of one's own medicine
being treated in the same way as one treats others (usually a negative meaning) Our boss got a taste of his own medicine when people began to ignore him as he had always done to them.
get reamed out
(See ream out)
give him a taste of his own medicine
do to him what he does, an eye for an eye If Jim is sarcastic, give him a taste of his own medicine.
look like death warmed over
appear to be sick, look pale or weak Mom is not feeling well. She looks like death warmed over.
one-armed bandit
a slot machine for gambling He spent the weekend with a one-armed bandit and now has no money.
own medicine
giving what you got, tit for tat She hurt me so I'll hurt her - give her some of her own medicine!
put to bed (print media)
put in a box when it is ready to print The editor always checks the paper before he puts it to bed.
warmed over
warmed on a stove, reheated For supper we had warmed-over waffles. They tasted okay.
comedown
the depression and tiredness after the cessation of a bout of drug taking
medina
1. said to be an aphrodisiac:"Funky col' medina" -- Tone Loc (Funky cold medina [1989]) 2. nickname for Brooklyn 3. one of the three holy cities in Islam
accustomed to
used to;being in the habit of习惯于(to 后面接名词、动名词或动词原形) He is accustomed to working hard.他工作很努力,已经成习惯了。 She isn't accustomed to public speaking.她不太习惯在公开场合讲话。 She was not accustomed to leave home during the winter.她过去不习惯冬天离家。
armed with
supplied with以…武器;装备有 The soldiers were armed with guns and beyonets.士兵们都带着刺刀和枪。 The politician was armed with many facts and figures.这位政治家掌握了大量的事实和数据。
ashamed of
feeling shame because of因…感到羞耻或不好意思 You should be ashamed of your behaviour.你应该为自己的行为而感到羞耻。 I'm ashamed of myself for having given you so much trouble.给你添了这么多麻烦,真不好意思。
doomed to
fated to meet;bound to注定要 The plan is doomed to failure/to fail.这项计划是注定要失败的。 He was doomed to ill fortune.他命中注定要遭厄运。
take one's medicine
accept punishment without com plaining愿受处罚 Having admitted that he failed to do his part, he was willing to take his medicine and pay for the resulting damage.他承认自己没有尽到责任,甘愿受罚并赔偿损失。 The boy said he was sorry he broke the window and was ready to take his medicine.那个男孩说他打碎了窗户感到很抱歉,并甘愿受罚。
strike a happy medium
Idiom(s): strike a happy medium AND hit a happy medium
Theme: COMPROMISE
to find a compromise position; to arrive at a position halfway between two unacceptable extremes. • Ann likes very spicy food, but Bob doesn't care for spicy food at all. We are trying to find a restaurant that strikes a happy medium. • Tom is either very happy or very sad. He can't seem to hit a happy medium.
steamed up
Idiom(s): steamed up
Theme: ANGER
angry. (Informal.) • What Bob said really got me steamed up. • Why do you get so steamed up about nothing?
look like death warmed over to look
Idiom(s): look like death warmed over to look
Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS
quite ill; to look as pale as a dead person. • Poor Tom had quite a shock. He looks like death warmed over. • After her long ordeal with chemotherapy, she looked like death warmed over.
get a taste of one's own medicine
Idiom(s): get a taste of one's own medicine
Theme: RECIPROCITY
[for one] to receive difficulties of the same kind that one has been causing other people. • Now you see how it feels to have someone call you names! You are getting a taste of your own medicine! • John, who is often rude and abrupt with people, was devastated when the teacher treated him rudely. He doesn't like having a taste of his own medicine.
dose of one's own medicine
Idiom(s): dose of one's own medicine
Theme: RECIPROCITY
the same kind of treatment that one gives to other people. (Often with get or have.) • Sally never is very friendly. Someone is going to give her a dose of her own medicine someday. • He didn't like getting a dose of his own medicine.
doomed to failure
Idiom(s): doomed to failure
Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE
certain to fail, usually because of some obvious flaw. • This project was doomed to failure from the very beginning. • The play is doomed to failure because there is not a good story line.
armed and dangerous
Idiom(s): armed and dangerous
Theme: DANGER
pertaining to someone who is suspected of a crime and has not been captured. (This is a warning to police officers who might try to capture this suspect. Fixed order.) • Max is at large, presumed to be armed and dangerous. • The suspect has killed once and is armed and dangerous.
hit a happy medium
Idiom(s): strike a happy medium AND hit a happy medium
Theme: COMPROMISE
to find a compromise position; to arrive at a position halfway between two unacceptable extremes. • Ann likes very spicy food, but Bob doesn't care for spicy food at all. We are trying to find a restaurant that strikes a happy medium. • Tom is either very happy or very sad. He can't seem to hit a happy medium.
Death warmed up
(UK) If someone looks like death warmed up, they look very ill indeed. ('death warmed over' is the American form)
Happy medium
If you reach a happy medium, you are making a compromise; reaching a conclusion or decision.
If Mohammed won't come to the mountain, the mounta
If something cannot or will not happen the easy way, then sometimes it must be done the hard way.
Laughter is the best medicine
Laughing is often helpful for healing, especially emotional healing.
Taste of your own medicine
If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you do something bad to someone that they have done to you to teach them a lesson.
A Taste Of Your Own Medicine
When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.
armed to the teeth|armed|teeth|to the teeth|tooth
adj. phr. Having all needed weapons; fully armed. The paratroopers were armed to the teeth.
charmed life|charm|charmed
n. A life often saved from danger; a life full of lucky escapes. He was in two airplane accidents, but he had a charmed life.During the war a bullet knocked the gun out of his hand, but he had a charmed life.
dose of one's own medicine|dose|medicine|taste|tas
n. phr. Being treated in the same way you treat others; something bad done to you as you have done bad to other people. Jim was always playing tricks on other boys. Finally they decided to give him a dose of his own medicine.
give one some of his own medicine|give|give one so
v. phr. To treat someone the way he or she treats others (used in the negative). The gangster beat up an innocent old man, so when he resisted arrest, a policeman gave him a little of his own medicine.
named after|name|named
adj. phr. Given the same name as someone. Archibald was named after his father.
namedropper
n. phr. A person who is always mentioning well-known names. Since her move to Hollywood she has become a regular namedropper.
one-armed bandit|bandit|one-armed
n., slang A slot machine, like those used in Las Vegas and other gambling places. Joe was playing the one-armed bandit all day and he lost everything he had.
steamed up|steamed
adj., informal Excited or angry about or eager to do something. The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game, and he got them all steamed up to win the game.When Mary found out that Jane had not kept their secret, she became all steamed up.Bill was all steamed up about the movie he had just seen.
strike a happy medium|happy medium|strike
v. phr. To find an answer to a problem that is halfway between two unsatisfactory answers. Mary said the dress was blue. Jane said it was green. They finally struck a happy medium and decided it was blue-green.Two teaspoons of sugar made the cup of coffee too sweet, and one not sweet enough. One heaping teaspoon struck a happy medium.
take one's medicine|medicine|take
v. phr. To accept punishment without complaining. The boy said he was sorry he broke the window and was ready to take his medicine. Compare: FACE THE MUSIC2.
charmed life
charmed life An existence that seems protected by extreme good luck, as in Robert came out of that accident without a scratch; he must lead a charmed life. The adjective charmed once meant “magical,” which is no doubt what Shakespeare had in mind when he used the term in Macbeth (5:8): “Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests, I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.” Later it was extended to anyone who narrowly escaped from danger or was similarly lucky. [Late 1500s]
comedy
comedy cut the comedy Slang to stop joking
comedy of errors
comedy of errors A complex or humorous series of events, as in Mary and John went to the Smiths', while the Smiths went to the Parkers', and the Parkers wondered why no one answered the door at John and Mary's—a true comedy of errors. The term borrows the title of Shakespeare's play, The Comedy of Errors, about two sets of twin brothers, master and slave, who are separated in infancy, and the mix-ups occurring when they arrive in the same place many years later. [c. 1600]
cut the comedy
cut the comedy Also, cut the crap. Stop talking or behaving foolishly, as in Cut the comedy! We have work to do, or It's time you cut the crap and got to work. The first of these slangy imperatives dates from the early 1900s, the ruder variant from the 1920s.
forewarned is forearmed
forewarned is forearmed Knowledge in advance enables one to be prepared, as in Let me know when he's in town so I can take the phone off the hook—forewarned is forearmed. This expression originated as a Latin proverb, Praemonitus, praemunitus, which was translated into English by the early 1500s. It soon was put to broader use than its original military applications.
media 1. the media all the means of communication, as newspapers, radio, and TV, that provide the public with news, entertainment, etc., usually along with advertising 2. the media all the means of communication, as newspapers, radio, and TV, that provide the public with news, entertainment, etc., usually along with advertising
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