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nit Идиома

a golden opportunity

a good chance to succeed, a good investment The Royal Hotel is for sale. What a golden opportunity!

a window of opportunity

an opportunity, a chance, a golden opportunity Sometimes a problem is actually a window of opportunity.

golden opportunity

(See a golden opportunity)

in a snit

upset, worried, in a stew Ms. Mak is in a snit because she lost her cat.

nitpick

find unfinished details or small errors Deborah can find the errors. She likes to nitpick.

nitty-gritty

(See the nitty-gritty)

seize the opportunity

act now to gain most, take advantage of He seized the opportunity to invest in gold. He didn't wait.

the nitty-gritty

very important matters, the crunch The nitty-gritty of an election is the vote itself - the numbers!

throw away a chance or opportunity

fail to make use of a chance or opportunity He threw away a chance to get a good education when he began to work when he was very young.

window of opportunity

(See a window of opportunity)

biznitch

bitch; a dislikeable female

nitro

nitroglycerine; a powerful liquid explosive

shiznit

the ultimate, the best

knit one's brow

Idiom(s): knit one's brow

Theme: DISPLEASURE - FROWN

to wrinkle one's brow, especially by frowning.
• The woman knit her brow and asked us what we wanted from her.
• While he read his book, John knit his brow occasionally. He must not have agreed with what he was reading.

get down to the nitty-gritty

Idiom(s): get down to the nitty-gritty

Theme: DETAILS

to get down to the facts; to get down to cases.(Slang.)
• Stop fooling around. Get down to the nitty-gritty.
• Let's stop wasting time. We have to get down to the nitty-gritty.

leap at the opportunity

Idiom(s): jump at the chance AND jump at the opportunity; leap at the opportunity

Theme: OPPORTUNITY

to take advantage of a chance to do something.
• John jumped at the chance to go to England.
• I don't know why I didn't jump at the opportunity myself.
• I should have leaped at the chance.

jump at the opportunity

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.

Don't miss opportunities that come along.

Knit your brows

If you knit your brows, you frown or look worried.

Nitty gritty

If people get down to the nitty gritty, they concentrate on the most important and serious issues.

Opportunity knocks but once

This idiom means that you only get one chance to achieve what you really want to do.

close-knit|close|knit

adj. Closely joined together by ties of love, friendship, or common interest; close. The Joneses are a close-knit family. The three boys are always together. They form a very close-knit group.

part of the furniture|furniture|part

n. phr. In a job or position for so long that one is taken entirely for granted, like a part of the physical surroundings. He has been working in the same office for so many years now that people consider him to be a part of the furniture.

seize the opportunity|opportunity|seize

v. phr. To exploit a chance. His wealthy uncle offered to send him to Harvard and he wisely seized the opportunity.

stick to one's knitting|knitting|stick|tend|tend t

v. phr., informal To do your own job and not bother other people. The trouble with Henry is that he is always telling other people what to do; he can't stick to his knitting.

vanity case|case|vanity

n. 1. A small case containing face powder, lipstick, and other things and usually carried in a woman's handbag; a compact. She took out her vanity case and put lipstick on. 2. A handbag or a small bag carried by a woman and holding various toilet articles. She had the porter carry her big bags and she herself carried her vanity case.

whodunit

n. A detective story; a murder story; a thriller. Agatha Christie was a true master of the whodunit.

by definition

by definition
According to prior determination, as a given. For example, This antibiotic is by definition the most effective now on the market. [1970s]

divinity

divinity
the Divinity
God

get in a snit

get in a snit
see in a snit.

humanity

humanity
the humanities
1) languages and literature, esp. the classical Greek and Latin
2) the branches of learning concerned with human thought and relations, as distinguished from the sciences; esp., literature, philosophy, history, etc.

infinite

infinite
the Infinite (Being)
God

infinity

infinity
to infinity
without limit or end

initiative

initiative
see on one's own account; take the initiative.

magnitude

magnitude
1.
of the first magnitude
of the greatest importance
2.
of the first magnitude
of the greatest importance

snit

snit
see in a snit.

take the initiative

take the initiative
Begin a task or plan of action, as in The boss was on vacation when they ran out of materials, so Julie took the initiative and ordered more. This term uses initiative in the sense of “the power to originate something,” a usage dating from the late 1700s.

trinity

trinity
the Trinity
Christian Theol. the union of the three divine persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) in one Godhead

unity

unity
the (three) unities
the three principles of dramatic construction derived by French neoclassicists from Aristotle's Poetics, holding that a play should have one unified plot (unity of action) and that all the action should occur within one day (unity of time) and be limited to a single locale (unity of place)

vicinity

vicinity
in the vicinity of
1) near; close to (a place)
2) about; approximately (the amount, etc. specified)

More Idioms/Phrases

verge verse very very thing, the vested interest vicinity victor victory view vigor villain of the piece, the vine

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