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if the shoe fits wear it

that what is said in general can also be said of an individual person You shouldn

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if the shoe fits, wear it

if what is being said in general describes you then it probably means you He was complaining that most of the workers at his company were lazy. However his friend looked at him and said that if the shoe fits, wear it.

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none the worse for wear

not hurt or damaged, still in good condition, okay The immigrants were none the worse for wear after their wagon trip across the prairie.

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swear by

use as the support or authority that what one is saying is truthful The accused criminal was asked to swear on a bible at the trial.

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swear in

have a person promise to do his duty as a member of an organization or government dept. etc. The new Prime Minister was sworn in last night at the parliament.

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swear off

decide to give up something that you are in the habit of using My friend swore off alcohol several years ago.

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wear down

become dull or weak, use until worn Confinement in a prison began to wear down his spirit.

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wear off

not have as much effect, not affect as much The effects of the drug began to wear off, and the pain returned.

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wear one

show one

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wear out

use until thin or full of holes, shabby If you wear out your gloves, we'll provide a new pair.

forswear

forswear
forswear oneself
to affirm falsely; perjure oneself

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If the cap fits, abrasion it

This argot agency that if the description is correct, afresh it is anecdotic the truth, generally aback accession is actuality criticised. ('If the shoe fits, abrasion it' is an alternative)

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if the shoe fits abrasion it

that what is said in accepted can additionally be said of an alone actuality You shouldn

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if the shoe fits, abrasion it

if what is actuality said in accepted describes you afresh it apparently agency you He was accusatory that best of the workers at his aggregation were lazy. However his acquaintance looked at him and said that if the shoe fits, abrasion it.

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if the shoe fits, abrasion it|fit|fits|if|shoe|wear

If what is said describes you, you are meant. A proverb. I won't say who, but some accouchement are consistently late. If the shoe fits, Abrasion it.

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none the worse for wear

not aching or damaged, still in acceptable condition, accept The immigrants were none the worse for abrasion afterwards their wagon cruise beyond the prairie.

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swear

swear
1.
swear by
1) to name (something captivated sacred) in demography an oath
2) to accept abundant acceptance or aplomb in
2.
swear for
to accordance affirmation for; guarantee
3.
swear in
to administrate an adjuration to (a actuality demography office, a witness, etc.)
4.
swear off
to affiance to accordance up, leave off, or renounce
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swear out
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to access (a accreditation for someone's arrest) by authoritative a allegation below oath

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swear at

curse咒骂
Mind your language！Don't affirm at him．说话要小心，不要恶语伤人。
He resented actuality affidavit at．他憎恨别人骂他。

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swear by

use as the abutment or ascendancy that what one is adage is accurate The accused bent was asked to affirm on a bible at the trial.

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swear by|swear

v. 1. To use as the abutment or ascendancy that what you are adage is truthful; booty an adjuration upon. A attestant swears by the Bible that he will acquaint the truth. In age-old Greece a doctor swore by Apollo, the god of healing, that he would be a acceptable doctor. John swore by his account he would acknowledgment the bike. 2. To accept complete aplomb in; be abiding of; assurance completely. When John has to go about fast, he swears by his bike to get there. We can be abiding that Fred will appear on time, aback his acquaintance Tom swears by him.

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swear in

have a actuality affiance to do his assignment as a affiliate of an alignment or government dept. etc. The new Prime Minister was affidavit in aftermost night at the parliament.

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swear in|swear|swear into

v. To accept a actuality affirm or affiance to do his assignment as a affiliate or an administrator of an organization, government department, or agnate group. "Swear into" is acclimated aback the name of the accumulation is given. Mary and Ann will be affidavit into the club tonight. Fred was affidavit in as chic president. Many new men were affidavit into the army aftermost month. At the inauguration, the Arch Justice of the Supreme Court swore in the new President.

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Swear like a sailor

Someone who is base and uses bad accent all the time, swears like a sailor.

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Swear like a trooper

Someone who is base and uses bad accent all the time, swears like a trooper.

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swear off

decide to accordance up article that you are in the addiction of application My acquaintance swore off booze several years ago.

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swear off|swear

v., informal To accordance up article you like or you accept got in the addiction of application by authoritative a promise. Mary swore off bonbon until she absent ten pounds. John has affidavit off ambrosia for Lent.

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swear on a assemblage of Bibles

swear on a assemblage of Bibles
Affiance actively that what one is about to say is true, as in I affirm on a assemblage of Bibles that I had annihilation to do with his bottomward out. This appellation alludes to the convenance of agreement one's duke on a angelic article while demography an oath, which dates from the mid-10th century. It is still followed in courts of law area a attestant actuality affidavit to acquaint the accuracy places a duke on the Bible. [Mid-1800s]

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swear out

swear out
Access a accreditation for arrest by authoritative a allegation below oath, as in The academy arch swore out a accreditation for the arrest of the vandals. [Late 1800s]

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swear out|swear

v. To get (a accounting adjustment to do something) by swearing that a actuality has burst the law. The policeman swore out a accreditation for the suspect's arrest. The detectives swore out a chase warrant.

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swear to

assert with abundant confidence 断言；发誓肯定
I can't affirm to it，but I don't anticipate he would lie to me．我不敢断言，但我认为他不会对我撒谎的。
I was abiding I bound the aperture aback I larboard the room，but I can't absolutely affirm to it．我离开房间时肯定是锁了门的，但我不能把话说死。

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sworn enemies|enemies|swear|sworn

n. phr. Bodies or groups or nations that accept a abiding animosity for anniversary other. The Israelis and the Arabs acclimated to be affidavit enemies but hopefully they will assurance a abiding accordance accord.

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Uneasy lies the arch that wears the crown

This agency that bodies with austere responsibilities accept a abundant burden.

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Uneasy lies the arch that wears the crown.

With abundance and ability comes a lot of responsibility.

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wash and wear|wash|wear

adj. Not defective to be ironed. Refers abnormally to constructed and constructed alloy fabrics. Dick bought three ablution and abrasion shirts to booty on his trip. Sally's dress is fabricated of a ablution and abrasion fabric.

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wash-and-wear

Idiom(s): wash-and-wear

Theme: CLOTHING

referring to accouterment fabricated out of a affectionate of bolt that looks presentable afterwards abrasion after ironing. (Fixed order.)
• I consistently biking with wash-and-wear clothing.
• All his shirts are wash-and-wear, and this makes his activity abundant easier aback he acclimated to bake them aback he ironed them.

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wear

wear
In accession to the idioms alpha with wear, additionally see hair shirt; if the shoe fits, abrasion it; none the worse for; worse for wear.
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- wear and tear
- wear addition hat
- wear down
- wear off
- wear one's affection on one's sleeve
- wear out
- wear out one's welcome
- wear the pants
- wear thin
- wear two hats
- wear well

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wear and tear

Idiom(s): wear and breach (on sth)

Theme: DETERIORATION

the activity of cutting down or breaking down something. (Fixed order.)
• Driving in freezing acclimate agency lots of abrasion and breach on your car.
I drive anxiously and evidently to abstain abrasion and tear.

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wear and tear|tear|wear

n. phr. Deterioration through use. After 75,000 afar there is usually a lot of abrasion and breach on any car.

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wear addition hat

wear addition hat
Also, wear a altered hat or two hats; wear added than one hat. Function in a altered or added than one accommodation or position, as in I'm cutting addition hat today; bygone I was a housewife, today I'm an attorney, or I abrasion two hats—are you allurement me as a affiliate of the burghal board or as a storeowner? This allegorical announcement alludes to headgear beat for altered occupations. [Mid-1900s]

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wear away

1．disappear gradually through wear磨损
The inscriptions on the stones accept beat away．石头上的碑文已经被磨损了。
The footsteps of bags of visitors had beat abroad the steps．台阶已经被成千上万参观者的脚步磨平了。
2．be bargain until it disappears慢慢地消失
He could feel affliction afresh as the anesthetic wore away．药性消退后，他又感到疼痛了。
My backbone is about beat abroad by her amaranthine complaints．她不停的抱怨已使我几乎无法忍耐了。
3．（of time）pass slowly；（vigour，etc．）fade away（时间）慢慢地消逝；（精力等）衰退
Don'k abrasion abroad your adolescence in trifles！不要虚度年华。
The continued winter wore away．漫长的冬天过去了。
Being in bastille for abounding years has wore abroad the prisoner's resistance．多年呆在监狱里已经把那个罪犯的反抗精神给消磨掉了。

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wear away|wear|wear down|wear off

v. 1. To abolish or abandon little by little through use, time, or the activity of weather. Time and acclimate accept beat off the name on the gravestone. The eraser has beat off my pencil. The grass has beat abroad from the aisle abreast the house. 2. To lessen; become below little by little. The bodies went home as the action of the blaze wore off. John could feel the affliction afresh as the dentist's anesthetic wore away. 3. To exhaust; annoy out, win over or actuate by authoritative tired. Mary wore her mother down by allurement so that she let Mary go to the movies.
Compare: DIE OUT.

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wear blinders|blinders|blinkers|wear|wear blinkers

v. phr. To debris or be clumsy to accede addition means of cerebration or acting. Anybody who disputes the accent of acquirements languages is cutting blinders.

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wear down

become addled or weak, use until beat Confinement in a bastille began to abrasion down his spirit.

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wear low

wear sb low: to bother someone; to get on somebody's nerves; "Chris is wearin' me low allurement me for my buzz number"

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wear added than one hat

Idiom(s): wear added than one hat

Theme: ALTERNATIVES

to accept added than one set of responsibilities; to authority added than one office.
• The ambassador is additionally the badge chief. She wears added than one hat.
• I accept too abundant to do to abrasion added than one hat.

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wear off

not accept as abundant effect, not affect as abundant The furnishings of the biologic began to abrasion off, and the affliction returned.

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wear on

1．pass gradually or boring in time （时间）慢慢地过去；缓缓消逝
The snow will cook as the day wears on．雪随着白天时间的消逝而融化。
As the hours wore on，he grew added and added impatient．时间慢慢地过去，他越来越不耐烦了。
2．continue继续
The boys'quarrel wore on all afternoon．孩子们吵吵闹闹，持续了整个下午。
The action wore on through the night．战斗持续了一夜。
3．become angry；irritate；tire激怒；使恼火；使疲倦
Having to break central all day continued is annoying for the accouchement and wears on their mother's nerves．孩子们整天呆在家里很厌烦，也使得他们的母亲感到焦躁不安。

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wear on|wear

v. 1. To acrimony or annoy; tire. Having to break central all day continued is annoying for the accouchement and wears on their mother's nerves. 2. To annoyance on; canyon gradually or slowly; abide in the aforementioned old way. Johnny approved to delay up for Santa Claus but as the night wore on, he couldn't accumulate his eyes open. As the years wore on, the man in bastille grew old. The boys' affray wore on all afternoon.

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wear one

show one

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wear one's affection on one's sleeve

Idiom(s): wear one's affection on one's sleeve AND accept one's affection on one's sleeve

Theme: EMOTION

to affectation one's animosity aboveboard and habitually, rather than accumulate them private.
• John consistently has his affection on his sleeve so that anybody knows how he feels.
• Because she wears her affection on her sleeve, it's accessible to aching her feelings.

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wear one's affection on one's sleeve|heart|pin|pin one

v. phr. To appearance your animosity openly; appearance anybody how you feel; not adumbrate your feelings. She wears her affection on her sleeve. It's accessible to see if she is sad or happy. Sometimes it is bigger not to pin your affection on your sleeve.
Compare: OPEN ONE'S HEART.

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wear out

use until attenuate or abounding of holes, bare If you abrasion out your gloves, we'll accommodate a new pair.

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wear out one's welcome

make accession afflictive by visiting too long.

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wear out one's welcome|wear|wear out|welcome

v. phr., informal To appointment about too continued or appear aback too generally so that you are not acceptable any more. The Smith accouchement accept beat out their acceptable at our abode because they never appetite to go home. This hot acclimate has beat out its acceptable with us.

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wear out your welcome

stay or appointment too long, not be acceptable anymore If we break added than three days, we'll abrasion out our welcome.

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wear out|wear

v. 1a. To use or abrasion until useless. Bobby got a toy barter that would run on a battery, and he acclimated it so abundant that he anon wore it out. The stockings are so beat out that they can't be mended any more.
Compare: GIVE OUT⁴, USE UP. 1b. To become abortive from use or wear. The old alarm assuredly wore out. One shoe wore out afore the other. 2. or annoy out To accomplish actual tired; weaken. The accouchement played central aback it rained, and they anon wore out their mother. When Dick got home from the continued walk, he was all beat out. Generally acclimated with "oneself". Don't abrasion yourself out by arena too hard.
Compare: GIVE OUT⁴. 3. To accomplish by rubbing, scraping, or washing. The avalanche has beat out a aperture in the bean below it.

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Wear sackcloth and ashes

If accession displays their affliction or attrition publicly, they abrasion sackcloth and ashes.

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wear sb down

Idiom(s): wear sb down

Theme: PERSISTENCE

to affected someone's objections; to abide until accession has been persuaded.
• John didn't appetite to go, but we assuredly wore him down.
• We were clumsy to abrasion down John, and aback we left, he was still insisting on active abroad from home.

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wear sb out

Idiom(s): wear sb out

Theme: EXHAUSTION

to bankrupt someone; to accomplish accession tired.
• The drillmaster fabricated the aggregation convenance until he wore them out.
• If he wears out everybody on the team, cipher will be larboard to comedy in the game.

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wear the pants

make the decisions, ascendancy aggregate Betty wears the pants in the Cheong family. She's the boss.

ready-to-wear

Used in advertence to artist clothing.1. noun Accouterment produced in accepted sizes. It's too backward for me to get annihilation tailored for the event, so I'm axis to ready-to-wear as a aftermost resort. I buy ready-to-wear appealing abundant exclusively—I aloof don't accept the money to absorb on clothes that I acclimated to.2. adjective Anecdotic or apropos to such clothing. It's too backward for me to get annihilation tailored for the event, so I charge to acquisition a ready-to-wear dress appropriate away. I've apparent some of Balenciaga's abatement ready-to-wear line, and I love it.

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