Смысл: daylight-saving

daylight-saving[͵deılaıtʹseıvıŋ]
n
<Í> перевод летом часовой стрелки на час вперёд в государственном масштабе (с целью экономии электроэнергии); переход на «летнее время»
daylight-saving time - декретное «летнее время» (с целью эффективного использования светлого времени суток)

saving Идиома

saving grace

Idiom(s): saving grace

Theme: SURVIVAL

the one thing that saves or redeems someone or something that would otherwise be a total disaster.
• Her saving grace is that she has a lot of money.
• The saving grace for the whole evening was the good music played by the band.

eat into your savings

spend some of your savings: "We can't afford a new car, unless we eat into our savings."

daylight saving time|daylight|daylight saving|dayl

n. A way of keeping time in summer that is one or two hours ahead of standard time.

Abbreviation DST. Many places in the United States keep their clocks on daylight saving time in the summer; in this way people get up earlier and have more free time in the afternoon and evening while it is still daylight. Father said that next week it will get dark later because we will change to daylight saving lime. We go off daylight saving in the fall.
Compare: CENTRAL TIME.
Antonym: STANDARD TIME.

face-saving|face|saving

n. Face-saving is not helped by too many invented excuses.

saving grace|grace|saving

n. phr. A single good attribute; a redeeming quality. Felicity is not very attractive but her intelligence and wit are her saving grace.

savings account|account|savings

n. An account in a bank, where people put money to save it, and the bank uses the money and pays interest every year. If you leave your money in your savings account for six months or a year, the bank will pay interest on it.
Compare: CHECKING ACCOUNT.

savings bond|bond|savings

n. A government certificate given for money and saved for a number of years so that the government will pay back the money with interest. Mary bought a $25 savings bond for $18.75. John's father gave him a savings bond for graduation.

saving grace, a

saving grace, a
A redeeming quality, especially one compensating for drawbacks or negative characteristics. For example, She may not be too knowledgeable, but her saving grace is that she doesn't pretend to be. This term, dating from the late 1500s, at first referred to the concept of being saved from eternal damnation, and was used more loosely only from the late 1800s on.

More Idioms/Phrases

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English Vocalbulary

daylong dayman daymare daypeep days dayshine dayside daysman daytal daytaler Dayton Daytona Beach daze dazed dazes dazing dazzle dazzle paint contrario di saving