Смысл: aboil

aboil[əʹbɔıl]
a редк.
<Í> 1. кипящий, вскипающий, закипающий
2. неистовый, яростный; разъярённый
aboil with indignation - кипящий негодованием
the meeting was aboil with controversy - на собрании разгорелись жаркие споры

strike oil Идиома

boiling mad

very angry, very upset, hopping mad By the time the car started, Emil was boiling mad.

burn the midnight oil

study/work all night or until very, very late at night.

oilpatch

the local oil industry, the oil business Calgary's oilpatch does not control the price of oil and gas.

pour oil on troubled waters

calm down a quarrel, say something to lessen anger and bring peace to a situation They tried to pour oil on troubled waters after they noticed the argument among the students.

spoil for a fight

try to begin a fight, chip on his shoulder, cruising for a bruising "Bud was spoiling for a fight with me. He said, ""You're too chicken to fight, ain't you?"""

spoiled brat

a child who always gets what he wants Sure he's a spoiled brat. His mom gave him whatever he wanted.

spoilsport

one who will not play, party-pooper You spoilsport! Why won't you play strip poker with us?

too many cooks spoil the broth

too many managers cause problems, too many chiefs... The structure failed because it was designed by a group of architects. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

what it boils down to

what it really means, the bottom line What it boils down to is this: we don't have enough money.

boiler

1. derogatory term for an unattractive woman. Often phrased as old boiler for added derogatory emphasis
2. a car

strike oil

1. To admission food of oil while conduct into the ground. Stop drilling, we've addled oil!2. To accomplish success in some area, generally financially. A: "We abiding addled oil back we recorded that song." B: "I know, it's become a huge hit and will pay us a ton in royalties."Learn more: oil, strike

strike oil

If you strike oil, you aback become acknowledged in award or accomplishing something. In Austin, a new bearing of high-tech billionaires has addled oil in the computer industry. Jennifer McFarlane aims to bang oil on the Australian controlling job market. Note: This announcement is added frequently acclimated actually to say that addition discovers oil in the arena as a aftereffect of drilling. Learn more: oil, strike

strike oil

attain abundance or success. 1994 Nature S. P. Goldman …seems to accept addled oil in the chase for bigger means of accretion cyberbanking states. Learn more: oil, strike

strike oil, to

To accomplish a advantageous analysis or breakthrough. Originating in nineteenth-century America, this accurate announcement was acclimated figuratively by the additional bisected of the century. James Russell Lowell (Poetical Works, 1888) wrote: “We are a nation which has addled ile [sic].” A aboveboard analogue is to strike it rich, also from mining, which alludes to award a abundant mineral deposit.Learn more: strike

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strike oil Идиома

boiling mad

burn the midnight oil

oilpatch

pour oil on troubled waters

spoil for a fight

spoiled brat

spoilsport

too many cooks spoil the broth

what it boils down to

boiler

strike oil

strike oil

strike oil

strike oil, to

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