tot Идиома

a total stranger

one you have never seen, a perfect stranger """Can I give you a ride home?"" ""No. You're a total stranger."""

total stranger

(See a total stranger)

totally awesome

excellent, fantastic, far out The Band was totally awesome! They were excellent!

Aristotle

Rhyming Slang. This is a complex one. The meaning of the term "Aris" is "arse" This derives from 'Aristotle' = "bottle" and "bottle" is short for the Rhyming Slang term "bottle and glass" = "arse"

low man on the totem pole

Idiom(s): low man on the totem pole

Theme: STATUS - LOW

the least important person.
• I was the last to find out because I'm low man on the totem pole.
• I cant be of any help. I'm low man on the totem pole.

high man on the totem pole

Idiom(s): high man on the totem pole

Theme: LEADERSHIP

the person at the top of the hierarchy; the person in charge of an organization. (Informal.)
• I don’t want to talk to a secretary. I demand to talk to the high man on the totem pole.
• Who's in charge around here? Who's high man on the totem pole?

At the bottom of the totem pole

(USA) If someone is at the bottom of the totem pole, they are unimportant. Opposite is at the top of the totem pole.

in toto|toto

adv. phr. As a whole; in its entirety; totally; altogether. The store refused the advertising agency's suggestion in toto. They bought the newspaper business in toto. The paving job was accepted in toto. (Latin, meaning "in the whole.")

sum total|sum|total

n. The final amount; everything taken together; total. The sum total of expenses for the trip was $450. Ten years was the sum total of John's education.

sum total

sum total
The entirety, everything, as in I spent all day in the kitchen and the sum total of my efforts is this cake. [Mid-1600s]

totality

totality
in totality
as a whole; altogether

totem

totem
see low man on the totem pole.

More Idioms/Phrases

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