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a golden opportunity
a good chance to succeed, a good investment The Royal Hotel is for sale. What a golden opportunity!
a sucker for punishment
one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.
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)
seize the opportunity
act now to gain most, take advantage of He seized the opportunity to invest in gold. He didn't wait.
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)
communist
stupid and/or bad
communicate with
1.send a message to;share or exchange opinions,news,information,etc.与…交往;与…保持通讯联系 The army fighting on the battlefield communicated with the headquarters every minute.作战部队同司令部时刻保持着通讯联系。 2.join;connect与…相联 Our school library communicates with a park by means of a gate.我们的校图书馆同一个公园有门相通。
glutton for punishment
Idiom(s): glutton for punishment
Theme: PEOPLE
someone who seems to like doing or seeking out difficult, unpleasant, or badly paid tasks. • If you want to work for this charity, you'll have to be a glutton for punishment and work long hours for nothing. • Jane must be a real glutton for punishment. She's typing Bill's manuscript free of charge, and he doesn't even thank her.
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
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.
Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
Don't miss opportunities that come along.
Fine tuning
Small adjustments to improve something or to get it working are called fine tuning.
Lines of communication
Lines of communication are the routes used to communicate by people or groups who are in conflict; a government might open lines of communication with terrorists if it wished to negotiate with them.
No good deed goes unpunished
This means that life is unfair and people can do or try to do good things and still end up in a lot of trouble.
Opportunity knocks but once
This idiom means that you only get one chance to achieve what you really want to do.
glutton for punishment|glutton|punishment
n. phr. A greedy person; someone who wants too much of something, such as food or drink, which will make him sick. Fred eats so much red meat that he is a regular glutton for punishment.
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.
whodunit
n. A detective story; a murder story; a thriller. Agatha Christie was a true master of the whodunit.
in unison
in unison 1) In complete agreement, harmonizing exactly. For example, Their opinion was in unison with ours. [Early 1800s] 2) Saying the same thing at the same time, simultaneously, as in The whole class answered in unison. [Late 1800s] Both usages allude to the unison of music, a single identical pitch.
junior
junior be someone's junior to be younger than someone
uniform uniform with having the same form, appearance, etc. as
union
union the Union â 1) the United States of America, specif. when regarded as a federal union 2) the North in the Civil War
unison
unison in unison 1) sounding the same note at the same time 2) sounding together in octaves 3) with all the voices or instruments performing the same part: said of a musical composition or passage 4) uttering the same words, or producing the same sound, at the same time
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)
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