Meaning: 1 esdras

n.
an Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah

RAS Idiom, Proverb

a crash course

a short course that has the main facts and skills He took a crash course in cooking and bought a cafe.

break out in a rash

have a rash appear on your skin When the temperature goes over 30

catch phrase

idiom, popular phrase, buzz word There's a catch phrase for Newfoundland: The Rock.

coin a phrase

(See to coin a phrase)

crash

go to bed, go to sleep Sometimes Don crashes on our sofa and sleeps for hours.

crash a party

go to a party uninvited, horn in Bo and his friends crashed our party. They came uninvited.

crash course

(See a crash course)

do something rash

take drastic action (usually without thinking) She is extremely angry so I hope that she doesn

down to brass tacks

(See get down to brass tacks)

get down to brass tacks

begin the most important work or business Let's get down to brass tacks and begin talking about the new contract.

grasp at straws

try something with little hope of succeeding, depend on something that is useless in a time of trouble He is grasping at straws. He will never find enough money to pay next month

grass is always greener on the other side

a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are now He realized that the grass is always greener on the other side when he saw that his new job wasn

grass is greener...

(See the grass is greener on the other side of the fence)

knee high to a grasshopper

small or short, the size of a child When we lived in Oslo, you were just knee high to a grasshopper.

let grass grow under one

be idle, be lazy, waste time He is always working hard and is not the type of person to let grass grow under his feet.

let the grass grow under one

be idle, be lazy, waste time That man is never content to let the grass grow under his feet. He is always busy.

snake in the grass

an enemy who pretends to be a friend You should be careful of her even if she seems very nice. She is like a snake in the grass.

the grass is greener on the other side of the fenc

things look better from a distance, it is natural to desire a neighbor's things When you look at other homes, the grass is often greener on the other side of the fence.

thrash

driven hard and fast, used carelessly That car has been thrashed. Don't buy it.

to coin a phrase

to create a new phrase, to make up a phrase "To coin a phrase, ""Life is just book of idioms!"""

trash

wreck, ruin, ratch That puppy trashed one of my slippers - chewed it to pieces!

trash the place

wreck a room or building, a bull in a China shop If you invite the Casey boys, they'll trash the place.

brass

1. money
2. a prostitute
3. cannabis

Brass Monkey

an alcoholic concoction available in liquor stores

brass monkey weather

very cold weather

brassed off

fed-up, annoyed:"I'm brassed off all this bad weather"

brassy

very cold; from the unusual phrase, "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"

crash out

to pass out due to intoxication or tiredness

get down to brass get down to cases

begin the most important work or business；get started on the most important thing to talk about or know 讨论实质问题；谈论正经事
The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks．这些人先谈了一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事，然后就言归正传了。
You have talked about everything under the sun；now you'd better get down to brass tacks．你们已经天南海北乱扯了许多，现在最好要谈正经的了。

get down to brass tacks down to cases

get down to brass tacks/get down to cases

grasp at

1．catch at抓住
As he fell，he grasped at a hanging chain but missed it．跌倒时他向一条悬挂的链条抓去，但没有抓到。
2．try to seize企图攫取
A man who grasps at too much may lose everything．贪得无厌的人可能毫无所得。

grasp/catch/cluth at straws

depend on sth．that is useless or unable to help in a time of trouble or danger；try sth．with little hope of succeeding捞救命稻草（将要溺死之人连一根草也要去抓）
To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp at straws．应付考试只凭记忆而不学习那是枉费心机。

thrash sth out

Idiom(s): thrash sth out

Theme: DISCUSSION

to discuss something thoroughly and solve any problems.
• The committee took hours to thrash the whole matter out.
• Fred and Anne thrashed out the reasons for their constant disagreements.

let grass grow under one's feet

Idiom(s): let grass grow under one's feet

Theme: WAITING

to do nothing; to stand still.
• Mary doesn't let the grass grow under her feet. She's always busy.
• Bob is too lazy. He's letting the grass grow under his feet.

knee-high to a grasshopper

Idiom(s): knee-high to a grasshopper

Theme: SHORT

not very tall; short and small, as a child. (Folksy.)
• Hello, Billy. I haven t seen you since you were knee-high to a grasshopper.
• I have two grandchildren, both knee-high to a grasshopper.

get a grasp of

Idiom(s): get a grasp of sth

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

to understand something. (Also with good, solid, sound, as in the examples.)
• Try to get a grasp of the basic rules.
• You don’t have a good grasp of the principles yet.
• John was unable to get a solid grasp of the methods used in his work, and we had to let him go.

double in brass

Idiom(s): double in brass

Theme: USEFULNESS

to serve two purposes; to be useful for two different things. (Refers to a musician who can play a trumpet or trombone, etc., in addition to some other instrument.)
• The English teacher also doubles in brass as the football coach.
• The drummer doubles in brass as a violinist.

crash and burn

Idiom(s): crash and burn

Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE

to fail spectacularly. (Also literal, as with a car or a plane. Fixed order.)
• Poor Chuck really crashed and burned when he made his presentation at the sales meeting.
• Mary just knew that the whole project would crash and burn if she didn't keep a close watch on it.

bring sth crashing down around one

Idiom(s): bring sth crashing down (around one)

Theme: RUIN

to destroy something that one has built; to destroy something that one has a special interest in.
• She brought her whole life crashing down around her.
• Bob's low grade in English brought everything crashing down.

within one's grasp

Idiom(s): within someone's reach AND within someone's grasp

Theme: PROXIMITY

almost in the possession of someone.
• My goals are almost within my reach, so I know I'll succeed.
• We almost had the contract within our grasp, but the deal fell through at the last minute.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

What is useless to one person could be valuable to another.

Procrastination is the thief of time

Delaying an action for too long is a waste of time.

Bold as brass

Someone who is as bold as brass is very confident and not worried about how other people will respond or about being caught.

Brass neck

(UK) Someone who has the brass neck to do something has no sense of shame about what they do.

Brass tacks

If you get down to brass tacks, you get down to the real business.

Grasp the nettle

(UK) If you grasp the nettle, you deal bravely with a problem.

Grass may be greener on the other side but it's ju

'The grass may be greener on the other side but it's just as hard to mow' is an expression used to mean a person's desire to have that which another person has in the belief it will make their life easieris false as all situations come with their own set of problems.

Grass roots

This idioms is often used in politics, where it refers to the ordinary people or voters. It can be used to mean people at the bottom of a hierarchy.

Grass widow

A grass widow is a woman whose husband is often away on work, leaving her on her own.