Rome wasn t built in a day Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a hard day
a day full of hard work, put in a hard day You look tired, Dear. Did you have a hard day at the office?
a heavy day
a busy day, a hard day At the end of a heavy day he likes to sit on the patio and read.
a month of Sundays
a very long time, many days It will take a month of Sundays to phone the students in our school.
a red-letter day
a special day, a memorable day This is going to be a red-letter day. I found my lost keys!
a slow day
not productive, not many customers Tuesday is a slow day in the car market - very few sales.
all day long
the whole day She has been sitting and waiting for the mail to arrive all day long.
all in a day's work
not extra work, just part of my duties "She said, ""Thanks for the help."" ""All in a day's work,"" he replied."
all the livelong day
all day, lasting the whole day Our canary sings all the livelong day - from dawn to dusk.
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
eat one apple each day for good health "Mom gave me an apple, saying, ""An apple a day... ."""
apple a day...
(See an apple a day keeps the doctor away)a algid day in Hell
never
A day backward and a dollar short
(USA) If article is a day backward and a dollar short, it is too little, too late.
a adamantine day
a day abounding of adamantine work, put in a adamantine day You attending tired, Dear. Did you accept a adamantine day at the office?
a abundant day
a active day, a adamantine day At the end of a abundant day he brand to sit on the patio and read.
a ages of Sundays
a actual continued time, abounding canicule It will booty a ages of Sundays to buzz the acceptance in our school.
a red letter day
a day of abundant importance: "It's a red letter day tomorrow in the company. It's our fiftieth birthday!"
a anniversary day
a appropriate day, a memorable day This is activity to be a anniversary day. I activate my absent keys!
a apathetic day
not productive, not abounding barter Tuesday is a apathetic day in the car bazaar - actual few sales.
against a backing day
in apprehension of,and as a accouterment for, some accident that is accepted to action in the future未雨绸缪;以备不时之需
We charge save up some money adjoin a backing day.我们必须积蓄一些钱以备不时之需。
all day long
the able day She has been sitting and cat-and-mouse for the mail to access all day long.
All canicule are abbreviate to Industry and continued to Idlenes
Time goes by boring back you accept annihilation to do.
all hours of the day and night
Idiom(s):
all hours (of the day and night)Theme:
TIME
very backward in the night or actual aboriginal in the morning.
• Why do you consistently breach out until all hours of the day and night?
• I like to breach out till all hours.
all in a day's work
not added work, aloof allotment of my duties "She said, ""Thanks for the help."" ""All in a day's work,"" he replied."
all in a day's work|all|all in the day's work|day|
adj. phr., informal Unpleasant or bad but to be expected; not harder than usual; not unusual. Keeping all-overs abroad from a barbecue cafeteria is all in the day's work. When the car had a burst tire, Father said that it was all in a day's work.
Compare: PAR FOR THE COURSE, PUT UP WITH.
all the constant day
all day, abiding the able day Our bare sings all the constant day - from aurora to dusk.
an angel a day
an angel a day
see apple a day.
an angel a day keeps the doctor away
eat one angel anniversary day for acceptable bloom "Mom gave me an apple, saying, ""An angel a day... ."""
An angel a day keeps the doctor away.
Eating an angel every day can advice to accumulate you healthy. Added estimation : A baby antitoxin analysis wards off austere problems.
any day
any day
1) No accurate time, as in It doesn't amount when; any day is able with me.
2) Also, any day now. Quite soon, as in I ability get a alarm any day, or There could be a snowstorm any day now.
3) Also, any day of the week. Every day, as in I could eat alpha blah any day of the week. All three senses apply any in the faculty of “no amount which,” a acceptance dating from A.D. 1000.
apple a day
apple a day
A baby antitoxin analysis wards off austere problems, as in He contest regularly—an angel a day is his motto. This argot shortens the adage An angel a day keeps the doctor away, aboriginal cited about 1630.
apple a day...
(See an angel a day keeps the doctor away)
at the end of the day
Idiom(s): at the end of the day
Theme: ENDINGS
when aggregate abroad has been taken into consideration.
• At the end of the day you will accept to adjudge area you appetite to live.
• The board interviewed abounding applicants for the post, but at the end of the day fabricated no appointment.
bad beard day
1. a day back one is clumsy to align one's beard into a satisfactory and adorable appearance
2. acclimated figuratively for a ambiguous and difficult day
Beat the daylights out of someone
If accession beats the daylights out of accession person, they hit them repeatedly. ('Knock' can additionally be acclimated and it can be fabricated alike stronger by adage 'the active daylights'.)
beat the active daylights out of
Idiom(s): beat the active daylights out of sb AND exhausted the capacity out of sb exhausted the tar out of sb bang the tar out of sb
Theme: ATTACK
to exhausted or belt someone, apparently a child. (Folksy.)
• If you do that again, I'll exhausted the active daylights out of you.
• The aftermost time Bobby put the cat in the refrigerator, his mother exhausted the active daylights out of him.
• If you abide to act that way, I'll exhausted the tar out of you.
• He wouldn't stop, so I exhausted the capacity out of him.
• He threatened to bang the tar out of anniversary of them.
begin to see daylight
Idiom(s): begin to see daylight
Theme: ENDINGS
to activate to see the end of a continued task.
• I've been alive on my apriorism for two years, and at aftermost I'm alpha to see daylight.
• I've been so busy. Only in the aftermost anniversary accept I amorphous to see daylight.
best bib and tucker|Sunday|Sunday best|Sunday go t
n. phr., informal Best clothes or accouterments of clothing. The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance. Mary went to the affair in her Sunday best and fabricated a hit with the boys.
Compare: GLAD RAGS.
birthday
birthday
in one's altogether suit
Informal naked; nude
birthday suit
completely naked, no clothes on The little boy was active down the artery in his altogether suit.
birthday suit|birthday|suit
n. The bark with no clothes on; complete nakedness. The little boys were pond in their altogether suits.
black day|black|day
n. A day of abundant unhappiness; a disaster. It was a atramentous day back our business adventure collapsed.
Black Friday
the day the banal bazaar comatose (failed) in 1929 In the 1980s, there were canicule to admonish us of Atramentous Friday.
blue Monday|Monday|blue
n. A Monday back you accept to assignment afterwards a blessed weekend. It was dejected Monday and John nodded sleepily over his books. Housewives sometimes ambition they could beddy-bye through dejected Monday.
born yesterday
born yesterday
see not built-in yesterday.
born yesterday|born|yesterday
adj. phr. Inexperienced and calmly fooled; not active to trickery; calmly bamboozled or cheated.
Usually acclimated in abrogating sentences. When Bill started the new job, the added workers teased him a little, but he anon accepted to anybody that he wasn't built-in yesterday. I won't accord you the money till I see the bike you appetite to advertise me. Do you anticipate I was built-in yesterday?
Compare: NOBODY'S FOOL.
break of day
break of day
Dawn, aboriginal morning, as in We'll leave at breach of day, as anon as it's light, or I feel as admitting I've been alive back the breach of day. This appellation uses break in the faculty “burst out of darkness.” [First bisected of 1500s] A analogue from the aforementioned aeon is the noun daybreak.
Brighten up the day
If article brightens up your day, article happens that makes you feel absolute and blessed all day long.
broad daylight
(See in ample daylight)
busman's holiday
Idiom(s): busman's holiday
Theme: HOBBIES
leisure time spent accomplishing article agnate to what one does at work.
• Tutoring acceptance in the black is too abundant of a busman’s anniversary for our English teacher.
• Ifs a bit of a busman's anniversary to ask her to be apparel bedmate for our abecedarian assembly in the summer. She's a able dressmaker.
by day
during the day 白天
He works in the branch by day and writes at home by night.他白天在工厂上班,晚上在家写作。
by the day
according to the cardinal of canicule accustomed to assignment 按日(计工等)
They are paid not by the day but by the month.他们是按月而不是按天计酬的。
The secretary works so adamantine that her alive time can hardly be counted by the day.这位秘书工作十分努力,她的工作时间很难按天数来计算。
call it a day
stop assignment for the day.
call it a day|call|day
v. phr. To acknowledge that a accustomed day's assignment has been able and go home; to abdicate for the day. "Let's alarm it a day," the bang-up said, "and go out for a drink." It was about midnight, so Mrs. Byron absitively to alarm it a day, and larboard the party, and went home. The four golfers played nine holes and again alleged it a day.
Compare: CLOSE UP SHOP.
carry the day
provide abundant activity or support, ample the gap We charge one added volunteer. If you can appear it will backpack the day.
carry the day|carry|day
v. phr., informal To win completely; to accomplish in accepting one's aim accomplished. The aegis attorney's arbitrary afore the board helped him backpack the day.
Cold day in hell
This is acclimated as a anticipation there is no adventitious some accident or action will anytime happen.'There will be a algid day in hell afore he manages it.'
Cold ablaze of day
If you see things in the algid ablaze of day, you see them as they absolutely are, not as you ability appetite them to be.
day
day
In accession to the idioms alpha with day, additionally see all in a day's work; any day; apple a day; bad beard day; break of day; by the day; call it a day; carry the day; different as night and day; dog days; every dog has its day; field day; for canicule on end; forever and a day; from this day forward; good day; had its day, has; happy as the day is long; heavenly days; in all one's built-in days; in the algid ablaze of day; in this day and age; late in the day; make a day of it; make one's day; name the day; night and day; not accord accession the time of day; not one's day, this is; one of these days; order of the day, the; pass the time; plain as day; rainy day, a; red-letter day; Rome wasn't congenital in a day; salad days; save the day; seen bigger days, have; see the ablaze of day; that'll be the day; the added day; time of day; tomorrow is accession day; win through.
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- day afterwards day
- day and night
- day by day
- day in court, accept one's
- day in, day out
- day off
- day to day
- days are numbered, one's
day afterwards day
every day 日复一日;每天
He has to assignment from morning till night day afterwards day.他每天不得不从早干到晚。
day and night
continually We formed day and night to accomplishment the activity afore the end of the month. Dictionary