Nghĩa là gì: Accommodation transactions

Accommodation transactions

(Econ) Các giao dịch điều tiết.

SAC Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a sack of hammers

a dead weight, a heavy object Don't throw me in the lake! I'll sink like a sack of hammers!

a sad sack

well-meaning, but unable to accomplish """If you assign this task to Andy, it won't be done. He's a sad sack."""

get the sack

be fired or dismissed from work I told him that if he doesn

hit the sack

go to bed I

potato sack

loose fitting jacket or clothing Potato sack looks good on Ken. Baggy clothes suit him.

sack of hammers

(See a sack of hammers)

sack out

sleep, catch some z's, crash If you bring your sleeping bag, you can sack out on the floor.

sacred cow

something that is never criticized or laughed at even if it sometimes deserves to be The medical insurance system is a sacred cow of the government and is never criticized by anyone.

sacred moose

(a sacred cow in Canada)

sad sack

(See a sad sack)

sack chaser

woman using a man for money

Sactown

Sacramento, California

twenty sack

one gram of marijuana, which costs $20

sack in/ out

go to sleep for a prolonged period 睡觉；睡个够
Shut up and sack in．别讲话，睡觉。
Where are you going to sack in for tonight？你今晚睡哪儿？

give sb the sack

Idiom(s): give someone the ax AND give someone the sack

Theme: DISMISSAL - EMPLOYMENT

to fire someone; to terminate someone's employment.
• I gave Tom the sack, and he has to find a new job.
• I had to give three people the ax yesterday. We are having to reduce our office staff.

Wear sackcloth and ashes

If someone displays their grief or contrition publicly, they wear sackcloth and ashes.

give someone the sack

fire someone: "He was given the sack for stealing."

get the sack|get|sack

v. phr., slang 1. To be fired or dismissed from work. John got the sack at the factory last week. 2. To be told by one's lover that the relationship is over. Joanna gave Sam the sack. See: GET THE AX and GET THE BOUNCE².

hit the hay|hay|hit|hit the sack|sack

v. phr., slang To go to bed. The men hit the hay early, in order to be out hunting at dawn. Louis was so tired that he hit the sack soon after supper.

sack in|sack|sack out

v., slang To go to sleep for a prolonged period (as in from night to morning). Where are you guys going to sack in/sack out?

sacred cow|cat|cats|cow|holy|holy cats|holy cow|sa

n. A person or thing that is never criticized, laughed at, or insulted even if it deserves such treatment. Motherhood is a sacred cow to most politicians. The bold young governor had no respect for the state's sacred cows. Television respects too many sacred cows.

sacrifice fly|fly|sacrifice

n. A baseball hit high in the air that helps a runner score after it is caught. Mantle drove in two runs with a single and a sacrifice fly.

sack

sack
In addition to the idiom beginning with sack, also see get the ax; hit the hay; sad sack.

sackcloth

sackcloth
in sackcloth and ashes
in a state of great mourning or penitence

sackcloth and ashes

sackcloth and ashes
Mourning or penitence, as in What I did to Julie's child was terrible, and I've been in sackcloth and ashes ever since. This term refers to the ancient Hebrew custom of indicating humility before God by wearing a coarse cloth, normally used to make sacks, and dusting oneself with ashes. In English it appeared in William Tyndale's 1526 biblical translations (Matthew 11:21), “They [the cities Tyre and Sidon] had repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.”