Nghĩa là gì: empaleempale /im'peil/ (empale) /im'peil/
ngoại động từ
đâm qua, xiên qua
đóng cọc xiên qua (người...) (một lối hình phạt xưa)
(nghĩa bóng) làm chết đứng, làm ngây người
to be impaled by a sudden piece of news: bị một tin đột ngột làm ngây người
(từ hiếm,nghĩa hiếm) rào bằng cọc, quây quanh bằng cọc
be beyond the pale Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
beyond the pale
outside the bounds of acceptable behavior What they are doing is totally unacceptable and beyond the pale.
pale by comparison
is not as good, is not as beautiful or talented Most European parks pale by comparison to Banff.
pale around the gills
Idiom(s): pale around the gills AND blue around the gills; green around the gills
Theme: HEALTH - POOR
looking sick. (Informal. The around can be replaced with about.) • John is looking a little pale around the gills. What's wrong? • Oh, I feel a little green about the gills.
beyond the pale|beyond|pale|the pale
adv. or adj. phr. In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the members of a group. After the outlaw killed a man he was beyond the pale and not even his old friends would talk to him.Tom's swearing is beyond the pale; no one invites him to dinner any more.
green around the gills|gills|green|pale|pale aroun
adj. phr., slang Pale-faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. Bill's father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough, and when he came back he was green around the gills.The car almost hit Mary crossing the street, and she was pale around the gills because it came so close. Also used with other prepositions besides "around", as "about", "at", "under", and with other colors, as "blue", "pink", "yellow", "white".
Paleocene the Paleocene the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
Paleogene
Paleogene the Paleogene the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
Paleolithic
Paleolithic the Paleolithic the Paleolithic period, subdivided into the Lower (to c. 150,000 ), Middle (to c. 38,000 ), and Upper stages; Old Stone Age
Paleozoic
Paleozoic the Paleozoic the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
be above the pale
To be unacceptable or inappropriate. A "pale" is an breadth belted by a fence. Disrupting my chic is above the pale, adolescent lady—go to the principal's office!Most bodies would accede burglary to be above the pale.Learn more: beyond, paleLearn more:
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Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ be beyond the pale