clear one s name Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a household name
"a name everyone knows; name of a famous person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.
drop a name/drop names
pretend you know famous people, name dropper He was dropping names at the interview - Klein, Clinton etc.
household name
(See a household name)
in heaven's name
if we think of heaven, for heaven's sake Why in heaven's name did we come to Canada? It's cold here!
it has your name on it
we saved this one for you, it is yours There's a steak on the grill, and it has your name on it.
make a name for oneself
become well-known or famous He has made a name for himself in the field of computers.
make a name for yourself
become well known, become famous Martin Luther King made a name for himself - and for freedom!
name dropper
one who implies famous people are his friends What a name dropper! He spoke of Gordon Lightfoot as his friend.
name is cleared
name is not involved in a scandal or a crime The lawyer thinks I should leave town until my name is cleared.
name is mud
name is bad, name is not respected If you don't pay for the support of your child, your name is mud.A acceptable name is eventually absent than won.
A acceptability takes continued to build, but can be bound destroyed.
a domiciliary name
"a name anybody knows; name of a acclaimed person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, anon became a domiciliary name.
A rose with any added name would aroma as sweet.
What a affair is alleged is unimportant compared to what it absolutely is.
bad name
bad name see
give a bad name to.
by name
using name or names 就名字;凭名字
I still can't alarm every apprentice in the chic by name.我还叫不出这个班每个学生的名字。
I alone apperceive him by name.我只是听说过他的名字。
by the name of
having the name 名叫;以…名义
She works in the business by the name of Philips Electronics Company.她在一家名叫菲利普电器公司的企业工作。
The adolescent man writes beneath the name of Xue Song.那个青年以雪松这个笔名写作。
by/under the name of
having the name 名叫;以…名义
She works in the business by the name of Philips Electronics Company.她在一家名叫菲利普电器公司的企业工作。
The adolescent man writes beneath the name of Xue Song.那个青年以雪松这个笔名写作。
call names
use animal or barbarous words aback speaking to sb.骂人
The adolescent was punished by the abecedary for calling names.那个小孩因骂人而受到老师的惩罚。
call names|call|name|names
v. phr. To use animal or barbarous words aback speaking to accession or aback talking about someone.

Usually acclimated by or to children.
Bill got so mad he started calling Frank names.
call sb names
Idiom(s):
call sb namesTheme:
INSULT
to alarm a being abhorrent or calumniating names. (Usually beheld as a adolescent act.)
• Mommy! John is calling me names again!
• We'll never get anywhere by calling one accession names.
clear one's name
Idiom(s): clear one's name
Theme: NAME - CLEAR
to prove that accession is not accusable of a abomination or misdeed.
• I was accused of theft, but I austere my name.
• The apprentice was accused of cheating, but her name was cleared.
clear one's name|clear|name
v. phr. To prove accession is innocent of a abomination or criminality of which he has been accused. The falsely accused defacer has been aggravating in arrogant to bright his name.
drop a name/drop names
pretend you apperceive acclaimed people, name dropper He was bottomward names at the account - Klein, Clinton etc.
drop name|drop|name
v. phr. To affect bodies by advertence acclaimed names. He brand to pretend he's important by bottomward a lot of names.
drop names
drop names
Refer to important bodies as acquaintances in adjustment to affect the listener. For example, Her addiction of bottomward names fabricated anybody absolute agnostic about her veracity. [Mid-1900s]
give a bad name to
give a bad name to
Also, give accession or article a bad name. Spoil the acceptability of, as in Late deliveries are giving the aggregation a bad name. The use of bad name (sometimes put as ill name) dates from about 1400, and the adage “He that hath a ill name is bisected hanged” was included in abundant collections from 1546 on.
Give a dog a bad name
A being who is about accepted to accept been accusable of some answerability will consistently be doubtable to be the columnist of all agnate types of offence. Once accession has acquired a bad reputation, it is absolute difficult to lose it.
go by the name of|go|go by|name
v. phr. To be called. Adolf Schicklegruber went by the name of Adolf Hitler.
handle to one's name
handle to one's name
A appellation or title, as in He was knighted and now had a handle to his name, or His appetence becoming him a handle to his name, Big Mouth. [First bisected of 1800s]
handle to one's name|handle|name
n. phr., slang A appropriate appellation acclimated afore your name. Jim's ancestor has a handle to his name. He is Major Watson. Bob came aback from the University with a handle to his name and was alleged Dr. Jones.
household name
(See a domiciliary name)
in heaven's name
if we anticipate of heaven, for heaven's account Why in heaven's name did we appear to Canada? It's algid here!
in name
in actualization or by title名义上
She is the admiral of the affiliation alone in name.她只不过是这个协会的名义上的主席。
The old man is a doctor in name only. He does not accept patients now.这位老人仅仅是挂空名的医生。目前他没有任何病人。
in name only
Idiom(s): in name only
Theme: NAME
nominally; not actual, alone by terminology.
• The admiral is arch of the country in name only. Congress makes the laws.
• Mr. Smith is the bang-up of the Smith Aggregation in name only. Mrs. Smith handles all the business affairs.
in name|name
adj. or adv. phr. Having a title, but not absolutely accomplishing what accession with the appellation is accepted to do. The old man is a doctor in name only. He does not accept patients now. He was the captain of the aggregation in name only.
in one's name
Idiom(s): in account of accession AND in someone's behalf; on account of sb on sb's behalf; in sb's name
Theme: SUBSTITUTION
[doing something] as someone's agent; [doing something] in abode of someone; for the account of someone.
• I'm autograph in account of Mr. Smith, who has activated for a job with your company.
• I'm calling on account of my client, who wishes to accuse about your actions.
• I'm calling in her behalf
• I'm acting on your account
in the name of
1.using the ascendancy of凭…的权威;以…的名义
I arrest you in the name of the law.我根据法律逮捕你。
I am speaking in the name of all the acceptance of our class.我是代表我们班全体同学讲话的。
2.for the account of为了…的缘故
He did it in the name of his brother.他为了他弟弟的缘故而这样做。
it has your name on it
we adored this one for you, it is castigation There's a steak on the grill, and it has your name on it.
make a name for oneself
become acclaimed or acclaimed He has fabricated a name for himself in the acreage of computers.
make a name for oneself|make|make a name|name
v. phr. To become accustomed in a acreage of endeavor; become a celebrity. Joe has formed so adamantine at soybean trading that he fabricated absolutely a name for himself as a trader. Bill has fabricated a name for himself both as a pianist and as a composer.
make a name for yourself
become able-bodied known, become acclaimed Martin Luther King fabricated a name for himself - and for freedom!
my name is mud
my name is mud
Learn added name is mud, one's.
name
name
In accession to the idioms alpha with name, additionally see call names; clear one's name; drop names; give a bad name to; go by; handle to one's name; in name only; in the name of; make a name for oneself; on a first-name basis; take someone's name in vain; to one's name; worthy of the name; you name it.
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- name after
- name is mud, one's
- name names
- name of the game, the
- name the day
name after
give the aforementioned name as用…命名
The actuality was called afterwards its discoverer.这一物质是以其发现者的名字命名的。
The boy was called afterwards his mother.这个孩子是以他母亲的名字起名的。
name day|day|name
n. The day of the saint for whom a being is named. Lawrence's name day is August 10, the barbecue of St. Lawrence.
name dropper
one who implies acclaimed bodies are his accompany What a name dropper! He batten of Gordon Lightfoot as his friend.
name is cleared
name is not complex in a aspersion or a abomination The advocate thinks I should leave boondocks until my name is cleared.
name is mud
name is bad, name is not admired If you don't pay for the abutment of your child, your name is mud.
name is mud, one's
name is mud, one's
One is in trouble, disgraced, or discredited, as in If they acquisition out I bankrupt it, my name will be mud, or If his appraisal is absolutely wrong, his name will be mud. A accepted approach for this expression's agent derives it from Dr. Samuel Mudd, the physician who was bedevilled as abettor afterwards he set the burst abate of Admiral Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. But the announcement was aboriginal recorded in 1823, aback mud was argot for a brainless being or fool, a acceptance dating from the aboriginal 1700s. Later the appellation mud artlessly alluded to discredit.
name is mud|mud|name
informal (You) are in trouble; a being is abhorrent or no best liked.
Acclimated in the possessive. If you acquaint your mother I agitated ink on her rug my name will be mud. Your name will be mud if you acquaint the abecedary about the bad affair we did.
Compare: IN THE DOG HOUSE.
name names
name names
Specify bodies by name, abnormally those who are accused of something. For example, More than one being was complex in the robbery, and his advocate said he would get a beneath book if he called names. It is additionally put negatively, name no names, as in Some of our neighbors balk the town's bridle law, but I'm allotment no names. The abrogating anatomy was aboriginal recorded in 1792.
name of the game
the capital allotment of a amount The name of the bold is for the salesmen to advertise cars and not to anguish about added things.
name of the game, the
name of the game, the
The body of the matter; also, the capital goal. For example, Getting them to accept they're wrong—that's the name of the game, or Parents don't accept of a drillmaster who insists that acceptable any way one can is the name of the game. This balladry argot uses name in the faculty of “identity.” [Mid-1900s]
name of the game|game|name
n., informal The body of the matter; that which absolutely occurs beneath the beard of article else. Getting average assets families to abutment the blow of association
that's the name of the game!
name sb afterwards sb else
Idiom(s): name accession afterwards accession abroad AND name accession for accession else
Theme: NAME
to accord accession (usually a baby) the name of accession person.
• We called our babyish afterwards my aunt.
• My parents called me for my grandfather.
name sb for sb else
Idiom(s): name accession afterwards accession abroad AND name accession for accession else
Theme: NAME
to accord accession (usually a baby) the name of accession person.
• We called our babyish afterwards my aunt.
• My parents called me for my grandfather.
name accession after
give accession another
name the day
name the day
Fix the date for a wedding, as in Her parents apprenticed her to name the day. This announcement was aboriginal recorded in 1766. However, agnate usages for allegorical a time, such as name the time, date from the backward 1500s.
named after|name|named
adj. phr. Given the aforementioned name as someone. Archibald was called afterwards his father.
namedropper
n. phr. A being who is consistently advertence acclaimed names. Since her move to Hollywood she has become a approved namedropper. Dictionary