gap Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

bridge the gap

help people communicate, mediate When the staff and the manager fight, I try to bridge the gap.

fill the gap

fill an empty space, help where there is work to do Pam filled the gap when I got injured. She played in my place.

geezer gap

the differences between people aged 60 and 80 The word senior includes everyone in the geezer gap.

gap

1. the vagina
2. the mouth
3. a look, a glance
4. to stand and stare, esp. at a crime and not take part

Megaphone diplomacy

If negotiations between countries or parties are held through press releases and announcements, this is megaphone diplomacy, aiming to force the other party into adopting a desired position.

Mind the gap

Mind the gap is an instruction used on the Underground in the UK to warn passengers to be careful when leaving the tube or train as there is quite a distance between the train and the platform.

credibility gap|credibility|gap

n., hackneyed phrase, politics An apparent discrepancy between what the government says and what one can observe for oneself. There was a tremendous credibility gap in the USA during the Watergate years.

fill (in) the gap|fill|fill in the gap|fill the ga

v. phr. To supply a missing piece of information; provide a clue during the course of solving a mystery. Sherlock Holmes said, "These fingerprints are bound to fill the gap in our investigation."

generation gap|gap|generation

n., informal, hackneyed phrase The difference in social values, philosophies, and manners between children and their parents, teachers and relatives which causes a lack of understanding between them and frequently leads to violent confrontations. My daughter is twenty and I am forty, but we have no generation gap in our family.

credibility gap

credibility gap
Distrust of a public statement or position, as in The current credibility gap at City Hall is the result of miscommunication between the mayor's office and the press. This term originated about 1960 in connection with the American public's disinclination to believe government statements about the Vietnam War. It soon was extended to individuals and corporations as well as government agencies to express a lack of confidence in the truth of their statements, or perception of a discrepancy between words and actions.

gape

gape
the gapes
1) a disease of young poultry and birds, characterized by gasping and choking and caused by gapeworms
2) a fit of yawning

gender gap

gender gap
A broad difference between men and women, as in There is still an enormous gender gap in the wages of unskilled labor. This expression at first referred to the difference between men and women in voting preferences. It has since been extended to other areas. [1970s]

generation gap

generation gap
A broad difference in values and attitudes between one generation and another, especially between parents and their children. For example, There's a real generation gap in their choice of music, restaurants, clothing—you name it. [1960s”