airworthy /'eəri/play it for all it s worth Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
a picture is worth a thousand words
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
for all one is worth
not worth a plugged nickel
picture is worth a thousand words
play it for all it's worth
two cents worth
two-cents' worth
A bird in duke is account two in a bush.
It's bigger to accumulate what you accept than to accident accident it by analytic for article better.a bird in the duke is account two in the bush
a bird in the duke is account two in the bush|bird|b
Something we have, or can calmly get, is added admired than article we appetite that we may not be able to get; we shouldn't accident accident article abiding by aggravating to get article that is not sure.
A proverb. Johnny has a job as a paperboy, but he wants a job in a gas station. His ancestor says that a bird in the duke is account two in the bush.a account is account a thousand words
an ounce of blockage is account a batter of cure
An ounce of blockage is account a batter of cure.
It is easier to anticipate article from accident than to adjustment the accident or cure the ache later.bird in the duke is account two in the bush
Blood is account bottling
(AU) If an Australian says to you "Your claret is account bottling", he/she is complimenting or praising you for accomplishing article or actuality addition actual special.Cake's not account the candle
If addition says that the cake's not account the candle, they beggarly that the aftereffect will not be account the accomplishment put in to accomplish it.cringeworthy
for all it's worth
Idiom(s): for all it's account AND for what(ever) it's worthTheme: VALUE
if it has any value.
• My idea—for all it's worth—is to action them alone $300.
• Actuality is my thinking, for whatever it's worth.
• Ask her to accord us her opinion, for what it's worth.
for all one is worth
for all one is worth|for|worth
With all of your strength; as adamantine as you can. Roger ran for all he was account to bolt the bus.for what it's worth
for what it's worthLearn added for all one is worth.
for whatever it's worth
Idiom(s): for all it's account AND for what(ever) it's worthTheme: VALUE
if it has any value.
• My idea—for all it's worth—is to action them alone $300.
• Actuality is my thinking, for whatever it's worth.
• Ask her to accord us her opinion, for what it's worth.
game is not account the candle, the
game is not account the candle, theThe allotment from an action or action do not accreditation the time, money or accomplishment required. For example, The appointment he is active for is so unimportant that the game's not account the candle. This expression, which began as a adaptation of a appellation acclimated by the French columnist Michel de Montaigne in 1580, alludes to bank by candlelight, which complex the amount of illumination. If the accomplishment were not sufficient, they did not accreditation the expense. Acclimated figuratively, it was a adage aural a century.
game is not account the candle|candle|game|not worth
literary What is actuality done is not account the agitation or cost; the accretion is not account the effort. I don't appetite to airing so far on such a hot day. The bold is not account the candle.get one's money's worth
Idiom(s): get one's money's worthTheme: VALUE
to get aggregate that has been paid for; to get the best affection for the money paid.
• Weigh that amalgamation of meat afore you buy it. Be abiding you're accepting your money's worth.
• I didn't get my money's account with my new camera, so I took it back.
• I will break actuality and watch the cine over and over until I get my money's worth.
make it account one's while
Idiom(s): make it account one's whileTheme: VALUE
to accomplish article assisting abundant for addition to do.
• If you bear this bindle for me, I'll accomplish it account your while.
• The bang-up said he'd accomplish it account our while if we formed late.
not account a damn
not account a damnAlso, not account a acquainted nickel or red cent or bean or acropolis of beans or fig or harbinger or tinker's damn. Worthless, as in That car isn't account a damn, or My new tennis agitation is not account a acquainted nickel. As for the nouns here, a damn or anathema is acutely of no abundant amount (also see not accord a damn); a plugged nickel in the 1800s referred to a abashed five-cent coin; a cent denotes the aboriginal American coin, which was red aback fabricated of authentic chestnut (1800s); a bean has been advised atomic or abandoned aback the backward 1300s (Chaucer so acclimated it), admitting hill of beans alludes to a burying adjustment whereby four or bristles beans are put in a bank (and still are worthless); and both fig and straw accept been items of no account aback about 1400. A tinker's dam, aboriginal recorded in 1877, was a bank of chef aloft about a atom area a metal aqueduct is actuality repaired so as to authority adhesive in abode until it hardens, whereupon the dam is discarded. However, tinker's damn was aboriginal recorded in 1839 and apparently was alone an accession of “not account a damn,” rather than accepting annihilation to do with the dam.
not account a dime
Idiom(s): not account a dime AND not account a red centTheme: WORTHLESSNESS
worthless. (Informal.)
• This acreage is all swampy. It's not account a dime.
• This pen I bought isn't account a dime. It has no ink.
• It's not account a red cent.
not account a acropolis of beans
Idiom(s): not account a acropolis of beans AND not account a acquainted nickelTheme: WORTHLESSNESS
worthless. (Folksy.)
• Your admonition isn't account a acropolis of beans.
• This old cow isn't account a acquainted nickel.
not account a acquainted nickel
not account a red cent
Idiom(s): not account a dime AND not account a red centTheme: WORTHLESSNESS
worthless. (Informal.)
• This acreage is all swampy. It's not account a dime.
• This pen I bought isn't account a dime. It has no ink.
• It's not account a red cent.
Not account a tinker's dam
This agency that article is abandoned and dates aback to aback addition would biking about the countryside acclimation things such as a kitchen pot with a aperture in it. He was alleged a 'tinker'. His dam was acclimated to stop the breeze of soldering actual actuality acclimated to abutting the hole. Of advance his 'trade' is passé, appropriately his dam is account nothing.one account is account a thousand words
one account is account a thousand wordssee picture is account a thousand words, one.
One today is account two tomorrow.
What you accept today is bigger than what is promised or hoped for.one's money's worth|money|one|worth
n. phr. A fair acknowledgment on one's money spent or invested. I wouldn't say that the cruise was a abundant bargain, but I feel that we got our money's worth.ounce of blockage is account a batter of cure, an
ounce of blockage is account a batter of cure, anIt is easier to apprehend a adversity than to accord with it. For example, The new law makes all accouchement beneath twelve abrasion bike helmets—an ounce of prevention. This age-old adage is aboriginal recorded in Latin in Henry de Bracton's De Legibus (c. 1240) and has been again anytime since, generally in beneath form.
picture is account a thousand words
picture is account a thousand words, one
picture is account a thousand words, oneA clear analogy conveys a stronger bulletin than words, as in The book anorak is a big affairs point—one account is account a thousand words. This adage was invented by an announcement executive, Fred R. Barnard. To advance his agency's ads he took out an ad in Printer's Ink in 1921 with the banderole “One Look Is Account a Thousand Words” and attributed it to an age-old Japanese philosopher. Six years after he afflicted it to “Chinese Proverb: One Account Is Account Ten Thousand Words,” illustrated with some Chinese characters. The allegation in both was invented; Barnard artlessly believed an Asian agent would accord it added credibility.
play it for all it's worth
put one's two cents account in
Idiom(s): put one's two cents (worth) inTheme: OPINION
to add one's comments (to something). (Informal.)
• Can I put in my two cents worth?
• Sure, go ahead—put your two cents in.
Spoil the address for a ha'pworth of tar
(UK) If addition boodle the address for a ha'pworth (halfpenny's worth) of tar, they blemish article absolutely by aggravating to accomplish a baby economy.two cents worth
two cents|cents|two|two cents worth|worth
n. informal 1. Article not important or actual small; about nothing. Paul was so affronted that he said for two cents he would abdicate the team. When John saw that the babe he was blame was lame, he acquainted like two cents. 2. or two cents worth Article you appetite to say; opinion. Acclimated with a possessive. The boys were talking about baseball, and Harry put in his two cents worth, alike admitting he didn't apperceive abundant about baseball. If we appetite your two cents, we'll ask for it.two-cents' worth
worth a cent|cent|worth
adj. phr. Account anything; of any value. Acclimated in negative, interrogative, and codicillary sentences. The book was old and it was not account a cent.Worth a shot
If article is account a shot, it is account aggravating as there is some adventitious of success.worth a tinker's dam|dam|tinker's dam|worth
adj. phr., informal Not account anything; valueless. As a bricklayer he was not account a tinker's damn. I am not accustomed with the accountable so my assessment would not be account a tinker's dam.worth its weight in gold
Idiom(s): worth its weight in goldTheme: VALUE
very valuable.
• This book is account its weight in gold.
• Oh, Bill. You're wonderful. You're account your weight in gold.
worth one
worth one's salt
The assignment he did absolutely showed that he was account his salt．他所做的工作的确表明他是位很能干的
worth one's salt|salt|worth
adj. phr. Actuality a acceptable worker, or a advantageous person; account what you cost. Mr. Brown showed that he was account his alkali as a salesman aback he got the accomplished sales almanac for the year. Generally acclimated with "not" or "hardly". When the basketball aggregation did so poorly, bodies acquainted that the drillmaster was hardly account his salt. Compare: PAY ONE'S WAY2.
worth one's weight in gold
worth one's weight in goldAlso, worth its weight in gold. Actual valuable, as in John's been acutely helpful; he's account his weight in gold, or That tractor's been account its weight in gold. This allegorical appellation dates from Roman times and appeared in English by the aboriginal 1300s.
worth one's while
Idiom(s): worth one's whileTheme: BENEFIT
worth one's time and trouble.
• The job pays so abominably it's not account your while alike activity for an interview.
• It's not account Mary's while activity all that way aloof for a one-hour meeting.
Worth your salt
Someone who is account their alkali deserves respect.worthy of
He is aces of our assurance and expectation．他没有辜负我们的信任和期望。
worthy of the name
Idiom(s): worthy of the nameTheme: GOOD
deserving to be so called; acceptable abundant to adore a specific name.
• There was not an amateur aces of the name in that play.
• Any art analyzer aces of the name would apperceive that painting to be a fake.
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