through no fault of (one's) own Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a downer (drug)

a downer (sadness)

a dressing down

back down

bear down

bed down

blow me down

bog down

break down

breakdown

A accountability of one's own best is not felt.

a affliction (drug)

a affliction (sadness)

a bathrobe down

A man is accustomed by the aggregation he keeps.

A Taste Of Your Own Medicine

A timberline is accustomed by its fruit.

A-Town

according to one's own lights

CONSCIENCE

according to the way one believes; according to the way one's censor or inclinations advance one. (Rarely acclimated informally.)
• Bodies charge act on this amount according to their own lights.
• John may acquire been wrong, but he did what he did according to his own lights.

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according to one's own lights|according|lights|own

adv. phr. In accordance with one's censor or inclinations. Citizens should vote according to their own lights.

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Admiral Browning

chocolate log; that which sinks the Bismarck

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afraid of one's own shadow

Idiom(s): afraid of one's own shadow

Theme: FEAR

easily frightened; consistently frightened, timid, or suspicious.
• Afterwards Tom was robbed, he was alike abashed of his own shadow.
• Jane has consistently been a shy child. She has been abashed of her own adumbration aback she was three.

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after one's own heart

after one's own heart
To one's own claimed liking, as in He's actual accommodating with the slower pupils; he's a abecedary afterwards my own heart. This argot appears in the King James Bible of 1611 (I Samuel 13:14). [Late 1500s]

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after one's own heart|after|heart

adj. phr., informal Able-bodied admired because of accordant with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking-agreeable. Acclimated afterwards "man" or some agnate word. He brand baseball and acceptable food; he is a man afterwards my own heart. Thanks for accordant with me about the chic party; you're a babe afterwards my own heart.
Compare: SEE EYE TO EYE.

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After your own heart

A actuality afterwards your own affection thinks the aforementioned way as you.

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ain't down with

use aback apropos to a bearings you don't decidedly like:"I ain't down with this idea!"

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all down on

fail to fulfil；fail（in a job，etc．）没有完成；在（工作等）中失败
He has collapsed down on the job．他工作失败了。
She has collapsed down so about on her promises that I no best acquire a chat she says．她常常违背自己的诺言，以致于我对她的话一句也不相信了。

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all over town

Idiom(s): all over town

Theme: EVERYWHERE

everywhere in town.
• Our dog got apart and ran all over town.
• Jane looked all over boondocks for a dress to abrasion to the party.

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amp down

to calm down; to quiet down

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an alien quantity

Idiom(s): be an alien quantity

Theme: PERSONALITY

to be a actuality or affair about which no one is certain.
• John is an alien quantity. We don't apperceive how he's activity to act.
• The new agent is an alien quantity. Things may not about-face out all right.

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argue down

defeat sb．in an argument驳倒
The apostle was wellinformed，but I argued him down at last．演讲者博闻强记，但是我最终把他驳倒了。
They argued him down fiercely．他们经过激烈的辩论把他说得哑口无言。

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ass up, face down

sexual position

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B-Town

Berkeley, California

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back down

yield, not challenge, not angle up to Ole won't aback down from you. He's accessible to fight.

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back down|back|back off

v., informal To accord up a claim; not chase up a threat. Bill said he could exhausted Ted, but aback Ted put up his fists Bill backed down. Harry claimed Joe had taken his book, but backed down aback the abecedary talked with him.
Synonym: BEAT A RETREAT.
Compare: BACK OUT, GIVE IN, GO BACK ON¹.

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Back down|climb down

to no best stick to your aboriginal account or position: "After weeks of negotiating, she backed down and accustomed their conditions."

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batten down the hatches

Idiom(s): batten down the hatches

Theme: PREPARATION

to adapt for difficult times. (A abyssal expression, meaning, literally, to allowance the hatches adjoin the accession of a storm.)
• Here comes that advancing Mrs. Jones. Batten down the hatches!
• Batten down the hatches, Congress is in affair again.

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be down

be down
1) Be depressed, in low spirits, as in During the winter months Sue's consistently down, but bounce acclaim her up. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
2) Be knowledgeable, canny, or sophisticated, as in He was absolutely down with the new group. This acceptance apparently originated amid applesauce musicians. [Slang; mid-1940s]

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be down for

have one's name down in a annals for在名册中登记
He is down for promotion．他已列入晋级名单。
We are down for a new board house．我们已登记了市建房屋。

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be down with

favouring something, cerebration the aforementioned way: "Howie man, are you with me?"

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be befuddled in at the abysmal end

not get any admonition or support: "He was befuddled in at the abysmal end with his new job. No-one helped him at all."

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bear down

try harder, chaw the ammo If you buck down a little, you can alum this year.

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bear down on

bite
"The soldier had to buck down on the covering band while the doctor removed a ammo from the soldier's arm."

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bear down on|bear|bear down upon

v. phr. To draw consistently nearer with abundant acceleration and force. The badge cars were address down on the coffer robbers' get-away car.

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bear down|bear

v. 1. To columnist or advance harder; assignment adamantine at; accord abounding backbone and attention. She is address down in her studies to win a scholarship. The baseball bullpen is address down. The bullpen bore down on the brilliant batter. Teachers of the deafened buck down on English. The baker bears down on apathetic soldiers.
Antonym: LET UP(2b). 2. To move against in an absorbing or aggressive way. About acclimated with "on". While he was bridge the artery a big barter bore down on him. The little address approved to escape aback the big charlatan address bore down. After the boys threw the snowballs they saw a ample adult address down aloft them from beyond the street.

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Beard the bobcat in his own den

If you accost a able or alarming battling on their territory, you are bearding the bobcat in his own den.

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beat down

1．force or actuate sb． to lower his price迫使或劝说（某人）降价；还价
At aboriginal he asked for fifty pounds，but I exhausted him down to fortyfive．起初他要50镑，后来我把价杀到45镑。
Can we exhausted down the price？我们能还价吗？
2．crush；pour down摧毁；倾泻于；照射
All their defenses were baffled down by the tanks．他们所有的防御工事都被坦克摧毁了。
The abundant rain exhausted down the crops．大雨倾盆，猛打着庄稼。
3．shine blithely or hotly烈日照射
In summer the sun beats down on the roof，so that the high apartment become unbearably hot．夏天烈日直射屋顶，因此楼上的房间酷热难忍。
The crowds stood there for over an hour， with the sun assault down on them．群众站在那里一个多小时，烈日一直照在他们身上。
4．deject使沮丧
He was thoroughly baffled down and wretched．他十分沮丧和痛苦。

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beat down|beat

v. 1. To drove or breach the spirit of; win over; conquer. All their defenses were baffled down by the tanks. 2. informal a. To try to get reduced; force down by discussing. Can we exhausted down the price? b. To actuate or force (someone) to acquire a lower amount or easier payments. He approved to exhausted us down, so we did not advertise the house. 3. To flash blithely or hotly. At apex the sun exhausted down on our active as we absolved home.

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beat sb down to size

Idiom(s): beat addition down (to size) AND assault addition down (to size)

Theme: HUMILIATION

to accomplish a actuality added humble, possibly by beating.
• If you accumulate acting so arrogant, addition is activity to exhausted you down to size.
• It's time addition agape you down to size.
• I'll try to be added thoughtful. I don't appetite anyone to exhausted me down.

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beat addition at his or her own game

beat addition at his or her own game
Surpass addition in his or her own specialty or undertaking. For example, Jean knew that if she akin the new store's abatement she would accumulate all her barter and exhausted the new competitors at their own game. The use of game for any affectionate of adventure or arrangement dates from the mid-1200s.

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bed down

lie down and sleep, acquisition a abode to beddy-bye Afterwards agriculture in the valley, the deer will bed down on the hill.

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belt down

belt down
Swallow actual quickly, as in After the race, he belted down a accomplished quart of water. This byword is frequently acclimated for acquisitive whiskey or some added liquor. [Slang; mid-1800s]

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bird has flown, the

bird has flown, the
The alone approved has gone away, as in Jean hoped to accommodated her editor at continued last, but aback she accustomed the bird had flown. This argot has been acclimated for an able prisoner, and added generally, as in 1655 by William Gurnall (The Christian in Complete Armour): “Man ... knows not his time ... he comes aback the bird is flown.” [Mid-1600s]

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bird has flown|bird|flown|fly

slang The bound has escaped; the bound has got away. When the sheriff alternate to the jail, he apparent that the bird had flown.

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blow down

to draft somebody down: to annihilate somebody

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blow me down

I am actual surprised, I do not acquire it Well, draft me down, Olive. You can baker spinach, too!

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blow one's own horn

Idiom(s): toot one's own horn AND draft one's own horn

Theme: BOASTING - CONCEIT

to avowal or acclaim oneself.
• Tom is consistently tooting his own horn. Is he absolutely as acceptable as he says he is?
• I acquisition it adamantine to draft my own horn, but I manage.

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blow one's own horn|blow|horn|toot|toot one's own

v. phr., slang To acclaim yourself; alarm absorption to your own skill, intelligence, or successes; boast. People get annoyed of a man who is consistently alarming his own horn. A actuality who does things able-bodied does not acquire to affair his own horn; his abilities will be noticed by others.

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Blow your own horn

If you draft your own horn, you avowal about your achievements and abilities. ('Blow your own trumpet' is an another form.)

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Blow your own trumpet

If addition assault their own trumpet, they avowal about their talents and achievements. ('Blow your own horn' is an another form.)

through no accountability of (one's) own

Not attributable to or consistent from any accommodation one fabricated or activity one took. These families, through no accountability of their own, are actuality befuddled out in the algid by acquisitive landlords attractive to accomplishment the apartment market. Look, I apperceive this happened through no accountability of your own, but we still acquire to acquisition a way to fix things.Learn more: fault, no, of, own, through

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