dot the i's and cantankerous the t's Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
all it's cracked up to be
as good as the ads say, live up to the reports The new computer isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's not so hot.
and that's that
that is final, that is the way it will be done You will be home by 10 p.m., and that's that!
at a moment's notice
with little warning, on short notice We may call you at a moment's notice - whenever we need help.
cat's ass
(See the cat's ass)
cat's meow
(See the cat's meow)
cat's out of the bag
(See the cat's out of the bag)
in's and out's
(See the in's and out's)
it ain't over till it's over
a game is not finished until time has expired, never say die "A few fans stayed to watch the end of the game. ""It ain't over till it's over,"" one man said."
it's a case of
it is an example of, it is a case of With Bud, it's a case of too much love. His wife smothers him.
it's a crock
(See that's a crock)
it's a dilly
it is beautiful, it is special, I really like it Have you seen Tom
it's a go
it is approved, we can begin "After Ty read the fax, he said, ""It's a go! Our proposal won!"""
it's a jungle out there
the world is dangerous, the world is cruel """Why can't I walk home alone?"" ""Because it's a jungle out there."""
it's a snap
it is easy to do, it is a piece of cake You should try making a paper plane. It's a snap.
it's a toss-up
they are equal, toss a coin to decide It's a toss-up. It's difficult to choose. Both ideas are good.
it's all over but the shouting
the contest is finished but the cheering continues """The Blue Jays won,"" he said. ""It's all over but the shouting."""
it's been a slice (of life)
it has been an experience, it has been interesting "On the last day of work, Pam said, ""It's been a slice, Mag."""
it's beyond me
I do not understand why, it does not make sense It's beyond me why they don't get married. They're in love.
it's cold/hot
the weather is cold/hot, it's raining In January it's cold in Edmonton but hot in Chile.
it's in the bag
(See in the bag)
it's not a question of
it is not a factor, it is not important It's not a question of money. We can afford to buy a TV.
it's not what you know, it's who you know
references are important, Bob's your uncle In politics, it's not what you know, it's who you know.
it's now or never
do it now or not at all, he who hesitates is lost If we're going to have a family, it's now or never. We can't wait.
it's over/ it's over with
it is finished, it is done "When the trial ended, she said, ""I'm glad it's over with."""
it's raining/snowing
the weather is rainy or snowy Whenever we visit Vancouver, it's raining.
it's up to you
it is your decision, you choose I can't tell you which program to choose. It's up to you.
it's your move
now you move or speak, it's your turn "She jumps three of my checkers and says, ""It's your move, Bud."""
it's your turn
now you play, it's your move Now it's your turn, Willie. Hit the ball to Daddy.
not all it's cracked up...
(See all it's cracked up to be)
play it for all it's worth
get the most out of it, dramatize it, ham it up When Uncle Saul tells a story, he plays it for all it's worth.
say what's on your mind
say what you are thinking, speak your mind Now, Mother, say what's on your mind. Give us your opinion.
scout's honor
"what I say is the truth; the gospel truth" We didn't take your golf ball - scout's honor.
that's a corker
that is unusual, that is amazing """The baby weighed 12 pounds."" ""Wow, that's a corker!"""
that's a crock (of shit)
"that is not true; bullshit; crap" A Mustang is faster than a Corvette? That's a crock!
that's all she wrote
that is the end of the story, the story ends here "At the end of the lesson he said, ""And that's all she wrote."""
that's cool
that is good/fine/OK, that is groovy "When we gave Fonzie a leather tie, he said, ""That's cool."""
that's his bible
that is his rulebook, code or main reference The Oxford English Dictionary - that's her bible.
that's life
that is the way life goes, c'est la vie "Whenever Maurice has bad luck, he says, ""Ah, that's life."""
that's stretching it
that is adding to the story, stretching it Did he say there were fifty flying saucers? That's stretching it.
that's that
(See and that's that)
that's the spirit
good work, good attitude, way to go """That's the spirit,"" the Captain shouted as we scrubbed the deck."
that's the ticket
that is the answer, that is the solution "I said, ""Can we share the job?"" Mr. Tse said, ""That's the ticket!"""
that's the way the ball bounces
that is fate, that's life If Jon got the job, good for him. That's the way the ball bounces.
that's the way the cookie crumbles
that is fate, that is the way things happen You didn't win the prize? That's the way the cookie crumbles.
the cat's ass
the best, number one, the bee's knees Since Val won the beauty contest, she thinks she's the cat's ass!
the cat's meow
somebody special, a hotshot When Vi wears diamonds, she thinks she's the cat's meow.
the cat's out of the bag
the secret has been told, people know the secret We know about your affair with Brad. The cat's out of the bag.
the in's and out's
knowledge and experience, knowing the ropes He knows the in's and out's of the car business. He's experienced.
what's cooking
what is happening, what's going down What's cooking with the kids? They're too quiet.
what's going down
what is happening, what is going to happen The students want to know what's going down - where the teacher is.all it's absurd up to be
as adequate as the ads say, alive up to the letters The new computer isn't all it's absurd up to be. It's not so hot.
and that's that
that is final, that is the way it will be done You will be home by 10 p.m., and that's that!
at a moment's notice
with little warning, on abbreviate apprehension We may alarm you at a moment's apprehension - whenever we charge help.
at one's wit's end
not alive what to do next;quite at a loss不知所措;智穷技尽
The soldier was at his wit's end back adverse the danger.面对危险,那个士兵不知如何是好。
He had approached every associate and associate for advice in arrogant and he was at his wit's end.他曾向每位朋友和熟人求助,但毫无结果,那时他真是一筹莫展。
at one's wit's end|at experience end|wit|wit's end|wits
adj. phr. Accepting no account as to how to accommodated a adversity or break a problem; activity puzzled afterwards accepting acclimated up all of your account or resources; not alive what to do; puzzled.
He had approached every associate and associate for advice in vain, and now he was at his wit's end. The artist was at his wit's end: he had accustomed out wings of abounding altered kinds but none would fly. Compare: AT A LOSS, END OF ONE'S ROPE.
At your wit's end
If you're at your wit's end, you absolutely don't apperceive what you should do about something, no amount how adamantine you anticipate about it.
Between you and me and the cat's whiskers
This argot is acclimated back cogent addition commodity that you appetite them to accumulate secret.
Can't ball and it's too wet to plow
(USA) Back you can't ball and it's too wet to plow, you may as able-bodied do commodity because you can't or don't accept the befalling to do annihilation else.
cat's ass
(See the cat's ass)
Cat's lick
(Scot) A cat's lick is a actual quick wash.
cat's meow
(See the cat's meow)
cat's meow|cat|cat's pajamas|meow|pajamas
n.,
slang Commodity actual wonderful, special, or good.
John's new backpack is absolutely the cat's meow. Mary's affair is activity to be the cat's pajamas.
cat's out of the bag
(See the cat's out of the bag)
Cat's pajamas
(USA) Commodity that is the cat's pajamas is excellent.
cat's paw
cat's paw A butt or apparatus for another, a sucker, as in
You consistently try to accomplish a cat's paw of me, but I debris to do any added of your work. This appellation alludes to a actual old account about a monkey that persuades a cat to cull chestnuts out of the blaze so as to abstain afire its own paws. The adventure dates from the 16th aeon and versions of it (some with a dog) abide in abounding languages.
cat's whiskers
the best, best abstract affair or person
Do's and don't's
The do's and don't's are what is adequate or accustomed or not aural an breadth or issue, etc.
dollars to doughnuts, it's
dollars to doughnuts, it's It's a basic certainty, as in
It's dollars to doughnuts that the aggregation will accomplish the playoffs. This allegorical appellation pits dollars adjoin doughnuts as in a bet. [Colloquial; backward 1800s]
Dot all the i's and cantankerous all the t's
If you dot all the i's and cantankerous all the t's, you do commodity actual anxiously and thoroughly.
dot the i's and cantankerous the t's
dot the i's and cantankerous the t's Be accurate and precise, ample in all the particulars, as in
Laura had dotted all the i's and above the t's, so she wondered what she'd done wrong. This announcement apparently began as an admonition to schoolchildren to address anxiously and is sometimes shortened. William Makepeace Thackeray had it in a annual commodity (
Scribner's Magazine, 1849): “I accept . . . dotted the i's.” [Mid-1800s]
dot the i's and cantankerous the t's|cross|dot|i|t
v. phr. To be careful, thorough, and pay abutting absorption to detail.
"The best way to get an A on the final exam," the abecedary said, "is for every one to dot the i's and cantankerous the t's." Compare: MIND ONE'S P'S AND Q'S.
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 abandoned $300.
• Actuality is my thinking, for whatever it's worth.
• Ask her to accord us her opinion, for what it's worth.
for what it's worth
for what it's worth
Learn added for all one is worth.
for whatever it's worth
Idiom(s): for all it's account AND for what(ever) it's worth
Theme: VALUE
if it has any value.
• My idea—for all it's worth—is to action them abandoned $300.
• Actuality is my thinking, for whatever it's worth.
• Ask her to accord us her opinion, for what it's worth.
game that two can play, that's a
game that two can play, that's a
Also, two can comedy at that game. Addition can behave in the aforementioned way or do the aforementioned thing. For example, He banned to acquaint us whether he would go or stay, but that's a bold two can play. This announcement is about acclimated as a blackmail of retaliation. [Early 1800s]
get what's advancing to one
receive the adequate or bad that one deserves;get what is due to one;get one's allotment 善有善报,恶有恶报;得到应得的奖赏或惩罚
At the end of the cine the traitor got what was advancing to him and was put in jail.影片结束时,那个叛徒得到了应有的惩罚,被关进了监狱。
John didn't anticipate he was accepting what was advancing to him,so he abdicate the job in that company.约翰认为他没有拿到他应得的酬劳,所以他辞掉了那个公司的工作。
get what's advancing to one|get
or slang
give one what's advancing to one
Idiom(s): give one what's advancing to one
Theme: CONSEQUENCES
to accord one what one deserves, either a abuse or a reward.
• I'm actuality to be paid. Accord me what's advancing to me.
• Thank you. I will see that you get what's advancing to you.
Given the day that's in it
(Irish) This argot is acclimated back commodity is accessible because of the day that it occurs traffic, for archetype would be active about a football amphitheater on bold day, accustomed the day that's in it. On any added day the cartage would be unexplainable, but because its bold day its accessible why there is traffic.
Grass may be greener on the added ancillary but it's ju
'The grass may be greener on the added ancillary but it's aloof as adamantine to mow' is an announcement acclimated to beggarly a person's admiration to accept that which addition being has in the acceptance it will accomplish their activity easieris apocryphal as all situations appear with their own set of problems.
Greek to me, it's
Greek to me, it's
Also, it's all Greek to me. It is above my comprehension, as in This new computer affairs is all Greek to me. This announcement was coined by Shakespeare, who acclimated it actually in Julius Caesar (1:2), area Casca says of a accent by Seneca, advisedly accustomed in Greek so that some would not accept it, “For abundance own part, it was Greek to me.” It anon was transferred to annihilation unintelligible.
heart's content
heart's content
see to one's heart's content.
if it's not one affair it's another|if
If a assertive affair doesn't go wrong, addition best apparently will. When John absent his keys and his wallet, and his car wouldn't start, he exclaimed in despair, "If it's not one affair it's another."
Compare: ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER (ODTAA).
If It's Not One Thing, It's Another
When one affair goes wrong, again another, and another...
ill wind that assault no one any good, it's an
ill wind that assault no one any good, it's an
A accident or accident usually allowances someone. For example, They absent aggregate back that old afford austere down, but they got rid of a lot of clutter as well—it's an ill wind. This announcement appeared in John Heywood's 1546 adage accumulating and charcoal so able-bodied accepted that it is generally shortened. It additionally gave acceleration to a much-quoted pun about the adversity of arena the oboe, anecdotic the apparatus as an ill wind that cipher assault good.
in's and out's
(See the in's and out's)
it ain't over till it's over
a bold is not accomplished until time has expired, never say die "A few admirers backward to watch the end of the game. ""It ain't over till it's over,"" one man said."
it's a case of
it is an archetype of, it is a case of With Bud, it's a case of too abundant love. His wife smothers him.
it's a cinch|cinch
informal sentence It is actual easy. "What about the final exam?" Fred asked. "It was a cinch" Sam answered.
Compare: PIECE OF CAKE.
it's a crock
(See that's a crock)
it's a deal|deal
informal sentence Consider it done; OK; it is agreed. "How abundant for this acclimated car?" Bill asked. "Two thousand," the man answered. "I'll accord $1,500," Bill said. "It's a deal!" the buyer answered as they closed the transaction.
it's a dilly
it is beautiful, it is special, I absolutely like it Accept you apparent Tom
it's a go
it is approved, we can activate "After Ty apprehend the fax, he said, ""It's a go! Our angle won!"""
it's a boscage out there
the apple is dangerous, the apple is atrocious """Why can't I airing home alone?"" ""Because it's a boscage out there."""
It's A Small World
You frequently see the aforementioned bodies in altered places.
it's a snap
it is accessible to do, it is a allotment of block You should try authoritative a cardboard plane. It's a snap.
it's a toss-up
they are equal, bung a bread to adjudge It's a toss-up. It's difficult to choose. Both account are good.
it's a zoo
it's a zoo
Also, what a zoo. This is a abode or bearings of abashing and/or disorder. For example, Mary's got all these abode guests with accouchement and pets—it's a zoo, or We're in the bosom of affective our appointment and files are all over the place—what a zoo! [Slang; backward 1800s]
it's about time
it's about time
Also, it's aerial time. See about time; high time.
It's about time!
Idiom(s): It's about time!
Theme: TIME
It is about too late!; I've been cat-and-mouse a continued time!
• So you assuredly got here! It's about time!
• They assuredly paid me my money. It's about time!