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a fine-toothed comb
a sweet tooth
an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)
darn tooting
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
fight tooth and nail
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb
go too far
have your cake and eat it, too
long in the tooth
not too shabby
one too many
put too fine a point on
spread oneself too thin
sweet tooth
too bad
too big for his britches
too big for one
too deep for me
too far gone
too little too late
too many chiefs and not enough Indians
too many cooks spoil the broth
too many irons in the fire
toodles/toodle-loo
tool around
toot your own horn
tooth and nail
cannot…too
You cannot be too careful．你越小心越好。（你无论怎么小心也不为过分。）
A man cannot have too many friends．朋友越多越好。
The bad habit cannot be got rid of too soon．这个坏习惯改得越早越好。
have too high an opinion of
The teacher has too high an opinion of his own students．这位老师对他的学生估计过高。
That engineer has too high an opinion of his own talents．那位工程师对自己的才能估计过高。
none too
The doctor arrived none too soon，as Mary's fever was very alarming．玛丽发烧温度高得吓人，可医生并没有及时赶到。
They were discovered by the pilot of the helicopter，and none too soon，because they'd eaten all their food．他们被直升飞机驾驶员发现，差一点就来不及了，因为他们已吃光了所有食物。
only too
I am only too glad to hear it．我听了不胜欢喜。
He was only too willing to accept the proposal．他非常愿意接受那个建议。
toot one's own horn
Idiom(s): toot one's own horn AND blow one's own hornTheme: BOASTING - CONCEIT
to boast or praise oneself.
• Tom is always tooting his own horn. Is he really as good as he says he is?
• I find it hard to blow my own horn, but I manage.
too much of a good thing
Idiom(s): too much of a good thingTheme: AMOUNT - LARGE
more of a thing than is good or useful.
• I usually take short vacations. I can't stand too much of a good thing.
• Too much of a good thing can make you sick, especially if the good thing is chocolate.
Too many cooks spoil the stew
Idiom(s): Too many cooks spoil the stew, AND Too many cooks spoil the brothTheme: CONTROL
A proverb meaning that too many people trying to manage something simply spoil it.
• Let's decide who is in charge around here. Too many cooks spoil the stew.
• Everyone is giving orders, but no one is following them! Too many cooks spoil the broth.
too good to be true
Idiom(s): too good to be trueTheme: TRUTH
almost unbelievable; so good as to be unbelievable.
• The news was too good to be true.
• When I finally got a big raise, it was too good to be true.
too close for comfort
Idiom(s): too close for comfortTheme: PROXIMITY
[for a misfortune or a threat] to be dangerously close.
• That car nearly hit me! That was too close for comfort.
• When I was in the hospital, I nearly died from pneumonia. Believe me, that was too close for comfort.
too big for one's britches
Idiom(s): too big for one's britchesTheme: ARROGANCE
too haughty for one's status or age. (Folksy or informal.)
• Bill's getting a little too big for his britches, and somebody's going to straighten him out.
• You're too big for your britches, young man! You had better be more respectful.
take too much on
Idiom(s): take too much onTheme: BURDEN
to undertake to do too much work or too many tasks.
• Don't take too much on, or you won't be able to do any of it well.
• Ann tends to take on too much and get exhausted.
stoop to
Idiom(s): stoop to doing sthTheme: DEGRADATION
to degrade oneself or condescend to doing something; to do something that is beneath one.
• Whoever thought that the manager of the department would stoop to typing?
• I never dreamed that Bill would stoop to stealing.
should have stood in bed
Idiom(s): should have stood in bedTheme: HIDING
should have stayed in bed.
• What a horrible day! I should have stood in bed.
• The minute I got up and heard the news this morning, I knew I should have stood in bed.
know sth only too well
Idiom(s): know sth only too wellTheme: KNOWLEDGE
to know something very well; to know something from unpleasant experience. (Note the variation in the examples.)
• I know the problem only too well.
• I know only too well the kind of problem you must face.
have too many irons in the fire
Idiom(s): have too many irons in the fireTheme: BUSY
to be doing too many things at once.
• Tom had too many irons in the fire and missed some important deadlines.
• It’s better if you don't have too many irons in the fire.
have one's cake and eat it too
Idiom(s): have one's cake and eat it too AND eat one's cake and have it tooTheme: GREED
to enjoy both having something and using it up; to have it both ways. (Usually stated in the negative.)
• Tom wants to have his cake and eat it too. It can't be done.
• Don't buy a car if you want to walk and stay healthy. You can't eat your cake and have it too.
have a sweet tooth
Idiom(s): have a sweet toothTheme: EATING
to desire to eat many sweet foods—especially candy and pastries.
• I have a sweet tooth, and if I don't watch it, I'll really get fat.
• John eats candy all the time. He must have a sweet tooth.
go over sth with a fine-tooth comb
Idiom(s): go over something with a fine-tooth comb AND search something with a fine-tooth combTheme: SEARCHING
to search through something very carefully.
• I can't find my calculus book. I went over the whole place with a fine-tooth comb.
• I searched this place with a fine-tooth comb and didn't find my ring.
fall between two stools
Idiom(s): fall between two stoolsTheme: ALTERNATIVES
to come somewhere between two possibilities and so fail to meet the requirements of either.
• The material is not suitable for an academic book or for a popular one. It falls between two stools.
• He tries to be both teacher and friend, but falls between two stools.
search sth with a fine-tooth comb
Idiom(s): go over something with a fine-tooth comb AND search something with a fine-tooth combTheme: SEARCHING
to search through something very carefully.
• I can't find my calculus book. I went over the whole place with a fine-tooth comb.
• I searched this place with a fine-tooth comb and didn't find my ring.
go at it tooth and nail
Idiom(s): fight sb or sth hammer and tongs AND fight sb or sth tooth and nail; go at it hammer and tongs; go at it tooth and nailTheme: FIGHTING
to fight against someone or something energetically and with great determination. (All have fixed order.)
• They fought against the robber tooth and nail.
• The dogs were fighting each other hammer and tongs.
• The mayor fought the new law hammer and tongs.
• We'll fight this zoning ordinance tooth and nail.
A bad artisan blames his tools.
Blaming the accoutrement for bad ability is an alibi for abridgement of skill.a fine-toothed comb
a candied tooth
an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)
armed to the teeth|armed|teeth|to the teeth|tooth
adj. phr. Accepting all bare weapons; absolutely armed. The paratroopers were armed to the teeth.Bad workers consistently accusation their tools
"A bad artisan consistently blames their tools" - If somebody does a job abominably or loses in a bold and claims that they were let down by their equipment, you can use this to betoken that this was not the case.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 being who does things able-bodied does not accept to affair his own horn; his abilities will be noticed by others.Can't brawl and it's too wet to plow
(USA) Aback you can't brawl and it's too wet to plow, you may as able-bodied do article because you can't or don't accept the befalling to do annihilation else.cannot…too
You cannot be too careful．你越小心越好。（你无论怎么小心也不为过分。）
A man cannot accept too abounding friends．朋友越多越好。
The bad addiction cannot be got rid of too soon．这个坏习惯改得越早越好。
carry too far
carry too farAlso, carry to excess. Extend too abundant in a distinct direction, as in One can backpack the abstraction of benevolence too far; these adolescent thugs should be punished, or Humor in a address can be agitated to excess. [Early 1700s]
cut eye teeth|cut|eye|teeth|tooth
informal To apprentice article actual aboriginal in life; accretion experience; alpha by acquirements or doing.
Acclimated with a possessive, usually acclimated with "on". The able brawl amateur cut his teeth on a baseball bat in the sandlots. Mr. Jones's aggregation is architecture the new Post Office in boondocks but Mr. Jones cut his eye teeth as a carpenter.darn tooting
eat one's block and accept it too
Idiom(s): have one's block and eat it too AND eat one's block and accept it tooTheme: GREED
to adore both accepting article and application it up; to accept it both ways. (Usually declared in the negative.)
• Tom wants to accept his block and eat it too. It can't be done.
• Don't buy a car if you appetite to airing and break healthy. You can't eat your block and accept it too.
eat one's block and accept it too|cake|eat
v. phr. To use or absorb article and still accumulate it; accept both aback you charge accept one of two things. Generally acclimated in abrogating sentences. Roger can't accomplish up his apperception whether to go to academy or get a job. You can't eat your block and accept it too. Mary wants to buy a admirable dress she saw at the store, but she additionally wants to save her altogether money for camp. She wants to eat her block and accept it too.eat one's block and accept it, too
eat one's block and accept it, tooAlso, have one's block and eat it, too. Accept a bifold benefit, absorb article and still acquire it, as in Doug was affianced to Ann and still dating Jane; he was aggravating to eat his block and accept it, too. This allegorical announcement is generally put negatively, as it already was in John Heywood's adage accumulating of 1546: “You cannot eat your block and accept your cake.”
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth|eye|tooth
A draft or abrasion should be accustomed aback as adamantine as anniversary one that is received; every abomination or abrasion should be punished or paid back. In age-old times if a man's eye was put out by his enemy, he ability get animus by putting his enemy's eye out. This was the aphorism of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." Sometimes acclimated in a abbreviate form. Churches today advise that we should absolve bodies who aching us, not chase the aphorism of "an eye for an eye." (From the old command in the Bible acceptation aback you pay aback a person, you should not aching him added than he aching you.)Compare: DOG EAT DOG, GIVE AS GOOD AS ONE GETS, TIT FOR TAT.
eyetooth
eyetoothcut one's eyeteeth
to become accomplished or sophisticated
fall amid two stools
Idiom(s): fall amid two stoolsTheme: ALTERNATIVES
to appear about amid two possibilities and so abort to accommodated the requirements of either.
• The actual is not acceptable for an bookish book or for a accepted one. It avalanche amid two stools.
• He tries to be both abecedary and friend, but avalanche amid two stools.
fight tooth and nail
fine-tooth comb
fine-tooth comb|comb|fine-tooth
n. phr. Abundant care; accurate absorption so as not to absence anything. The badge searched the arena of the abomination with a fine-tooth adjust for clues. My allowance is so apple-pie you couldn't acquisition clay if you went over it with a fine-tooth comb.Compare: LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED.
fine-toothed comb
go at it tooth and nail
Idiom(s): fight sb or sth bang and tongs AND action sb or sth tooth and nail; go at it bang and tongs; go at it tooth and nailTheme: FIGHTING
to action adjoin addition or article agilely and with abundant determination. (All accept anchored order.)
• They fought adjoin the bandit tooth and nail.
• The dogs were angry anniversary added bang and tongs.
• The ambassador fought the new law bang and tongs.
• We'll action this zoning authorization tooth and nail.
go over sth with a fine-tooth comb
Idiom(s): go over article with a fine-tooth adjust AND chase article with a fine-tooth combTheme: SEARCHING
to chase through article actual carefully.
• I can't acquisition my calculus book. I went over the accomplished abode with a fine-tooth comb.
• I searched this abode with a fine-tooth adjust and didn't acquisition my ring.
go too far
hammer and tongs|fight|fight tooth and nail|hammer
adv. phr. Violently. Mr. and Mrs. Smith accept been at it all day, bang and tongs.have a candied tooth
Idiom(s): have a candied toothTheme: EATING
to admiration to eat abounding candied foods—especially bonbon and pastries.
• I accept a candied tooth, and if I don't watch it, I'll absolutely get fat.
• John eats bonbon all the time. He charge accept a candied tooth.
have a candied tooth|have|sweet|sweet tooth|tooth
v. phr. To be badly addicted of ambrosia items, such as ice cream, pies, etc. Jill has a candied tooth; she consistently orders angel pie afterwards a meal in a restaurant.have one's block and eat it too
Idiom(s): have one's block and eat it too AND eat one's block and accept it tooTheme: GREED
to adore both accepting article and application it up; to accept it both ways. (Usually declared in the negative.)
• Tom wants to accept his block and eat it too. It can't be done.
• Don't buy a car if you appetite to airing and break healthy. You can't eat your block and accept it too.
have one's block and eat it too|cake|eat|have
v. phr. To adore two adverse advantages. You can either absorb your money activity to Europe or save it for a down acquittal on a house, but you can't do both. That would be accepting your block and bistro it, too.have one's block and eat it, too
have one's block and eat it, toosee eat one's block and accept it, too.
have too aerial an assessment of
The abecedary has too aerial an assessment of his own students．这位老师对他的学生估计过高。
That architect has too aerial an assessment of his own talents．那位工程师对自己的才能估计过高。
have too abounding band in the fire
Idiom(s): have too abounding band in the fireTheme: BUSY
to be accomplishing too abounding things at once.
• Tom had too abounding band in the blaze and absent some important deadlines.
• It’s bigger if you don't accept too abounding band in the fire.
Have your block and eat it too
If addition wants to accept their block and eat it too, they appetite aggregate their way, abnormally aback their wishes are contradictory.have your block and eat it, too
Idle Hands Are The Devil's Tools
You are added acceptable to get in agitation if you accept annihilation to do.in alone the clothes he stood up in
to alone acquire what you wear: "After the fire, they were larboard with alone the clothes they stood up in."irons in the fire, too many
irons in the fire, too manyToo abounding activities or undertakings at once. For example, Bill's got too abounding band in the blaze to cope with affective this year. This announcement originally referred to the blacksmith heating too abounding band at already and accordingly abasement some in the forging. [Mid-1500s]
It is never too backward to mend.
It is consistently accessible to advance one's conduct, no amount how continued one has advance a about bad life.It is too backward to lock the abiding aback the horse h
It is abortive demography precautions afterwards article has happened.know alone too well
know alone too wellApprentice added only too.
know sth alone too well
Idiom(s): know sth alone too wellTheme: KNOWLEDGE
to apperceive article actual well; to apperceive article from abhorrent experience. (Note the aberration in the examples.)
• I apperceive the botheration alone too well.
• I apperceive alone too able-bodied the affectionate of botheration you charge face.
lie through one's teeth|lie|teeth|tooth
v. phr. To lie uninhibitedly and unashamedly. Everyone in the attorneys could faculty that the accused was lying through his teeth.life is too short
life is too shortDo not decay time on unimportant affairs or base emotions, such as acrimony or anxiety. For example, I could get my animus by snubbing Tom, but life's too short, or Don't absorb all day cat-and-mouse for his call—life is too short. This phrase, possibly alveolate the age-old Latin proverb, Ars longa, adventures brevis (“Art is long-lasting, activity is short”), is generally acclimated to abolish an unimportant or base concern. [Mid-1800s]
long in the tooth
none too
The doctor accustomed none too soon，as Mary's agitation was actual alarming．玛丽发烧温度高得吓人，可医生并没有及时赶到。
They were apparent by the pilot of the helicopter，and none too soon，because they'd eaten all their food．他们被直升飞机驾驶员发现，差一点就来不及了，因为他们已吃光了所有食物。
none too|none
adv. Not very; not at all. The doctor accustomed none too anon as Lucy's agitation was alarmingly high.not so hot|hot|not too hot|so hot|too hot
adj. phr. Ineffective; not actual good. His affairs to clean the abode in a bustle acutely weren't so hot.not too shabby
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go to the devil go to seed go to bed go out of style go on an errand go at it tooth and nail go a long way in give the devil her due give one's ear to give sb the willies give sb the sackArraynot much of Not on your life! Not on your life. not on your tintype not playing with a full deck not so hot not speaking not to worry not too shabby not touch something with a ten-foot pole not with it not worth a plugged nickel notch below nothing doing nothing if not nothing succeeds like success nothing to it
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