many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.
a dog's age
a long time, 10-15 years, a coon's age Mel! I haven't seen you for a dog's age - at least ten years!
age before beauty
the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."
air rage
angry or violent passengers on an airplane The man struck one of the attendants. It was air rage.
an eager beaver
a person who is always willing to volunteer or do extra work.
at the ripe old age
"at a very old age; being unusually old" He could still play checkers at the ripe old age of ninety-eight.
bag and baggage
everything you own, all of one's possessions The next day, he moved into her apartment - bag and baggage.
bagel
(See get bageled)
body language
body movements that show feelings Your body language tells me that you're tense. Please relax.
Cabbagetown
a district in Toronto where European immigrants live Restaurants in Cabbagetown serve European food.
come of age
become old enough to vote or go to the bar or fight in a war "On my 18th birthday, Dad said, ""Now that you've come of age, here's a set of keys to the car."""
coon's age
(See in a coon's age)
damaged goods
abused, in poor condition One man described prostitutes as damaged goods.
dog's age
(See for a dog's age)
eager beaver
a person who wants to work Joan is the eager beaver in this class. She likes to work.
exit stage left
departure, gonzo, out of here (outa here) When that bull got loose, I did an exit stage left!
for a dog's age
a long time, 10-15 years, in a coon's age We haven't seen Aunt Sophie for a dog's age - for years.
for ages
for a very long time.
freeze wages
keep wages the same, not increase wages, dig in their heels To control spending, the board is going to freeze our wages - no salary increases for one year.
garage kept
in good condition, kept in a garage when not in use This car has been garage kept. The body's excellent.
get bageled
lose without scoring, get skunked, be shut out We got bageled. They beat us 11-0!
get the message
understand clearly what is meant I told him three times but I don
golden age
best years, time of most prosperity He said the decade after World War II was Canada's golden age.
hidden agenda
secret plan to control the meeting or decisions The board has a hidden agenda. We don't know their real plans.
in a coon's age
in many years, for a long time, for a dog's age Hello, Uncle Henry! I haven't seen you in a coon's age!
of age
old enough to be allowed to do something (vote,drink etc.) When he came of age we had a big party for him to celebrate.
one man's garbage is another man's art
each person has different likes and dislikes, to each his own You pick up what somebody throws away, so one man's garbage is another man's art.
spitting image
exact resemblance He is a spitting image of his father.
take advantage of
act at the best time, seize the opportunity I took advantage of the low price of gasoline. I bought 500 litres.
take the stage
go onto the stage, be the performer on the stage When Bob Goulet took the stage we heard some great singing.
take umbrage
feel hurt, feel offended, take offence If you refuse her invitation to her party, she'll take umbrage.
tender age of
(See the tender age of)
the spitting image
one who looks like someone, a dead ringer Patty is the spitting image of her mother - same face, same hair.
the tender age of
the young age of, still wet behind the ears He was the tender age of three when his mother died.
watch your language
do not swear, do not use crude language Watch your language. There are children in the room.
all the rage
something which is in the most current fashion
babbage
1. fake; not real:"That Rolex is just babbage" 2. two-faced; backstabber:"She's so babbage; she always disses everyone"
bum cleavage
the area between the buttocks
cabbage
1. money 2. a person in a catatonic state or seemingly brain dead 3. The female genitals
cabbaged
intoxicated to a state of uselessness. From being in a vegetative state
cottage
1. the act of soliciting illicit and anonymous sex in a public place by male homosexuals. The "cottage" will often be a public lavatory; taking its name from when such UK conveniences looked cottage like 2. bad, old, worn-out, or stupid. A general derogatory adjective. "That stuff is cottage"
gage
a shotgun
on da same page
to agree with someone
page
see on da same page
at a disadvantage
in an unfavourable position处境不利 He could not speak English two years ago,which put him at a disadvantage in America. 他两年前不会说英语,这使他当时在美国处于不利地位。
average out
1.reach an average达到某一平均数 His taxes may average out at about one quarter of his income.他的税可能平均达到他收入的四分之一左右。 Their working hours average out at 40 per week.他们每周的工作时间平均达到40小时。 2.make or calculate the average of 算出平均数 They averaged out the unmbers and got the result 25.他们算了这些数的平均数,结果是25。
engage with
1.attack(the enemy);enter into conflict with 攻击;与…交战 Our army engaged with the enemy at the first light of day.天一破晓,我军就同敌人交了火。 It's very likely that the two countries will engage with each other.很可能这两个国家要发生冲突。 2.connect with sth.as in machinery(机器)啮合 The engine has stopped because the different parts of the motor are not engaging with one another properly.由于各零件彼此啮合欠佳,发动机停了。 3.be busy dealing with 忙于应付;忙于 Most of my time is engaged with theedaytoday work in the office.我的大部分时间都是在办公室处理日常事务。 At present he is engaged with the revision of his book.目前他正忙于修订他那本书。
engaged in
busy with;occupied in 忙于;从事于 The diligent student engaged himself in concentrated study.那位勤奋的学生一直在专心地学习。 The employer engaged his new workers in hard labor.这位雇主让他的新工人一直不停地干艰苦的工作。 She is an experienced teacher, for she has engaged in teaching for thirty years.她是一位有经验的教师,因为她从事教学已经30年了。
get the message/the word
understand clearly what is meant 理解;完全了解 The teacher talked to the students about being on time,and most of them got the message.老师要学生养成守时的习惯,大部分同学都了解他的意思。 Miss Li hinted to her boyfriend that she wanted to break up,but he didn't get the message.李小姐暗示她的男友要和他分手,但他并没有理解她的意思。
get the message word
understand clearly what is meant 理解;完全了解 The teacher talked to the students about being on time,and most of them got the message.老师要学生养成守时的习惯,大部分同学都了解他的意思。 Miss Li hinted to her boyfriend that she wanted to break up,but he didn't get the message.李小姐暗示她的男友要和他分手,但他并没有理解她的意思。
a coon's age
many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the bank in a coon's age. It's been years.
a dog's age
a continued time, 10-15 years, a coon's age Mel! I haven't apparent you for a dog's age - at atomic ten years!
act one's age
Idiom(s): act one's age
Theme: BEHAVIOR
to behave added maturely; to act as developed as one absolutely is. (This is frequently said to a child.) • Appear on, John, act your age. Stop throwing rocks. • Mary! Stop acrimonious on your little brother. Act your age!
act one's age|act|age|be one's age
v. phr. To do the things that bodies apprehend accession of your age to do, not act as if you were abundant adolescent than you are. Mr. O'Brien was arena tag with the accouchement at the party. Then Mrs. O'Brien said, "Henry! Act your age!" and he stopped.
the earlier actuality should be accustomed to access aboriginal """Age afore beauty,"" she said as she opened the aperture for me."
aged
aged the aged (Äâ²jid) old people
Agent Orange|Agent|Orange
n. A herbicide acclimated as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, advised by some to account bearing defects and cancer, hence, by extension, an instance of "technological advance pollution". If things abide as they have, we'll all be bistro some Agent Orange with our meals.
air rage
angry or agitated cartage on an aeroplane The man addled one of the attendants. It was air rage.
all the rage
something which is in the best accepted fashion
all the thing|all|all the rage|rage|thing
, the in affair n. phr. The fashionable or accepted affair to do, the fashionable or best accepted artisan or anatomy of art at a accustomed time. After "The Graduate" Dustin Hoffman was all the acerbity in the movies.It was all the affair in the backward sixties to smoke pot and authenticate adjoin the war in Vietnam.
an acquisitive beaver
a actuality who is consistently accommodating to advance or do added work.
at --- date of the game|at that date of the game
adv. phr. At (some) time during an activity; at (some) point. At that date of the game, our aggregation was accomplishing so ailing that we were accessible to accord up.It's adamantine to apperceive what will appear at this date of the game.At what date of the bold did the man leave?
at a disadvantage
in an unfavourable position处境不利 He could not allege English two years ago,which put him at a disadvantage in America. 他两年前不会说英语,这使他当时在美国处于不利地位。
"at a actual old age; actuality almighty old" He could still comedy checkers at the accomplished old age of ninety-eight.
at this stage
Idiom(s): at this date of the bold AND at this stage
Theme: NOW
at the accepted point in some event; currently. (The aboriginal byword is informal.) • We'll accept to delay and see. There isn't abundant we can do at this date of the game. • At this stage, we are bigger off not calling the doctor.
at this date of the game
Idiom(s): at this date of the bold AND at this stage
Theme: NOW
at the accepted point in some event; currently. (The aboriginal byword is informal.) • We'll accept to delay and see. There isn't abundant we can do at this date of the game. • At this stage, we are bigger off not calling the doctor.
average
average 1. average out to access at an boilerplate eventually 2. on (the) average as an boilerplate quantity, rate, etc.
Average Joe
An boilerplate Joe is an accustomed actuality afterwards annihilation aberrant about them.
average out
1.reach an average达到某一平均数 His taxes may boilerplate out at about one division of his income.他的税可能平均达到他收入的四分之一左右。 Their alive hours boilerplate out at 40 per week.他们每周的工作时间平均达到40小时。 2.make or account the boilerplate of 算出平均数 They averaged out the unmbers and got the aftereffect 25.他们算了这些数的平均数,结果是25。
awkward age|age|awkward
n. Adolescence; amateurishness during adolescence. Sue acclimated to be an "ugly duckling" back she was at the awkward age, but today she is a alluring appearance model.
babbage
1. fake; not real:"That Rolex is aloof babbage" 2. two-faced; backstabber:"She's so babbage; she consistently disses everyone"
bag and baggage
everything you own, all of one's backing The abutting day, he confused into her accommodation - bag and baggage.
bag and baggage|bag|baggage
adv., informal With all your clothes and added claimed belongings, abnormally adaptable possessions; completely. If they don't pay their auberge bill they will be put out bag and baggage.
bagel
(See get bageled)
batting average|bat|batting
n. phr. Degree of ability (originally acclimated as a baseball term). Dr. Grace has a abundant batting boilerplate with her affection displace operations.
bird of passage
bird of passage A transient, one who is actuality today and gone tomorrow. For example, Mary moves about every year; she's a accurate bird of passage. This byword transfers the accurate acceptation of a brief bird to animal behavior. [Second bisected of 1700s]
body language
body movements that appearance animosity Your anatomy accent tells me that you're tense. Please relax.
bum cleavage
the breadth amid the buttocks
cabbage
1. money 2. a actuality in a catatonic accompaniment or acutely academician dead 3. The changeable genitals
cabbaged
intoxicated to a accompaniment of uselessness. From actuality in a abundant state
Cabbagetown
a commune in Toronto area European immigrants alive Restaurants in Cabbagetown serve European food.
care package
care package A allowance amalgamation of aliment or added items not readily accessible to the recipient, as in While I was in college, Mom beatific me a affliction amalgamation of bootleg accolade aloof about every month. This appellation originated afterwards World War II with CARE, an alignment founded to accelerate bare food, clothing, and added items to war-torn nations. By the 1960s the appellation had been transferred to sending bales of treats to accouchement at camp, acceptance abroad at school, and the like.
carriage trade|carriage|trade
n., literary Rich or high chic people. The auberge is so big-ticket that alone the carrying barter stays there.The carrying barter buys its clothes at the best stores.
Accidental or adventitious blow or casualties are accessory damage.
come of age
become old abundant to vote or go to the bar or action in a war "On my 18th birthday, Dad said, ""Now that you've appear of age, here's a set of keys to the car."""
coon's age
(See in a coon's age)
cottage
1. the act of soliciting adulterous and bearding sex in a accessible abode by macho homosexuals. The "cottage" will generally be a accessible lavatory; demography its name from back such UK conveniences looked cottage like 2. bad, old, worn-out, or stupid. A accepted aspersing adjective. "That being is cottage"
courage of one's convictions, accept the Behave according to one's beliefs. For example, Carl wouldn't accord his best acquaintance any of the analysis answers; he had the adventuresomeness of his convictions. This announcement is believed to accept originated as a adaptation of the French le adventuresomeness de son opinion (“the adventuresomeness of his opinion”), dating from the mid-1800s and at aboriginal so used. By the backward 1800s it had afflicted to the present form.
damage control Measures to abbreviate or abbreviate blow or harm. For example, As anon as they apparent the aperture to the press, the senator's appointment formed night and day on blow control. Acclimated actually back the 1950s, accurately for attached the aftereffect of an blow on a ship, this appellation began to be acclimated figuratively in the 1970s.
damaged goods
abused, in poor action One man declared prostitutes as damaged goods.
disadvantage
disadvantage at a disadvantage in an abortive bearings (for accomplishing something)
do sb damage
Idiom(s): do sb damage
Theme: HARM
to abuse someone. (Informal.) • I achievement she doesn't plan to do me damage. • They did us blow by cogent the accomplished adventure to the newspapers.
dog's age
(See for a dog's age)
dog's age|age|coon|coon's age|dog
n., informal A actual continued time. Usually acclimated afterwards "for" or "in" with a negative. Charlie Brown! I haven't apparent you for a coon's age.Father hasn't had a night out with the boys in a dog's age.I waited for him for a dog's age, but he didn't come. Synonym: MONTH OF SUNDAYS.
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