give the go by Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
baby blues
feeling sad when you are pregnant After seven months, Karly had the baby blues. She was feeling sad.
baby boomer
a person born during the decade after World War II Baby boomers will retire in the first decade of the 21st century.
bit by bit
doing a small amount each time, little by little Bit by bit, they rebuilt a church that was destroyed by bombs.
bitten by the same bug
have the same interest or hobby My cousin and I were bitten by the same bug. We collect coins.
by a country mile
by a long distance, by a wide margin Black Beauty won the race by a country mile. She was far ahead.
by a long shot
by a big difference, by far The soap company was able to beat out the bids of the other companies by a long shot.
by all means
yes, please do it By all means, come to the Learning Skills Centre.
by and by
before long By and by they will come and we can go out for dinner.
by and large
on the whole, considering everything By and large we had a good meeting even though it was a little short.
by any means
any way or method, by doing any job He survived by any means when he first came to Canada.
by any stretch...
(See not by any stretch of the imagination)
by dint of
as a result of, because of By dint of her efforts alone, this family is happy and healthy.
by far
greatly, by a great margin He is by far the smartest person in the company.
by fits and starts
irregularly, with many stops and starts By fits and starts the company was finally able to begin business.
by golly
"I am surprised, impressed; by gosh" By golly! She did it. She made a cherry pie!
by gosh
what an experience, this is interesting, by golly Well, by gosh! This is my first look at Niagara Falls!
by guess or by gosh
any way that is possible, by chance How did I learn to speak French? By guess or by gosh, that's how.
by heart
memorized every word, down pat Eva knew the speech by heart. She didn't look at her notes.
by hook or by crook
in any way necessary She says that she will go to Italy this year by hook or by crook.
by jove
it happened, it is amazing By jove! We reached our goal. We sold 15,000 tickets!
by leaps and bounds
by large amounts, by a lot The population of Calgary has grown by leaps and bounds.
by no means
not in any way, not by any stretch... By no means is a car a good investment. It will depreciate.
by oneself
alone and without help.
by the by
(See by the way)
by the same token
judging by the same rule, to be fair to both sides By the same token, he should help with the housework.
by the seat of your pants
with little money, a lick and a promise You can't operate a business by the seat of your pants.
by the skin of one
by a very small margin, barely I made the application date for the job by the skin of my teeth.
by the skin of one's teeth
barely succeed in doing something.
by the skin of their teeth
by a little, barely He won the election by one vote, by the skin of his teeth.
by the sweat of one
by hard work He managed to make enough money to buy the farm by the sweat of his brow.
by the way
in addition to what I was saying, incidentally By the way, I heard that Ed is resigning.
by word of mouth
by one person speaking to another, person to person, through the grapevine News of his birth traveled by word of mouth. Soon everyone knew that Mary had a baby boy.
bye
good-bye Bye, Mom. I love you.
bye for now
good-bye but I will see you soon Bye for now. See you tonight at choir practice.
BYOB
Bring Your Own Bottle - used for a party or dinner where each person must bring something to drink I decided to have a dinner party at my house next week and told everyone that it was BYOB.
catch me by surprise
surprise me, not warn me The snowstorm in May caught us by surprise. We didn't expect it.
cheek by jowl
beside, alongside, side by side Jack and James fought cheek by jowl in World War I.
come by
find, get, obtain How did you come by that vase? Where did you get it?
drop by
to visit someone or somewhere He dropped by after work for a drink.
drop by the wayside
give up or fail before the finish Many runners dropped by the wayside as the marathon continued.
fall by the wayside
give up or fail before the finish He had a good chance of winning the competition but he fell by the wayside near the end.
fly-by-night
bad, dishonest, not to be trusted He put his money in a fly-by-night company and lost it all.
fly by the seat of one
do a job instinctively rather than by using concrete information I had to fly by the seat of my pants when the supervisor left me alone for a week.
fly by the seat of your...
(See by the seat of your pants)
fucked by the fickle finger of fate
"feel that luck is against you; cheated by fate" A flood ruined my business. I was fucked by the fickle finger of fate.
get by
satisfy your needs or demands (usually related to money) He is able to easily get by on his salary because he doesn
get by/scrape by
have just enough money, make do I can get by on very little money, if necessary. I can be frugal.
go by the boards
become less important, be neglected or omitted When he returned to school, his social life went by the boards.
got you by the balls
"got you so you can't move; can't quit or back out" If you signed the contract, they've got you by the balls.
hang by a thread
be in doubt, depend on a very small thing The outcome of the election hung by a thread until the last two or three hours. cung cấp cho (một) thời cơ
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