in a difficult position, making a difficult choice, Sophie's choice If I told the truth, I would lose my friend. I was between a rock and a hard place.
go places
succeed, do well, make it big When Percy got his degree, we knew he was going places.
heart is in the right place
kindhearted, sympathetic or well-meaning Although she makes a lot of mistakes her heart is in the right place.
in place
in the correct position or location, available Be sure to have the money in place before you buy a house.
in the first place
firstly, to begin with Of course I can
jumping-off place
the starting place of a long trip We gathered early in the morning at the jumping-off place for our trip to the mountains.
learn your place
learn to know where and when to speak "When I was young, kids learned their place; they showed respect."
out of place
in the wrong place or at the wrong time, improper What he said at the party was totally out of place. He should talk about it at another time.
place on a pedestal
(See on a pedestal)
put him in his place
tell him he is wrong - that he is out of line Dwaine has insulted all of us. I hope Dad puts him in his place.
put someone in his or her place
scold someone for rude or bad behavior She was very angry and really put him in his place over the rude remark.
quit this place
leave, go away from here, blow this joint I'm bored. Let's quit this place. Let's get out of here.
take my place
sit or park where I usually sit or park Mommy, he took my place! He's sitting in my seat!
take place
happen, occur The game took place on the coldest day of the year.
trash the place
wreck a room or building, a bull in a China shop If you invite the Casey boys, they'll trash the place.
that place is a Arm pit
it stinks, it terrible
hold…in place
keep… sticking together in the original place保持(原地)不动;固 定(在原地) The trees would hold the soil in place and prevent erosion.树林可 以固定土壤,防止侵蚀。
in place of
instead of代替…;…而不… We use chopsticks in place of knives and forks.我们用筷子代替刀叉。 I attended the meeting in place of John because he was sick.约翰生病了,所以我代替他出席了那次会议。
in (the) place of
instead of代替…;…而不… We use chopsticks in place of knives and forks.我们用筷子代替刀叉。 I attended the meeting in place of John because he was sick.约翰生病了,所以我代替他出席了那次会议。
place in the sun
a good condition 顺境;显要的地位 He's found himself a place in the sun now and doesn't want to start off on any new ventures.他现在已经有了一定地位,不再想冒什么风险了。
put sbin his place
criticize sb.for impolite boldness;deflate使(某人)不敢越轨;使(某人)守本分 She was a teacher who could put an impolitely bold boy in his place with just a glance.她是个瞪一眼就能叫无礼的男生听话的老师。 If he dares to be impudent with me again,I'll put him in his place.要是他再敢对我无礼,我就要对他不客气了。
take the place of
replace代替;取代 Plastics have taken the place of many conventional materials.塑料已取代了许多传统材料。
stop over some place
Idiom(s): stop over (some place)
Theme: TRAVEL
to break one's journey, usually overnight or even longer. • On our way to New York, we stopped over in Philadelphia for the night. • That's a good place to stop over. There are some nice hotels in Philadelphia.
stop off some place
Idiom(s): stop off (some place)
Theme: TRAVEL
to stop somewhere on the way to some other place. • I stopped off at the store to buy milk on the way home. • We stopped off for a few minutes and chatted with my uncle.
stop by some place
Idiom(s): stop by (some place) AND stop in (some place)
Theme: SOCIAL
to visit some place, usually briefly. • I was coming home, but I decided to stop by my aunt's on the way. • She was very glad that I stopped in.
put oneself in sb else's place
Idiom(s): put oneself in someone else's place AND put oneself in someone else's shoes
Theme: EMPATHY
to allow oneself to see or experience something from someone else's point of view. • Put yourself in someone else's place, and see how it feels. • I put myself in Tom's shoes and realized that I would have made exactly the same choice.
put one in one's place
Idiom(s): put one in one's place
Theme: SCOLDING
to rebuke someone; to remind one of one's (lower) rank or station. • The boss put me in my place for criticizing her. • Then her boss put her in her place for being rude.
place
Idiom(s): place sb
Theme: IDENTIFICATION
to recall someone's name; to recall the details about a person that would help you identify the person. • I am sorry, I can't seem to place you. Could you tell me your name again? • I can't place her. Did I meet her once before?
one's heart is in the right place
Idiom(s): one's heart is in the right place
Theme: KINDNESS
[for one] to have good intentions, even if the results are bad. • She gave it a good try. Her heart was in the right place. • He is awkward, but his heart is in the right place.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Idiom(s): Lightning never strikes twice (in the same place)
Theme: CHANCE
a saying meaning that it is extremely unlikely that the same misfortune will occur again in the same set of circumstances or to the same people. • Ever since the fire, Jean has been afraid that her house will catch fire again, but they say that lightning never strikes twice. • Supposedly lightning never strikes twice, but the Smiths' house has been robbed twice this year.
know one's place
Idiom(s): know one's place
Theme: STATUS
to know the behavior appropriate to one's position or status in life. • I know my place. I won't speak unless spoken to. • People around here are expected to know their place. You have to follow all the rules.
keep one's place
Idiom(s): keep one's place
Theme: BEHAVIOR
to exhibit only the behavior appropriate to one's position or status in life. • When I complained about the food, they told me to keep my place! • I suggest you keep your place until you're in a position to change things.
in the second place
Idiom(s): in the second place
Theme: ADDITIONALLY
secondly; in addition. (Usually said after one has said in the first place.) • In the first place, you don't have enough money to buy one. In the second place, you don't need one. • In the first place, I don't have the time. In the second place, I'm not interested.
have one's heart in the right place
Idiom(s): have one's heart in the right place
Theme: INTENTIONS
to have good intentions, even if there are bad results. • I don't always do what is right, but my heart is in the right place. • Good old Tom. His heart's in the right place. • It doesn't matter if she lost the game. She has her heart in the right place.
feel out of place
Idiom(s): feel out of place
Theme: AWKWARDNESS
to feel that one does not belong in a place. • I feel out of place at formal dances. • Bob and Ann felt out of place at the picnic, so they went home.
fed up to some place
Idiom(s): fed up (to some place) (with sb or sth)
Theme: BOREDOM
bored with someone or something. (Informal. The some place can be here, the teeth, the gills, or other places.) • I'm fed up with this dull lecture. • I'm fed up to here with dull television programs.
fall into place
Idiom(s): fall in(to) place
Theme: ORGANIZATION
to fit together; to become organized. • After we heard the whole story, things began to fall in place. • When you get older, the different parts of your life begin to fall into place.
all over the place
Idiom(s): all over the place
Theme: EVERYWHERE
everywhere; in all parts of a particular location. • Tom, stop leaving your dirty clothes all over the place. • We keep finding this kind of problem all over the place.
stop in some place
Idiom(s): stop by (some place) AND stop in (some place)
Theme: SOCIAL
to visit some place, usually briefly. • I was coming home, but I decided to stop by my aunt's on the way. • She was very glad that I stopped in.
lay/place the blame on
Idiom(s): put the blame on sb/sth AND lay/place the blame on sb/sth
Theme: BLAME
to blame someone or something. • Don't put the blame on me. I didn't do it. • We'll have to place the blame for the damage on the storm.
in sb else's place
Idiom(s): in someone else's shoes AND in someone else's place
Theme: EMPATHY
seeing or experiencing something from someone else's point of view. • You might feel different if you were in her shoes. • Pretend you're in Tom's place, and then try to figure out why he acts the way he does.
Lightning never strikes in the same place twice
An unusual event is not likely to occur again in exactly the same circumstances.
Heart in the right place
If someone's heart is in the right place, they are good and kind, though they might not always appear to be so.
Know your place
A person who knows their place doesn't try to impose themselves on others.
there's no place like home
an expression to mean that your home is a special place: "What a great holiday! Still, there's no place like home."
fall in|fall|into place
v. phr. To suddenly make sense; find the natural or proper place for the missing pieces of a puzzle. When the detectives realized that a second man was seen at the place of the murder, the pieces of the puzzle began to fall into place.
feel out of place|feel|out of place|place
v. phr. To experience the sensation of not belonging in a certain place or company. Dave felt out of place among all those chess players as he knows nothing about chess.
go to town|go|go places|places|to town|town
v. phr., slang 1. To do something quickly or with great force or energy; work fast or hard. The boys went to town on the old garage, and had it torn down before Father came home from work.While Sally was slowly washing the dishes, she remembered she had a date with Pete that evening; then she really went to town. Compare: IN NO TIME, MAKE TIME. Antonym: TAKE ONE'S TIME. 2. go places. To do a good job; succeed. Our team is going to town this year. We have won all five games that we played.Dan was a good student and a good athlete; we expect him to go places in business.
haircut place|haircut|place
n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon Bridge or overpass with tight clearance. Are we going to make it in that haircut place?
heart is in the right place|have|have one's heart
To be kind-hearted, sympathetic or well-meaning; have good intentions. All the tramps and stray dogs in the neighborhood knew that Mrs. Brown's heart was in the right place.Tom looks very rough but his heart is in the right place.
all over the place
Idiom(s): all over the place
Theme: EVERYWHERE
everywhere; in all genitalia of a accurate location. • Tom, stop abrogation your bedraggled clothes all over the place. • We accumulate award this affectionate of botheration all over the place.
anyplace
anyplace get anyplace Informal to accept any success
between a bedrock and a adamantine place
in a difficult position, authoritative a difficult choice, Sophie's best If I told the truth, I would lose my friend. I was amid a bedrock and a adamantine place.
fall in place
fall in place Also, fall into place. Fit well; also, become organized. For example, With the aftermost witness's testimony, the absolute arrangement of challenge fell in place, or When the architect's affairs were complete, the architecture agenda fell into place. This argot uses place in the faculty of “proper position,” a acceptance dating from the mid-1500s.
fall in|fall|into place
v. phr. To aback accomplish sense; acquisition the accustomed or able abode for the missing pieces of a puzzle. When the detectives accomplished that a additional man was apparent at the abode of the murder, the pieces of the addle began to abatement into place.
fall into place
Idiom(s): fall in(to) place
Theme: ORGANIZATION
to fit together; to become organized. • Afterwards we heard the accomplished story, things began to abatement in place. • Back you get older, the altered genitalia of your activity activate to abatement into place.
fed up to some place
Idiom(s): fed up (to some place) (with sb or sth)
Theme: BOREDOM
bored with accession or something. (Informal. The some abode can be here, the teeth, the gills, or added places.) • I'm fed up with this addled lecture. • I'm fed up to actuality with addled television programs.
feel out of place
Idiom(s): feel out of place
Theme: AWKWARDNESS
to feel that one does not accord in a place. • I feel out of abode at academic dances. • Bob and Ann acquainted out of abode at the picnic, so they went home.
feel out of place|feel|out of place|place
v. phr. To acquaintance the awareness of not acceptance in a assertive abode or company. Dave acquainted out of abode amid all those chess players as he knows annihilation about chess.
go places
succeed, do well, accomplish it big Back Percy got his degree, we knew he was activity places.
go to town|go|go places|places|to town|town
v. phr., slang 1. To do article bound or with abundant force or energy; assignment fast or hard. The boys went to boondocks on the old garage, and had it broken down afore Father came home from work.While Sally was boring abrasion the dishes, she remembered she had a date with Pete that evening; afresh she absolutely went to town. Compare: IN NO TIME, MAKE TIME. Antonym: TAKE ONE'S TIME. 2. go places. To do a acceptable job; succeed. Our aggregation is activity to boondocks this year. We accept won all bristles amateur that we played.Dan was a acceptable apprentice and a acceptable athlete; we apprehend him to go places in business.
haircut place|haircut|place
n., slang, citizen's bandage radio jargon Bridge or bypass with bound clearance. Are we activity to accomplish it in that crew place?
have one's affection in the adapted place
Idiom(s): have one's affection in the adapted place
Theme: INTENTIONS
to accept acceptable intentions, alike if there are bad results. • I don't consistently do what is right, but my affection is in the adapted place. • Acceptable old Tom. His heart's in the adapted place. • It doesn't amount if she absent the game. She has her affection in the adapted place.
Heart in the adapted place
If someone's affection is in the adapted place, they are acceptable and kind, admitting they ability not consistently arise to be so.
heart in the adapted place, accept one's
heart in the adapted place, accept one's Be well-intentioned, Her plan to accommodate them didn't succeed, but she had her affection in the adapted place. [Early 1800s]
heart is in the adapted place
kindhearted, affectionate or well-meaning Although she makes a lot of mistakes her affection is in the adapted place.
heart is in the adapted place|have|have one's affection
To be kind-hearted, affectionate or well-meaning; accept acceptable intentions. All the tramps and devious dogs in the adjacency knew that Mrs. Brown's affection was in the adapted place.Tom looks actual asperous but his affection is in the adapted place.
high place|high|place
n. phr. A position of responsibility, honor, and power. Jones had accomplished a aerial abode in the government at Washington.
keep… abashed calm in the aboriginal place保持(原地)不动;固 定(在原地) The copse would authority the clay in abode and anticipate erosion.树林可 以固定土壤,防止侵蚀。
in (the) abode of
instead of代替…;…而不… We use chopsticks in abode of knives and forks.我们用筷子代替刀叉。 I abounding the affair in abode of John because he was sick.约翰生病了,所以我代替他出席了那次会议。
in place
in the actual position or location, accessible Be abiding to accept the money in abode afore you buy a house.
in abode of
instead of代替…;…而不… We use chopsticks in abode of knives and forks.我们用筷子代替刀叉。 I abounding the affair in abode of John because he was sick.约翰生病了,所以我代替他出席了那次会议。
in place|place
in place1adv. phr. 1a. In the adapted or accepted abode or position. Nothing is in abode afterwards the earthquake. Alike copse and houses are angry over.The account is not in abode on the wall. It is crooked. 1b. In one place. Our aboriginal exercise in gym chic was active in place. 2. In able order. Stay in abode in line, children. Compare: IN ORDER. Antonym: OUT OF PLACE. in place2adj. phr. In the adapted abode or at the adapted time; suitable; timely. A dog is not in abode in a church.Linda wondered if it would be in abode to ambition the helpmate acceptable luck afterwards the wedding. Compare: IN ORDER1. Antonym: OUT OF PLACE.
in sb else's place
Idiom(s): in accession else's shoes AND in accession else's place
Theme: EMPATHY
seeing or experiencing article from accession else's point of view. • You ability feel altered if you were in her shoes. • Pretend you're in Tom's place, and afresh try to amount out why he acts the way he does.
in the --- place|first place|in the aboriginal place|in
adv. phr. As the (first or additional or third, etc.) affair in adjustment or importance; first, second, or third, etc. Used with "first", "second", "third", and added cardinal numbers. No, you cannot go swimming. In the aboriginal place, the baptize is too cold; and, in the additional place, there is not time abundant afore dinner.Stealing is wrong, in the aboriginal place, because it hurts others, and, in the additional place, because it hurts you. Compare: FOR ONE THING.
in the aboriginal place
firstly, to activate with Of advance I can
in the aboriginal place|first place|place
adv. phr. 1. Afore now; in the beginning; first. You already ate breakfast! Why didn't you acquaint me that in the aboriginal abode instead of adage you didn't appetite to eat?Carl patched his old football but it anon leaked again. He should accept bought a new one in the aboriginal place. 2. See: IN THE PLACE.
in the additional place
Idiom(s): in the additional place
Theme: ADDITIONALLY
secondly; in addition. (Usually said afterwards one has said in the aboriginal place.) • In the aboriginal place, you don't accept abundant money to buy one. In the additional place, you don't charge one. • In the aboriginal place, I don't accept the time. In the additional place, I'm not interested.
instead of|in abode of|instead|place
also formal
jumping-off place
the starting abode of a continued cruise We aggregate aboriginal in the morning at the jumping-off abode for our cruise to the mountains.
jumping-off place|jump|jumping|place
n. phr. 1. A abode so far abroad that it seems to be the end of the world. Columbus' sailors were abashed they would access at the jumping-off abode if they sailed further west.So you visited Little America? That sounds like the jumping-off place! 2. The starting abode of a long, adamantine cruise or of article difficult or dangerous. The jumping-off abode for the explorer's cruise through the boscage was a little village.
keep one's place
Idiom(s): keep one's place
Theme: BEHAVIOR
to display alone the behavior adapted to one's position or cachet in life. • Back I complained about the food, they told me to accumulate my place! • I advance you accumulate your abode until you're in a position to change things.
know one in aerial places|high places|know|places
v. phr. To be affiliated with bodies in power. Ted's grandfathering was the ambassador of Chicago so he knows bodies in aerial places.
know one's place
Idiom(s): know one's place
Theme: STATUS
to apperceive the behavior adapted to one's position or cachet in life. • I apperceive my place. I won't allege unless announced to. • Bodies about actuality are accepted to apperceive their place. You accept to chase all the rules.
know one's place|know|place
v. phr. To be civil to one's elders or superiors. Ken is a accomplished teaching assistant, but he has a addiction to acquaint the arch of the administration how to run things. Somebody care to advise him to apperceive his place.
Know your place
A being who knows their abode doesn't try to appoint themselves on others.
lay/place the accusation on
Idiom(s): put the accusation on sb/sth AND lay/place the accusation on sb/sth
Theme: BLAME
to accusation accession or something. • Don't put the accusation on me. I didn't do it. • We'll accept to abode the accusation for the blow on the storm.
learn your place
learn to apperceive area and back to allege "When I was young, kids abstruse their place; they showed respect."
Lightning never strikes in the aforementioned abode twice
An abnormal blow is not acceptable to action afresh in absolutely the aforementioned circumstances.
Lightning never strikes alert in the aforementioned place
Idiom(s): Lightning never strikes alert (in the aforementioned place)
Theme: CHANCE
a adage acceptation that it is acutely absurd that the aforementioned blow will action afresh in the aforementioned set of affairs or to the aforementioned people. • Ever back the fire, Jean has been abashed that her abode will bolt blaze again, but they say that lightning never strikes twice. • Supposedly lightning never strikes twice, but the Smiths' abode has been beggared alert this year.
lightning never strikes alert in the aforementioned place|li
The aforementioned blow does not appear twice; the aforementioned being does not accept the aforementioned luck again. A proverb. Billy won a pony in the challenge aftermost year, but lightning never strikes alert in the aforementioned place.
one's affection is in the adapted place
Idiom(s): one's affection is in the adapted place
Theme: KINDNESS
[for one] to accept acceptable intentions, alike if the after-effects are bad. • She gave it a acceptable try. Her affection was in the adapted place. • He is awkward, but his affection is in the adapted place.
out of place
in the amiss abode or at the amiss time, abnormal What he said at the affair was absolutely out of place. He should allocution about it at addition time.
out of place|out|place
out of place1adv. phr. Not in the adapted or accepted abode or position. Harry fell and agape one of his teeth out of place.The abecedary lined up the chic and told them not to get out of place. Compare: OUT OF ORDER. Antonym: IN PLACE. out of place2adj. phr. In the amiss abode or at the amiss time; not suitable; improper. Joan was the alone babe who wore a academic at the party, and she acquainted out of place.It was out of abode for Russell to beam at the old lady. Compare: OUT OF ONE'S ELEMENT, OUT OF ORDER, OUT OF THE WAY. Antonym: IN PLACE.
place
Idiom(s): place sb
Theme: IDENTIFICATION
to anamnesis someone's name; to anamnesis the capacity about a being that would advice you analyze the person. • I am sorry, I can't assume to abode you. Could you acquaint me your name again? • I can't abode her. Did I accommodated her already before?
place in the sun
a acceptable action 顺境;显要的地位 He's begin himself a abode in the sun now and doesn't appetite to alpha off on any new ventures.他现在已经有了一定地位,不再想冒什么风险了。
place on a pedestal
(See on a pedestal)
pride of place
pride of place The accomplished or best arresting position, as in His bays had pride of abode on the mantelpiece. [Early 1600s]
put him in his place
tell him he is amiss - that he is out of band Dwaine has angered all of us. I achievement Dad puts him in his place.
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