Nghĩa là gì: bullfinches 
bullfinch /'bulfintʃ/
bullfinch /'bulfintʃ/- danh từ
- (động vật học) chin sẻ ức đỏ
- hàng rào có hố đằng sau (cho ngựa đua nhảy qua)
inches Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
by inches|inch|inches
adv. phr. By small or slow degrees; little by little; gradually. The river was rising by inches. They got a heavy wooden beam under the barn for a lever, and managed to move it by inches. He was dying by inches.where the shoe pinches|pinches|shoe|where
n. phr., informal Where or what the discomfort or trouble is. Johnny thinks the job is easy, but he will find out where the shoe pinches when he tries it. The coach said he wasn't worried about any position except quarterback; that was where the shoe pinched.by inches
by inchesAlso, inch by inch. Gradually, bit by bit, as in We found ourselves in rush hour traffic, moving by inches. Shakespeare used this term in Coriolanus (5:4): “They'll give him death by inches.” Despite the increasing use of metric measurements, it survives, often as an exaggeration of the actual circumstance. The phrase to inch along, first recorded in 1812, means “to move bit by bit,” as in There was a long line at the theater, just inching along.
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An inches idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with inches, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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