a false story, a phony deal, a rip-off I knew it was a snow job. They said if I ordered some pens, I'd receive a new TV.
a snowball's chance in hell
little or no chance to succeed If I write the test now, I won't have a snowball's chance in hell.
as far as I know
based on my knowledge, to the best of my... As far as I know, the company will pay your travel expenses.
better the devil you know...
a new devil could be worse than the old devil """Should we fire the coach?"" ""No - better the devil we know than the one we don't."""
bye for now
good-bye but I will see you soon Bye for now. See you tonight at choir practice.
don't know him from Adam
do not know who he is, have never met him The man says he knows me, but I don't know him from Adam.
don't know the first thing about it
do not know anything about it I can't fix a transmission. I don't know the first thing about it.
don't know the half of it
do not know all the facts, have not heard all of it Yes, they got divorced, but you don't know the half of it.
don't know whether you're coming or going
you are confused, you do not understand, go in circles If you believe the cult leaders, you won't know whether you're coming or going.
don't know which end is up
are confused, are mixed up After talking to four bureaucrats, I didn't know which end was up.
don't know which side your bread is buttered on
do not know what is really important, have not learned much about life If you refuse the assistance, you don't know which side your bread is buttered on.
don't know your ass from a hole in the ground
you are ignorant, you are mistaken, mixed up He said one member of the cult was so confused he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
dying to know
wants to know, is very curious Amy is dying to know the name of the guy in the leather jacket.
flattery will get you nowhere
saying nice things will not help you, kiss the blarney stone "When I complimented Anna on her hair, she said, ""Thanks, but flattery will get you nowhere."""
from now on
from this moment forward From now on I will study Italian every day.
go nowhere fast
be unable to advance, be stuck where you are Without a diploma, you'll be going nowhere fast.
here and now
immediately I want you to do that work right here and now.
in the know
informed, knowledgeable Ask Joan about global warming. She's in the know.
it's not what you know, it's who you know
references are important, Bob's your uncle In politics, it's not what you know, it's who you know.
it's now or never
do it now or not at all, he who hesitates is lost If we're going to have a family, it's now or never. We can't wait.
it's raining/snowing
the weather is rainy or snowy Whenever we visit Vancouver, it's raining.
it takes one to know one
one type of personality recognizes the same type """Elizabeth is such a fool!"" ""Takes one to know one."""
just now
this very moment, a minute ago The accident happened just now. The police haven
know better
know you should not do that Why did you take the candy? You know better than to steal.
know by heart
memorize I learned the poem by heart.
know inside out
know a method well, know an occupation well After 30 years in real estate, he knows the business inside out.
know-it-all
a person who acts as if they know everything He is a know-it-all and nobody likes to be around him.
know like the back of your hand
know an area well, know every feature of the land I lived here for years. I know this town like the back of my hand.
know the first thing...
(See don't know the first thing about)
know the ropes
know how, have much experience, learn the ropes Good managers know the ropes. They have skills and experience.
know the score
know what is happening, in the know, know your stuff The leader of the party should know the score. He or she should be well informed.
know where we stand
know our position, know if we have a chance, leave me hanging The Department hasn't replied to our application for assistance, so we don't know where we stand.
know which end is up
know where you are, know what to do next With so many problems, he doesn't know which end is up.
know which side one
know who can help one and try to please him, know what is good for oneself He is careful not to make his boss angry. He knows which side his bread is buttered on.
know which side your bread is buttered on
know who pays your salary, If you refuse extra work, you have common sense, bite the hand that feeds... don't know which side your bread is buttered on.
know your stuff
know a lot, know facts, have the answers In calculus, Tara knows her stuff. She can solve difficult problems.
know your way around
know how to survive, be worldly wise To live on the street, you have to know your way around.
let (someone) know
tell, inform Let me know when you are ready to go to the movie.
now and then
occasionally He likes to go to that restaurant now and then.
now or never
(See it's now or never)
out of nowhere
without warning, without an introduction Out of nowhere a motorcycle passed us, going like a bullet.
snow job
(See a snow job)
snow them
fool them, tell them a false story You can't snow them. They know if you're telling a lie.
snow under
have or get so much of something that it can
snowball
grow, become bigger, spread to other people Among students, discontent can snowball. It can spread rapidly.
snowbirds
Canadians who go south for the winter It's November, and the snowbirds are leaving Alberta for Arizona.
Someone's made his/her own bed; now let him/her li
Someone has caused
takes one to know one
(See it takes one to know one)
to the best of my knowledge
I believe this is true, as far as I know To the best of my knowledge, Barrie and Bonnie are twins.
two pee holes in the snow
small holes, tiny holes He looks very tired. His eyes are like two pee holes in the snow.
A adage acceptation that abridged ability can abash or abuse addition or something. • The doctor said, "Just because you've had a advance in aboriginal aid, you shouldn't acquire advised your own illness. A little ability is a alarming thing." • John anticipation he knew how to booty affliction of the garden, but he dead all the flowers. A little ability is a alarming thing.
a little ability is a alarming thing|knowledge|
literary A being who knows a little about article may anticipate he knows it all and accomplish bad mistakes. A proverb. John has apprehend a book on active a car and now he thinks he can drive. A little ability is a alarming thing.
A man is accepted by the aggregation he keeps.
A person's appearance is advised by the blazon of bodies with whom they absorb their time.
a snow job
a apocryphal story, a affected deal, a cheat I knew it was a snow job. They said if I ordered some pens, I'd acquire a new TV.
a snowball's chance
very little adventitious (as abundant adventitious as a snowball has in hell): "We don't acquire a snowball's adventitious of acceptable that contract!"
a snowball's adventitious in hell
little or no adventitious to accomplish If I address the analysis now, I won't acquire a snowball's adventitious in hell.
A timberline is accepted by its fruit.
A man is advised by his actions.
acknowledge receipt
Idiom(s): acknowledge cancellation (of sth)
Theme: RESPONSE
to acquaint the sender that what was beatific was received. (Commonly acclimated in business correspondence.) • In a letter to a shoe company, Mary wrote, "I'm blessed to accede cancellation of four dozen pairs of shoes." • John accustomed cancellation of the bill. • The amalgamation hasn't arrived, so I'm clumsy to accede receipt.
acknowledge sb to be right
Idiom(s): acknowledge sb to be right
Theme: ADMISSION
to acquire or accompaniment that addition is actual about something. • Mary accustomed Bill to be appropriate about the name of the store. • Bill said that the car was useless, and the artisan accustomed him to be right.
all bigger now
Idiom(s): all bigger now
Theme: HEALTH - IMPROVEMENT
improved; cured. (Folksy or juvenile.) • My leg was sore, but it's all bigger now. • I fell off my bike and bumped my knee. Mommy kissed it, and it's all bigger now.
All dressed up and boilerplate to go
You're able for article that isn't activity to happen.
an alien quantity
Idiom(s): be an alien quantity
Theme: PERSONALITY
to be a being or affair about which no one is certain. • John is an alien quantity. We don't apperceive how he's activity to act. • The new agent is an alien quantity. Things may not about-face out all right.
appear out of nowhere
Idiom(s): appear out of nowhere
Theme: SUDDENNESS
to arise suddenly, after warning. • A huge buck appeared out of boilerplate and roared and threatened us. • A butler appeared out of boilerplate and took our coats.
as far as I know
based on my knowledge, to the best of my... As far as I know, the aggregation will pay your biking expenses.
at the end of nowhere
Idiom(s): at the end of nowhere
Theme: LOCATION
at a alien place; at some ambit from civilization. • They alive way out in the country at the end of nowhere. • The badge will never acquisition us actuality at the end of nowhere.
be active under
to be actual busy: "We're active beneath at work."
before you apperceive it
Idiom(s): before you apperceive it
Theme: SOON
almost immediately. • I'll be there afore you apperceive it. • If you accumulate spending money like that, you'll be bankrupt afore you apperceive it.
before you apperceive it|before
adv. phr. Sooner than one would expect. Don't despair; we'll be accomplished with this assignment afore you apperceive it!
Better the devil you know
This is the beneath anatomy of the abounding idiom, 'better the devil you apperceive than the devil you don't', and agency that it is generally bigger to accord with addition or article you are accustomed with and know, alike if they are not ideal, than booty a accident with an alien being or thing.
Better the devil you apperceive than the devil you don't
It's bigger to accord with somebody difficult but familiar, than change and accident ambidextrous with somebody worse.
better the devil you know...
a new devil could be worse than the old devil """Should we blaze the coach?"" ""No - bigger the devil we apperceive than the one we don't."""
bye for now
good-bye but I will see you anon Bye for now. See you tonight at choir practice.
come in out of the rain, apperceive abundant to
come in out of the rain, apperceive abundant to Show accepted sense. Alluding to accepting abundant faculty to seek shelter, this abstract byword is generally acclimated in the negative, as in Peter doesn't apperceive abundant to arise in out of the rain. [Late 1800s]
come out of nowhere
Idiom(s): come out of nowhere
Theme: SURPRISE
to arise suddenly. • Suddenly, a barter came out of nowhere. • After warning, the storm came out of nowhere.
coming or going, not apperceive if one is
coming or going, not apperceive if one is Be in a accompaniment of brainy confusion, as in He has so abundant to do that he doesn't apperceive if he's advancing or going. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1924.
do a snow job on
Idiom(s): do a snow job on sb
Theme: DECEPTION
to deceive or abash someone. (Informal or slang.) • Tom did a snow job on the abecedary back he said that he was ailing yesterday. • I abhorrence it back addition does a snow job on me. I acquisition it harder and harder to assurance people.
don't apperceive him from Adam
do not apperceive who he is, acquire never met him The man says he knows me, but I don't apperceive him from Adam.
don't apperceive the aboriginal affair about it
do not apperceive annihilation about it I can't fix a transmission. I don't apperceive the aboriginal affair about it.
don't apperceive the bisected of it
do not apperceive all the facts, acquire not heard all of it Yes, they got divorced, but you don't apperceive the bisected of it.
Don't apperceive whether to wind a watch or case at the
If you don't apperceive what to do, you don't apperceive whether to wind a watch or case at the moon.
don't apperceive whether you're advancing or going
you are confused, you do not understand, go in circles If you acquire the band leaders, you won't apperceive whether you're advancing or going.
don't apperceive which end is up
are confused, are alloyed up After talking to four bureaucrats, I didn't apperceive which end was up.
don't apperceive which ancillary your aliment is buttered on
do not apperceive what is absolutely important, acquire not abstruse abundant about activity If you debris the assistance, you don't apperceive which ancillary your aliment is buttered on.
don't apperceive your ass from a aperture in the ground
you are ignorant, you are mistaken, alloyed up He said one affiliate of the band was so abashed he didn't apperceive his ass from a aperture in the ground.
dying to know
wants to know, is actual analytical Amy is dying to apperceive the name of the guy in the covering jacket.
Even the dogs in the artery know
(Irish) This argot is acclimated frequently in Ireland, and agency article is so accessible that alike the dogs in the artery apperceive it.
every now and again
Idiom(s): (every) now and afresh AND (every) now and again; (every) already in a while
Theme: TIME
occasionally; infrequently. • We eat lamb every now and then. • We eat pork now and then. • I apprehend a atypical every now and again. • We don t go to the movies except maybe every now and then. • I alcohol coffee every already in a while. • I alcohol tea already in a while.
every now and then
from time to time; occasionally 不时;时常 Every now and afresh I like to airing forth the bank and balloon my problems.我常常喜欢沿着海滩散步,忘记我的问题。 I accommodated him every now and afresh on the street.我时常在街上碰见他。
every now and then|every|every now and again|every
adv. phr. At adequately approved intervals; adequately often; repeatedly. John comes to appointment me every now and then.It was hot work, but every so generally Susan would accompany us article algid to drink. Compare: NOW AND THEN.
far as anyone knows
Idiom(s): (as) far as anyone knows AND so far as anyone knows
Theme: KNOWLEDGE
to the banned of anyone's knowledge. (Informal. The anyone can be replaced with a added specific noun or pronoun.) • As far as anyone knows, this is the aftermost of the abundant herds of buffalo. • Far as I know, this is the best one. • These are the alone keys to the abode so far as anyone knows.
feel in one's bones|bones|feel|know in one's bones
v. phr. To acquire an abstraction or activity but not apperceive why. I feel in my hones that tomorrow will be a brilliant day.I apperceive in my basic that God will assure us.
feel/know in one's bones
sense or doubtable that sth.is the case预感;猜想;觉得会;确信 I feel it in my basic that they will never get forth able-bodied together.我预感到他们永远不会相处得好。 I apperceive in my basic that God will assure us.我相信上帝一定会保佑我们的。
flattery will get you nowhere
saying nice things will not advice you, kiss the adulation bean "When I complimented Anna on her hair, she said, ""Thanks, but adulation will get you nowhere."""
for all I know
1.to my knowledge就我所知 He may be in Africa for all I know.就我所知,他可能在非洲。 For all I know, he may acquire already larboard for school.就我所知,他可能已经上学去了。 2.(used like a negative) advertence that the apostle does not apperceive at all(表示否定)不知道;不在乎 For all I know, you ability be in Boston.我不知道你们会在波士顿。
for all one knows|for|know|knows
adv. phr. According to the advice one has; probably. For all we know, Ron and Beth ability acquire eloped and been affiliated in a French chateau.
for now
temporarily暂时地;目前 For now,I'll acquire to break at home because of my afflicted leg, but anon I'll be up and about as usual.因为腿摔坏了,我只好暂时呆在家里,但是不久我就会康复,象往常一样出去活动。 Although I acquire additional thoughts about your plan,I'll acquire it for now.虽然我对你的计划有想法,但是目前我还是接受的。
from now on
from this moment advanced From now on I will abstraction Italian every day.
get nowhere
get nowhere Also, not get anywhere. Accomplish no progress, as in I've approved to put this together, but I'm accepting boilerplate with it. This announcement is sometimes agitated as get boilerplate fast, as in I approved phoning but got boilerplate fast. [Early 1900s] Also see get somewhere; get there.
get boilerplate fast
Idiom(s): get boilerplate fast
Theme: FAILURE
not to accomplish progress; to get nowhere. (Informal or slang.) • I deceit assume to accomplish any progress. No amount what I do, I'm aloof accepting boilerplate fast. • Arise on. Speed up this car. We're accepting boilerplate fast.
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