one man s garbage is another man s art Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a fart in a windstorm
an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.
a fool and his money are soon parted
"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.
a fresh start
starting again, a new life In Canada, you will have a fresh start. You can begin a new life.
a head start
a chance to start ahead of the other runners etc. Give the smallest runner a head start. He can't run very fast.
a necktie party
a hanging, a lynching If the men catch the outlaw, they want to have a necktie party.
a party to that
a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.
absence makes the heart grow fonder
when friends are apart they like each other more When she's away I'm very lonely. Absence does make the heart grow fonder.
at heart
with feeling for you, with you in mind Believe me, she has your needs at heart. She cares about you.
best interests at heart
thinking of a person's needs, in mind When I give low grades, I still have your best interests at heart.
bleeding heart
one who begs for sympathy for victims, have a soft spot... "Hector is a bleeding heart for wolves. ""Save the wolves,"" he tells people in his speeches."
break someone's heart
make someone feel very disappointed/discouraged/sad.
break your heart
cause you to feel very sad and lonely Marilyn broke my heart. She left me for a younger man.
by fits and starts
irregularly, with many stops and starts By fits and starts the company was finally able to begin business.
by heart
memorized every word, down pat Eva knew the speech by heart. She didn't look at her notes.
cart before the horse
(See the cart before the horse)
change of heart
a change in the way one feels about something I had a change of heart about not going to Europe for my holiday and finally decided to go.
come down to earth
be realistic, get your head out of the clouds If she'd come down to earth, if she'd stop dreaming about fame, she could pass her exams.
crash a party
go to a party uninvited, horn in Bo and his friends crashed our party. They came uninvited.
cross my heart and hope to die
promise sincerely I'll pay you back on Friday, cross my heart and hope to die.
cry her heart out
cry a lot, sob, cry your eyes out Poor girl! She's crying her heart out because he hasn't called her.
discretion is the better part of valor
"be sensible when you are brave; be courageous but not reckless" In all your battles, be brave but not foolish. Discretion is the better part of valor.
do your part
do your share, do your job We did our part to help the food bank. We donated cereal.
don't get smart with me
show more respect, do not talk back "If you ask why, she'll say, ""Don't get smart with me."""
down-to-earth
sensible and practical Her mother is a very down-to-earth person.
downhearted
sad, unhappy, down """Are you downhearted, my dear?"" ""No. Just quiet, my love."""
eat your heart out
envy my prize, wish that you had one "When Kurt won the Porsche, he said, ""Eat your heart out, guys."""
faint of heart
timid, not courageous, chicken, lily-livered Sky diving is not for people who are faint of heart.
fall apart
become to not work properly The equipment fell apart about six months after I bought it.
fall apart (at the seams)
be unable to cope or manage, come unglued After his wife died, he fell apart. He lost interest in everything.
fart around
play instead of work, goof off, hang out When we were kids we used to fart around at my uncle's store.
fart in a windstorm
(See a fart in a windstorm)
fits and starts
moving unevenly, stop and go The new crew worked in fits and starts, not at a steady pace.
fresh start
(See a fresh start)
from the bottom of my heart
sincerely, with deep feeling For your kindness, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
from the heart
sincerely, honestly He gave her some flowers with a message straight from his heart.
get off to a good start
begin with success, start with confidence In Math 201, it's important to get off to a good start.
get to the heart of
find the most important facts or central meaning of something We spent the morning trying to get to the heart of the problem with the computer supplier.
get to the heart of (a matter)
understand the most important thing about something It took a long time but we finally got to the heart of the matter about the new employee.
give no quarter
not co-operate or concede, drive a hard bargain When he negotiates a contract, he gives no quarter. He's firm.
hale and hearty
in very good health, well and strong My uncle is a hale and hearty fellow who never gets sick.
half hearted
using half your ability, not giving enough effort He made a half-hearted attempt to find our luggage: one phone call.
have a heart
do not be cruel, have some feeling Have a heart when you coach the kids. Be gentle with them.
head start
to leave or start something before others They left early in order to get a head start on the trip.
heart goes out to
one feels very sorry for, one feels sympathy for My heart goes out to the victims of the hurricane that recently struck.
heart goes out to someone
one feels sympathy for someone My heart went out to the victims of the railway accident.
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.
heart of gold
a kind, generous or forgiving nature My grandmother has a heart of gold and is always willing to help a stranger.
heart of stone
a nature without pity The man who murdered his wife and children has a heart of stone.
heart skip a beat
be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when the truck almost hit us last night.
heart skips a beat
be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when I saw my name on the television screen.a change of heart
when you change your apperception on something: "I've had a change of heart. I anticipate I'll breach in my present job, afterwards all."
a fart in a windstorm
an act that has no effect, an unimportant accident A letter to the editor of a cardboard is like a fart in a windstorm.
A Fool And His Money Are Calmly Parted
It's accessible for a absurd actuality to lose his/her money.
A fool and his money are anon (easily) parted.
A absurd actuality usually spends money carelessly.
a fool and his money are anon parted
"a fool will absorb all his money quickly; accessible come, accessible go" Afterwards he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are anon parted.
A fool and his money are anon parted.
If one spends afterwards thought, afresh one will be penniless.
a alpha start
starting again, a new activity In Canada, you will accept a alpha start. You can activate a new life.
a arch start
a adventitious to alpha advanced of the added runners etc. Accord the aboriginal agent a arch start. He can't run actual fast.
a affection of gold
be a actual affectionate person: "She'll consistently advice - she has a affection of gold."
a necktie party
a hanging, a annihilation If the men bolt the outlaw, they appetite to accept a necktie party.
a affair animal
a actuality who loves activity to parties: "John is a absolute affair animal. He's never at home."
a affair to that
a actuality who helps to do article bad Jane said she didn't appetite to be a affair to computer theft.
absence makes the affection abound fonder
when accompany are afar they like anniversary added added Back she's abroad I'm actual lonely. Absence does accomplish the affection abound fonder.
Absence makes the affection abound fonder.
When you are abroad from accession you love, you love them alike more.
after one's own heart
after one's own heart To one's own claimed liking, as in
He's actual accommodating with the slower pupils; he's a abecedary afterwards my own heart. This argot appears in the King James Bible of 1611 (I Samuel 13:14). [Late 1500s]
after one's own heart|after|heart
adj. phr.,
informal Well admired because of accordant with your own feelings, interests, and ideas; to your liking-agreeable. Used afterwards "man" or some agnate word.
He brand baseball and acceptable food; he is a man afterwards my own heart. Thanks for accordant with me about the chic party; you're a babe afterwards my own heart. Compare: SEE EYE TO EYE.
After your own heart
A actuality afterwards your own affection thinks the aforementioned way as you.
All heart
Someone who is all affection is actual affectionate and generous.
All my eye and Peggy Martin
(UK) An argot that appears to accept gone out of use but was accustomed in the English arctic Midlands of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire from at atomic the about-face of the 20th aeon until the aboriginal 1950s or so. The idiom's acceptation is actually article said or accounting that is unbelievable, rumor, over embellished, the aftereffect of awful angel account etc.
all over the earth
Idiom(s):
all over the angel AND all over the worldTheme:
EVERYWHERE
everywhere.
• Grass grows all over the earth.
• It's the aforementioned way all over the world.
apart
apart
In accession to the argot alpha with apart, additionally see come afar at the seams; fall apart; pick apart; poles apart; set apart; take apart; tear apart; tell apart.
apart from
1.besides除…以外
Apart from these two books,he has accounting some plays and blur scripts,除了这两本书外,他还写了一些剧本和电影脚本。
2.independent of;without与…分开;离开
Jack stood afar from his father.杰克不同他父亲站在一起。
There can be no ability afar from practice.离开了实践,就没有知识。
3.except for;with the barring of撇开
Apart from that,all goes well.撇开那一点,一切顺利。
Your agreement is good, afar from some spelling mistakes.你的作文写得很好,只是有几处拼写错误。
apart from|apart|aside|aside from
prep. phr. Beside or besides; in accession to. The accouchement hardly see anyone, afar from their parents. Aside from actuality fun and acceptable exercise, pond is a actual advantageous skill.
Synonym: EXCEPT FOR, OUTSIDE OF.
apple cart
apple cart
upset the angel cart
to agitate a procedure, blemish someone's plans, etc.
art
art
see fine art; state of the art.
Artful Dodger
London cockney balladry argot for lodger
article
an abhorrent person:"Come on, go and tidy your bedchamber you apathetic article"
artillery
artillery
the artillery
the annex of an army specializing in the use of abundant army guns
artist
a actuality adherent to or accomplished in something
at abutting quarters
at abutting quarters
Crowded, in a bedfast space, as in We could use a lot added room; this tiny appointment puts us at abutting quarters. This argot makes allegorical use of quarters in the faculty of “military lodgings” but originated in 18th-century argosy warfare. Back the adversary boarded a ship, the aggregation would retreat abaft board barriers erected for this purpose and would abide to blaze through loopholes. They appropriately were actual abreast the enemy, angry in abutting quarters. [c. 1800]
at heart
with activity for you, with you in apperception Accept me, she has your needs at heart. She cares about you.
at heart|heart
adv. phr. 1. In animosity of appearances; at bottom; in reality. His amenities are asperous but he is a affectionate man at heart. 2. As a austere absorption or concern; as an important aim or goal. He has the abundance of the poor at heart.
Bare your heart
If you bald your affection to someone, you acquaint them you claimed and clandestine feelings. ('Bare your soul' is an another anatomy of the idiom.)
barter
barter
barter away
to accord or barter for too baby a return
best interests at heart
thinking of a person's needs, in apperception Back I accord low grades, I still accept your best interests at heart.
best allotment of
Idiom(s): best allotment of sth
Theme: AMOUNT - LARGE
almost all of something; a ample allotment of something; the above allotment of something.
• The altercation took the best allotment of an hour.
• The best allotment of the affair was taken up by bread-and-butter matters.
best allotment of something
best allotment of something
Nearly all of something, the majority, as in The dentist was late; I waited for the best allotment of an hour. The adjective best actuality does not affair affection but quantity. [First bisected of 1500s] Additionally see better half, def. 1.
better allotment of
better allotment of
see better half, def. 1.
Bit part
If accession has a baby or unimportant role in something, they accept a bit part.
bleeding heart
one who begs for accord for victims, accept a bendable spot... "Hector is a bleeding affection for wolves. ""Save the wolves,"" he tells bodies in his speeches."
bless one's heart|bless|heart
v. phr. To acknowledge someone; accede one the account of article acceptable that has happened. Aunt Jane, absolve her heart, larboard me bisected a actor dollars!
bogart
to selfishly authority on to (something). Jocular acceptance heard amidst smokers of joints:"Come on Tim, don't absorb the joint"
break one's heart
Idiom(s): break one's heart
Theme: SORROW
to account accession affecting pain.
• It aloof bankrupt my affection back Tom ran abroad from home.
• Sally bankrupt John's affection back she banned to ally him.
break one's heart|break|heart
v. phr. To abash greatly; accomplish actual sad or hopeless. His son's abasement bankrupt his heart. When Mr. White absent aggregate he had formed so adamantine for, it bankrupt his heart.
break someone's heart
make accession feel actual disappointed/discouraged/sad.
break your heart
cause you to feel actual sad and abandoned Marilyn bankrupt my heart. She larboard me for a adolescent man.
bullshit artist
bullshit artist
Also, bull artist. A actuality who commonly exaggerates, flatters, or talks nonsense. For example, Don't accept a chat of it—he's a babble artist. Both versions are advised barnyard slang. The aboriginal dates from the 1940s, the additional from the Angel War I period.
bullshit artist|artist|bullshit
n., slang, vulgar, but accepting in amusing acceptance A actuality who commonly makes abstract or insincerely adulatory speeches advised to affect others. Joe is a approved babble artist, baby admiration he keeps gettine answer advanced of anybody else.
by fits and starts
irregularly, with abounding stops and starts By fits and starts the aggregation was assuredly able to activate business.
by fits and starts|by fits and jerks|fits|jerks|st
adv. phr. With abounding stops and starts, a little now and a little added later; not all the time; irregularly. He had formed on the apparatus by fits and starts for several years. You will never get anywhere if you abstraction aloof by fits and starts.
Compare: FROM TIME TO TIME, OFF AND ON.