Nghĩa là gì: birthdays 
birthday /'bə:θdei/
birthday /'bə:θdei/- danh từ
- ngày sinh; lễ sinh nhật
- birthday present: quà tặng vào dịp ngày sinh
- birthday suit
- (đùa cợt) da (người)
- ngày sinh; lễ sinh nhật
bad old days Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a month of Sundays
dog days of summer
fish and company stink after three days
month of Sundays
one of these days
one of those days
seen better days
spend holidays
one's days are numbered
Idiom(s): one's days are numberedTheme: ENDINGS
[for someone] to face death or dismissal.
• If I don’t get this contract, my days are numbered at this company.
• Uncle Tom has a terminal disease. His days are numbered.
nine days' wonder
Idiom(s): nine days' wonderTheme: NOVELTY
something that is of interest to people only for a short time.
• Don't worry about the story about you in the newspaper. It'll be a nine days' wonder, and then people will forget.
• The elopement of Jack and Anne was a nine days' wonder. Now people never mention it.
in one's salad days
Idiom(s): in one's salad daysTheme: AGE - YOUTH
in one's youth. (Usually formal or literary. Comparing the greenness of a salad with the greenness, or freshness and inexperience, of youth.)
• I recall the joys I experienced in the warm summer air in my salad days.
• In our salad days, we were apt to get into all sorts of mischief on the weekends.
in all one's born days
Idiom(s): in all one's born daysTheme: TIME - DURATION
ever; in all one's life. (Folksy.)
• I’ve never been so angry in all my born days.
• Have you ever heard such a thing in all your born days?
have seen better days
Idiom(s): have seen better daysTheme: WORTHLESSNESS
to be worn or worn out. (Informal.)
• This coat has seen better days. I need a new one.
• Oh, my old legs ache. I've seen better days, but everyone has to grow old.
for days on end
Idiom(s): for days on endTheme: TIME - DURATION
for many days.
• We kept on traveling for days on end.
• Doctor, I’ve had this pain for days on end.
in a month of Sundays
Idiom(s): in a coon's age AND in a month of SundaysTheme: TIME
in a very long time. (Folksy. The coon is a raccoon.)
• How are you? I haven't seen you in a coon's age.
• I haven't had a piece of apple pie this good in a coon's age.
• John hasn't seen a movie in a month of Sundays.
All days are short to Industry and long to Idlenes
Time goes by slowly when you have nothing to do.One of these days is none of these days.
'One of these days' remains vague.Days are numbered
When someone’s days are numbered, they are expected to die soon.Dog days
Dog days are very hot summer days.Salad days
Your salad days are an especially happy period of your life.days are numbered|day|days|number|numbered
(Someone or something) does not have long to live or stay. The days of the old school building are numbered. When a man becomes ninety years old, his days are numbered.dog days|day|days|dog
n. phr. The hottest days of the year in the Northern Hemisphere (July and August). (The ancient Romans associated this time with the "Dog Star"
Sirius which becomes visible in the heavens at this time of year.) "The dog days are upon us," John said. "It's time to go swimming in the lake."for days on end|day|days|for
adv. phr. For a long time; for many days. The American tourists tried to get used to Scottish pronunciation for days on end, but still couldn't understand what the Scots were saying.heavenly days!|day|days|heavenly
interj., informal Exclamation of amazement and disbelief with negative coloring. Heavenly days! Look what happened! The dog did it again on the Persian carpet!Compare: GOOD GRIEF!
in days to come|day|days|in weeks to come|in years
adv. phr. In the future. In the years to come I will be thinking of my father's advice about life.month of Sundays|Sunday|Sundays|month
n. phr., informal A very long time. Used for emphasis after "for" or "in" and usually with a negative verb. I have not had devil's food cake in a month of Sundays. When he got her first letter, he felt that he had not heard from her for a month of Sundays. Synonym: DOG'S AGE.
one of these days|day|days|one|some|some of these
adv. phr. Someday; sometime soon. One of these days Herbert will be famous. I'm going to do that sewing some of these days.salad days|day|days|salad
n. phr., informal The period of one's youth; a period of inexperience. He was silly and immature during his salad days in high school.week of Sundays|Sunday|Sundays|week
n. phr. A long time; seven weeks. I haven't seen them in a week of Sundays.days are numbered, one's
days are numbered, one'sAlso, its days are numbered. The usefulness or life of someone or something is nearly ended. For example, When they announced the layoffs, she knew her days at the company were numbered, or My car's days are numbered—the transmission is shot. A version of this expression appears in the Bible (Daniel 5:26): “God hath numbered thy kingdom and finished it.” It came into common use in the late 1800s.
heavenly days
heavenly daysAn exclamation similar to for heaven's sake. See under for one's sake, def. 3.
month of Sundays, a
month of Sundays, aA long time, as in I haven't seen Barbara in a month of Sundays. This expression, which would literally mean thirty weeks, has been used hyperbolically since it was first recorded in 1832. One writer suggests it originally connoted a long dreary time, since games and other kinds of amusement used to be forbidden on Sunday.
seen better days, have
seen better days, haveBe worn out, have fallen into a state of decline, as in This chair has seen better days, or The family business has seen better days. This term was first used by Shakespeare to describe a decline of fortune (Timon of Athens, 4:2) but soon was broadened to describe aging or deterioration in both humans and objects.
the bad old days
A accomplished aeon of worse times. Often acclimated to call a time that one believes was not as good, enjoyable, or accelerating as the accepted period. I'm old abundant to bethink the bad old canicule back it was atrocious for a woman to assignment alfresco of the home. You girls are advantageous to be so abstruse and accept activating careers. Those were the bad old canicule back my abasement was absolutely debilitating. I'm abundantly afraid by how abundant this new medication and approved analysis accept helped.Learn more: bad, days, oldthe ˈgood/ˈbad old days
an beforehand aeon of time in your activity or in history that is apparent as better/worse than the present: That was in the bad old canicule of actual aerial inflation.Learn more: bad, days, good, old
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see through rose-colored glasses see with half an eye seed seek seen better days, have seen one, seen them all seize sell sell a bill of goods the angel in the house the answer to somebody's prayers the answer's a lemon the apple does not fall far from the tree the apple doesn't fall/never falls far from the tree the apple falls not far from the tree the apple never falls far from the tree the apple of (one's) eye the apple of somebody's eye the apple of your eye the armpit of (some place) the armpit of somewhere the arse is gone right out of her the ass end of creation the avant-garde the avs the awkward age the awkward squad the ax(e) the ayes have it the B the baby needs shoes the back of (one's) hand the back of beyond the back-room boys the bad old days the balance of power the ball is in (one's) court the ball is in court the ball is in someone's court the ball is in your court the ball is in your/somebody's court the balloon goes up the bamboo curtain the bane of (one's) life the bane of somebody's life/existence the bare bones the bases are loaded the bats the battle lines are drawn the battle of the sexes the be-all and end-all the beaten path the beaten road is the safest the beaten track the beau monde the beautiful people the beauty of the beauty of (something) the beauty of something/of doing something the Bechdel test
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