ties Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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bevy of beauties

a group of beautiful women, a few lovelies Mr. Gable returned to Hollywood and his bevy of beauties.

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dirties

(See dirty laundry)

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dirty thirties

"1930s, when drought caused hardship on the prairie; dirty thirties" During the dirty thirties, soil drifted into the ditches and crops wouldn't grow.

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hungry thirties

(See dirty thirties)

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Mounties

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) The Mounties, Canada's police force, were once called Redcoats.

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Roaring Twenties

the decade following World War I (1920-1929) In the Roaring Twenties, ladies had short hair with kiss curls.

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take liberties

act toward someone in too close or friendly a manner, use someone as one would a close friend or something of one

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bump titties

to fight

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in large quantities

in a large amount大量地
He buys cotton in large quantities．他买进大量棉花。

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take liberties with

be free with 对…举止随便；调戏
The rascal was punished for taking liberties with a girl．那个流氓因调戏一位姑娘而受到了惩处。
You must stop taking liberties with her．你切勿对她太随便。
Don't take liberties with the young lady．不要调戏那位小姐。

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find someone in the kitchen at parties

refer to someone who doesn't like mixing socially: "You'll always find Kevin in the kitchen at parties."

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face up to responsibilities

accept responsibilities: "You need to face up to your responsibilities - it's time you got a job and started to save money."

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gay nineties|gay|nineties

n. The years between 1890 and 1900; remembered as a happy exciting time. Ladies wore large hats in the gay nineties. Picnics were popular in the gay nineties.

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take liberties|liberties|take

v. phr. To act toward in too close or friendly a manner; use as you would use a close friend or something of your own. Mary would not let any boy take liberties with her. Bill took liberties with Tom's bicycle.
Compare: MAKE FREE WITH.

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bare necessities

bare necessities
Just sufficient resources, with nothing to spare. For example, The room was furnished with just the bare necessities—bed, table, chair. This idiom uses bare in the sense of “mere, and nothing else,” a usage dating from about 1200.