 Idioms Beginning With 'U' |
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U-turn
If a government changes its position radically on an issue, especially when they have promised not to do so, this is a U-turn.
Ugly as a stick
(USA) If someone is as ugly as a stick, they are very ugly in(07/09/2007 13:07:27,112) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'T' |
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Tables are turned
When the tables are turned, the situation has changed giving the advantage to the party who had previously been at a disadvantage.
Tackle an issue
If you tackle an issue or problem, you resolve(07/09/2007 13:03:06,212) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'S' |
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Sacred cow
Something that is a sacred cow is held in such respect that it cannot be criticised or attacked.
Safe and sound
If you arrive safe and sound, then nothing has harmed you on your way.
Safe bet(07/09/2007 13:01:03,190) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'R' |
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Rack and ruin
If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked.
Rack your brain
If you rack your brain, you think very hard when trying to remember something. ('Rack your brai(07/09/2007 12:59:50,140) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'Q' |
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Quart into a pint pot
(UK) If you try to put or get a quart into a pint pot, you try to put too much in a small space. (1 quart = 2 pints)
Queen of Hearts
A woman who is pre-eminent in her area is a Queen of Hea(07/09/2007 12:58:15,96) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'P' |
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Packed like sardines
If a place is extremely crowded, people are packed like sardines, or packed in like sardines.
Paddle your own canoe
(USA) If you paddle your own canoe, you do things for yourself without out(07/09/2007 12:55:32,147) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'O' |
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Object lesson
An object lesson serves as a warning to others. (In some varieties of English 'abject lesson' is used.)
Odds and ends
Odds and ends are small, remnant articles and things- the same as bits and bobs(07/09/2007 12:46:40,176) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'N' |
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Nail in the coffin
A nail in someone or something's coffin is a problem or event that is a clear step towards an inevitable failure.
Nail-biter
If a game, election, contest, etc, is a nail-biter, it is exciting (07/09/2007 12:45:47,126) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'M' |
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Mad as a badger
If someone is as mad as a badger, they are crazy.
Mad as a hornet
(USA) If someone is as mad as a hornet, they are very angry indeed.
Mad as a March hare
Someone who is excitabl(07/09/2007 12:44:12,140) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'L' |
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Labor of love
A labor of love is a project or task undertaking for the interest or pleasure in doing it rather than the reward, financial or otherwise.
Labour of love
A labour of love is a project or task undert(07/09/2007 12:40:06,173) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'K' |
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Kangaroo court
When people take the law into their own hands and form courts that are not legal, these are known as kangaroo court.
Keen as mustard
(UK) If someone is very enthusiastic, they are as keen as musta(07/09/2007 12:38:48,110) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'J' |
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Jack Frost
If everything has frozen in winter, then Jack Frost has visited.
Jack-of-all-trades
A jack-of-all-trades is someone that can do many different jobs.
Jam tomorrow
(UK) This idiom is u(07/09/2007 12:36:42,77) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'I' |
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I hereby give notice of my intention
Hereby is used sometimes in formal, official declarations and statements to give greater force to the speaker' or the writer's affirmation. People will say it sometimes to emphasise their sinc(07/09/2007 12:35:29,95) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'H' |
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Hair of the dog
If someone has a hair of the dog, they have an alcoholic drink as a way of getting rid of a hangover, the unpleasant effects of having drunk too much alcohol the night before. It is commonly used as a way of excus(07/09/2007 12:30:11,125) [查看全文] |
| Idioms Beginning With 'G' |
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Game plan
A game plane is a strategy.
Garbage in, garbage out
If a computer system or database is built badly, then the results will be bad.
Gardening leave
(UK) If someone is paid for a period(07/09/2007 12:25:25,128) [查看全文] |
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