heavy hair dressing, thick hair oil None of that greasy kid's stuff on my hair. I use a natural product.
in your mind's eye
in a picture in your mind, in your memory In my mind's eye, I can see her face - clearer than a photo.
D's
an expensive brand of alloy wheels: "Rollin' in my fo' on D's, hittin' the switches" Dr. Dre (Let me ride [1992])
in one's mind's eye
Idiom(s): in one's mind's eye
Theme: IMAGINATION
in one's mind. (Refers to visualizing something in one's mind.) • In my mind's eye, I can see trouble ahead. • In her mind's eye, she could see a beautiful building beside the river. She decided to design such a building.
child's play
Idiom(s): child's play
Theme: EASY
something very easy to do. • The test was child's play to her. • Finding the right street was child's play with a map.
bird's-eye view
Idiom(s): bird's-eye view
Theme: HEIGHT
a view seen from high above. (Refers to the height of a flying bird.) • We got a bird's-eye view of Cleveland as the plane began its descent. • From the top of the tower you get a splendid bird's-eye view of the village.
all around Robin Hood's barn
Idiom(s): all around Robin Hood's barn
Theme: EVERYWHERE
going somewhere not by a direct route; going way out of the way [to get somewhere]; by a long and circuitous route. • We had to go all around Robin Hood's barn to get to the little town. • She walked all around Robin Hood's barn looking for a shop that sold Finnish glassware.
a bird's-eye view of
Idiom(s): a bird's-eye view of sth
Theme: SUMMARY
a brief survey of something; a hasty look at something. (Refers to the smallness of a bird's eye.) • The course provides a bird's-eye view of the works of Mozart, but it doesn't deal with them in enough detail for your purpose. • All you need is a bird's-eye view of the events of World War II to pass the test.
Bird's eye view
If you have a bird's eye view of something, you can see it perfectly clearly.
Nod's as good as a wink
(UK) 'A nod's as good as a wink' is a way of saying you have understood something that someone has said, even though it was not said directly. The full phrase (sometimes used in the UK ) is 'a nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse'.
Sod's law
Sod's law states that if something can go wrong then it will.
child's play|child|play
adj. Easy; requiring no effort. Mary's work as a volunteer social worker is so agreeable to her that she thinks of it as child's play.
in one's mind's eye|eye|mind|mind's eye
adv. phr. In the memory; in the imagination. In his mind's eye he saw again the house he had lived in when he was a child.In his mind's eye, he could see just what the vacation was going to be like.
at sword's point
at sword's point Also, at swords' points. Antagonistic, hostile, as in Father and son were at swords' points. Dating from the days when swords were used to settle quarrels, the idiom today generally signifies only a bitter quarrel.
for God's sake
for God's sake Also, for goodness sake. See for the sake of, def. 3.
An D's idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with D's, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
相似词典,不同的措词,同义词,成语 成语 D's