RNA 成语

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dead as a doornail

dead, showing no signs of life, stone dead It's only a stuffed bear. It's dead as a doornail.

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round robin (tournament or contest)

game or contest in which each player or team plays every other player or team in turn The round robin tournament was held in order to choose the championship team for the city.

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smoke like a furnace

smoke a lot of cigarettes, chain smoke He died of lung cancer. He used to smoke like a furnace.

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what in tarnation

what is this? what the hell What in tarnation? Where did you get that dinosaur?

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carnal

brother

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carnala

sister

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Neither use nor ornament

Something that serves no purpose and is not aesthetically pleasing is neither use nor ornament.

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dead as a doornail|dead|doornail

adj. phr. Completely dead without the slightest hope of resuscitation. This battery is dead as a doornail; no wonder your car won't start.

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yellow journalism|journalism|yellow

n. phr. Cheap and sensational newspaper writing; inflammatory language designed to stir up popular sentiment against another country. Yellow journalism is hardly ever truly informative.

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doornail

doornail
see dead as a doornail.

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eternal

eternal
the Eternal
God

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eternal triangle

eternal triangle
A relationship involving three lovers, such as two women involved with one man or two men with one woman. For example, The plot of the murder mystery revolved around the eternal triangle of a husband, wife, and another woman. [c. 1900]

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hope springs eternal

hope springs eternal
People will keep on hoping, no matter what the odds. For example, I keep buying lottery tickets—hope springs eternal. This expression was coined by Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man, 1732) and quickly became proverbial.

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incarnation

incarnation
the Incarnation
Christian Theol. the taking on of a human body by the second person of the Trinity; the joining of the divine and the human in Jesus Christ

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quaternary

quaternary
the Quaternary
the Quaternary Period or its rocks

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supernatural

supernatural
the supernatural
supernatural beings, forces, happenings, etc., esp. ghosts, spirits, and the like

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turnabout is fair play

turnabout is fair play
Taking alternate or successive turns at doing something is just and equitable. For example, Come on, I want to sit in the front seat now—turnabout is fair play. This justification for taking turns was first recorded in 1755.