equal 成语

all things being equal

if things remain the same, if no surprises occur All things being equal, we should sell all our bicycles by October.

equal to

1．the same in size，number，etc．等于；相等
Twice two is equal to four．2 乘 2等于4。
2．able to bear 胜任
He is equal to anything．他事事都能胜任。
Are you equal to the occasion？你能应付那个局面吗？
I'm not equal to the position．我不能胜任这个职位。

feel up feel equal to

feel able to；feel capable of（undertaking）觉得能够担任；感到有能力做
I'm so tired that I don't feel up to going shopping today．我很疲劳，今天不能去买东西了。
Do you feel up to going to the theater after your recent illness？你最近刚好，有精神去看戏吗？
He didn't feel equal to the task．他感到自己担当不了这项工作。
He is a person who never feels up to a challenging position，so we can not count on him．他是一个永远也不能担负起具有挑战性工作的人，因此我们不能依靠他。
We can go on now if you feel up to it．如果你觉得能干，我们就继续下去。

feel up to equal to

feel up to/feel equal to

other things being equal

Idiom(s): other things being equal

Theme: EQUAL

if things stay the way they are now; if there were no complications by other factors.
• Other things being equal, we should have no trouble getting your order to you on time.
• I anticipate no problems, other things being equal.

equal to|equal

adj. phr. Able to meet, do, or control; able to do something about. The situation took quick thinking, but John was equal to it. When a guest upset the coffee pot, Mrs. Smith's tact and quickness of mind were equal to the occasion.

equal to the occasion|equal|occasion

adj. phr. Capable of handling the situation. Although he had never before assisted in childbirth, the taxi driver proved equal to the occasion and helped deliver the baby in his cab.

all else being equal

all else being equal
see other things being equal.

equal

equal
In addition to the idioms beginning with equal, also see other things being equal; separate but equal.
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separate but equal

separate but equal
Relating to or affected by a policy whereby two groups may be segregated if they are given equal facilities and opportunities. For example, They've divided up the physical education budget so that the girls' teams are separate but equal to the boys. This idiom comes from a Louisiana law of 1890, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson, “requiring all railway companies carrying passengers on their trains in this state, to provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.” Subsequently it was widely used to separate African-Americans from the white population through a general policy of racial segregation. In 1954, in a unanimous ruling to end school segregation, the Supreme Court finally overturned the law (in Brown v. Board of Education).

More Idioms/Phrases

send round send someone about his or her business senior separate but equal separate wheat from chaff series serve a purpose serve one right