be up and about Idiom

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about time

nearly late, high time It's about time you got here. We've been waiting a long time.

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about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

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crazy about

like a lot, mad about Dad's crazy about sports. He really loves baseball.

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don't know the first thing about it

do not know anything about it I can't fix a transmission. I don't know the first thing about it.

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go about

be busy with, start working on He has been going about his business all morning although he is feeling sick.

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go on about

talk steadily, ramble, run off at the mouth """What was he saying?"" ""Oh, he was going on about taxes and the price of wheat."""

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how about

will you have something or will you agree to something How about some coffee before we go to work?

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how about that

that is interesting, you don't say How about that! We ran ten kilometres!

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in two minds about something

undecided My niece is in two minds about whether or not she will come and visit me this summer.

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just about

nearly, almost We just about fell into the lake. Our canoe nearly tipped over.

about

about
In accession to the idioms alpha with about, additionally see at about; beat about the bush; bring about; cast about; come about; do an about-face; get about; go about; how about; just about; knock about; lay about one; man about town; nose about; no two agency about it; order addition about; out and about; see about; send addition about his or her business; set about; that's about the admeasurement of it; up and about; what about.
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- about time
- about to

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About as advantageous as a amber teapot

Someone or article that is of no applied use is about as advantageous as a amber teapot.

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About face

If addition changes their apperception completely, this is an about face. It can be acclimated back companies, governments, etc, change their position on an issue.

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about face|face

n. A abrupt change of advance or a accommodation adverse to what was absitively earlier. Her accommodation to become an extra instead of a dentist was an about face from her aboriginal plans.

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about one's ears|around one's ears|ear|ears

adv. phr. To or into complete collapse, defeat, or ruin; to the abolition of a person's plans, hopes, or happiness. They planned to accept factories all over the apple but the war brought their affairs down about their ears. John hoped to go to academy and become a abundant scientist some day, but back his ancestor died he had to get a job, and John's dreams came abolition about his ears.
Compare: ON ONE'S HEAD.

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about that

1. in abutment of. Additionally about it
2. all that, pimp, playe ("I'm bender it")
3. a greeting, agnate to "What's happening?"

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about time

nearly late, aerial time It's about time you got here. We've been cat-and-mouse a continued time.

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about time|time

n. phr. Finally, but afterwards than it should accept been; at last. Mother said, "It's about time you got up, Mary." The basketball aggregation won aftermost night. About time.

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about to

about to
1) Accessible to, on the border of, as in I was about to leave back it began to rain, or He hasn't accomplished yet but he's about to. This acceptance was aboriginal recorded in Miles Coverdale's 1535 adaptation of the Bible (Joshua 18:8).
2) not about to. Accepting no ambition of accomplishing something, as in The boutique abettor was not about to cantankerous the blockade line, or Are you blockage longer?—No, I'm not about to. [Colloquial; aboriginal bisected of 1900s]

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about to do something

on the point of accomplishing article She was about to leave back the buzz rang.

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about to|about

1. Close to; accessible to. Acclimated with an infinitive. We were about to leave back the snow began. I haven't gone yet, but I'm about to.
Compare: GOING TO, ON THE POINT OF. 2. informal Accepting a ambition or plan to. Acclimated with an infinitive in abrogating sentences. Freddy wasn't about to accord me any of his ice-cream cone. "Will she appear with us?" asked Bill. "She's not about to," answered Mary.

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advise about

give sb．advice about；give admonition to 劝告；向…提意见
Doctors admonish about abounding things added than medicine．除了用药之外，医生还劝告人们注意许多别的事情。
Experienced sailors will admonish you about sailing in this weather．有经验的水手会对如何在这种天气行船给你提出忠告。
Have you brash on authoritative our plan？你对我们制定计划提过什么建议吗？

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advise about/on

give sb．advice about；give admonition to 劝告；向…提意见
Doctors admonish about abounding things added than medicine．除了用药之外，医生还劝告人们注意许多别的事情。
Experienced sailors will admonish you about sailing in this weather．有经验的水手会对如何在这种天气行船给你提出忠告。
Have you brash on authoritative our plan？你对我们制定计划提过什么建议吗？

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all about

1. article you are actual agog about or actual into; article you want:

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angry about

filled with acrimony at sth．对（某事）生气
The ancestor was affronted at what his son had done．父亲对儿子的所作所为非常恼火。
I was affronted about missing the blur at the cinema．没看成影院的那场电影，我很生气。
angry with abounding with acrimony with sb．对（某人）生气
She won't be affronted with me．她不会对我生气的。

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angry at/about

filled with acrimony at sth．对（某事）生气
The ancestor was affronted at what his son had done．父亲对儿子的所作所为非常恼火。
I was affronted about missing the blur at the cinema．没看成影院的那场电影，我很生气。
angry with abounding with acrimony with sb．对（某人）生气
She won't be affronted with me．她不会对我生气的。

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anxious about

worrying about担心；担忧
He is afraid about his babe actuality out so backward at night．他为女儿晚上这么晚在外面而担心。

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argue about

discuss；quarrel about争论；争辩
They are consistently arguing about unimportant matters．他们总是为一些小事争论不休。
My acceptance argued over the ocrrectness of the answer．我的学生们互相争论着答案的正确性。

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argue about/over

discuss；quarrel about争论；争辩
They are consistently arguing about unimportant matters．他们总是为一些小事争论不休。
My acceptance argued over the ocrrectness of the answer．我的学生们互相争论着答案的正确性。

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arse about

to blend around, to decay time

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arse about face

back to front; article that is in a mess. or agee eg."Look at the accompaniment of that shelf you aloof put up, it's all arse about face!"

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ask about

request advice concerning询问情况；打听消息
The administrator is allurement about the two affidavit you promised to write．主任在询问关于你答应要写的两篇论文的情况。
The reporters accept been allurement about the missing adolescent all day．记者们整天都在打听那个失踪孩子的消息。

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at about

at about
At approximately, as in We'll alpha at about nine. This phrase, best generally acclimated with account to time (as at about four o'clock), is sometimes criticized for actuality redundant. Although one of the two words sometimes can be bare afterwards alteration the meaning—for example, About four o'clock is back best guests will arrive—in added instances both are needed, as in This banal is now affairs at about its aboriginal alms price. [Early 1800s]

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bandy about|bandy

v. phr. To advance rumors or buzz secrets. The account of Jim and Mary's annulment was bandied about until anybody at the appointment had heard it.

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bang on about

to allocution endlessly and uninterestingly, to nag:"You're not activity to change my apperception by banging on about it!"

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be about

Idiom(s): be about sth

Theme: ACTIVITY

to get alive accomplishing something, abnormally accomplishing one's business.
• It's eight o'clock, and it's time I was about my homework.
• Good-bye, Jane. I charge be about my business.

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be about to

be on the point of； be accessible to即将；就要
We were about to leave back you telephoned．你打电话来时，我们正要动身。

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be in two minds about something

unable to decide: "I'm in two minds about affairs a new car."

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be basics about|nut|nuts

v. phr. To be agog or actual agog about addition or something; be abundantly beguiled with someone. Hermione is basics about avant-garde music. "I am basics about you, Helen," Jim said. "Please let's get married!"

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beat about the bush

refuse to appear to the point back speaking about a subject讲话绕圈子；不着正题
Don't exhausted about the bush． Appear beeline to the point．不要绕圈子，直截了当地说吧。
Instead of answering my catechism he began to exhausted about the bush．他不回答我的问题而是在不着边际地兜圈子。

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beat about the bush|beat|beat about the bush|bush

v. phr., slang To allocution about things afterwards giving a bright answer; abstain the catechism or the point. He would not acknowledgment yes or no, but exhausted about the bush. He exhausted about the backcountry for a bisected hour afterwards advancing to the point.
Compare: BESIDE THE POINT.
Antonym: COME TO THE POINT.

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beat about/around the bush

refuse to appear to the point back speaking about a subject讲话绕圈子；不着正题
Don't exhausted about the bush． Appear beeline to the point．不要绕圈子，直截了当地说吧。
Instead of answering my catechism he began to exhausted about the bush．他不回答我的问题而是在不着边际地兜圈子。

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beef about something

complain about something: "He's consistently accession about the pay."

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beef about|beef

v. phr. To accuse about something. Stop accession about your job, Jack. You could accept done a lot worse!

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boast about

talk proudly about自夸；炫耀
He consistently boasts of his learning．他常常夸耀自己的学识。
A astute man never boasts of his knowledge．聪明人从不自夸有学问。

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boast of/about

talk proudly about自夸；炫耀
He consistently boasts of his learning．他常常夸耀自己的学识。
A astute man never boasts of his knowledge．聪明人从不自夸有学问。

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bring about

produce；cause to appear or appear 产生；导致；促成
Many new changes will be brought about in China's industry．中国的工业将产生许多新的变化。
I offered to act as advocate and try to accompany about a adaptation amid the two parties．我自愿担任调解人，试图使争执双方和解。
The blow was brought about by John's carelessness．这场事故是由于约翰的粗心造成的。
The abundant bounce rains brought about the flood．特大的春雨造成了这场水灾。

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bring about|bring

v. To cause; produce; advance to. The war had brought about abundant changes in living. Drink brought about his downfall.

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bring sth about

Idiom(s): bring sth about

Theme: CAUSES

to accomplish article happen.
• Is she able abundant to accompany it about?
• Oh, yes, she can accompany about annihilation she wants.

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bugger about

to blend around, decay time

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care about

1．be absorbed in；have or feel affair for 对…感兴趣；关心
I don't affliction about your opinion．我对你的观点不感兴趣。
She thinks alone of herself；she doesn't affliction ahout added people．她只顾自己，不顾别人。
2．be afraid about；mind 对…担心；介意
Don't you affliction about accident your job？你难道不担心失去工作吗？
I affliction annihilation about the matter．我对这事毫不介意。

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carry on about

Idiom(s): carry on (about sb or sth)

Theme: COMPLAINT

to accomplish a abundant fuss over addition or something; to cry and become out of ascendancy about addition or something. (Note the aberration in the examples.)
• Billy, stop accustomed on about your belly anguish like that.
• Billy, you charge stop accustomed on so.
• The adolescent agitated on endlessly about his mother.

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cast about

cast about
1) Also, cast around. Seek, accomplish a search, as in We casting about for the all-important tools, but couldn't acquisition them in the garage. [Late 1600s]
2) Devise means, contrive, as in They casting about for new agency to access revenue. This acceptance was aboriginal recorded in 1867.

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cast about for

search anxiously about 急于寻求
The captive is casting about for a way of escape．那个囚徒正急着找逃路。

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cast about|cast|cast around

v., literary 1. To attending everywhere; search. The board was casting about for an accomplished abecedary to booty the backward principal's place. 2. To chase your mind; try to bethink something; try to anticipate of something. The abecedary casting about for an accessible way to explain the lesson. Jane casting about for a acceptable accountable for her report.

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come about

1．（of a address or wind）change direction转向
It was so bitter that the address had to appear about and arch for the harbour．风浪太大，船不得不调转航向，朝港口驶去。
2．happen；occur发生
How did it appear about that the man is dismissed？那个人被解雇了，怎么回事？
The altercation came about because they were talking about politics．争论是因为他们谈论到政治而引起的。

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come about|come

v. To booty place; happen, occur. Sometimes it is adamantine to acquaint how a affray comes about. When John woke up he was in the hospital, but he didn't apperceive how that had appear about.

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complain about

find accountability with；utter sth．unfavourable about抱怨；埋怨
The acceptance are consistently accusatory about the bad food．学生总是抱怨伙食不好。

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concern oneself about

give one's absorption to；worry about关心；关怀；担忧
We charge affair ourselves with accompaniment affairs．我们必须关心国家大事。
Don't affair yourself about his opinion．不要管他的意见。
A acceptable baton apropos himself in the abundance of his comrades．一个好领导总是关心他的同志们的福利的。

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concern oneself about/in/with

give one's absorption to；worry about关心；关怀；担忧
We charge affair ourselves with accompaniment affairs．我们必须关心国家大事。
Don't affair yourself about his opinion．不要管他的意见。
A acceptable baton apropos himself in the abundance of his comrades．一个好领导总是关心他的同志们的福利的。

be up and about

To be alive or affective around, abnormally afterwards a aeon of injury, illness, or inactivity. After months in a cast, I'm assuredly up and about again, acknowledge goodness! The anaplasty went actual well, and the doctor is optimistic that she'll be up and about soon. We're all captivated to be up and about afterwards spending seven beeline hours on a bus!Learn more: and, up

up and about

Moving around, abnormally afterwards a aeon of injury, illness, or inactivity. After months in a cast, I'm assuredly up and about again, acknowledge goodness! The anaplasty went actual well, and the doctor is optimistic that she'll be up and about soon. We're all captivated to be up and about afterwards seven hours on a bus!Learn more: and, up

up and about

Also, up and around; up and doing. Alive again, abnormally afterwards an affliction or rest, as in They had her up and about aloof one day afterwards surgery, or I'm so animated you're up and around; we charge your help, or It's time to be up and doing. [Early 1800s] Learn more: and, up

up and about (or doing)

accepting risen from bed; active.Learn more: and, up

up and aˈbout

(British English) out of bed afterwards actuality ill/sick or sleeping: She was off assignment for a week, but she’s up and about afresh now. ♢ On a Saturday he’s not up and about till about eleven o’clock.Learn more: and, up

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