Meaning: abetment

-mənt
n.
the verbal act of urging on

TM Idiom, Proverb

Christmas graduate

a student who leaves college at Christmas Among the Christmas graduates last year was Gerard Kutz.

do your utmost

do as much as you can, do whatever you can Pat did his utmost to save her, but she fell into the pool.

fly in the ointment

a small thing that spoils enjoyment The problem with the music was a fly in the ointment at the party.

royal treatment

special hospitality, roll out the red carpet We received royal treatment when we visited our relatives in Sweden.

Poly Apartments

an apartment project at the west side of Long Beach. Was home for artists like the Twinz and Warren G:"Poly Apartments for tha niggaz that ain't from the LB" -- The Twinz (Good Times [1995])

to sb's disappointment

resulting in sb．'s disappointment 使某人失望
To her great disappointment，it rained on the day of the picnic．野餐那天下了雨，使她大失所望。

make an appointment

Idiom(s): make an appointment (with sb)

Theme: MEETING

to schedule a meeting with someone.
• I made an appointment with the doctor for late today.
• The professor wouldn't see me unless I made an appointment.

give sb the red-carpet treatment

Idiom(s): give sb the red-carpet treatment

Theme: PRAISE

to give someone very special treatment; to give someone royal treatment.
• We always give the queen the red-carpet treatment when she comes to visit.
• They never give me the red-carpet treatment.

get the red-carpet treatment

Idiom(s): get the red-carpet treatment

Theme: RESPECT - HONOR

to receive very special treatment; to receive royal treatment. (This refers—sometimes literally—to the rolling out of a clean red carpet for someone to walk on.)
• I love to go to fancy stores where I get the red carpet treatment.
• The queen expects to get the red-carpet treatment wherever she goes.

To be off someone's Christmas card list

"Oh dear. I think I'm off her Christmas card list after insulting her husband!"

red carpet treatment

treat someone with great respect: "When we visit our offices in Asia, we get the red carpet treatment."

white Christmas

when it snows at Christmas: "There hasn't been a white Christmas here since 1983."

Christmas card|Christmas|Xmas|card

n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon A speeding ticket. Smokey just gave a Christmas card to the eighteen wheeler we passed.

Christmas club|Christmas|Xmas|club

n. A plan for putting money in the bank to be saved for Christmas shopping. John deposits $10 each week in the Christmas club. The woman will get her Christmas club money on December 10.

Father Christmas|Christmas|Father|Xmas

n., British The joyful spirit of Christmas; Santa Claus. English children look forward to the visit of Father Christmas.

fly in the ointment|fly|ointment

n. phr., informal An unpleasant part of a pleasant thing; something small that spoils your fun. We had a lot of fun at the beach; the only fly in the ointment was George's cutting his foot on a piece of glass. Your new job sounds too good to be true interesting work, high pay, short hours. Isn't there any fly in the ointment?

garden apartment|apartment|garden

n. An apartment with a garden near it. The couple live in a garden apartment.

lit up like a Christmas tree|Christmas|Christmas t

adj. phr., informal To be drunk. On New Year's Eve Ned was lit up like a Christmas tree.
Compare: THREE SHEETS TO THE WIND.

appointment

appointment
see make an appointment.

ointment

ointment
see fly in the ointment.

treatment

treatment
see red carpet.

More Idioms/Phrases

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English Vocalbulary

abettal abetted abetter abetters abetting abettor abettors abeyance abeyances abeyant abfarad abhenry abhor abhorred abhorrence abhorrences abhorrent abhorrer