Significado: aestheteaes·thete || 'iːsθiːtn. esteta, amante de la belleza, epicúreo
het Idioma
bury the hatchet
stop arguing or fighting, throw down your arms When will the English and the French bury the hatchet?
don't know whether you're coming or going
you are confused, you do not understand, go in circles If you believe the cult leaders, you won't know whether you're coming or going.
ghetto blaster
portable radio, boom box Loud rock music came from a ghetto blaster on the steps.
hatchet man
a politician etc. whose job it is to say negative things about the opposition, a person in a company who must fire extra workers or cut other expenses etc. He is acting as a hatchet man for the leader but I don
whet your appetite
improve your appetite, cause you to be hungry Would you like to order a salad to whet your appetite?
ghetto bird
1. police helicopter;"Motherfuck you and your punk ass ghetto bird" -- Ice Cube (Ghetto Bird [1993]) 2. (plural) people who hang around the ghetto
ghetto fabulous
1. livin large in the ghetto 2. cool
ghetto sled
car, usually American made, that generally sports a rusted body covered with house paint; synonym of hooptie
whet one's appetite
Idiom(s): whet one's appetite
Theme: INTEREST
to cause someone to be interested in something and to be eager to have, know, learn, etc., more about it. • Seeing that film really whetted my sister's appetite for horror films. She now sees as many as possible. • My appetite for theater was whetted when I was very young.
not know whether one is coming or going
Idiom(s): not know whether one is coming or going AND not know if one is coming or going
Theme: CONFUSION
to be very confused. (Fixed order.) • I’m so busy that I don’t know if I'm coming or going. • You look as if you don't know whether you're coming or going.
Don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the
If you don't know what to do, you don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon.
Hatchet job
A piece of criticism that destroys someone's reputation is a hatchet job.
Is Saul also among the prophets?
It's a biblical idiom used when somebody known for something bad appears all of a sudden to be doing something very good.
bury the hatchet|bury|hatchet
v. phr., informal To settle a quarrel or end a war; make peace. The two men had been enemies a long time, but after the flood they buried the hatchet. Compare: MAKE UP5.
hatchet face|face|hatchet
n. A long narrow face with sharp parts; also, a person with such a face. Johnny was sent to the principal's office because he called his teacher old hatchet face.He was hatchet-faced and not at all handsome.
hatchet job|hatchet|job
n. phr., slang 1. The act of saying or writing terrible things about someone or something, usually on behalf of one's boss or organization. When Phil makes speeches against the competition exaggerating their weaknesses, he is doing the hatchet job on behalf of our president. 2. A ruthless, wholesale job of editing a script whereby entire paragraphs or pages are omitted. Don, my editor, did a hatchet job on my new novel.
hatchet man|hatchet|man
n., colloquial 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. Bill Lerner is the hatchet man for the Mayor's Party; he smears all the other candidates regularly. 2. An executive officer in a firm whose job it is to fire superfluous personnel, cut back on the budget, etc., in short, to do the necessary but unpleasant things. The firm hired Cranhart to be hatchet man; his title is that of Executive Vice President.
not to know whether one is coming or going|coming|
v. phr. To be completely confused. He was so perplexed he didn't know whether he was coming or going. Compare: AT SEA2.
whether
-- or|whether --- or whether 1. coord. conj. Used to introduce an indirect question. You must decide whether you should go or stay.I don't know whether Jack or Bill is a better player. Compare: EITHER --- OR2. Used to show a choice of things, or that different things are possible. Whether the bicycle was blue or red, it didn't matter to Frank.
anesthetic
anesthetic anesthetic to incapable of feeling or responding to
prophet 1. the Prophet 1) among Muslims, Mohammed 2) â among Mormons, Joseph Smith 2. the Prophets 1) one of the three major divisions of the Jewish Holy Scriptures, following the Pentateuch and preceding the Hagiographa 2) the authors or subjects of the prophetic books in this division, including Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, etc.
rhetorical question
rhetorical question A question asked without expecting an answer but for the sake of emphasis or effect. The expected answer is usually “yes” or “no.” For example, Can we improve the quality of our work? That's a rhetorical question. [Late 1800s]
whether or not
whether or not Also, whether or no. Regardless of whether, no matter if. For example, Whether or not it rains, we're going to walk to the theater, or She plans to sing at the wedding, whether or no anyone asks her to. The negative element in these constructions may also follow the subject and verb, as in I have to attend, whether I want to or not. [c. 1600]
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