learn the language, know the idioms To work in the computer industry you have to learn the lingo.
learn the ropes
learn how to do a job He is a new employee and is still learning the ropes.
learn your place
learn to know where and when to speak "When I was young, kids learned their place; they showed respect."
Moneyearnin' Mount Vernon
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earn a living
get what is necessary for life 谋生 Industrious as he is, he can barely earn a living.他尽管勤勉也只能勉强维持生活。
earn/make a living
get what is necessary for life 谋生 Industrious as he is, he can barely earn a living.他尽管勤勉也只能勉强维持生活。
in earnest
serious(ly)认真的/地 Her parents thought the girl was joking when she said she wanted to be a scientist,but she was in earnest.这女孩说她想当一名科学家,她父母认为她是在开玩笑,但她却是认真的。 Surely you are not in earnest in saying that,are you?你说那话不是当真的,是吗? Did you say it in earnest?你那样讲是当真的吗?
learn of
come to hear about听说 How did you learn of my name?你是怎么知道我的名字的? I learnt of your success in the newspaper.我从报纸上得知你成功的消息。
learn sthby heart
learn by memory 默诵;暗记 Everyone in the class has to learn by heart Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.班上每一个学生都必须默诵林肯的盖茨堡演说词。
yearn for
be filled with a longing desire for 渴望;向往;思念 He yearned for his native land.他思念故土。
live and learn
Idiom(s): live and learn
Theme: KNOWLEDGE
to increase one's knowledge by experience. (Also informal and folksy. Usually said when one is surprised to learn something. Fixed order.) • I didn't know that snakes could swim. Well, live and learn! • John didn't know he should water his houseplants a little extra in the dry winter months. When they all died, he said, "Live and learn."
learn to live with
Idiom(s): learn to live with sth
Theme: ENDURANCE
to learn to adapt to something unpleasant or painful. • Finally the doctor told Marion that she was going to have to learn to live with her arthritis. • The floor plan of the house we bought is not as handy as we had thought, but we will learn to live with it.
learn sth the hard way
Idiom(s): learn (something) the hard way AND find (something) out the hard way
Theme: LEARNING
to learn something by experience, especially by an unpleasant experience. • She learned how to make investments the hard way. • I wish I didn't have to learn things the hard way. • I found out the hard way that it's difficult to work and go to school at the same time. • Investing in real estate is tricky. I found that out the hard way.
learn sth from the bottom up
Idiom(s): learn sth from the bottom up
Theme: LEARNING
to learn something thoroughly, from the very beginning; to learn all aspects of something, even the most lowly. (Informal.) • I learned my business from the bottom up. • I started out sweeping the floors and learned everything from the bottom up.
learn sth by rote
Idiom(s): learn sth by rote
Theme: LEARNING
to learn something without giving any thought to what is being learned. • I learned history by rote; then I couldn't pass the test that required me to think. • If you learn things by rote, you'll never understand them.
learn sth by heart
Idiom(s): learn sth by heart
Theme: LEARNING
to learn something so well that it can be written or recited without thinking; to memorize something. • The director told me to learn my speech by heart. • I had to go over it many times before I learned it by heart.
earn one's keep
Idiom(s): earn one's keep
Theme: WORK
to help out with chores in return for food and a place to live; to earn one's pay by doing what is expected. • I earn my keep at college by shoveling snow in the winter. • Tom hardly earns his keep around here. He should be fired.
A penny saved is a penny earned
Idiom(s): A penny saved is a penny earned
Theme: THRIFT
A proverb meaning that money saved through thrift is the same as money earned by employment. (Sometimes used to explain stinginess.) • "I didn't want to pay that much for the book," said Mary. "After all, a penny saved is a penny earned." • Bob put his money in a new bank that pays more interest than his old bank, saying, "A penny saved is a penny earned."
Learn to walk before you run.
Don't rush into doing something until you know how to do it.
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner
Education is something you keep forever.
A little learning is a dangerous thing
A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they really are.eg. he said he'd done a course on home electrics, but when he tried to mend my table lamp, he fused all the lights! I think a little learning is a dangerous thing
learn something off by heart
learn something completely: "I've learnt this off by heart - I'm bound to pass the exam!"
A little learning is a dangerous thing.
People with insufficient knowledge are easily misled.
earn one's keep|earn|keep
v. phr. To merit one's salary or keep by performing the labor or chores that are expected of one. John earned his keep at the music conservatory by dusting off all the musical instruments every day.
in earnest|earnest
adv. or adj. phr. Seriously; in a determined way. The beaver was building his dam in earnest.Bill did his homework in earnest. Often used like a predicate adjective. Sometimes used with "dead", for emphasis. Betty's friends thought she was joking when she said she wanted to be a doctor, but she was in dead earnest.
learn by rote|learn|rote
v. phr. To blindly memorize what was taught without thinking about it. If you learn a subject by rote, it will be difficult to say anything original about it.
live and learn|learn|live
You learn more new things the longer you live; you learn by experience. A proverb. "Live and learn," said Mother. "I never knew that the Indians once had a camp where our house is."Janet made her new dress from cheap cloth, and when she washed it, it shrank and was too little. Live and learn.
earn one's stripes Gain a position through hard work and accumulated experience. For example, She'd earned her stripes by serving for years as the governor's secretary and personal aide. This expression alludes to a military promotion or award, indicated by strips of chevron or braid added to the recipient's uniform and known as stripes since the early 1800s.
learn by heart Also, learn by rote. See under by heart.
learn one's lesson
learn one's lesson Profit from experience, especially an unhappy one. For example, From now on she'd read the instructions first; she'd learned her lesson. Also see hard way, the.
penny saved is a penny earned, a
penny saved is a penny earned, a What one does not spend, one will have. This maxim for thrift is so familiar that it often appears in shortened form, as in Although they can afford to buy a house right now, they're putting it off, on the principle of “a penny saved.” It appeared in slightly different form in George Herbert's Outlandish Proverbs (1640). Whether or not it originally suggested that savings earn interest is not known.
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