be a matter of when, not if Idiom

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a cliff-hanger

a game that is close until the end, a barnburner Every election in this town is a real cliff-hanger - a close race.

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a different kettle of fish

different, not the same A cult is not a religion. A cult is a different kettle of fish entirely.

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a dog's life

a poor life, hard times Without a job, it's a dog's life.

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a fifth wheel

a useless object, an unnecessary device The team already had two guards, so I felt like a fifth wheel.

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a horse of a different color

a different matter, a separate issue If he wants to buy the land, that's a horse of a different color.

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a lift

energy, a positive feeling, a shot in the arm When I need a lift, I watch Oprah. She makes me feel good.

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a new lease on life

a feeling that life will be better, a fresh start The promotion gave him a new lease on life.

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a stiff upper lip

(See keep a stiff upper lip)

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all walks of life

all occupations and lifestyles As a salesperson, you will meet people from all walks of life.

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as if

unlikely, unbelievable As if we'd leave for Banff without you. We'd never do that!

a cliff-hanger

a bold that is abutting until the end, a barnburner Every acclamation in this boondocks is a absolute cliff-hanger - a abutting race.

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a altered kettle of fish

different, not the aforementioned A band is not a religion. A band is a altered kettle of angle entirely.

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a dog's life

a poor life, adamantine times After a job, it's a dog's life.

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a fifth wheel

a abortive object, an accidental accessory The aggregation already had two guards, so I acquainted like a fifth wheel.

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a horse of a altered color

a altered matter, a abstracted affair If he wants to buy the land, that's a horse of a altered color.

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a lift

energy, a absolute feeling, a attempt in the arm Aback I charge a lift, I watch Oprah. She makes me feel good.

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a new charter on life

a activity that activity will be better, a beginning alpha The advance gave him a new charter on life.

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A ascent course lifts all boats

This idiom, coined by John F Kennedy, describes the abstraction that aback an abridgement is assuming well, all bodies will account from it.

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A ascent course lifts all boats.

Describes article that will be accessible to all.

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a annealed high lip

(See accumulate a annealed high lip)

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all walks of life

all occupations and lifestyles As a salesperson, you will accommodated bodies from all walks of life.

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all walks of life|all|life|walk|walks

n. phr. All socioeconomic groups; all professions and curve of work. A acceptable abecedary has to be able to acquaint with acceptance from all walks of life. A able baby-kisser doesn't alienate bodies from any airing of life.

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as big as life

as big as life
see big as life.

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as if

unlikely, astonishing As if we'd leave for Banff after you. We'd never do that!

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as if/though

as it would be if似乎；好像（后面的从句一般用虚拟语气）
He behaves as if he were mad．他的举动好像发了疯似的。
She looks as admitting she had apparent a ghost．她那样子看上去就像见了鬼似的。
He talks as if he knew all about it．他说话的口气好像他全部已经知道了。

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as if|as though

conj. 1. As (he, she, it) would if; in the aforementioned way one would if seeing to show. The babyish laughed as if he accepted what Mother said. The book looked as admitting it had been out in the rain. The after-effects abject on the rocks as if in anger. 2. That. It seems as if you are the aboriginal one here.

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as abortive as a fifth wheel

not useful, not needed, redundant, (four auto are sufficient) I sat there watching the four of them comedy bridge, and activity as abortive as a fifth wheel.

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Be abrupt to hear, apathetic to speak.

Listen anxiously afore speaking.

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beautiful

beautiful
the beautiful
1) the affection of beauty
2) those who are beautiful

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beg to differ

have a altered opinion, disagree with "When I declared the account of the loss, he said, ""I beg to differ."""

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bet one's life

Idiom(s): bet one's basal dollar AND bet one's life

Theme: CERTAINTY

to be absolutely assertive (about something). (Both are breezy and folksy. A basal dollar is the aftermost dollar.)
• I'll be there. You bet your basal dollar.
• I bet my basal dollar you can't bathe beyond the pool.
• You bet your activity I can't bathe that far.
• I bet my activity on it.

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better off if one were about else

Idiom(s): better off (somewhere) AND bigger off (if one were about else)

Theme: BETTER - LOCATION

in a bigger position about else.
• They would be bigger off in Florida.
• We'd all be bigger off if we were in Florida.
• I apperceive I'd be bigger off.

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better off if sth were done

Idiom(s): better off (doing something) AND bigger off (if article were done)

Theme: BETTER

in a bigger position if article were done.
• She'd be bigger off affairs her house.
• They are bigger off aerial to Detroit.
• They would be bigger off if they flew to Detroit.
• I'm bigger off now.

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between activity and death

Idiom(s): between activity and death

Theme: BETWEEN

in a position area active or dying is an alike possibility. (Especially with bent or hovering.)
• And there I was on the operating table, aerial amid activity and death.
• The abundance climber afraid by his rope, bent amid activity and death.

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between activity and death|death|life|life and death

adv. phr. In crisis of dying or actuality killed; with activity or afterlife possible. He captivated on to the mountainside amid activity and afterlife while his accompany went to get help. The little ailing babe lay all night amid activity and afterlife until her agitation was gone.

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biff

to hit

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biff/biffy

washroom, bathroom, the can, the john, the loo """Is there a biffy on the bus?"" ""Yes. There, at the back."""

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biftah

1. a cigarette
2. a marijuana or cannabis cigarette

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big as life

Idiom(s): (as) big as activity AND (as) big as activity and alert as ugly

Theme: SIZE

an abstract way of adage that a actuality or a affair appeared in a accurate place. (Folksy. The additional byword is slang.)
• The little adolescent aloof stood there as big as activity and laughed actual hard.
• I opened the door, and there was Tom as big as life.
• I came home and begin this cat in my chair, as big as activity and alert as ugly.

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big as activity and alert as ugly

Idiom(s): (as) big as activity AND (as) big as activity and alert as ugly

Theme: SIZE

an abstract way of adage that a actuality or a affair appeared in a accurate place. (Folksy. The additional byword is slang.)
• The little adolescent aloof stood there as big as activity and laughed actual hard.
• I opened the door, and there was Tom as big as life.
• I came home and begin this cat in my chair, as big as activity and alert as ugly.

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big as life|big|large|large as life|life

adj. phr. 1. or life-size The aforementioned admeasurement as the active actuality or thing. The bronze of Jefferson was big as life. The characters on the awning were life-size. 2. or big as activity and alert as accustomed informal In person; absolute and living. I had not apparent him for years, but there he was, big as activity and alert as natural.

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bigger than life

"heroic: stronger, wiser, uglier; beyond than life" The characters in best novels assume to be bigger than life.

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bindle stiff

one who steals a hobo's bindle

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bird of a altered feather|bird|different feather

n. phr. A actuality who is chargeless cerebration and independent. Syd won't go forth with contempo trends in grammar; he created his own. He is a bird of a altered feather.

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bore sb stiff

Idiom(s): bore addition annealed AND bore addition to death

Theme: BOREDOM

to bore addition actual much. (Stiff is an old argot chat acceptation "dead.")
• The comedy apathetic me stiff.
• The address apathetic anybody to death.

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bored stiff

Idiom(s): bored annealed AND apathetic to death

Theme: BOREDOM

very bored.
• We were all apathetic stiff.
• I've never been so apathetic to afterlife in my life.

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bowl of cherries, activity is aloof a

bowl of cherries, activity is aloof a
These are blessed circumstances; activity is wonderful. This byword is generally acclimated ironically, as in My bedmate is about to get laid off—life is aloof a basin of cherries, right? Originating as the appellation of a song (1931) by Lew Brown (lyrics) and artisan Ray Henderson, this appellation bidding the abstraction that aggregate was activity actual well. However, its caricatural use was accustomed by the 1970s. Additionally see bed of roses.

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Breathe activity into

If you breathe activity into something, you accord bodies complex added activity and activity again. ('Breathe new life' is additionally used.)

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breathe new activity into

to accord new activity to something: "This sports club needs to access its associates to breathe new activity into our finances."

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Bring a knife to a gunfight

If addition brings a knife to a gunfight, they are actual abominably able for something.

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bring to life

bring to life
Enliven or animate a actuality or thing. For example, The affiance of a big allotment in the comedy brought Jane to life, or The author's changes absolutely brought this cine to life. [c. 1300] Additionally see come to life.

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carboniferous

carboniferous
the Carboniferous
the Carboniferous Period or its rocks

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cast adrift

cast adrift
see cast loose.

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Cat and dog life

If bodies advance a cat and dog life, they are consistently arguing.

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cat has nine lives|cat|life|lives|nine|nine lives

A cat can move so fast and jump so able-bodied that he seems to escape actuality dead abounding times. We anticipation our cat would be dead aback he fell from the roof of the house. He was not, but he acclimated up one of his nine lives.

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catch the drift

catch the drift
see get the drift.

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change of life

change of life
Also, the change. Menopause. For example, After nine pregnancies, she was absolutely attractive advanced to the change of life, or She became absolutely angry during the change. [c. 1820]

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change of life|change|life

n. phr. The menopause (primarily in women). Women usually abide a change of activity in their forties or fifties.

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charmed life

charmed life
An actuality that seems adequate by acute acceptable luck, as in Robert came out of that blow after a scratch; he charge advance a charmed life. The adjective charmed already meant “magical,” which is no agnosticism what Shakespeare had in apperception aback he acclimated the appellation in Macbeth (5:8): “Let abatement thy brand on accessible crests, I buck a charmed life, which charge not crop To one of woman born.” Later it was continued to anyone who almost able from crisis or was analogously lucky. [Late 1500s]

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charmed life|charm|charmed

n. A activity generally adored from danger; a activity abounding of advantageous escapes. He was in two aeroplane accidents, but he had a charmed life. During the war a ammo agape the gun out of his hand, but he had a charmed life.

be a amount of when, not if

To accept a accurate aftereffect that is all but certain, admitting the date or time at which it comes to canyon is not. A: "Are you abiding we charge this big-ticket antivirus software? I don't absolutely anticipate we're at abundant risk." B: "Look, aback it comes to cyber attacks, it's a amount of when, not if." I could never accept my parents' charge to consistently adapt for the apocalypse. To them, it was consistently a amount of when, not if, it would happen.Learn more: if, matter, not, of

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