thirst for Idiom

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

a free-for-all

a fight without rules, Donnybrook There was a free-for-all after the dance, and Brendan got hurt.

a penny for your thoughts

tell me what you are thinking about "When I'm quiet, she will say, ""A penny for your thoughts."""

a run for your money

strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.

a shadow of his former self

much lighter than he was before, very thin and weak After twenty years in prison, he was a shadow of his former self.

a sight for sore eyes

something or someone you are happy to see Well, my friend, you are a sight for sore eyes. Good to see you!

a sucker for punishment

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)

equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.

ask for it

invite or deserve an attack When you called him a thief, you asked for it. You made him mad.

thirst for (something)

To accept an acute desire, yearning, or charge for something. Even from a adolescent age he thirsted for knowledge, blaze any he could get his easily on. Growing up in such a small, abandoned town, I consistently thirsted for affair and adventure.Learn more: thirst

thirst for something

1. Lit. to admiration article to drink. (Somewhat formal.) "I appetite for article cooling and refreshing." said the preacher. You could see that anybody there was agog for water, or alike coffee, but there was no alleviation in sight.
2. Fig. to accept a able admiration for something. (Learn added have a appetite for something.) In the old days, acceptance were said to appetite for knowledge. The generals thirsted for new battles to be fought.Learn more: thirst

thirst for

or thirst afterv. To accept a able appetite for something; ache for something: The afflicted bodies appetite for freedom. Learn more: thirst

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as slow as molasses in January as the crow flies as useless as a fifth wheel as useless as tits on a boar as usual as well as as yet ASAP ask for it ask for trouble asking price asleep at the switch ass ass into gear ass over teakettle at a glance at a good clip think upon (someone or something) think well of (someone or something) think you own the place think-box thinking thinking inside the box thinking out loud think-piece think-tank thin-skinned third third degree third degree, to give/get the third person third rail third string third time lucky third time pays for all third time's a charm third time's the charm third wheel third world thirdhand thirst thirst after (something) thirst for thirst for (something) thirst trap thirst-aid station thirsty thirsty for thirsty for (someone or something) thirsty soul thirteen thirty thirty pieces of silver thirty-something this this (had) better be good this (very) minute this and that this a-way and that a-way This doesn't quite suit me this here this instance this is this is (someone) this is it This is it! this is my floor this is the life

English Vocalbulary

thirsted after thirsted for thirsting after thirsting for thirsty thirteen thirteen times thirteenth thirteenth time thirtieth thirty thirty times this this as well as that this being this book is about this century this cuts no ice