Significato: absorbent carbon

carbone assorbente, carbone granulare in grado di purificare liquidi e gas per assorbimento

arb Idioma

all his marbles

normal, sensible Dan talks to the door. I wonder if he's got all his marbles.

all the marbles

all the money, the top prize How does it feel to be playing in the final - for all the marbles?

lose your marbles

lose control of your mind, lose it When people grow old, do they lose their marbles?

one man's garbage is another man's art

each person has different likes and dislikes, to each his own You pick up what somebody throws away, so one man's garbage is another man's art.

arbid

everything in general and nothing in particular: (Derived from arbitrary)

barber

to talk

barbie

abb. of barbecue

barbs

abb. of barbituates

darbies

British slang for handcuffs

not have all one's marbles

Idiom(s): not have all one's marbles

Theme: CRAZINESS

not to have all one's mental capacities. (Informal.)
• John acts as if he doesn't have all his marbles.
• I'm afraid that I don't have all my marbles all the time.

lose one's marbles

Idiom(s): lose one's marbles AND lose one's mind

Theme: CRAZINESS

to go crazy; to go out of one's mind.
• What a silly thing to say! Have you lost your marbles?
• I can't seem to remember anything. I think I'm losing my mind.

Garbage fee

A garbage fee is a charge that has no value and doesn't provide any real service.

Garbage in, garbage out

If a computer system or database is built badly, then the results will be bad.

Trade barbs

If people trade barbs, they insult or attack each other.

rhubarb

saying something completely unimportant: "There's that politician again on televison - rhubarb, rhubarb."

garbage down|garbage

v. phr., slang To eat eagerly and at great speed without much regard for manners or social convention. The children garbaged down their food.

lose one's marbles|lose|marbles

v. phr. To go mad; become crazed. Stan must have lost his marbles; he is hopelessly pursuing a happily married woman.

carbo load

carbo load
Consume a large amount of carbohydrate food, as in Karen began carbo loading three days before the road race. This term, a clipping of “carbohydrate loading,” originated among marathon runners, who were advised to build up their strength before a race by eating quantities of foods like spaghetti. [1970s]

carbon copy

carbon copy
A person or thing that closely resembles another, as in Our grandson is a carbon copy of his dad. Originally this term meant a copy of a document made by using carbon paper. The linguistic transfer to other kinds of duplicate survived the demise of carbon paper (replaced by photocopiers, computer printers, and other more sophisticated devices). [c. 1870]

carboniferous

carboniferous
the Carboniferous
the Carboniferous Period or its rocks

marble

marble
see have all one's buttons.