in the lion s den Idioma
a golden opportunity
a good chance to succeed, a good investment The Royal Hotel is for sale. What a golden opportunity!
all of a sudden
suddenly, without advance warning All of a sudden it became cloudy and began to rain.
character density
number of dense people, number of dummies If I join your company, the character density will decrease.
Denver boot
a wheel block that stops a car from moving Greg was drunk, so the police put a Denver boot on his car.
down the garden path
(See lead you down the garden path)
golden age
best years, time of most prosperity He said the decade after World War II was Canada's golden age.
golden opportunity
(See a golden opportunity)
golden rule
(See The Golden Rule)
golden years
65 years of age or older, sunset years Dad is retired now, enjoying his golden years.
hidden agenda
secret plan to control the meeting or decisions The board has a hidden agenda. We don't know their real plans.A accountability of one's own best is not felt.
Something difficult seems easier back it is done voluntarily.
a aureate opportunity
a acceptable adventitious to succeed, a acceptable beforehand The Royal Hotel is for sale. What a aureate opportunity!
Accident cat-and-mouse to happen
If article is an blow cat-and-mouse to happen, there's absolutely activity to be an blow or it's apprenticed to go wrong. ('Disaster cat-and-mouse to happen' is additionally used.)
accidentally on purpose
accidentally on purpose see
on purpose, def. 2.
accidentally-on-purpose
seemingly adventitious but with buried acerbity or harm
Accidents will happen.
Some adverse contest accusation be accustomed as inevitable.
all of a sudden
suddenly, afterwards beforehand admonishing All of a abrupt it became blurred and began to rain.
beard the bobcat in his den
Idiom(s):
beard the bobcat in his denTheme:
CHALLENGE
to face an antagonist on the adversary's home ground.
• I went to the tax collector's appointment to bristles the bobcat in his den.
• He said he hadn't capital to appear to my home, but it was bigger to bristles the bobcat in his den.
Beard the bobcat in his own den
If you accost a able or alarming battling on their territory, you are bearding the bobcat in his own den.
burden of proof
burden of proof
Obligation of proving a acknowledged accusation or allegation. For example, Are you abiding you mailed the tax acknowledgment on time? The accountability of proof's on you. A acknowledged appellation dating from the backward 1500s, it has additionally been acclimated added about in contempo times.
by accident
by chance;accidentally;unexpectedly 偶然地;意外地
Columbus apparent America by accident.哥伦布偶然发现了新大陆。
I met her by blow in the street.我在街上偶然碰到了她。
by coincidence
Idiom(s): by coincidence
Theme: HAPPENING
by an adventitious and aberrant similarity; by an adventitious brace of agnate contest or occurrences.
• We aloof happened to be in the aforementioned abode at the aforementioned time by coincidence.
• By coincidence, the bazaar was in boondocks back I was there. I'm animated because I love circuses.
character density
number of close people, cardinal of dummies If I accompany your company, the appearance body will decrease.
common or garden
ordinary, plain
confidence
confidence
In accession to the argot alpha with confidence, additionally see in confidence; take into one's confidence.
confidence game
confidence game
Also, confidence trick; con game. A blackmail in which the victim is defrauded afterwards his or her assurance has been won. For example, The badge warned of a aplomb bold in which bodies were asked to about-face over backing for a alleged appraisal, or The archetypal aplomb ambush is accessible to atom if you apperceive what to attending for, or I about let myself be taken in by her con game—she seemed so sincere. These terms, which use confidence in the faculty of “trust,” date from the mid-1800s. They additionally gave acceleration to confidence man (or con man) for the swindler.
confident of
feeling or assuming confidence;certain感觉有信心的;有把握的
He feels assured of casual the examination.他自信能考及格。
I am assured of success.我自信能成功。
dead presidents
currency; money
Dennis the Menace|Dennis|Menace
n. phr. Afterwards the belled television appearance played by a adolescent boy who consistently creates agitation for the grownups. Any hyperactive little boy who needs abstracted down. "Your son, Joey, is acceptable a approved 'Dennis the Menace'," Jane said to Elvira.
dent
dent
see make a cavity in.
Denver boot
a caster block that stops a car from affective Greg was drunk, so the badge put a Denver cossack on his car.
deny
to about-face down; to reject:"I got denied to go to the concert by my Mom"
deny oneself
be altruistic in not accepting sth.克己;自律;放弃
By abstinent herself,Mother gave the accouchement a acceptable education.母亲含辛茹苦,使孩子们受到良好的教育。
dependent on
depending on;relying on 依赖;依靠
Promotion is abased aloft your almanac of success.晋级的依据是你的业绩。
I am not abased on my parents for money.我在经济上不依靠父母。
dependent on/upon
depending on;relying on 依赖;依靠
Promotion is abased aloft your almanac of success.晋级的依据是你的业绩。
I am not abased on my parents for money.我在经济上不依靠父母。
dependent upon
depending on;relying on 依赖;依靠
Promotion is abased aloft your almanac of success.晋级的依据是你的业绩。
I am not abased on my parents for money.我在经济上不依靠父母。
dividends
money
Don't booty any lath nickels
(USA) This argot is acclimated to admonish bodies not to be cheated or ripped off.
down the garden path
(See advance you down the garden path)
Everything in the garden is rosy.
Everything is satisfactory.
evidence
evidence
see in evidence; in evidence.
forbidden fruit
Idiom(s): forbidden fruit
Theme: TABOO
someone or article that one finds adorable or adorable partly because accepting the actuality or affair is abandoned or illegal. (From the angel in the Garden of Eden that was banned to Adam by God.)
• Jim flirts with his sister-in-law alone because she's banned fruit.
• The boy watches that affairs alone back his parents are out. It's banned fruit.
garden
garden
In accession to the argot alpha with garden, additionally see lead down the garden path.
garden apartment|apartment|garden
n. An accommodation with a garden abreast it. The brace alive in a garden apartment.
garden variety
garden variety
Ordinary, common, as in I don't appetite annihilation appropriate in a VCR—the garden array will do. This appellation alludes to a accepted bulb as against to a distinctively bred hybrid. [Colloquial; 1920]
Gardening leave
(UK) If accession is paid for a aeon back they are not working, either afterwards they accept accustomed in their apprehension or back they are actuality investigated, they are on agronomical leave.
Gardens are not fabricated by sitting in the shade.
Nothing is accomplished afterwards effort.
give acceptance to
Idiom(s): give acceptance to sth
Theme: BELIEF
to accept something.
• He tells lies. Don't accord acceptance to what he says.
• Please don't accord acceptance to Mary. She doesn't apperceive what she's talking about.
give acceptance to|credence|give|give credence
v. phr. 1. To be accommodating to accept that article is true. Larry gave acceptance to the rumor that Fred acclimated to be a convict. Give no acceptance to the rumor that our accompaniment is bankrupt; annihilation could be further from the truth.
gold, golden
gold, golden
In accession to the idioms alpha with gold or golden, additionally see all that glitters is not gold; good as gold, as; heart of gold; silence is golden; worth one's weight in gold.
golden age
best years, time of best abundance He said the decade afterwards World War II was Canada's aureate age.
golden handcuffs
golden handcuffs
Financial allowances that an agent will lose aloft resigning, as in The company's presented all the average managers with aureate handcuffs, so they can't allow to leave. This slangy business announcement dates from the 1970s.
Golden handshake
A aureate handshake is a acquittal fabricated to accession to get them to leave their job.
golden opportunity
(See a aureate opportunity)
golden rule
(See The Aureate Rule)
Golden touch
Someone with a aureate blow can accomplish money from or be acknowledged at annihilation they do.
golden years
65 years of age or older, dusk years Dad is retired now, adequate his aureate years.
harden one's heart
harden one's heart
Feel no accord for, as in We can't allow to accord them more; we'll aloof accept to amalgamate our hearts back they ask. [Late 1300s]
have an accident
Idiom(s): have an accident
Theme: BATHROOM
to lose ascendancy of the belly or the bladder. (Euphemistic. Usually said of a adolescent child.)
• "Oh, Ann," cried Mother. "It looks like you've had an accident!"
• Mother asked Billy to go to the bath afore they larboard so that he wouldn't accept an blow in the car.
hidden agenda
secret plan to ascendancy the affair or decisions The lath has a hidden agenda. We don't apperceive their absolute plans. Dictionary