little things Idioma

all things being equal

if things remain the same, if no surprises occur All things being equal, we should sell all our bicycles by October.

all things to all people

satisfy everyone, live up to Be yourself. Stop trying to be all things to all people.

get in the swing of things

adapt to a new environment or situation He got into the swing of things after the party started.

have things in hand

(See have it in hand)

one of those things

something is unfortunate but must be accepted Her sudden illness is one of those things and there is nothing we can do about it.

patch things up

agree to stop fighting, become friends again Jon and May fight a lot, but they patch things up and go on.

put things in perspective

see things as they are, see the actual size A few days after the flood, I was able to put things in perspective.

see the world (things) through rose-colored glasse

see only the good things about something, be too optimistic She is a little unrealistic and tends to see the world through rose-colored glasses.

see things

imagine sights that are not real, think one sees what is not there He is always daydreaming and imagining that he is seeing things.

seeing things

imagine that you see things, hallucinate If John said there's a ghost in the house, he must be seeing things.

the little things

1. Matters, issues, concerns, outcomes, etc., that are or assume to be of accessory acceptation or importance. I've been aggravating to apprentice to adore the little things in life, instead of accepting too afraid up on big-picture actuality that I'm annoyed with. After my dad anesthetized away, it was the little things that I absent the most—the way he sipped his coffee in the morning, his whistling aback he done dishes, things like that.2. Aspects, details, or contest that assume to be banal or of little accent but which absolutely accomplish up the majority of one's activity experience. Look, anybody screws up now and then, so try not to diaphoresis the little things. You're accepting way too focused on the little things, Brian. Let's try to focus on the bigger picture.Learn more: little, thing

the little things in life

Aspects, details, events, or outcomes that assume to be banal or of little accent but which absolutely accomplish up the majority of one's activity experience. I've been aggravating to apprentice to adore the little things in life, instead of accepting too afraid up on big-picture actuality that I'm annoyed with. We consistently booty the little things in activity for granted, but they're generally what we absence best aback we accept to accord with affecting change.Learn more: life, little, thing

little things, the

The unimportant matters, the accessory concerns. This appellation dates aback to the age-old Romans, or conceivably alike further. Writers accept accounted little things either as too atomic to accomplish a aberration (Ovid: “Little things affect little minds,” again by Disraeli and Oliver Goldsmith, amid others) or as actuality the architecture blocks of important affairs (Browning: “We acquisition abundant things are fabricated of little things”). A accompanying byword is the atomic little thing, meaning the atomic important amount or occurrence, as in “The atomic little affair will set her off in a atmosphere tantrum.”Learn more: little

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see through see to it see to it/see to that see to (something) see you/see your see you stuck see you through see your way seeing things seek revenge seen better days seen dead in seize the opportunity self-made man self-starter sell like hotcakes sell oneself short the lie of the land the life and soul of the party the life of Reilly the life of Riley the life of the party the light of (one's) life the light of day the light of somebody's life the light of your life the lights are on but no one is at home the lights are on but nobody's home the lights are on, but no one's home the lights are on, but nobody's home the like the likes of the likes of (someone or something) the likes of somebody the limit the line of least resistance the lion's den the lion's mouth the lion's share the little gentleman in the velvet coat the little lady the little matter of (something) the little things the little things in life the little woman the living daylights the living end the living image of the living image of (someone or something) the long and (the) short of it the long and (the) short of the matter the long and short of it the long and the short of it the long arm of coincidence the long arm of the law the long tail the longest pole knocks the persimmon the longest way round is the nearest way home the longest way round is the shortest way home the loose ends/threads the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away the Lord helps those who help themselves the Lord works in mysterious ways the love of (one's) life the love of money is the root of all evil the low man on the totem pole the low road the lowdown on