Significato: Aage Niels Bohrn. Aage Niels Bohr (1922), fisico danese, Nobel per la fisica nel 1975 (figlio di Niels Henrik David Bohr)
nie Idioma
brownie points
points for doing extra work for the manager Bruno earns brownie points by offering to help the manager.
in the boonies
out of town, out in the country Lan lives in the boonies - fifty kilometers from Calgary.
loonie
Canadian one-dollar coin I bought this rose for one loonie!
pinch pennies
be careful with money, be thrifty My grandmother always pinches pennies and will never spend her money foolishly.
play the ponies
bet on horses at the race track He's lost a lot of money playing the ponies. He bets on every race.
arnies
any anabolic steroid
Aunt Annie
Rhyming Slang for vagina
binnie
a refuse collector
bonnie
a bonfire
bonnie night
Bonfire Night. An annual celebration of the foiling of an attempt to blow up The Houses of Parliament in 1605
boonies
rural areas, the countryside; abb. of boondocks [U.S.]
brownie point
a hypothetical award for achievement, usually given as a backhanded compliment for sycophantic behaviour
chonies
underwear;"My chonies were ridin' up all day"
Tragniew Park Crips
Compton crip set, associated with MC Eiht."Tragniew Park you say..." -- DJ Quik (Dollaz & Sense [1994])
at sb's convenience
at the time that doesn't give sb.trouble在某人方便的时候 Please come at your convenience.请在你方便的时候来。
at one's earliest convenience
Idiom(s): at one's earliest convenience
Theme: TIME
as soon as it is easy or convenient for someone. (This is also a polite way of saying immediately.) • Please stop by my office at your earliest convenience. • Bill, please have the oil changed at your earliest convenience.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
If the law is applied too late, there is no justice.
Let the genie out of the bottle
If people let the genie out of the bottle, they let something bad happen that cannot be put right or controlled.
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look af
(UK) If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves, meaning that if someone takes care not to waste small amounts of money, they will accumulate capital. ('Look after the pence and the pounds will look after themselves' is an alternative form of this idiom.)
Not have two pennies to rub together
If someone hasn't got two pennies to rub together, they are very poor indeed.
Under a flag of convenience
If a ship sails under a flag of convenience, it is registered in a country where taxes, etc, are lower than in the country it comes from, so if someone does something under a flag of convenience, they attempt to avoid regulations and taxes by a similar means.
emcee|M.C.|ceremonies|master|master of ceremonies
n. The person in charge of introducing the various participants in a show or entertainment. Bob Hope was the M.C. of many memorable shows.
pinch pennies|pennies|penny|pinch
v. phr., informal Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty. When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies. -
at one's convenience
at one's convenience Also, at one's earliest convenience. Whenever one wishes; also, as soon as one can. For example, Pick up the car any time, at your convenience, or We need that drawing very soon, so please finish it at your earliest convenience. The use of convenience in the sense of “ease” or “absence of trouble” dates from about 1700.
pennies from heaven Unexpected good fortune, a windfall, as in They sent back our check—pennies from heaven. This expression may have originated with a song and motion picture so named (1936), popularized by Bing Crosby.
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Dizionario di parole simili, diverso tenore, sinonimi, di invocazione per Idioma nie