Significato: acrobat

ac·ro·bat || 'ækrəbætn. acrobata

rob Idioma

get to the root of the problem

find the cause, get to the bottom of We got to the root of the problem. The children are afraid of the dog.

highway robbery

an extremely high price for something The price that we had to pay for the theater tickets was highway robbery.

no problem (no prob)

it was not a problem, don't mention it """Thank you,"" I said. ""No problem,"" she replied."

on probation

becoming a permanent employee, proby As an employee on probation, you will be learning new skills.

proby

an employee who is on probation, a new employee When I was a proby, I tried to impress my supervisors.

quicker than you can say Jack Robinson

very quickly The ghost was gone - quicker 'n you can say Jack Robinson!

rob Peter to pay Paul

take from one person or thing to pay another When the government began to take money from education to pay for the medical system it was like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

rob the cradle

court a person who is too young, date a minor You're seeing Lisa? She's only 17! That's robbing the cradle!

root of the problem

(See the root of the problem)

round robin

a contest or game in which each player or team plays every other player or team in turn, a meeting in which each one in a group takes part He took part in the round robin competition at his school.

round robin (letter)

a letter written by a group of people with each person writing part of the letter We sent a round robin letter to the librarian to ask for better opening hours for the library.

round robin (meeting or discussion)

a meeting or discussion in which each person in a group takes part We had a round robin panel discussion on what we could do to help save the environment.

round robin (tournament or contest)

game or contest in which each player or team plays every other player or team in turn The round robin tournament was held in order to choose the championship team for the city.

the root of the problem

the cause of the problem, the reason for the problem Students don't do enough reading - that's the root of the problem.

rob…of

1． take sth．from sb．unlawfully 抢劫（某人）
They knocked him down and robbed him of his watch．他们把他打倒在地，然后抢走了他的手表。
2．deprive sb． of 剥夺；使…丧失
They robbed the people of all liberty of thought．他们剥夺了人民的一切思想自由。
roll about （a spectator，a listener， etc．） enjoy oneself or laugh hilariously（观者、听者等）欢笑；笑得前俯后仰；捧腹大笑
The audience were rolling about in their seats as the clown roped around on the stage．小丑在台上蹦来跳去，逗得观众在座位上捧腹大笑。

in all probability

Idiom(s): in all probability

Theme: CERTAINTY

very likely; almost certainly.
• He'll be here on time in all probability.
• In all probability, they'll finish the work today.

daylight robbery

Idiom(s): daylight robbery

Theme: COMMERCE

the practice of blatantly or grossly overcharging.
• It's daylight robbery to charge that amount of money for a hotel room!
• The cost of renting a car at that place is daylight robbery.

before you can say Jack Robinson

Idiom(s): before you can say Jack Robinson

Theme: SOON

almost immediately. (Often found in children's stories.)
• And before you could say Jack Robinson, the bird flew away.
• I'll catch a plane and be there before you can say Jack Robinson.

all around Robin Hood's barn

Idiom(s): all around Robin Hood's barn

Theme: EVERYWHERE

going somewhere not by a direct route; going way out of the way [to get somewhere]; by a long and circuitous route.
• We had to go all around Robin Hood's barn to get to the little town.
• She walked all around Robin Hood's barn looking for a shop that sold Finnish glassware.

no problem

Idiom(s): no sweat AND no problem

Theme: EASY

no difficulty; do not worry. (Slang.)
• Of course I can have your car repaired by noon. No sweat.
• You'd like a red one? No problem.

A problem shared is a problem halved

If you talk about your problems, it will make you feel better.

Problem is thirty

If a problem is 30, the problem is the person who sits 30 cm from the computer screen. It is used to describe people that lack technical knowledge and can be used when you insult someone who's having computer problems.

Teething problems

(UK) The problems that a project has when it is starting are the teething problems.

before one can say Jack Robinson|Jack|Jack Robinso

adv. cl., informal Very quickly; suddenly.

An overused phrase. Before I could say Jack Robinson, the boy was gone.
Compare: IN A FLASH, RIGHT AWAY.

cradle-robber|cradle|rob|robber

n. The judge died when he was seventy. He was a real cradle-robber because he left a thirty-year-old widow. -

cradle-robbing|cradle|rob|robbing

adj. or n. Bob is seventeen and I just saw him with a girl about twelve years old. Has he started cradle-robbing? No, that girl was his sister, not his date!

have one's hand in the till|hand|have|rob|rob the

v. phr., informal To steal money in your trust or for which you are responsible. The supermarket manager suspected that one of the clerks was robbing the till. Mr. Jones deposited one thousand dollars in their joint savings account and told his wife not to rob the till. The store owner thought his business was failing until he discovered that the treasurer had his hand in the till.

highway robbery|highway|robbery

n. phr. 1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeare's day. 2. An extremely high price or charge; a profiteer's excessive charge. To someone from a small town, the prices of meals and theater tickets in New York often seem to he highway robbery.

knotty problem|knotty|problem

n. phr. A very complicated and difficult problem to solve. Doing one's income tax properly can present a knotty problem.

rob Peter to pay Paul|Paul|Peter|pay|pay Paul|rob|

v. phr. To change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another. Bill owed Sam a dollar, so he borrowed another from Joe to pay Sam back. He robbed Peter to pay Paul. Trying to study a lesson for one class during another class is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

rob the cradle|cradle|rob

v. phr., informal To have dates with or marry a person much younger than yourself. When the old woman married a young man, everyone said she was robbing the cradle. -

round robin|robin|round

n. phr. 1. Something written, especially a request or protest that is signed by a group of people.

Often used like an adjective. The people in our neighborhood are sending a round robin to the Air Force to protest the noise the jet planes make flying over our houses. 2. A letter written by a group of people each writing one or two paragraphs and then sending the letter to another person, who adds a paragraph, and so on. The class sent a round-robin letter to Bill in the hospital. 3. A meeting in which each one in a group of people takes part; a talk between various members of a group.

Often used like an adjective. There is a round-robin meeting of expert fishermen on the radio, giving advice on how to catch fish. 4. A contest or games in which each player or team plays every other player or team in turn.

Often used like an adjective. The tournament will be a round robin for all the high school teams in the city.

space probe|probe|space

n., Space English An unmanned spacecraft other than an Earth satellite fitted with instruments which gather and transmit information about other planets in the solar system (e.g., Venus, Mars, and Jupiter) on what are called fly-by missions, i.e., without the craft landing on any of these bodies. Both the U.S.A. and Russia have sent up many a space probe in the past decade.

Jack Robinson

Jack Robinson
see before you can say Jack Robinson.

probability

probability
see in all probability.

problem

problem
see no problem.

rob

rob
1.
rob the cradle
Informal
To have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone significantly younger than oneself.
2.
rob (someone) blind
To rob in an unusually deceitful or thorough way: robbed the old couple blind while employed as a companion.

rob someone blind

rob someone blind
Cheat someone in an unusually deceitful or thorough fashion, as in The nurse was robbing the old couple blind. This idiom may allude to robbing a blind beggar, who cannot see that the cup collecting donations is being emptied. [Mid-1900s]

we wuz robbed

we wuz robbed
Also, we was robbed or we were robbed. We were cheated out of a victory; we were tricked or outsmarted. For example, That ball was inside the lines—we wuz robbed! This expression, with its attempt to render nonstandard speech, has been attributed to fight manager Joe Jacobs (1896-1940), who uttered it on June 21, 1932, after his client, Max Schmeling, had clearly out-boxed Jack Sharkey, only to have the heavy-weight title awarded to Sharkey. It is still used, most often in a sports context.