salad days, one's Idioma

a stone's throw

a short distance, 25 metres A deer came into the yard, just a stone's throw from our door.

back on one's feet

physically healthy again My mother is back on her feet again after being sick with the flu for two weeks.

ball is in someone's court

be someone else's move or turn The ball was in the union's court after the company made their final offer.

beat one's brains out

try very hard to understand or do something.

blow one's top

become extremely angry.

break someone's heart

make someone feel very disappointed/discouraged/sad.

breathe one's last

to die The man finally breathed his last after a long illness.

by the skin of one's teeth

barely succeed in doing something.

card up one's sleeve

another plan or argument saved for later I thought that the negotiations would be unsuccessful but my boss had another card up his sleeve that we didn't know about.

catch one's death of cold

become very ill (with a cold, flu etc) The little boy was told to be careful in the rain or he would catch his death of cold.

salad days

A youthful, airy time of chastity and inexperience. The byword comes from a band in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra: "My bloom days, aback I was blooming in judgment, algid in blood." Ah, to be in love in your bloom days—such beatific and airy times! Whenever I ask my grandfathering the acceptation of a chat I apprehend on TV, he consistently action and says he'll acquaint me aback I'm no best in my bloom days.Learn more: days, salad

salad days

The time of youth, innocence, and inexperience, as in Back in our bloom canicule we went anywhere at night, never cerebration about whether it was safe or not . This expression, alluding to the boyhood of inexperience, was apparently invented by Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra (1:5), aback Cleopatra, now amorous of Antony, speaks of her aboriginal account for Julius Caesar as foolish: "My bloom days, aback I was blooming in judgment, algid in blood." Learn more: days, salad

salad days, one's

Inexperienced youth, aback one is still actual blooming (i.e., unripe). The appellation comes from Shakespeare, who apparently coined it: “My bloom days, aback I was blooming in judgement: algid in blood” (Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5).Learn more: salad

salad days

A time of active affliction and airy pleasures, usually looked aback on with nostalgia. The byword came from Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, in which the Queen of the Nile reflected on “My bloom canicule / Aback I was blooming in judgment: algid in claret . . .”Learn more: days, salad

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salad days, one's Idioma

a stone's throw

back on one's feet

ball is in someone's court

beat one's brains out

blow one's top

break someone's heart

breathe one's last

by the skin of one's teeth

card up one's sleeve

catch one's death of cold

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