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a grandfather clause
a lost cause
give pause to
grandfather clause
lost cause
anal applause
Slauson
because of
They didn't climb the mountain because of the rain．因为下雨他们没有爬山。
pause on
Let me pause on these matters be fore I make a decision．在做出决定之前让我想一下。
pause (up) on
Let me pause on these matters be fore I make a decision．在做出决定之前让我想一下。
make sb look good to cause
Idiom(s): make sb look good to causeTheme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS
someone to appear successful or competent (especially when this is not the case).
• John arranges all his affairs to make himself look good.
• The manager didn't like the quarterly report because it didn't make her look good.
give sb pause
Idiom(s): give sb pauseTheme: STOP
to cause someone to stop and think.
• When I see a golden sunrise, it gives me pause.
• Witnessing an accident is likely to give all of us pause.
cause some tongues to wag
Idiom(s): cause (some) tongues to wagTheme: GOSSIP
to cause people to gossip; to give people something to gossip about.
• The way John was looking at Mary will surely cause some tongues to wag.
• The way Mary was dressed will also cause tongues to wag.
cause some eyebrows to raise
Idiom(s): cause (some) eyebrows to raiseTheme: SHOCK
to shock people; to surprise and dismay people.
• John caused eyebrows to raise when he married a poor girl from Toledo.
• If you want to cause some eyebrows to raise, just start singing as you walk down the street.
cause a stir
Idiom(s): cause a stir AND cause a commotionTheme: DISTURBANCE
to cause people to become agitated; to cause trouble in a group of people; to shock or alarm people. (Notice the example with quite.)
• When Bob appeared without his evening jacket, it caused a stir in the dining room.
• The dog ran through the church and caused quite a commotion.
under the auspices of
Idiom(s): under the aegis of someone AND under the auspices of someoneTheme: CONTROL
under the sponsorship of someone or some group; under the control or monitoring of someone or some group.
• The entire project fell under the aegis of Thomas.
• The entire program is under the auspices of Acme-Global Paper Co., Inc.
cause a commotion
Idiom(s): cause a stir AND cause a commotionTheme: DISTURBANCE
to cause people to become agitated; to cause trouble in a group of people; to shock or alarm people. (Notice the example with quite.)
• When Bob appeared without his evening jacket, it caused a stir in the dining room.
• The dog ran through the church and caused quite a commotion.
Like watching sausage getting made
If something is like watching sausages getting made, unpleasant truths about it emerge that make it much less appealing. The idea is that if people watched sausages getting made, they would probably be less fond of them.because of|because
prep. On account of; by reason of; as a result of. The train arrived late because of the snowstorm.cause eyebrows to raise|cause|eyebrow|eyebrows|rai
v. phr. To do something that causes consternation; to shock others. When Algernon entered Orchestra Hall barefoot and wearing a woman's wig, he caused eyebrows to raise.give one pause|give|pause
v. phr. To astonish someone; cause one to stop and think. "Your remark gives me pause," Tom said, when Jane called him an incurable gambler.give pause|give|pause
v. phr. To cause you to stop and think; make you doubt or worry. The heavy monthly payments gave Mr. Smith pause in his plans to buy a new car. The bad weather gave Miss Carter pause about driving to New York City.lost cause|cause|lost
n. phr. A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. Communism in Eastern Europe has become a lost cause.show cause|show
v. phr. To give a reason or explanation. The judge asked the defendants to show cause why they should not be held without bail.ad nauseam
ad nauseamTo ridiculous excess, to a sickening degree. For example, I wish he'd drop the subject; we have heard about budget cuts ad nauseam. The term, Latin for “to [the point of] nausea,” has been used in English since the early 1600s.
because
becausebecause of
by reason of; on account of
cause
causeIn addition to the idioms beginning with cause, also see lost cause.
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- cause a commotion
- cause raised eyebrows
cause raised eyebrows
cause raised eyebrowsAlso, raise eyebrows. Cause surprise or disapproval, as in At school his purple hair usually causes raised eyebrows. This transfer of a physical act (raising one's eyebrows) to the feelings it may express took place in the early 1900s. Lytton Strachey used the term in The Eminent Victorians (1918): “The most steady-going churchman hardly raises an eyebrow at it now.”
common cause
common causeA joint interest, as in “The common cause against the enemies of piety” (from John Dryden's poem, Religio laici, or a Layman's Faith, 1682). This term originated as to make common cause (with), meaning “to unite one's interest with another's.” In the mid-1900s the name Common Cause was adopted by a liberal lobbying group.
give pause
give pauseCause one to hesitate, as in The high monthly installment payments gave me pause, or, as Shakespeare put it in Hamlet (3:1): “For in that sleep of death what dreams may come ... Must give us pause.” [c. 1600]
holocaust
holocaustthe Holocaust
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the systematic, genocidal destruction of over six million European Jews by the Nazis before and during WWII
pause
pausesee give pause.
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