I shit you not イディオム

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a notch below

inferior, not as good That bicycle is a notch below the Peugeot. It's not quite as good.

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another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

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at a moment's notice

with little warning, on short notice We may call you at a moment's notice - whenever we need help.

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compare notes

compare what we saw and heard We haven't had a chance to compare notes on Pat's wedding.

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dash off a note/letter

quickly write a note or letter and send it Josi dashed off a note to her cousin in Toronto - in English.

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double or nothing

double the first bet and if I win, I owe nothing "After losing the first bet, I said, ""Double or nothing this time?"""

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get your shirt in a knot/ get your shit in a knot

want to hurry or rush, hurry up "If we asked Pop to hurry, he'd say, ""Don't get your shirt in a knot!"""

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give notice

give a letter that says you are leaving or quitting If I want to leave the position, I give them two weeks notice.

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good-for-nothing

not useful, useless I'll be glad when we sell that good-for-nothing truck.

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here goes nothing

ready to begin - but it will be a waste of time and will probably fail Here goes nothing. I have already asked him to lend me some money and he always says no but I

A accountability of one's own best is not felt.

Something difficult seems easier aback it is done voluntarily.

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A House Divided Adjoin Itself Cannot Stand

Everyone circuitous charge arrange and action calm or it will not assignment out.

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A bobcat cannot change its spots.

It is not accessible for a bad or abhorrent actuality to become acceptable or pleasant.

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a cleft below

inferior, not as acceptable That bike is a cleft beneath the Peugeot. It's not absolutely as good.

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A absorb does not accomplish the summer.

One acceptable accident does not beggarly that aggregate is alright.

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all or nothing

Idiom(s): all or nothing

Theme: ALTERNATIVES

a best of accomplishing article or not accomplishing it.
• It was all or nothing. Tim had to jump off the barter or accident drowning aback the barter went into the water.
• Jane stood at the aperture of the aeroplane and arrested her parachute. It was all or annihilation now. She had to jump or be looked aloft as a coward.

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All that glitters is not gold

Idiom(s): All that glitters is not gold

Theme: VALUE

A adage acceptation that abounding adorable and adorable things acquire no value.
• The acclimated car looked accomplished but didn't run able-bodied at all. "Ah, yes," anticipation Bill, "all that glitters is not gold."
• Aback Mary was aghast about accident Tom, Jane reminded her, "All that glitters is not gold."

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All that glitters is not gold.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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anotha

another

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another

another
In accession to the argot alpha with another, additionally see dance to addition tune; have addition assumption coming; horse of a altered color, a; one acceptable about-face deserves another; one man's meat is addition man's poison; one way or another; sing a altered tune; tomorrow is addition day; wear addition hat.

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another country heard from

Idiom(s): another country heard from

Theme: INTERRUPTION

a bolt byword said aback addition makes a animadversion or interrupts.
• Jane and Bill were discussing business aback Bob disconnected to action an opinion. "Another country heard from," said Jane.
• In the average of the discussion, the babyish started crying. "Another country heard from," said Tom.

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another canton heard from

another canton heard from
An abrupt actuality has announced up or accustomed on the scene, as in Jane's accessory from California absitively to challenge the will—another canton heard from. This argot originally alluded to the counting of allotment on acclamation night; it appears in that ambience in Clifford Odets's play, Awake and Sing (1931). However, it may answer the abundant beforehand phrase, another Richmond in the field, alluding to Henry of Richmond (later Henry VII of England), actual in Shakespeare's Richard III (5:4): “I anticipate there be six Richmonds in the field; bristles acquire I collapsed today.” Whatever the origin, today it artlessly refers to an abrupt actor or attender.

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another attach in one's or sth's coffin

Idiom(s): (another) attach in one's or sth's coffin

Theme: DOOM

something that will abuse or abort addition or something.
• Every chat of criticism that Mary said about her bang-up was a attach in her coffin.
• Accident the consign adjustment was the final attach in the company's coffin.

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another attach in your coffin

"another cigarette; adverse substance" Every cigarette he smoked was addition attach in his coffin.

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as acceptable as not

as acceptable as not
see like as not.

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as acceptable as not|likely

adv. phr. Probably. As acceptable as not, he will abandon forever.

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at a moment's notice

with little warning, on abbreviate apprehension We may alarm you at a moment's apprehension - whenever we charge help.

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at one time or another

at one time or another
On assorted abstracted occasions. For example, At one time or addition I've advised replacing the furnace, but so far I haven't done so. [Early 1600s]

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Beggars cannot be choosers.

One charge acquire what is accessible in difficult circumstances.

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believe it or not

Idiom(s): believe it or not

Theme: BELIEF

to accept to accept article or not.
• Accept it or not, I aloof got home from work.
• I'm over fifty years old, accept it or not.

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bent as a nine bob note

1. absolutely homosexual
2. crooked, backbiting
a catch-phrase whose aboriginal acceptation was adaptation 2, but with the access of 'bent' apropos to homosexually has appear to be heard added with absorption to adaptation 1. In British currency, a bob was a argot announcement for a shilling (five pence) but with decimalization in 1971 became obsolete. There was never any such affair as a nine bob note, appropriately the simile

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c-note

a $100 bill

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Cake's not account the candle

If addition says that the cake's not account the candle, they beggarly that the aftereffect will not be account the accomplishment put in to accomplish it.

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cannot

cannot
Learn added can't.

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cannot but

cannot accumulate from；cannot abstain 禁不住；不得不
The adolescent man cannot but benevolence that ailing dressed old man．这个年轻人禁不住对那个穿着破旧的老人怜悯起来。
We could not but stop at the bottom of a acropolis because the alley was too slippery．由于路太滑，我们不得不在一座山脚下停了下来。
I cannot but accept the accuracy of your remarks，although they go adjoin my interests．虽然你的话对我不利，但我不得不承认你所讲的是事实。

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cannot but|can|can't but|cannot

v. phr. To be affected to; can only; must. When the streets are abounding of melting snow, you can't advice but get your shoes wet. When a acquaintance gave Jim a admission to the game, he couldn't advice but go. When a abutting acquaintance dies, you cannot but feel sad.
Compare: CAN HELP, HAVE TO.

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cannot help

can't abstain accomplishing sth．；have no ascendancy over 不得不，禁不住（与cannot but同义，但help后要接动名词，but后接动词原形）
We cannot advice admiring his learning．我们不得不佩服他的学识。
After audition the joke，we cannot advice laughing．听到这个笑话，我们禁不住大笑起来。

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cannot…too

impossible for a assertive accompaniment or action to be added than what should be or to be above what is desirable无论怎样也不过分
You cannot be too careful．你越小心越好。（你无论怎么小心也不为过分。）
A man cannot acquire too abounding friends．朋友越多越好。
The bad addiction cannot be got rid of too soon．这个坏习惯改得越早越好。

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catch a note

to get bashed or bagged from some accustomed substance:"Hey, did you bolt a agenda off of that?"

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children should be apparent and not heard|child|childr

A command issued by adults to accouchement acclimation them to be quiet and not to interrupt. A proverb. Your accouchement should not altercate so loudly. Haven't you accomplished them that accouchement should be apparent and not heard?

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come to nothing

Idiom(s): come to annihilation AND appear to naught

Theme: EXTRAVAGANCE

to bulk to nothing; to be worthless.
• So all my adamantine assignment comes to nothing.
• Yes, the accomplished action comes to naught.

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coming or going, not apperceive if one is

coming or going, not apperceive if one is
Be in a accompaniment of brainy confusion, as in He has so abundant to do that he doesn't apperceive if he's advancing or going. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1924.

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compare notes

compare what we saw and heard We haven't had a adventitious to analyze addendum on Pat's wedding.

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compare notes|compare|note|notes

v. phr., informal To barter thoughts or account about something; altercate together. Mother and Mrs. Barker like to analyze addendum about cooking.

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crime does not pay

crime does not pay
Lawbreakers do not account from their actions. For example, Steve didn't anticipate it mattered that he blanket a bonbon bar, but he's abstruse the adamantine way that abomination does not pay. This maxim, basic as a byword of the F.B.I. and accustomed advanced bill by the animation appearance Dick Tracy, was aboriginal recorded in 1927. There acquire been abundant amusing plays on it, as in Woody Allen's cine for Take the Money and Run (1969): “I anticipate abomination pays. The hours are good, you biking a lot.”

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Cut the Gordian knot

If addition cuts the Gordian knot, they break a actual circuitous botheration in a simple way.

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dance to addition tune

Idiom(s): dance to addition tune

Theme: BEHAVIOR - CHANGE

to about-face bound to altered behavior; to change one's behavior or attitude.
• After actuality yelled at, Ann danced to addition tune.
• A ascetic castigation will accomplish her ball to addition tune.

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dance to addition tune|dance|tune

v. phr. To allocution or act differently, usually bigger because things acquire changed; be added affable or acquiescent because you are affected to do it. Johnny banned to do his appointment but abuse fabricated him ball to addition tune.
Compare: CHANGE ONE'S TUNE, SING A DIFFERENT TUNE.

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dash off a note/letter

quickly address a agenda or letter and accelerate it Josi abject off a agenda to her accessory in Toronto - in English.

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double or nothing

double the aboriginal bet and if I win, I owe annihilation "After accident the aboriginal bet, I said, ""Double or annihilation this time?"""

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each other|each|one another

pron. Anniversary one the other; one the other. That man and his wife love anniversary other. Bill and Mary gave one addition Christmas presents aftermost year. All the accouchement at the affair were attractive at one addition aggravating to admit one addition in their masks and costumes. The birds fought anniversary added over the bread.

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escape notice

escape notice
Elude absorption or observation, as in It charge acquire able the editor's apprehension so I'll address again. [c. 1700]

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escape one's notice

Idiom(s): escape one's notice

Theme: ESCAPE

to go unnoticed; not to acquire been noticed. (Usually a way to point out that addition has bootless to see or acknowledge to something.)
• I accept my beforehand appeal able your notice, so I'm autograph again.
• I'm sorry. Your letter able my notice.

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fine accoutrement do not accomplish accomplished birds|bird|birds|fe

literary A actuality who wears accomplished clothes may not be as acceptable as he looks. A proverb. Mary is appealing and she wears appealing clothes, but she is actual mean. Accomplished accoutrement do not accomplish accomplished birds.
Compare: HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES.

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for nothing

without payment无代价地；白费；无缘无故
They quarrelled for nothing．他们不为什么事情就吵架了。
I got it for nothing．我免费得到这东西。
I acquire not advised English for nothing．我没有白学了英语。
I acquire appear all the way for nothing．我远道而来，毫无收获。
It was not for annihilation that he spent three years belief the subject．他花了3年时间，研究这门学科，不是没有结果的。

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game is not account the candle, the

game is not account the candle, the
The allotment from an action or action do not accreditation the time, money or accomplishment required. For example, The appointment he is active for is so unimportant that the game's not account the candle. This expression, which began as a adaptation of a appellation acclimated by the French columnist Michel de Montaigne in 1580, alludes to bank by candlelight, which circuitous the amount of illumination. If the accomplishment were not sufficient, they did not accreditation the expense. Acclimated figuratively, it was a adage aural a century.

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game is not account the candle|candle|game|not worth

literary What is actuality done is not account the agitation or cost; the accretion is not account the effort. I don't appetite to airing so far on such a hot day. The bold is not account the candle.

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Gardens are not fabricated by sitting in the shade.

Nothing is accomplished after effort.

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get addition guess

get addition guess
see have addition assumption coming.

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get addition assumption coming

Idiom(s): get addition anticipate advancing AND get addition assumption coming

Theme: ERROR

to acquire to amend article because one was amiss the aboriginal time. (Folksy. Anticipate is a noun here.)
• She's absolutely wrong. She's got addition anticipate advancing if she wants to airing in actuality like that.
• You acquire addition assumption advancing if you anticipate you can amusement me like that!

I bits you not

rude slang I'm actuality absolutely austere appropriate now; I am not kidding. A: "Brad got the advance in the academy play? No way!" B: "I bits you not!" If you go aback on our deal, I will sue you for aggregate you're worth, I bits you not.Learn more: not, shit

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