의미: achieves

a·chieve〔OF 「정점[끝]에 이르다」의 뜻에서〕 vt.

1 <일·목적 등을> 이루다, 성취[완수]하다, 달성하다(⇒ accomplish [유의어])

2 <공적을> 세우다; <명성을> 얻다; <좋은 결과·명예 등을> 쟁취하다, 획득하다(gain, obtain)
▶ achieve victory 승리를 거두다
▶ achieve success 성공하다
━ vi.

1 《드물게》 목적을 이루다

2 《미》 (학업에서) 일정한 표준에 도달하다
a·chíev·a·ble a. a·chíev·er n. 달성[완수]자
▷ achíevement n.

eves 관용구

thick as thieves

Idiom(s): (as) thick as thieves

Theme: FRIENDS

very close-knit; friendly; allied.
• Mary, Tom, and Sally are as thick as thieves. They go everywhere together.
• Those two families are thick as thieves.

roll one's sleeves up

Idiom(s): roll one's sleeves up

Theme: WORK

to get ready to do some work.
• Roll your sleeves up and get busy. This isn't a picnic. This is work!
• Come on, you guys, get busy. Roll up your sleeves and go to work.

Honor among thieves

If someone says there is honor among thieves, this means that even corrupt or bad people sometimes have a sense of honor or integrity, or justice, even if it is skewed. ('Honour among thieves' is the British English version.)

roll up one's sleeves|roll|roll up|sleeve|sleeves

To get ready for a hard job; prepare to work hard or seriously. When Paul took his science examination, he saw how little he knew about science. He rolled up his sleeves and went to work.

roll up one's sleeves

roll up one's sleeves
Prepare to work, as in When he saw how much snow had fallen he simply rolled up his sleeves and went to find the shovel. This expression, alluding to turning one's sleeves upward to avoid getting them wet or dirty, is used both literally and more loosely, as in the example here.

thief, thieves

thief, thieves
see it takes one to know one; thick as thieves.