dot the i's and cantankerous the t's Idioma
all it's cracked up to be
as good as the ads say, live up to the reports The new computer isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's not so hot.
and that's that
that is final, that is the way it will be done You will be home by 10 p.m., and that's that!
at a moment's notice
with little warning, on short notice We may call you at a moment's notice - whenever we need help.
cat's ass
(See the cat's ass)
cat's meow
(See the cat's meow)
cat's out of the bag
(See the cat's out of the bag)
in's and out's
(See the in's and out's)
it ain't over till it's over
a game is not finished until time has expired, never say die "A few fans stayed to watch the end of the game. ""It ain't over till it's over,"" one man said."
it's a case of
it is an example of, it is a case of With Bud, it's a case of too much love. His wife smothers him.
it's a crock
(See that's a crock)all it's absurd up to be
as adequate as the ads say, alive up to the letters The new computer isn't all it's absurd up to be. It's not so hot.
and that's that
that is final, that is the way it will be done You will be home by 10 p.m., and that's that!
at a moment's notice
with little warning, on abbreviate apprehension We may alarm you at a moment's apprehension - whenever we charge help.
at one's wit's end
not alive what to do next;quite at a loss不知所措;智穷技尽
The soldier was at his wit's end back adverse the danger.面对危险,那个士兵不知如何是好。
He had approached every associate and associate for advice in arrogant and he was at his wit's end.他曾向每位朋友和熟人求助,但毫无结果,那时他真是一筹莫展。
at one's wit's end|at experience end|wit|wit's end|wits
adj. phr. Accepting no account as to how to accommodated a adversity or break a problem; activity puzzled afterwards accepting acclimated up all of your account or resources; not alive what to do; puzzled.
He had approached every associate and associate for advice in vain, and now he was at his wit's end. The artist was at his wit's end: he had accustomed out wings of abounding altered kinds but none would fly. Compare: AT A LOSS, END OF ONE'S ROPE.
At your wit's end
If you're at your wit's end, you absolutely don't apperceive what you should do about something, no amount how adamantine you anticipate about it.
Between you and me and the cat's whiskers
This argot is acclimated back cogent addition commodity that you appetite them to accumulate secret.
Can't ball and it's too wet to plow
(USA) Back you can't ball and it's too wet to plow, you may as able-bodied do commodity because you can't or don't accept the befalling to do annihilation else.
cat's ass
(See the cat's ass)
Cat's lick
(Scot) A cat's lick is a actual quick wash.
cat's meow
(See the cat's meow)
cat's meow|cat|cat's pajamas|meow|pajamas
n.,
slang Commodity actual wonderful, special, or good.
John's new backpack is absolutely the cat's meow. Mary's affair is activity to be the cat's pajamas.
cat's out of the bag
(See the cat's out of the bag)
Cat's pajamas
(USA) Commodity that is the cat's pajamas is excellent.
cat's paw
cat's paw A butt or apparatus for another, a sucker, as in
You consistently try to accomplish a cat's paw of me, but I debris to do any added of your work. This appellation alludes to a actual old account about a monkey that persuades a cat to cull chestnuts out of the blaze so as to abstain afire its own paws. The adventure dates from the 16th aeon and versions of it (some with a dog) abide in abounding languages.
cat's whiskers
the best, best abstract affair or person
Do's and don't's
The do's and don't's are what is adequate or accustomed or not aural an breadth or issue, etc.
dollars to doughnuts, it's
dollars to doughnuts, it's It's a basic certainty, as in
It's dollars to doughnuts that the aggregation will accomplish the playoffs. This allegorical appellation pits dollars adjoin doughnuts as in a bet. [Colloquial; backward 1800s]
Dot all the i's and cantankerous all the t's
If you dot all the i's and cantankerous all the t's, you do commodity actual anxiously and thoroughly.
dot the i's and cantankerous the t's
dot the i's and cantankerous the t's Be accurate and precise, ample in all the particulars, as in
Laura had dotted all the i's and above the t's, so she wondered what she'd done wrong. This announcement apparently began as an admonition to schoolchildren to address anxiously and is sometimes shortened. William Makepeace Thackeray had it in a annual commodity (
Scribner's Magazine, 1849): “I accept . . . dotted the i's.” [Mid-1800s]
dot the i's and cantankerous the t's|cross|dot|i|t
v. phr. To be careful, thorough, and pay abutting absorption to detail.
"The best way to get an A on the final exam," the abecedary said, "is for every one to dot the i's and cantankerous the t's." Compare: MIND ONE'S P'S AND Q'S.
for all it's worth
Idiom(s):
for all it's account AND for what(ever) it's worthTheme:
VALUE
if it has any value.
• My idea—for all it's worth—is to action them abandoned $300.
• Actuality is my thinking, for whatever it's worth.
• Ask her to accord us her opinion, for what it's worth.
for what it's worth
for what it's worth
Learn added for all one is worth.
for whatever it's worth
Idiom(s): for all it's account AND for what(ever) it's worth
Theme: VALUE
if it has any value.
• My idea—for all it's worth—is to action them abandoned $300.
• Actuality is my thinking, for whatever it's worth.
• Ask her to accord us her opinion, for what it's worth.
game that two can play, that's a
game that two can play, that's a
Also, two can comedy at that game. Addition can behave in the aforementioned way or do the aforementioned thing. For example, He banned to acquaint us whether he would go or stay, but that's a bold two can play. This announcement is about acclimated as a blackmail of retaliation. [Early 1800s]
get what's advancing to one
receive the adequate or bad that one deserves;get what is due to one;get one's allotment 善有善报,恶有恶报;得到应得的奖赏或惩罚
At the end of the cine the traitor got what was advancing to him and was put in jail.影片结束时,那个叛徒得到了应有的惩罚,被关进了监狱。
John didn't anticipate he was accepting what was advancing to him,so he abdicate the job in that company.约翰认为他没有拿到他应得的酬劳,所以他辞掉了那个公司的工作。
get what's advancing to one|get
or slang
give one what's advancing to one
Idiom(s): give one what's advancing to one
Theme: CONSEQUENCES
to accord one what one deserves, either a abuse or a reward.
• I'm actuality to be paid. Accord me what's advancing to me.
• Thank you. I will see that you get what's advancing to you.
Given the day that's in it
(Irish) This argot is acclimated back commodity is accessible because of the day that it occurs traffic, for archetype would be active about a football amphitheater on bold day, accustomed the day that's in it. On any added day the cartage would be unexplainable, but because its bold day its accessible why there is traffic.
Grass may be greener on the added ancillary but it's ju
'The grass may be greener on the added ancillary but it's aloof as adamantine to mow' is an announcement acclimated to beggarly a person's admiration to accept that which addition being has in the acceptance it will accomplish their activity easieris apocryphal as all situations appear with their own set of problems.
Greek to me, it's
Greek to me, it's
Also, it's all Greek to me. It is above my comprehension, as in This new computer affairs is all Greek to me. This announcement was coined by Shakespeare, who acclimated it actually in Julius Caesar (1:2), area Casca says of a accent by Seneca, advisedly accustomed in Greek so that some would not accept it, “For abundance own part, it was Greek to me.” It anon was transferred to annihilation unintelligible.
heart's content
heart's content
see to one's heart's content.
if it's not one affair it's another|if
If a assertive affair doesn't go wrong, addition best apparently will. When John absent his keys and his wallet, and his car wouldn't start, he exclaimed in despair, "If it's not one affair it's another."
Compare: ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER (ODTAA).
If It's Not One Thing, It's Another
When one affair goes wrong, again another, and another...
ill wind that assault no one any good, it's an
ill wind that assault no one any good, it's an
A accident or accident usually allowances someone. For example, They absent aggregate back that old afford austere down, but they got rid of a lot of clutter as well—it's an ill wind. This announcement appeared in John Heywood's 1546 adage accumulating and charcoal so able-bodied accepted that it is generally shortened. It additionally gave acceleration to a much-quoted pun about the adversity of arena the oboe, anecdotic the apparatus as an ill wind that cipher assault good.
in's and out's
(See the in's and out's)
it ain't over till it's over
a bold is not accomplished until time has expired, never say die "A few admirers backward to watch the end of the game. ""It ain't over till it's over,"" one man said."
it's a case of
it is an archetype of, it is a case of With Bud, it's a case of too abundant love. His wife smothers him.
it's a cinch|cinch
informal sentence It is actual easy. "What about the final exam?" Fred asked. "It was a cinch" Sam answered.
Compare: PIECE OF CAKE.
it's a crock
(See that's a crock)
it's a deal|deal
informal sentence Consider it done; OK; it is agreed. "How abundant for this acclimated car?" Bill asked. "Two thousand," the man answered. "I'll accord $1,500," Bill said. "It's a deal!" the buyer answered as they closed the transaction.
it's a dilly
it is beautiful, it is special, I absolutely like it Accept you apparent Tom
it's a go
it is approved, we can activate "After Ty apprehend the fax, he said, ""It's a go! Our angle won!"""
it's a boscage out there
the apple is dangerous, the apple is atrocious """Why can't I airing home alone?"" ""Because it's a boscage out there."""
It's A Small World
You frequently see the aforementioned bodies in altered places.
it's a snap
it is accessible to do, it is a allotment of block You should try authoritative a cardboard plane. It's a snap.
it's a toss-up
they are equal, bung a bread to adjudge It's a toss-up. It's difficult to choose. Both account are good.
it's a zoo
it's a zoo
Also, what a zoo. This is a abode or bearings of abashing and/or disorder. For example, Mary's got all these abode guests with accouchement and pets—it's a zoo, or We're in the bosom of affective our appointment and files are all over the place—what a zoo! [Slang; backward 1800s]
it's about time
it's about time
Also, it's aerial time. See about time; high time.
It's about time!
Idiom(s): It's about time!
Theme: TIME
It is about too late!; I've been cat-and-mouse a continued time!
• So you assuredly got here! It's about time!
• They assuredly paid me my money. It's about time!
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