Significado: acenesthesia

n. acenestesia, distúrbio psíquico que se manifesta como perda da sensação do corpo

nest Idioma

feather your nest

make a comfortable place, prepare your future place, nest egg Charles became a professor and began to feather his nest at the University of Manitoba.

honesty is the best policy

telling the truth is the best plan, honesty pays off Above the teacher's desk is this sign: Honesty is the best policy.

keep you honest

keep you from lying, cause you to be truthful Your child's questions will keep you honest. You can't lie to kids.

nest egg

money for retirement, life savings After selling the farm, they had their nest egg - about $200,000.

to be perfectly honest

to tell you the truth, to tell you exactly how I feel, as a matter of fact """Your cat's up in the tree again."" ""To be perfectly honest, I don't care. Let him come down alone."""

feather one's nest

1．use for yourself money and power，esp．from a public office 营私；饱私囊
He used his position and in fluence to feather his nest．他利用自己的地位和权势谋取私利。
She may do something for you，but she'll be feathering her own nest at the same time．她会为你做些好事，但同时她会从中捞些好处。
Before liberation，many officials feathered their nests through corruption．解放前，许多官吏通过贪污中饱私囊。
2． make one's home pleasant and comfortable；decorate one's house装饰家庭
Furniture stores welcome young couples who want to feather their nests．家俱店很欢迎想装饰房屋的年轻夫妇光临。

in earnest

serious（ly）认真的／地
Her parents thought the girl was joking when she said she wanted to be a scientist，but she was in earnest．这女孩说她想当一名科学家，她父母认为她是在开玩笑，但她却是认真的。
Surely you are not in earnest in saying that，are you？你说那话不是当真的，是吗？
Did you say it in earnest？你那样讲是当真的吗？

stir up a hornet's nest

Idiom(s): stir up a hornet's nest

Theme: TROUBLE

to create trouble or difficulties. (Informal.)
• What a mess you have made of things. You've really stirred up a hornet's nest.
• Bill stirred up a hornet's nest when he discovered the theft.

honest-to-goodness

Idiom(s): honest-to-goodness AND honest-to- God; honest-to-Pete

Theme: TRUTH

truthful; genuine.
• Is that an honest-to-goodness leather jacket, or is it vinyl?
• It's honest-to-goodness vinyl.

Honest to goodness

Idiom(s): Honest to goodness, AND Honest to God.; Honest to Pete.

Theme: TRUTH

I speak the truth. (Some people may object to the use of God in this phrase.)
• Did he really say that? Honest to goodness?
• Honest to Pete, I’ve been to the moon.
• I've been there, too—honest to God.

foul one's own nest

Idiom(s): foul one's own nest

Theme: HARM

to harm one's own interests; to bring disadvantage upon oneself.
• He tried to discredit a fellow senator with the president, but just succeeded in fouling his own nest.
• The boss really dislikes Mary. She certainly fouled her own nest when she spread those rumors about him.

come by sth honestly

Idiom(s): come by sth honestly

Theme: ACQUISITION

to inherit something—a character trait—from one's parents.
• I know I'm mean. I came by it honestly, though.
• She came by her kindness honestly.

honest-to-Pete

honest-to- God

Honest to Pete

Honest to God

honest and aboveboard

Idiom(s): aboveboard AND honest and aboveboard; open and aboveboard

Theme: HONESTY

in the open; visible to the public; honest. (Especially with keep, as in the examples. Fixed order.)
• Don't keep it a secret. Let's make sure that everything is aboveboard.
• You can do whatever you wish, as long as you keep it honest and aboveboard.
• The inspector had to make sure that everything was open and aboveboard.

Least said soonest mended.

The more discreet you are, the less damage you cause.

Cuckoo in the nest

Is an issue or a problem, etc, is a cuckoo in the nest, it grows quickly and crowds out everything else.

Feather your own nest

If someone feathers their own nest, they use their position or job for personal gain.

Honest truth

If someone claims that something is the honest truth, they wish to sound extra-sincere about something.

Hornets' nest

A hornets' nest is a violent situation or one with a lot of dispute. (If you create the problem, you 'stir up a hornets' nest'.)

In all honesty

If you say something in all honesty, you are telling the complete truth. It can be used as a way of introducing a negative opinion whilst trying to be polite; in all honesty, I have to say that I wasn't very impressed.

a love-nest

the place where two lovers live: "They made a love-nest in the old basement flat."

Honesty is the best policy.

The path of truth is a wise one to follow in the long run.

come by honestly|come|honestly

v. phr., informal To inherit (a characteristic) from your parents. Joe comes by his hot temper honestly; his father is the same way.

feather one's nest|feather|nest

v. phr., informal 1. To use for yourself money and power, especially from a public office or job in which you are trusted to help other people. The rich man told his lawyer to use his money after he died to build a hospital for poor people, but the lawyer feathered his own nest with the money instead. The man feathered his nest in politics by getting money from contractors who built roads.
Synonym: LINE ONE'S POCKETS. 2. To make your home pleasant and comfortable; furnish and decorate your house. Furniture stores welcome young couples who want to feather their nests.

honest broker|broker|honest

n. phr. A person hired or appointed to act as an agent in a legal, business, or political situation where impartial advice is needed in order to settle a dispute. Michael has been asked to act as an honest broker to settle the argument between the employees and the management.

honest to goodness|God|goodness|honest|honest to G

adj. phr., informal Really; truly; honestly.

Used to emphasize something said. When we were in Washington, we saw the President, honest to goodness. "Honest to goodness, Jane, I think you are the messiest girl in the world," said Mother.

honest-to-God|God|goodness|honest|honest-to-goodne

adj. phr., informal Real; genuine.

Used for emphasis. She served him honest-to-goodness deep dish apple pie. It was the first honest-to-goodness baseball game he'd seen since going abroad.

in earnest|earnest

adv. or adj. phr. Seriously; in a determined way. The beaver was building his dam in earnest. Bill did his homework in earnest.

Often used like a predicate adjective. Sometimes used with "dead", for emphasis. Betty's friends thought she was joking when she said she wanted to be a doctor, but she was in dead earnest.

mare's nest|mare|nest

n. phr. Something that doesn't exist; a discovery that proves to be worthless. He claims that he has discovered a gasoline substitute but we suspect it will turn out to be a mare's nest.

nest egg|egg|nest

n. Savings set aside to be used in the future. Herb says he doesn't have to worry about his old age because he has a nest egg in the bank.

stir up a hornet's nest|hornet|hornet's nest|nest|

v. phr. To make many people angry; do something that many people don't like. The principal stirred up a hornet's nest by changing the rules at school.

turn an honest penny|honest penny|penny|turn

v. phr. To realize a good profit. Tom turned an honest penny in the soybean trading business.
Compare: PRETTY PENNY.

anesthetic

anesthetic
anesthetic to
incapable of feeling or responding to

earnest

earnest
see in earnest.

empty nest

empty nest
The home of parents whose children have grown up and moved out. For example, Now that they had an empty nest, Jim and Jane opened a bed-and-breakfast. This expression, alluding to a nest from which baby birds have flown, gave rise to such related ones as empty-nester, for a parent whose children had moved out, and empty-nest syndrome, for the state of mind of parents whose children had left. [c. 1970]

foul one's nest

foul one's nest
Also, foul one's own nest. Hurt one's own interests, as in With his constant complaints about his wife, he's only fouling his own nest. This metaphoric expression transfers a bird's soiling of its nest to human behavior. [Mid-1200s]

honest

honest
In addition to the idioms beginning with honest, also see come by; open and aboveboard.
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- honest to God

nest

nest
see empty nest; feather one's nest; foul one's nest; stir up a hornets' nest.

stir up a hornets' nest

stir up a hornets' nest
Make trouble, cause a commotion, as in Asking for an audit of the treasurer's books stirred up a hornets' nest in the association. This metaphoric term, likening hornets to angry humans, dates from the first half of the 1700s.