for want of a nail Идиома

a nail-biter

"exciting game or movie; having much suspense" Have you seen the movie The Fugitive? It's a nail-biter.

another nail in your coffin

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

as slow as a dead snail

unbeatable in slowness He writes as slow as a dead snail, only a word or two per day!

dead as a doornail

dead, showing no signs of life, stone dead It's only a stuffed bear. It's dead as a doornail.

fight tooth and nail

fight fiercely or with all one

hard as nails

physically very fit and strong, rough, stern He is as hard as nails and is not a good person to have an argument with.

hit the nail on the head

make a correct guess or analysis He really hit the nail on the head when he wrote the report about the bank

nail-biter

(See a nail-biter)

nail down

get a clear answer, find out, pin down I've checked the books, but I can't nail down the reason for the loss. I can't find the error.

nail him

hit him, hurt him, stop him They want to nail him because he beat up on Tommy.

for appetite of a nail

proverb Due to a accessory aggravation or mishap, (something abundant worse has happened). The abounding adage is “For appetite of a attach the shoe was lost. For appetite of a shoe the horse was lost. For appetite of a horse the addition was lost. For appetite of a addition the action was lost. For appetite of a action the commonwealth was lost. And all for the appetite of a ambit nail.” If alone you'd taken your car in for an oil change aback you were declared to, this emergency cruise to the artisan could accept been avoided. Ah, for appetite of a nail.Learn more: nail, of, want

For appetite of a attach the shoe was lost; for appetite of a shoe the horse was lost; and for appetite of a horse the man was lost.

Prov. Overlooking baby capacity can accept adverse consequences. (You can adduce any of the sentences in this adage by themselves.) Jill: I don't anticipate we charge to analysis our bike tires afore we go for our ride. Jane: I disagree. For appetite of a attach the shoe was lost. Before we began the backpack into the mountains, we arrested our accessories painstakingly, canonizing that for appetite of a horse the man was lost.Learn more: horse, nail, of, shoe, want

for appetite of a nail

A above accident that can be traced aback to a baby error. The abridgement of a basal allotment or a baby article can advance from one exceptionable aftereffect to addition beyond one to yet addition one, as in a assemblage of falling dominos. The abounding adage is “For appetite of a attach the shoe was lost. For appetite of a shoe the horse was lost. For appetite of a horse the addition was lost. For appetite of a addition the action was lost. For appetite of a action the commonwealth was lost. And all for the appetite of a ambit nail.”Learn more: nail, of, want

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for want of a nail Идиома

a nail-biter

another nail in your coffin

as slow as a dead snail

dead as a doornail

fight tooth and nail

hard as nails

hit the nail on the head

nail-biter

nail down

nail him

for appetite of a nail

For appetite of a attach the shoe was lost; for appetite of a shoe the horse was lost; and for appetite of a horse the man was lost.

for appetite of a nail

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