a mistake made by a caribou, make a booboo """Why did the caribou get lost?"""
charity begins at home
"first help the needy in your own community; then help others" If you want to help the poor, remember that charity begins at home.
familiarity breeds contempt
a friend may dislike you if you do not respect his or her privacy Don't call Margaret Maggie. Remember, familiarity breeds contempt.
hard of hearing
not able to hear very well, partly deaf Now that Grandpa's in his 80s, he's quite hard of hearing.
pale by comparison
is not as good, is not as beautiful or talented Most European parks pale by comparison to Banff.
Roaring Twenties
the decade following World War I (1920-1929) In the Roaring Twenties, ladies had short hair with kiss curls.
tell it to the marines (Sweeney)
I don
variety is the spice of life
a variety of experiences makes life interesting, to each his own On the sign above the door were these words: GENERAL STORE Variety is the spice of life!
Anna Maria
London cockney rhyming slang for fire
aries
heroin
Aris
see Aristotle
Aristotle
Rhyming Slang.This is a complex one. The meaning of the term "Aris" is "arse" This derives from 'Aristotle' = "bottle" and "bottle" is short for the Rhyming Slang term "bottle and glass" = "arse"
charity-case
a person deemed rightly or wrongly to be in need of charity, whether poor or handicapped in some manner
coolarific
cool and terrific
marijuana
Dried leaves and flowering tops of the pistillate hemp plant that yield THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the physiologically active chemical C21H30O2 that is the chief intoxicant in marijuana) and are smoked in cigarettes for their intoxicating effect. Other reported words for it are: bammer, bionic, bomb, brown, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, chronic, dank, doubage, ganja, grass, green, groove weed, hash, herb, home-grown, ill, Indo, iszm, Lebanon, Mary Jane (mj), maui wowy, method, pot, sess, shake, shit, skunk, stress, tabacci, Thai, wacky and weed.
marinate
to chill, hang out
arise from of
result from由…而引起；由…而产生 The country's present difficulties arise from the shortage of petroleum．这个国家当前的困境是由石油短缺而造成的。 The trouble arose out of the policy of racial segregation．这场乱子是由种族隔离政策所引起的。 We argued her out of acting in haste．我们劝她不要匆忙行事。
arise from/out of
result from由…而引起；由…而产生 The country's present difficulties arise from the shortage of petroleum．这个国家当前的困境是由石油短缺而造成的。 The trouble arose out of the policy of racial segregation．这场乱子是由种族隔离政策所引起的。 We argued her out of acting in haste．我们劝她不要匆忙行事。
arise out of
result from由…而引起；由…而产生 The country's present difficulties arise from the shortage of petroleum．这个国家当前的困境是由石油短缺而造成的。 The trouble arose out of the policy of racial segregation．这场乱子是由种族隔离政策所引起的。 We argued her out of acting in haste．我们劝她不要匆忙行事。
by comparison
compared with 相比较 This film is a greater success than that one by comparison．相比之下，这部电影比那部更为成功。 This one is really cheaper by comparison．相比之下，这个确实便宜。
have a bearing on
be related to；affect；influence对…有影响；与…有关 The points you are raising have some bearing on the case now being tried．你提出的几点对正在审理的案子有一些关系。 Whether you love him has no bearing on whether he's good or bad．你是否爱他与他这个人是好是坏没有什么关系。 have a finger in the pie have sth．to do with what happens；share interest or responsibility．参与；有关；干涉 It's none of your business；there's no need for you to have a finger in the pie．这件事与你无关，用不着你插手。 When the girls got up a Christmas party，I felt sure Alice had a finger in the pie．当姑娘们筹备圣诞舞会时，我确信爱丽丝一定会参与的。
have a bearing on/upon
be related to；affect；influence对…有影响；与…有关 The points you are raising have some bearing on the case now being tried．你提出的几点对正在审理的案子有一些关系。 Whether you love him has no bearing on whether he's good or bad．你是否爱他与他这个人是好是坏没有什么关系。 have a finger in the pie have sth．to do with what happens；share interest or responsibility．参与；有关；干涉 It's none of your business；there's no need for you to have a finger in the pie．这件事与你无关，用不着你插手。 When the girls got up a Christmas party，I felt sure Alice had a finger in the pie．当姑娘们筹备圣诞舞会时，我确信爱丽丝一定会参与的。
have a bearing upon
be related to；affect；influence对…有影响；与…有关 The points you are raising have some bearing on the case now being tried．你提出的几点对正在审理的案子有一些关系。 Whether you love him has no bearing on whether he's good or bad．你是否爱他与他这个人是好是坏没有什么关系。 have a finger in the pie have sth．to do with what happens；share interest or responsibility．参与；有关；干涉 It's none of your business；there's no need for you to have a finger in the pie．这件事与你无关，用不着你插手。 When the girls got up a Christmas party，I felt sure Alice had a finger in the pie．当姑娘们筹备圣诞舞会时，我确信爱丽丝一定会参与的。
in comparison with
when compared with同…比较 Yangzhou is much smaller in comparison with Beijing．扬州同北京比起来小多了。 The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York．同纽约的摩天大楼比较，伦敦的最高建筑物还是算矮的。
tell it to the marines
Idiom(s): tell it to the marines
Theme: DISBELIEF
I do not believe you (maybe the marines will). (Informal.) • That's silly. Tell it to the marines. • I don't care how good you think your reason is. Tell it to the marines!
rarin' to go
Idiom(s): rarin' to go
Theme: DRYNESS
to be extremely eager to act or do something. (Informal.) • Jane can't wait to start her job. She's rarin' to go. • Mary is rarin' to go and can't wait for her university term to start.
get one's bearings
Idiom(s): get one's bearings
Theme: LOCATION
to determine where one is; to determine how one is oriented to one's immediate environment. • After he fell, it took Ted a few minutes to get his bearings. • Jane found her compass and got her bearings almost immediately. • I don't have my bearings yet. Wait a minute.
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
Overcoming adversity leads to competence.
Charity begins at home.
A person's first duty is to help and care for his own family.
Variety is the spice of life.
Doing a lot of different things makes life more interesting.
Good Samaritan
A good Samaritan is a persoon wh helps others in need.
Like Chinese arithmetic
If something is complicated and hard to understand, it's like Chinese arithmetic.
find one's bearings|bearings|find|get|get one's be
v. phr. To know where one is or where one is headed. "Without a compass," the sergeant warned the enlisted men, "you will never find your bearings in the desert."
hard of hearing|hard|hear|hearing
adj. Partially deaf. Some people who are hard of hearing wear hearing aids.
tell it to the marines|Sweeney|marines|tell|tell i
slang I don't believe you; Stop trying to fool me. John said, "My father knows the President of the United States." Dick answered, "Tell it to the marines."
variety show|show|variety
n. A program that includes several different kinds of entertainment (as songs, dances, comic skits and little dramas). Jane's father was the master of ceremonies of a variety show on TV.
variety store|store|variety
n. A store that sells many different kinds of things, especially items that are fairly small and in everyday use. I went into a variety store and bought some paint.Five-and-ten cent stores are a kind of variety store.
at variance
at variance Differing, discrepant; also, in a state of conflict. For example, John's and Mary's answers are at variance means that their answers do not agree, or John was at variance with his in-laws means that he strongly disagreed or quarreled with them. [Early 1500s]
beyond comparison Also, without comparison or beyond compare. Too superior to be compared, unrivaled, as in This view of the mountains is beyond comparison, or That bakery is without comparison. The first term, more common today than the much older variants, was first recorded in 1871. Without comparison goes back to 1340, and without compare to 1621.
charioteer
charioteer the Charioteer the constellation Auriga
comparison
comparison in comparison with compared with
do a disappearing act
do a disappearing act Vanish, as in As soon as the teacher came outside, Mary did a disappearing act. This expression describes a sudden disappearance as if by magic and presumably alludes to a magician's performance. [Colloquial; early 1900s]
garden variety Ordinary, common, as in I don't want anything special in a VCR—the garden variety will do. This term alludes to a common plant as opposed to a specially bred hybrid. [Colloquial; 1920]
raring to go Very eager to begin, as in The children were all dressed and raring to go. This idiom uses raring for rearing, and alludes to a horse's standing on its hind legs when it is anxious to get moving. [Early 1900s]
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