pay what one owes 同…算清账 He used to settle accounts with the grocer at the end of each month．他总是每月底同杂货商结账。
square accounts
Idiom(s): square accounts (with sb) (2)
Theme: RECIPROCITY
2. to settle one's financial accounts with someone. • I have to square accounts with the bank this week, or it'll take back my car. • I called the bank and said I needed to come in and square accounts.
every minute counts
Idiom(s): every minute counts AND every moment counts
Theme: TIME
time is very important. • Doctor, please try to get here quickly. Every minute counts. • When you take a test, you must work rapidly because every minute counts. • When you're trying to meet a deadline, every moment counts.
cook the accounts
Idiom(s): cook the accounts
Theme: ACCOUNTING
to cheat in bookkeeping; to make the accounts appear to balance when they do not. • Jane was sent to jail for cooking the accounts of her mother's store. • It's hard to tell whether she really cooked the accounts or just didn't know how to add.
balance the accounts
Idiom(s): balance the accounts AND balance the books
Theme: ACCOUNTING
to determine through accounting that accounts are in balance, that all money is accounted for. • Jane was up all night balancing the accounts. • The cashier was not allowed to leave the bank until the manager balanced the books.
every moment counts
Idiom(s): every minute counts AND every moment counts
Theme: TIME
time is very important. • Doctor, please try to get here quickly. Every minute counts. • When you take a test, you must work rapidly because every minute counts. • When you're trying to meet a deadline, every moment counts.
by all accounts Also, according to all accounts. From all reports available, from what everyone is saying. For example, By all accounts the party was a great success, or They spent a fortune on their cruise, according to all accounts. These phrases rely on account in the sense of “a particular report or description of some event.” [Late 1700s]
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