have (something) off pat Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a pat answer

a planned or memorized answer, a canned answer You won't get the job if you give a pat answer to every question.

cross paths

meet, encounter We'll cross paths again, I'm sure. Until then, good luck.

down pat

memorized, just right Flora had her speech down pat. She had practised it many times.

down the garden path

(See lead you down the garden path)

lead you down the garden path

tell you a false story, give you a line He said the trip to Paris was free. He led me down the garden path.

lose patience

not be patient any longer, out of patience Mom is losing patience with us because we don't obey her.

oilpatch

the local oil industry, the oil business Calgary's oilpatch does not control the price of oil and gas.

on the warpath

very angry, looking for trouble He is really on the warpath today so you should stay out of his way.

out of patience

having no more patience, lose patience I'm out of patience with the kids. They're fighting all the time.

pat answer

(See a pat answer)

have (something) off pat

To learn, master, or accept article perfectly, to the point of acute little or no focus to do, recall, or achieve it. I apperceive it's a little catchy accepting the adhere of the machine, but accumulate at it, and you'll accept it off pat in no time. My sister is such a agreeable prodigy that she can accept a song off pat afterwards alert to it alone already or twice.Learn more: have, off, pat

have article off (or down) pat

accept article memorized perfectly.Learn more: have, off, pat, something

have/know/get article off ˈpat

(British English) (American English have/know article down ˈpat) apperceive or accept abstruse article so able-bodied that you can echo it at any time: I’m abashed I haven’t got the acknowledgment off pat. ♢ She has all our names and cellphone numbers down pat.Learn more: get, have, know, off, pat, something

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