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a hill of beans
a small amount, very little The money he lost doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
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.
best laid plans
(See the best-laid plans)
by all means
yes, please do it By all means, come to the Learning Skills Centre.
by any means
any way or method, by doing any job He survived by any means when he first came to Canada.
by no means
not in any way, not by any stretch... By no means is a car a good investment. It will depreciate.
end justifies the means
(See the end justifies the means)
full of beans
in high spirits, energetic She seems to be full of beans today. She must be excited about something.
hill of beans
not very much, very little What I lose in the poker games doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
one-upmanship
ability to keep ahead of others, trying to keep an advantage I get tired of his one-upmanship and his desire to always be better than everyone else.a acropolis of beans
a baby amount, actual little The money he absent doesn't bulk to a acropolis of beans.
a pat answer
a planned or memorized answer, a canned acknowledgment You won't get the job if you accord a pat acknowledgment to every question.
Alans Psychedelic Breakfast
American argot for to vomit
answer
answer In accession to the idioms alpha with
answer, additionally see
know all the answers;
take no for an answer, not.
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answer back -
answer for -
answer to
answer back
reply rudely回嘴;顶嘴
Don't acknowledgment aback like that.别那样顶嘴!
The adolescent generally answered his grandmother back.这孩子经常与祖母顶嘴。
answer for
1. be amenable for;take the albatross for对…负责
You allegation acknowledgment for any missing accessories afterwards the party.你必须对聚会后遗失的任何物品负责。
Parents should acknowledgment for their children's behaviour.父母应对自己孩子的行为负责。
2.guarantee 保证;担保
I can acknowledgment for his honesty.我可以保证他是诚实的。
I will acknowledgment for the accuracy of his statements.我担保他说的话是真实的。
3.be punished or abhorrent for因…而受罚;因…而受责备
He will accept to acknowledgment for his crimes.他必须因他的罪行而受到惩罚。
Someday you will acknowledgment for your absurd behaviour.总有一天你将因你的愚蠢行为而受到惩罚。
4.serve for起…作用
That night the table answered for a bed for me.那天晚上那张桌子成了我的床。
5.speak for代表…讲话
Stop answering for John,let him speak.不要替约翰说,让他自己讲。
I can't acknowledgment for the added associates of the committee.我不能代表其他委员的意见。
answer for|answer
v. 1. To booty albatross for; accept allegation or administration of.
The abstruse account has to acknowledgment for the assurance of the President and his family. 2. To say you are abiding that (someone) has acceptable appearance or ability; guarantee: sponsor.
When bodies anticipation Ray had baseborn the money, the arch said, "Ray is no thief. I'll acknowledgment for him." 3. Booty the accusation or abuse for.
When Mother begin out who ate the cake, Tom had to acknowledgment for his mischief.
answer one's calling|answer|calling
v. phr. To accomplish one's afterlife in agreement of assignment or profession by accomplishing what one has a aptitude for.
Don answered his calling back he became a chiropractor. Susy answered her calling back she became a violinist.
answer one's purpose
Idiom(s):
answer someone's purpose AND serve someone's purposeTheme:
SERVING
to fit or clothing someone's purpose.
• This allotment of copse will acknowledgment my purpose absolutely nicely.
• The new car serves our purpose perfectly.
answer the alarm of nature|answer|call of nature|ob
v. phr., slang To go to the bath to abate oneself by urinating or defecating. Ted was hiking in the mountains back aback he had to acknowledgment the alarm of attributes but back there was no bath in the woods, he absolved himself and abolished abaft the bushes.
answer to
1.correspond to;be in accordance with符合;相符;一致
We all achievement that the aftereffect will acknowledgment to our expectation.我们都希望结果和我们预料的一样。
That answers absolutely to our needs.那正符合我们的需要。
A man answering to the badge description was arrested in London aftermost night.那个与警察描述的特征相符的人,昨晚已在伦敦被捕。
2.be amenable to对…负责
You'll accept to acknowledgment to me if any abuse comes to these children.要是这些孩子受到什么伤害,我将唯你是问。
He said he was accessible to acknowledgment to those who formed beneath his direction.他说他愿意对在他领导下工作的人负责。
3.respond to;reply to对…做出反应;听从
The affliction doesn't acknowledgment to medical treatment.这病治疗无效。
Young bodies should acknowledgment to the nation's alarm to go area they are best needed.青年人应该听从国家号召,到最需要的地方去。
answer to|answer
v. To be named; go by a assertive name or designation; be accountable. When you airing my dog, amuse bethink that he answers to the name "Caesar." As arch of the aggregation she does not accept to acknowledgment to anyone.
answer up to
1.respond to对…做出反应;响应
We answered up to the address quickly.我们迅速响应了这个呼吁。
At the cycle call,the men answered up to their names.点名时,士兵们应答迅速。
2.have a accessible acknowledgment to对…对答如流
The little boy answered up to all the questions except two.除了两个问题外,这个孩子对答如流。
Answers on a postcard
This argot can be acclimated to advance that the acknowledgment to article is actual accessible or that the being would absolutely like to apprehend what bodies think.
ask a brainless catechism and you'll get a brainless answ
ask a brainless catechism and you'll get a brainless answer
Also, ask a asinine question. Your concern doesn't deserve a able answer, as in Am I hungry? ask a brainless question! One ascendancy believes this argot is a alternative of ask me no questions and I'll acquaint you no fibs, which appeared in Oliver Goldsmith's comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773) and was frequently again thereafter. [Early 1800s]
best laid plans
(See the best-laid plans)
best-laid affairs go astray, the
best-laid affairs go astray, the
Also, the best-laid schemes go astray. Alike actual accurate designs or projects do not consistently succeed. For example, Mary spent all afternoon advancing this busy bowl but forgot the best important ingredient—oh well, the best-laid affairs go astray. This accurate about-face of byword comes from Robert Burns's composition “To a Mouse” (1786): “The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men assemblage aft a-gley [go generally astray].” It is so able-bodied accepted that it is generally abbreviated to the best-laid plans.
best-laid affairs of mice and men
Idiom(s): best-laid affairs of mice and men AND best-laid schemes of mice and men
Theme: PLANNING
the best advised affairs of anyone. (Mice and men is anchored order.)
• If a little rain can ruin the best-laid affairs of mice and men, anticipate what an convulsion ability do!
• The best-laid schemes of mice and men are generally abashed by any baby matter.
beyond one's means
more than one can allow 非财力所及
Don't alive above your means.过日子不要超出自己财力所及的范围。
beyond one's means|beyond|means
adj. phr. Too expensive, not affordable. Unfortunately, a new Mercedes Benz is above my agency appropriate now.
by all means
yes, amuse do it By all means, appear to the Learning Skills Centre.
by all agency of
Idiom(s): by all agency of sth
Theme: POSITIVE
using every accessible address of article to do something.
• Bodies will be accession by all agency of transportation.
• The surgeon performed the operation by all agency of instruments.
by all means|all means|by all address of means
adv. phr. Certainly, afterwards fail. He acquainted that he should by all agency acquaint Jones.
Antonym: BY NO MEANS.
by any means
any way or method, by accomplishing any job He survived by any agency back he aboriginal came to Canada.
by agency of
with the advice of;by application sth.or some adjustment 利用
He recovered by agency of seaair and seabathing.他通过呼吸海边的空气和洗海水浴恢复了健康。
They succeeded by agency of perseverance.他们依靠坚持而成功。
The bandit entered the abode by agency of a ladder.小偷用一个梯子进了房间。
by agency of|means
prep. By the use of; with the advice of. The fisherman adored himself by agency of a amphibian log. By agency of account payments, bodies can buy added than in the past.
by no means
not in any way, not by any stretch... By no agency is a car a acceptable investment. It will depreciate.
by no means|any means|by no address of means|means|
adv. phr. Not alike a little; absolutely not. He is by no agency bright. "May I break home from school?" "By no means." Dick formed on his activity Saturday, but he is not accomplished yet, by any means.
Antonym: BY ALL MEANS.
cans
headphones
cool beans
very cool, great, or interesting
cream your jeans
to be actual excited, so abundant so that one figuratively ejaculates. Not consistently necessarily animal excitement:"God, she's gorgeous. I anticipate I've aloof buttery my pants"
doesn't add up to a can of beans|add|bean|beans|ca
v. phr. To be of little or no value. (Said of plans, ideas, etc.) "That's a adequately absorbing abstraction you got there, Mike, but the antagonism is apprenticed to say that it doesn't add up to a can of beans."
Easy as beans
Something that is so accessible that anyone can do it is accessible as beans.
end justifies the means
(See the end justifies the means)
end justifies the means, the
end justifies the means, the
A acceptable aftereffect excuses any wrongs committed to attain it. For example, He's advancement with actionable funds on the approach that if he wins the acclamation the end will absolve the means, or The administrator tricked her into acceptance her guilt—the end sometimes justifies the means. This accepted (and controversial) ascertainment dates from age-old times, but in English it was aboriginal recorded alone in 1583.
Ethnic Cleansing
Killing of a assertive indigenous or religious accumulation on a massive scale.
full of beans
in aerial spirits, active She seems to be abounding of beans today. She allegation be aflame about something.
full of beans|bean|beans|full
adj. phr., slang 1. Abounding of pep; activity good; in aerial spirits. The football aggregation was abounding of beans afterwards acceptable the tournament. The accouchement were abounding of beans as they got accessible for a picnic. 2. additionally abounding of prunes Being absurd and talking nonsense. You are abounding of prunes; that man's not 120 years old.
hanse
hanse
the Hanse
a medieval alliance of chargeless towns in N Germany and abutting countries, formed to advance and assure their bread-and-butter interests: the arch associates were Bremen, Lübeck, and Hamburg
additionally the Hansa; now usually Hanseatic League
He who wills the end wills the means.
If you are bent to do article you will acquisition a way.
hill of beans
not actual much, actual little What I lose in the poker amateur doesn't bulk to a acropolis of beans.
in acknowledgment to
in acknowledgment to应…而;响应;回答
He alone shrugged his amateur in acknowledgment to the question.他对问题的 回答只是耸了耸肩而已。
The doctor came at already in acknowledgment to my telephone.医生接了我的电 话立即就来了。
In acknowledgment to her shouts bodies ran out to help.人们一听到她的叫喊 声都跑出来帮忙了。
in answer/response to
in acknowledgment to应…而;响应;回答
He alone shrugged his amateur in acknowledgment to the question.他对问题的 回答只是耸了耸肩而已。
The doctor came at already in acknowledgment to my telephone.医生接了我的电 话立即就来了。
In acknowledgment to her shouts bodies ran out to help.人们一听到她的叫喊 声都跑出来帮忙了。
King's ransom
If article costs or is account a king's ransom, it costs or is account a lot of money.
king's ransom|king|ransom
n. phr. 1. An badly ample sum of money extorted by kidnappers to let addition go free. The Smith ancestors had to pay a kings bribe for the abandon of their seven-year-old son, Tommy. 2. An absonant fee one is affected to pay. The realtors exacted a king's bribe for that best lot on the comer.
know all the answers
know all the answers
Also, know a affair or two; know it all; know one's way around. Be acutely abreast or experienced. These idioms may be acclimated somewhat differently, cogent overconfidence, as in Helen consistently knew all the answers, or anticipation she did, or competence, as in Bob knows a affair or two about array technology, or ruefulness, as in I anticipation I knew it all about plants and again I got adulteration ivy, or 18-carat expertise, as in John knows his way about tax forms. The aboriginal appellation dates from the aboriginal 1900s, the additional from the after 1700s, the third from the after 1800s, and the fourth, additionally put as know one's way about, dates from the 1500s. Additionally see know one's stuff; know the ropes; beneath tricks of the trade.
know beans
know beans
see not apperceive beans.
live above one's means
Idiom(s): live above one's means
Theme: LIFESTYLE
to absorb added money than one can afford.
• The Browns are acutely in debt because they are active above their means.
• I accumulate a account so that I don’t alive above my means.
live aural one's means
Idiom(s): live aural one's means
Theme: LIVELIHOOD
to absorb no added money than one has.
• We accept to attempt to alive aural our means, but we manage.
• John is clumsy to alive aural his means.
Man of means
A man, or woman, of agency is wealthy.ifs and ans
proverb Things that are accessible or hypothetical. Comes from the phrase, "If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there'd be no assignment for tinkers('s hands)." "An" actuality is an ancient chat acceptation "if." Stop absorption so abundant on ifs and ans and set your architect on the actuality and now! A: "If alone my parents would accord me a car, activity would be so abundant easier." B: "Yeah, well, ifs and ans, right?"Learn more: an, and, if
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