NTC’S American IDIOMS Dictionary phần 10 pps

... sympathy system get something out of one’s system systems all systems (are) go T done to a T NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 588 up wrapped up in someone or something up wrap something up up write ... build up to something to burned to a cinder to burn someone or something to a crisp NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 596 shot (all) shot to hell shot give something a sho...

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... get into a mess into get into an argument (with someone ) into get into full swing NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 522 in not for (anything in) the world in not in the same league with someone ... tight rein on someone or something Keep Keep at it! keep keep at someone or something NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 526 It It never rains but it pours. It It (only) stands to...

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... to call the doctor to help dry Mr. Franklin out. T It takes time to drop someone a few lines 100 some dirt on the mayor and used it against her at election time. dig someone or something to ... someone] to die by disease or old age rather than by violence or foul play. ᮀ I hope to live to 100 and die a natural death. ᮀ The po- lice say she didn’t die a natural death, and they are inves...

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... tilt at windmills at tip the scales at something at try one’s hand (at something ) NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 458 as happy as a lark as happy as can be as hard as a rock as hard as nails as ... tick as tight as Dick’s hatband as tough as an old boot as true as steel as ugly as a toad NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 456 with impunity without risk of punish- ment; with...

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... someone else). ᮀ Yo u want to sell for $120, and I want to buy for $100 . Let’s split the difference and close the deal at $ 110. ᮀ I don’t want to split the difference. I want $120. split up [for ... store something in a safe place. (Informal.) ᮀ While I worked in the city, I was able to sock $100 away every month. T At the present time, I can’t sock away that much. soft as a baby’s bot...

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... something to express a number in the nearest whole amount or nearest group of 1, 10, 100 , 1,000, 1 ⁄ 10 , 1 ⁄ 100 , 1 ⁄ 1,000 , etc. ᮀ When doing taxes, Anne rounded her figures off to the ... punishment for some- thing. (Also literal.) ᮀ You can put off pay attention (to someone or something) 310 Our neighbors ran down their house before they sold it. 2. to say bad things abo...

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... ᮀ You’ve got nothing on me! Let me go! 2. to have no information about someone or something. ᮀ The dictionary had nothing on the word I looked up. ᮀ The librarian said that the library has nothing ... was still good. the going rate the current rate. ᮀ The going interest rate for your account is 10 percent. ᮀ Our babysitter charges us the going rate. the going rate 167 a gold mine of i...

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... told to fall in behind the scoutmaster. ᮀ The soldiers fell in quickly. fall (all) over oneself 110 frighten the wits out of someone and frighten the (living) daylights out of someone ; scare ... pedal flat on the floor. (Slang.) ᮀ How fast will this car go flat out? ᮀ This car will hit about 110 miles per hour flat out. Flattery will get you nowhere. Yo u c a n praise me, but I’m not...

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... the dictionary. The compiler has included idiomatic phrases drawn from or suggested by Anne Bertram in NTC’s Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, and NTC’s Dictionary ... Dictionary of Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings and Eliza- beth Kirkpatrick in NTC’s English Idioms Dictionary. About This Dictionary xiii amount of salt called for in...

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