The american heritage dictionary of idioms

Ngày tải lên: 14/06/2016, 09:20

... UNIVERSITY Street, Cambridge, United OF CAMBRIDGE Kingdom PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10 011 -4 211 , USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, ... idiom is often followed by the preposition 'of' them: a rich seam formal a subject which provides a lot of o ortunities for people to discuss, write about or make jokes a ou • (often...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... ;·~~·~~ ~:~ ~ ~:~ ···X································ :; ~:; :lla~:O :: : ;:~ ~r~tumorous saying rude or stupid things in a loud voice shoot your mouth off very informal to talk too much, especially about ... of telling someone to surprised stop talking Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this 4 53 Theme panels Success and Failure We'd managed to...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... this 248 mask make a martyr of him from the point of view of the international community make a martyr of yourself ~/ to things which are difficult or unpleasant for you, often when it is not necessary ... > (often + on) We're of like mind on most political issues be out of your mind informal to be crazy • You paid three thousand pounds for that heap of junk! Are you out of...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... cash cow a business or a part of a business that always makes a lot of profit The British newspapers are the group's biggest cash cow,earning nearly 40 %of group profits hard cash British, American ... the clutches of a religiousfanatic C-note a C-note American, informal a piece of paper American money that is worth 100dollars Joe took a wad of bills out of his pocket, peeled off...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... native go off at a tangent go off at half-cock go off half-cocked: see go off at half-cock go off on a tangent go off the boil go off the deep end go off the rails go off your rocker: see be off your ... change out of sb get off sb's back: see get sb off your back get off sb's case: see get on sb's case get off the mark get off to a flying start get off your arse get off your backside get o...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... schemes the pick of sth the best of a group of things or people • Send in your poems and we will print the pick of the bunch have your pick of sth if you can have your pick of a group of things, you ... on onandoff \/ off and on ~ if something happens on and off during a long period of time, it happens sometimes but not regularly or continuously • (often + for) I've had tootha...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... sth off pat learn sth off pat off and on off-calor: see off-colour off-colour off limits off sb's hands off-the-cuff off the cuff: see off-the-cuff off the hook off the peg off the record off ... OF be (all) of a piece be of the essence OFF a mile off be off base be off beam be off-color: see be off-colour be off-colour be off the hook be off the hook: see get/let sb off the hook be off...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... was once the raison d'etre of the festival but it has now been replacedby comedyand cabaretshows rake-off a rake-off informal a share of the profits of something, often taken in a way that is ... society He went off the rails in his twenties and started lioing on the streets • By the law of probabilities if you have five kids, one of them's going togo off the rails Please purchase...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... as the Romans do) ROOF a roof over your head be like a cat on a hot tin roof go through the roof hit the ceiling/roof raise the roof the roof caves/falls in ROOFTOPS see be off ROCKET get a rocket: ... conversation piece a piece/ slice of the action be a nasty piece of work be a piece of cake be a piece of piss be (all) of a piece give sb a piece of your mind How long is a piece...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... side of the law get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick get offl start off on the wrong foot get on the wrong side of the law get out of bed on the wrong side get up on the wrong side of the ... man/woman of the world a world of difference (all) the world and his wife be at peace with the world be dead to the world be in a world of your own be in another world be on top of...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... snook the cock of the walk COCKLES warm the cockles of your heart COFFEE a coffee table book Wake up and smell the coffee! COFFIN another nail in the coffin the fmal nail in the coffin COG a cog ... back if you scratch mine It's no skin off my (back) teeth know sth like the back of your hand make a rod for your own back off the back of a lorry off the back of a truck One step forwar...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... newspapers grab a grab bag American & Australian a mixture of different types of things • (often + of) Airlines are offering a grab bag of discounts, air miles and car rentals to attract customers ... because of the scarcity of opportunities at home green-eyed the green-eyed monster humorous the feeling of being jealous Doyou think his criticisms of Jack are valid or is it just...

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 06:20