oxford dictionary of idioms

... 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...

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... ;·~~·~~ ~:~ ~ ~:~ ···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...

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