Oxford dictionary of idioms

Ngày tải lên: 16/12/2013, 13:21

... of a number of distinguished composers who have shuffled off their mortal coil in a variety of unusual ways. coin the other side of the coin the opposite or contrasting aspect of ... near) the bone Q (of a remark) penetrating and accurate to the point of causing hurt or discomfort. Q (of a joke or story) likely to cause offence because near the limit of d...

Ngày tải lên: 25/03/2014, 09:20

... draws upon) to the Oxford English Dictionary. The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... publication of a number of reference books giving details of all the permitted food additives as well as some of the possible effects on health of ingesting them. Possibly...

Ngày tải lên: 17/08/2013, 08:52

... draws upon) to the Oxford English Dictionary. The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... publication of a number of reference books giving details of all the permitted food additives as well as some of the possible effects on health of ingesting them. Possibly...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 13:40

... draws upon) to the Oxford English Dictionary. The aim of the Oxford Dictionary of New Words is to provide an informative and readable guide to about two thousand high-profile words and phrases ... unpublished resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, the research that is routinely carried out in preparing new entries for that work, and the word-files and databases o...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 13:40

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 12:15

... groups of idioms which all usethe samefigurative meaning of the keyword. In such cases,a note explains the figurative meaning and all the idioms which follow it have that meaning. Common idioms Idioms ... broadcasts, etc. idioms which are used in a very informal or not very polite way, often between members of a particular social group idioms which are still used but sound old...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... ofsomething bring sb/sth to mind to cause you to think of someone or something take a stroll/trip down memory lane to remember some of the happy things you did in the past Out of sight, out of mind. inlwithin living memory if ... The way they treat those dogs really makes my . boil. • Idioms containing pairs of words These sentences have idioms which all contain pairs of words...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... mother lode of sth American a large collection of a particular type of thing. His collectionof lettersand papers is a mother lodeof information for writers and journalists. . the mother of all sth informal ... final nail in the coffin X an event which causes the failure of something that had already started to fail • (usually + of) I think that argument was the final nail in the c...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15

... in 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 a c-note and handed ... cow X 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...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:15