... unpopular at the moment.
In the doghouse
If someone is in the doghouse, they are in disgrace because they have done something wrong.
In the face of
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Labour of love
A labour of love is a project or task undertaking for the interest or pleasure in doing it rather than the reward, ... square, they follow the rules and win conclusively.
Fair crack ofthe whip
(UK) If everybody has a fair crack ofthe whip, they all have equal opportunities to do something.
Fair shake of the...
... done'.
At the end of your rope
(USA) If you are at the end of your rope, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance.
At the end of your tether
(UK) If you are at the end of your tether, ... from the beginning right to the very end.
From the bottom of your heart
If someone does something from the bottom of their heart, then they do it with genuine emotion and feeling.
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At the drop of a hat
If you would do something at the drop of a hat, you'd do it immediately.
At the end ofthe day
This...
... the utility
of the
Longman Dictionaryof Contemporary EnglgsA as
a suitable source dictionary for the target lexicon.
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Within the larger framework ofthe Alvey Programme
of ... the content ofthe tar-
get word Ust comes from the fact that even though
there k no provision for the analysis system to handle
semantics, there is still the need to provide a minimal,
theoretically ...
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their
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acknowledge I [TI ,4, S (to) to agree
to the truth of; recogniee the fact or ex-
istence (of) :
I Â~knowledge the trash o~
~,oar esteemed. J .They
o~knowledoed...
... greener on the other side ofthe fence'.
The more the merrier 99
The more the merrier means that the greater the quantity or the bigger the number of
something, the happier the speaker ...
Talk ofthe town 99
When everybody is talking about particular people and events, they are he talk ofthe town.
Talk out ofthe back of your head 9
If someone is talking out ofthe back of their ... is an alternative form ofthe idiom.
A OK 99
If things are A OK, they are absolutely fine.
Idioms 40 of 49
Smoke the peace pipe 9
If people smoke the peace pipe, they stop arguing and...
... chaotic.
At the bottom ofthe totem pole
(USA) If someone is at the bottom ofthe totem pole, they are unimportant. Opposite is at the
top ofthe totem pole.
At the coalface
If you work at the coalface, ... position
At the top of my lungs
If you shout at the top of your lungs, you shout as loudly as you possibly can.
At the top ofthe list
If something is at the top ofthe list, it is of highest ... out ofthe woodwork
When things come out ofthe woodwork, they appear unexpectedly. ('Crawl out ofthe
woodwork' is also used.)
Come out of your shell
If someone comes out of their...
... Currently she is the
Chair ofthe Board of Directors of
Magic Years Day Care. . . .
Correction: the chairman ofthe judiciary
committee, membership chairman, and
chairman ofthe board of directors.
Although ... melon is the largest
of the three” but “This melon is the
larger ofthe two.”
It is a common mistake to use the su-
perlative instead ofthe comparative; for
instance, to say that someone is the
“tallest” ... of a market scene in Niger,
a book of true adventure contains an ex-
ample ofthe strict use of career:
A man trying out a camel careered out
of control, much to the amusement of
the crowd.
The...
... another paper:
He was the 14th homicide ofthe year
in the crack-ridden 34th precinct.
“He was the 14th homicide victim of the
year . . .” or “His killing was the 14th
homicide ofthe year. . . .” ... further” to more than
2 ,000 miles.
The superlative forms of far bear the
same relationship as the comparative
forms. Farthest is most far in a literal
sense: Ofthe nine planets, Pluto is the
farthest ... the
farthest from the Sun.” Furthest is most
far in a figurative sense: Ofthe paint-
ings on display, those by Dalí are the fur-
thest from reality.”
Those cool to the idea of distinguish-
ing the...
... is the sum of a set of figures di-
vided by the number of figures in the set.
The definitions coincide only for a set
of two figures. The mean of 56, 36, and
34 is 42 .
A statistical term in which the ... figure
midway in a set of figures arranged in or-
der of size. In the set of three just above,
the median is 36. (When the number of
items is even, the median is the mean of
the two figures in the middle.) ... similar.
Among the items kept there are the
diary of Nazi propaganda chief
Joseph Goebels, an X-ray of Adolph
Hitler’s skull and the first edition of
Pravda, the newspaper ofthe Soviet
Communist Party.
The...
... not to three
or more. “Neither ofthe two boys” /
“neither ofthe couple” / “neither of the
pair” are correct. “Her feelings were
very hurt that neither ofthe three of us
showed up” (said by ... sequitur). “Little choice”? The
Americans had the choice of not blowing
them out ofthe sky; the choice of talking
instead of shooting; the choice of going
home. Life presents most of us with in-
numerable ... have is the
length of one and the weight ofthe other,
and how can these be compared?
In the following example, from a
press article, the problem may lie in the
writing, rather than in the data.
....
... do the best we can,
recognizing that the proof ofthe pud-
ding will be the reaction of those who
voted with the majority at conference
when they see the draft Court opin-
ion.
The proof ofthe ... Series errors, 7.) Often they
separate phrases. And they indicate
pauses in thought.
Their function of setting off part of a
sentence resembles that of dashes and
parentheses. (See 4, 7.) In general, ... controls the
latter phrase (a more likely assumption),
precede the phrase by of: The curbing
of public meetings and ofthe publication
of newspapers . . .”
If the meaning is clear, omission of
prepositions...
... . . . save
by the lawful judgment of his peers or
by the law ofthe land. . . .
. . . For the sake of God, and for
the bettering of our realm, and for the
more ready healing ofthe discord
which ... 1.)
The derailment of a series ranks high
among the most common errors found
in print. The main cause of it is the fear
of repetition, even the repetition of so in-
offensive a word as and. The ... languages. None of them are
racial groups, so they are not “typical of
the racial mix” in Russia, which extends
to the Orient and does contain different
races.
2. Races ofthe U.S.A.
Citizens ofthe United...