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Meaning: This idiom is used to say that if people don't do what you say, they will have to leave or quit the project, etc. Country: International English | Subject Area: Buildings & construction | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used. Contributor: Richard Flynn. All idioms have been editorially reviewed, and submitted idioms may have been edited ...
Meaning: If you feel blue, you are feeling unwell, mainly associated with depression or unhappiness. Country: International English | Subject Area: Colours | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used. Contributor: Richard Flynn. All idioms have been editorially reviewed, and submitted idioms may have been edited for correctness and completeness.
2/ For imaginary present actions, where the conditions for the action are NOT satisfied. eg: If you phoned home more often, they wouldn't worry about you. (The conditions are not satisfied because the person does not phone home, so they do worry.) TO BE: In Standard English this verb can take the 'were' form for all persons in the If clause.
bound (tied up, unable to move) cleave (to cut apart) cleave (to seal together) buckle (buckle your pants -- to hold together) buckle (knees buckled -- to collapse, fall aprt) citation (award for good behavior) citation (penalty for bad behavior) clip (attach to) clip (cut off from)
I would say that it depends on the current fashion rather than the occasion. If 1930s men's suits, or clothes of that type, are currntly 'in', then they're fashionable. If not, they're smart, attractive, bold, interesting or a hundred other things, but not fashionable, in my opinion. '. "Fashionable" is mostly a matter of taste.
An irregular verb is one that does not take the -ed ending for the Past Simple and Past Participle forms. Some irregular verbs do not change; put put put, while others change completely; buy bought bought, etc. Unfortunately for the student, there are a lot or irregular verbs and they include many of the commonest verbs in the English language.
Cold light of day. Cold shoulder. As cold as stone. Cold day in hell. Go down like a cup of cold sick. Stop cold.
I found both "faced paced" and "face paced" (with and without a hyphen in between) on the Internet but was unable to find a proper definition. Which one is correct, and what exactly does it mean? Thanks.
Meaning: The idiom 'the pen is mightier than the sword' means that words and communication are more powerful than wars and fighting. Country: International English | Subject Area: Death | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used. Contributor: Richard Flynn. All idioms have been editorially reviewed, and submitted idioms may have been edited for ...
Meaning: If you give someone a leg up, you help them to achieve something that they couldn't have done alone. All idioms have been editorially reviewed, and submitted idioms may have been edited for correctness and completeness.