Значение идиомы on the dot
[on the dot] also [on the button] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Exactlyon time; not early and not late. Susan arrived at the party at 2:00P. M. on the dot. Ben’s plane arrived on the dot.
Значение идиомы drive home
[drive home] {v. phr.} To argue convincingly; make a strong point. The doctor’s convincing arguments and explanation of his X-ray pictures drove home the point to Max that he needed surgery.
Значение идиомы play ostrich
[play ostrich] {v. phr.} To refuse to face painful facts orunpleasant truths. She plays ostrich when it comes to her husband’sdrinking problem.
Значение идиомы order
[order] See: APPLE-PIE-ORDER, CALL TO ORDER, IN ORDER, IN ORDER TO, IN SHORT ORDER, JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED, MADE TO ORDER, OUT OFORDER, PUT ONE’S HOUSE IN ORDER or SET ONE’S HOUSE IN
Значение идиомы hold a candle to
[hold a candle to] also [hold a stick to] {v. phr.} To be fit to becompared with; be in the same class with. – A trite phrase used innegative, interrogative, and conditional sentences. Henry
Значение идиомы cave in
[cave in] {v.} 1. To fall or collapse inward. The mine caved in and crushed three miners. Don’t climb on that old roof. It might cave in. 2. {informal} To weaken and be forced
Значение идиомы steal the show
[steal the show] {v. phr.} To act or do so well in a performancethat you get most of the attention and the other performers areunnoticed. Mary was in only one scene of the play,
Значение идиомы ride on one’s coattails
[ride on one’s coattails] {v. phr.} To succeed in a certainendeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another personor corporate body. “We will never get our Ph. D. program approved onour own,”
Значение идиомы fob off
[fob off] {v.}, {informal} 1. To get something false accepted asgood or real. The peddler fobbed off pieces of glass as diamonds. Syn.: PALM OFF, PASS OFF. 2. To put aside; not really answer
Значение идиомы come at
[come at] {v.} 1. To approach; come to or against; advance toward. The young boxer came at the champion cautiously. 2. To understand or master ; succeed with. The sense of an unfamiliar word