candle

See:

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

To section: C

Subscribe to: American Idioms

✉

Our RSS-channels

Show All

See as well

burn the candle at both ends

[burn the candle at both ends] {v. phr.} To work or play too hard without enough rest; get too tired. * /He worked hard every day as a lawyer and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

game is not worth the candle

[game is not worth the candle] {literary} What is being done is not worth the trouble or cost; the gain is not worth the effort. * /I don't want to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hold a candle to

[hold a candle to] also [hold a stick to] {v. phr.} To be fit to be compared with; be in the same class with. - A trite phrase used in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

end

[end] See: [AT LOOSE ENDS], [AT ONE'S WITS' END], [BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS], [GO OFF THE DEEP END], [HAIR STAND ON END], [HOLD ONE'S END UP] or [HOLD […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

брать с потолка

[брать с потолка] {v. phr.} [brat' s potol`ka] To imagine; invent, think up; get from nowhere. * /Вы […]

pay court to

[pay court to] {v. phr.} To woo; to shower with attention. * /He had been paying court to her for three long years before he […]

plain Jane

[plain Jane] {n. phr.} A common or simple looking young woman or girl. * /When we were in school, Ann was a plain Jane, but […]

Gore Vidal

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.