T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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Contents of T:
[thank one's lucky stars] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be thankful for good luck; think oneself lucky.
You can thank your lucky stars you didn't fall in the hole.
[thanks to] {prep.}
1. With the help of.
Thanks to a good teacher, John passed the examination.
I finally finished washing the dishes, no thanks to you.
2. Owing to; because of.
* /Thanks to a sudden rain, the children came home with wet […]
[that is] or [that is to say]
I mean; that means; in other words.
John is a New Yorker; that is, he lives in New York.
Susan is a good student; that is to say, she gets good grades in school.
[that is that] or [that's that] {informal}
The matter is decided; there is nothing more to be said; it is done.
Jim, you will go to school this morning, and that is that.
[that'll be the day] {informal}
That will never happen.
Joe wanted me to lend him money to take my girl to the movies. That'll be the day!
"Wouldn't it be nice if we had to go to school only one day a week?" "That'll be the day!"
[That makes two of us!]
Informal way to say, "I am in agreement with what you arc saying or doing."
So you voted for Senator Aldridge? So did I — that makes two of us.