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Contents of More Idioms:
[make one (little) step at a time]
to do something gradually. Little by little.
Breaking old habits isn't easy so take the changes you need to make one step at a time.
[not able to speak above one's breath] {adj. phr.}
Not able to speak aloud.
[not to speak above one's breath] {v. phr.}
* /We arrived on the scene just after dark, — that is, General Walthall's Division of Stewart's Corps; this division was on the […]
[Old Man of the Sea] {n. phr.}
A tiresome burden, especially a person, difficult to free oneself from.
* /Deirdre has Ken the Cardie Wearer ever at her side, an Old Man of the Sea she can't ditch. He grows daily more brain-sapping as he takes up local […]
[paint your wagon]
Does anybody know what is the origin and the meaning of this expression?
[party animal] {n. phr.}
1. A person who loves parties.
That kid is such a party animal. He takes every opportunity he gets to go to a party.
2. A person who loves to dance, party and drink and also to make the most of a party. Usally ends up drunk […]
[play hookey] {v. phr.}
Be absent (without good excuse), shirk (lessons, work);
Miss.
See: [play truant]
[pretty how-do-you-do!] or
[here's a nice!] {ingerj.}
See: [do tell], [you don't say].
[raise jack] {v. phr.} {informal}
Make a noise, set up a clamour; start making a raw, an uproar, brawl.
See: [kick up a fuss]
[to reap the benefit of sth.] {v. phr.}
— to gain advantages of sth.
Investors struggle to reap the benefits of liquidity offered by European non-listed property funds.