steady as a rock Firm, dependable, as inBetty always knows her part; she's steady as a rock. This simile usesrockin the sense of “something that affords a sure support,” a usage dating from the early 1500s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by...
It was said that if Miss Amelia so much as stumbled over a rock in the road she would glance around instinctively as though looking for something to sue about it. Aside from these lawsuits she lived a steady life and every day was very much like the day that had gone before. With the...
pure tone, tone - a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" dissonance, noise, racket - the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me" ...
2. To develop as a habit or a steady practice: take to drink. 3. To become fond of or attached to: "Two keen minds that they are, they took to each other" (Jack Kerouac). take up 1. To raise; lift. 2. To absorb or adsorb; draw up or incorporate: crops taking up nutrients....
Though no Chinese cities have been chosen as the World Book Capital so far, a recent national survey shows a steady (稳定的) rise in reading as a habit in China. According to the survey, each Chinese adult read an average of 4.78 printed books and 3.33 e-books in 2022, both a bit ...
Feliciano, a native of Puerto Rico, elegantly rebuffed the parody by re-enforcing the song's initial intended message: "This song has always been a bridge to the cultures that are so dear to me, never as a vehicle for a political platform of racism and hate...
we will find that time used to move very slowly. Then there are some eras that move fast, in which everything seems to be moving at a high speed. Today we are in such a fast-moving era. Everything is moving at a high speed, and nothing seems to remain steady or stable. If religi...
And certainly a lot of what I’ve watched move forward with racial equality since the 1960s, although slow I thought that it was steady. Over the last three and a half years we have a national government that fosters racial hatred, and it’s almost as if the last 60 years of progress...
Typical maximum sheath temperatures for steady operation (Hewitt and Collier, 2000) All current NPPs and oncoming Generation III+ NPPs are not very competitive with modern thermal power plants in terms of their thermal ...
life successfully debuted in London before moving to Broadway. Last year’s HBO documentary,Tina, dramatically showcased the highs and lows of her career. And, this past October, the 12-time GRAMMY winner entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the second time, this time as a solo ...