go belly upAn American slang expression meaning to die and float belly up in the manner of dead fish. It is used figuratively for any failure or nonsuc-cess, just asdeathis. go the way of all fleshTo die. This expression is of Biblical origin: ...
Because it is hard to always park the minibus on a hill, the family has to work together and push-start the car every time they want to get back on the road. The family turns this into a fun, positive activity which brings them closer to each other. The clutch acts as Arndt’s ...
giddy - having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff" dizzy, vertiginous, woozy il...
Used there to /Did there use to be a temple on top of the hill? 你父亲曾经喝很多酒,是不是? Your father used to drink a lot, didn’t / usedn’t he? be used to doing sth/ sth 习惯于 get /become used to doing sth/ sth 逐渐习惯于 be used to do sth 被用于做 第3...
aOh,they are on the dresser 噢,他们在梳妆台 [translate] a你才是骗子 You are the swindler [translate] adream-seeker是什么意思 dream-seeker is any meaning [translate] a这幅图与那幅图有很大的区别 This chart has the very big difference with that chart [translate] abear similar 熊相似 [...
Jack Karnes who has lived near California Nature Preserve along the Ohio River downriver from New Richmond since 1939 said he's never seen a spill on the river like this and he knew exactly what was going on when he woke up and took a deep breath. "I hauled oil for 10 years," he...
I leaned over the bed, but the broken sounds conveyed no sort of meaning to me. I thought I caught the word "hand," but in what connection it was used I could not tell. Then it came again, and this time I heard another word, the word "Largo." I stared in amazement, as the po...
But, this time like me start her on chemo pills. My buddy in the cancer journey went downhill quickly after being in the new med regiment for less that a month, losing her balance, her hair, her weight. I expected fatigue and hair loss, like myself. Her lab work in October rival...
This whole life won't be enough But I hope to remember everything Even though now I'm dying to forget On our way to the bank Or in the room of a falling brother On top of the hill It's harder to choose now between walking and running ...
I. As to the sense, the meaning is not that any thing on earth is better than heaven, or simply, and in itself, to be preferred before it. The end is better than the means as such, and perfection better than imperfection. But the present use of the means may be preferred sometimes...