in the quietest, darkest hours of the night:She crept in at dead of night, while they were asleep.OPPOSITE:in broad daylight See also:dead,night,of Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017 Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, ...
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—“The deadline for the proposal is tomorrow. If we’re going to finish on time, we need everyone to be 100% dialed in today.” —“It’s hard for me to get in the zone if I’m listening to loud music.” Idioms about feeling distracted If you arespaced out, you are not aware...
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"Who is it," said he, "that goes thus about the host and the ships alone and in the dead of night, when men are sleeping? "Fear not," replied Ulysses, "let no thought of death be in your mind; but tell me, and tell me true, why are you thus going about alone in the dead...
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Today's lesson is going to be about idioms, everyday idioms that you will hear people use quite regularly in many situations, and we're going to look at body idioms. All of these idioms have some part of the body inside them.今天的课程是关于习语的，你会经常听到人们在很多情况下经常使用...
出自莎士比亚《小题大做/ Much Ado About Nothing》 【In the black】盈利[相对于赤字(in the red)亏损] 【Like the black hole of Calcutta】形容拥挤、不通风的环境。 “加尔各答的黑洞”指的是18世纪加尔各答的威廉城堡中的一个地牢。1756年,英国人在印度建立的贸易中心——东印度公司为了预防与法国军队可能的...
“Peter is feeling a bit under the weather so I told him to take the day off work.” This idiom about health is an old nautical term. A sailor who was feeling unwell would be sent below deck to protect him from bad weather which may make him feel worse. Check out some moreidioms ...
How is the patient brain dead?" B: "Turns out he had a heart condition none of us knew about." 2.slangSo mentally exhausted or lacking focus that one does something poorly or makes easily avoidable mistakes.Did I just say that two plus two equals five? Wow, I'm really brain dead to...