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14 maj 2019 · An American cereal company once used the expression "a pinch to the inch," meaning if you could feel an inch of fat at your. waistline between your thumb and forefinger (a pinch), you probably need to go on a diet (with their cereal). One meaning of cinch is "something easy to accomplish" (it's a cinch). One meaning of pinch (there are several ...
9 kwi 2023 · Fasten is a more general term. You can use it with all kinds of objects: a belt, a gate, buttons, a latch, rope. You can fasten a label to a child’s shirt with a safety pin etc. The word basically means to attach or “make fast” in more archaic terms, as in “make safe and secure”. Tighten is more specifically about making something ...
8 lip 2016 · I encountered this in a self-help book. Here's the context: "Americans have a saying: ‘ By the inch it is a cinch but by the yard it’s bl**dy hard.’. This is good advice. Develop just one skill at a time. Treat these activities like a salami sausage which no one eats all at once." (This does not sound that American to me btw.
22 mar 2019 · Senior Member. Well, It was written, "an old adagio reads, . . ." I looked for the meaning of adagio and I've found that it also is a proverb or a saying. I think the word you're looking for is "adage". Funnily enough, in my native language the word "adagio" is actually used to refer to what you're talking about.
20 gru 2017 · Dec 20, 2017. #4. Thank you. He is complaining about the tediousness of driving for long distances. From the context, I would say that 'the road gets into a guy' means that driving long distances affects a person, makes them restless, bored, or irritated. "Get into" is not the idiom I use. I would say " the road gets to a guy."
4 mar 2021 · Literally "in no time at all" means "in zero seconds". As post #2 says, that is normally an exaggeration. If I expected 1 hours, and instead it was only 15 minutes, I might call that "no time at all". Thank you it helped me get it clearly. You little ripper! said: in no time at all. In a very little amount of time.
21 sie 2013 · Aug 21, 2013. #3. Any general-purpose plastic or glass container for storing liquid which narrows at the top for ease of pouring can safely be called a 'bottle'. 'Flask' tends to be more specific in usage. For instance, containers designed for portability, like, as mentioned, the drinking flask for carrying alcholic spirits in after they have ...
16 lip 2014 · Aug 1, 2014. #8. My translation would be "Not at all", which is highly formal and which I hardly ever use in daily conversation. 举手之劳, 何足挂齿 falls exactly in that category: a highly formal expression that people seldom use in real life as a response to "thank you". R.
10 mar 2013 · In Québec, y a rien là does indeed mean there's nothing to it, it's a cinch/easily done/child's play in this context. I didn't know people in Lyon said that; unless your friend is a French Canadian who happens to live there? Il nous faudrait l'avis d'un Lyonnais ou d'une Lyonnaise.
2 mar 2015 · Spanish, Spain. Mar 2, 2015. #1. Hi could some tell me what is the meaning of "it was a singe".
