originating from horse racing where "all bets are off" indicated that bets already made were null due to various unpredicted factors no frills adj. (about a product or service) meant to meet the customers' basic requirements; with no add-ons, including only the basic features E.g: It's a no frills hotel, but very clean and with friendly staff. flaws and all adv. in spite of the flaws/minuses/disadvantages; with goods and bads; with minuses and pluses love / accept smb. flaws and all = love /accept smb. as he/she is, with qualities and flaws. ! favorite adj. liked best of all [US] Example Sentence: Reverso is my newest favorite online dictionary so I have shared it with my EAL students in the high school. for all the world exp. intensifying expression, often used with "look" he looked for all the world as if he was going to cry: il avait vraiment l'air d'être sur le point de pleurer no pain, no gain exp. expression used to point out that one has to struggle or suffer to achieve his goal Jason: Damn it! I can't take it anymore. This exercise is killing me! Ray: Yeah but it’ll help you lose weight. Don't you know? No pain, no gain! otiose adj. serving no purpose no picnic exp. not an easy task stagnation no activitiy Economy term tickety-boo adj. all right; runing smoothly [Slang];[UK] Everything is tickety-boo with building our new house; soon we will move in. it’s all Greek to me id. phrase used to qualify something appearing to you incomprehensible or hard to understand According to Albert, this partial differential equation was beautiful, harmonious, speaking louder than any words while it was all Greek to me and just looked like fly droppings on a sheet of paper! make no mistake about it exp. phrase meant to emphasize the speaker's self-assurance syn.: you can bet on it; trust me; you can count on it; I'm telling you... hunky-dory adj. all right; good, OK, satisfactory informal get one's ducks in a row exp. have everything together; have all things settled/organized E.g.: Just when I had got all my ducks in a row and I was ready to go, I received a call and had to cancel my trip. tina exp. acronyme de "there is no alternative" phrase chère jadis à Mme THATCHER reprise au G20 de novembre 2011 contre le Premier ministre grec et son référendum fat chance exp. little or no possibility of something to happen plain vanilla adj. basic, standard, with no special features [Bus.] You want to reject this entry: please give us your comments (bad translation/definition, duplicate entries...) |
