(exp) being quick at seizing an opportunity
(exp) (sens) to be slightly crazy
to have a touch of insanity
(exp) (sens) to be slightly crazy
to have a touch of insanity
(n) returns to scale
(exp) to be under suspicion
(exp) to retort
to turn the tables (on someone)
(exp) to retort
to turn the tables (on someone)
(exp) (id) Out of sight, out of mind
(exp) to eat a fish whole
(n) those who participate in education
(n) those who participate in education
(exp) to have one's heart touched (by something very moving)
(exp) to press for payment
(exp) to have a narrow escape from death
(exp) to have a narrow escape from death
(exp) to become a prostitute (sink into a brothel)
(exp) to be caught by a policeman
(exp) to be related
(exp) to realize constitutionalism
to realise constitutionalism
(exp) (id) There are always people with discerning eyes
(exp) it's no big deal
it's nothing to fret about
it's not like it's the end of the world
(v1) to stop in the middle of a sentence
(exp) (arch) act with restraint and conform to the ways of etiquette
(exp) (arch) to cast aside one's prejudices
(exp) to be talked about behind one's back
(exp) to be talked about behind one's back
(exp) to do something with painful reluctance
(lit: to pull the hairs on one's back)
(exp) to take a parting shot at
(exp,n) curtain pervious to light
curtain which passes light
(exp) to say the same thing over and over again
to talk until one is blue in the face
