to high heaven

But I wished to high heaven that my head would quit aching.

1921 December, anonymous author, “Shell-Shocked—And After”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 128, page 740:

The rear housing on the back tender truck was now blazing to high heaven.

1929, Francis Lynde, Young Blood, page 148:

If someone would have the nerve to ask for, say, 10 percent of that amount to be used for the training of this same young man to make a good farmer and citizen out of him, then they would cry to high heaven about the out-of-reason waste of money.

1955 October 28, Helge E. Nygren, “Statement of Helge E. Nygren […]”, in Price-Support Program: Hearings before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Eighty-Fourth Congress, First Session […], volume 3, published 1956, page 1182:

He stood in the middle of the road and began to complain to high heaven at the top of his voice.

2013 [a. 1929], Evald Tang Kristensen, translated by Stephen Badman, “Broken on the Wheel”, in John Herbert, editor, Odds and Sods: Stories Taken from the Collection of Evald Tang Kristensen, →ISBN, page 36:

How can I ever forget one cold night in February while the wind blew to high heaven?

2015, Nesarío García, Hoe, Heaven, and Hell: My Boyhood in Rural New Mexico, →ISBN, page 38:


in arms

It is worthy of remark, especially on the part of those who realize that the sword fits the hand of the Church and that Catholicism is never more alive than when it is in arms, I say it is worthy of remark by these that Spain and Portugal through the very greatness of an experience still recent when the Reformation broke, lost the chance of combat.

1920, Hilaire Belloc, Europe and the Faith:


onder de wol

Literally, “under the wool”, referring to a woolen blanket.

Ik kruip vanavond vroeg onder de wol.


på väg

From på (“on”) + väg (“way”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk på veg and English on the way.

Vi är på väg till pizzerian

Håll ut! Hjälp är på väg.

Elpriserna är på väg uppåt

Electricity prices are on the rise ("are on their way up")

Du är på väg att begå ett allvarligt misstag

You are about ("are on the way") to make a serious mistake

Landet är på väg att bli en diktatur

The country is turning into ("is on its way to becoming") a dictatorship

Det är på väg att gå åt helvete

Things are about ("are on the way") to go to hell

on one's way, on the way (heading to a certain place or in a certain direction, concretely or abstractly)

på vägen

on the way in the sense of along the way


to someone's credit

To his credit, the captain ensured that all passengers were taken off the sinking ship before himself.

In such a way that someone deserves praise.


down someone's alley

up someone's alley
up someone's alley#English


bei drei auf dem Baum

bei drei auf den Bäumen
bei drei auf den Bäumen#German

Alternative form of bei drei auf den Bäumen


bei drei auf den Bäumen

like a rat up a drainpipe
like a rat up a drainpipe

(humorous) procured lickety-split, occupied like a rat up a drainpipe


in qualità di

Literally, “in quality of.” Compare French en qualité de.

Tutto ciò mentre il ministro degli Esteri russo, Sergej Lavrov, ha preannunciato un nuovo viaggio a Mosca del cardinale Matteo Maria Zuppi, presidente della Conferenza episcopale italiana e arcivescovo di Bologna, in qualità di inviato del Papa per la missione di pace in Ucraina.

2023 September 19, Francesco Antonio Grana, “Papa Francesco alza il livello di allarme: “Il mondo nella morsa di una terza guerra mondiale, con la minaccia di armi nucleari” [Pope Francis sounds the alarm bell: "The world is in the grip of a third world war, with the threat of nuclear arms"]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano:

All this while the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi's (President of the Italian Episcopal Conference and bishop of Bologna) planned trip to Moscow, in his capacity as an envoy for the Pope for the peace mission in Ukraine.


at the tail

Miss Brownell was very fond of ridiculing her pupils. All the girls in the class giggled except one who had not been there in the morning and was consequently at the tail.

1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon:


auf Kipp

From auf (“on”) + a deverbal derivation from kippen (“to tilt”), which generally occurs only in this idiom.

Mach mal das Fenster auf Kipp, ganz offen ist mir zu kalt!

(informal, of a bottom or top-hung window) tilted, partially open


à mercê de

A ONG estava à mercê de doações.


på dagen

Jag sover på dagen och är vaken på natten

I sleep during the day and am awake at night

Idag är det på dagen tjugo år sedan katastrofen

Today is twenty years to the day since the catastrophe


på pricken

Jämförelsen stämmer på pricken

The comparison is spot on ("is correct to the dot")

Bokens beskrivning av hur det är att arbeta i ett kök är på pricken

The book's description of what it's like to work in a kitchen is spot on

De är på pricken lika
They're like two peas in a pod (see also lika som bär)

Det är på pricken lika långt mellan de tre städerna

The distance between the three cities is exactly the same

Pizzerian brann ner 14 maj, på pricken hundra dagar efter den öppnats

The pizzeria burned down on May 14, exactly one hundred days after it had opened


på vägen

From på (“on”) + vägen (“the way”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk på vegen and English on the way.

Kan du köpa lite mjölk på vägen hem?

Jag tog en hamburgare på vägen

på väg

on the way in the sense of heading somewhere


me radhë

shumë vite me radhë


auf der gleichen Wellenlänge

/aʊ̯f dɛɐ̯ ˌɡlaɪ̯çən ˈvɛlənlɛŋə ˌzaɪ̯n/

De-auf der gleichen Wellenlänge sein.ogg

on the same wavelength
on the same wavelength


à taille humaine

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-à taille humaine.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à taille humaine.wav

man-sized, human-sized, on a human scale

une entreprise à taille humaine

(figuratively) with a human touch; people-friendly; people-oriented; close-knit


हमेशा के लिए

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हमेशा के लिए • (hameśā ke lie)

[ɦɐ.meː.ʃäː‿keː‿lɪ.eː]


उदाहरण के लिए

उदाहरण के लिए • (udāhraṇ ke lie)

/ʊ.d̪ɑːɦ.ɾəɳ keː lɪ.eː/

[ʊ.d̪äːʱ.ɾɐ̃ɳ‿keː‿lɪ.eː]


au chaud

être bien au chaud

rester au chaud

garder les pieds au chaud

tenir au chaud

in the warm, warm as toast, warm and cosy


in bad taste

Jokes about someone’s physical appearance are in bad taste.

While some envied not finding their own Rolls-Royce like his under the tree, and instead smiled as they opened a pair of socks or new pajamas, others saw it as an ostentation in bad taste.

2022 December 28, Marta Rodríguez Peleteiro, “Georgina criticised for “almost pornographic” gift to Cristiano Ronaldo”, in AS USA:

(idiomatic) offensive or inappropriate (of an action, often of jokes)


'least

ASH / lights the fire with his Zippo lighter and huddles near the flame for warmth. / ASH / 'least I won't freeze to death.

1991 January 3, Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, The Army of Darkness (screenplay), page 38:

“Who’s playin’ here tonight?” Jack asked. / “The Rusty Cadillacs. They’re real good. ’Least I like ’em.” […] Everybody down here recognizes the first three notes of ‘Faded Love.’ ’Least the older folks do.” […] Think I’m feelin’ better somewhat, ’least tonight I am.

1995, Robert James Waller, Border Music, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, pages 30, 170, and 237:

Murtaugh regards the body a moment. / MURTAUGH / 'Least he's no one's slave now.

1998 May, Channing Gibson, Lethal Weapon 4 (screenplay), via the Internet Movie Script Database, archived from the original on 2018-10-06, page 24:

She didn’t seem to want me much, either. ’Least she didn’t throw me off no ladder.

2001, Jacquelyn L. Miles, Roseflower Creek, Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland House Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 16:

“[…] You get a call, you go out, ask some questions, figure out why. Sometimes it’s easy. Guy robs a convenience store, shot the clerk.” Sam scratched his head. “Actually, don’t think we’ve had one of those around here. ’Least not while I was on the job. But that’s just a fer instance.[…]”

2004, Parnell Hall, And a Puzzle to Die On (The Puzzle Lady Mysteries), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Dell, →ISBN, page 127:


op een laag pitje

in a state of low intensity or urgency; on the back burner


av sig

av (“of”) + sig (“himself, herself, itself, etc.”)

af

Hon är lite lat av sig

She has a bit of a lazy bent ("She is a bit lazy as a bent")


at one's ease

The ugly and the stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play.

1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter I, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 5:

Alternative form of at ease (“free of anxiety; not stressed or tense”).


à genoux

être à genoux

mettre quelqu’un à genoux


à cœur

cuire à cœur

cuit à cœur

cuisson à cœur

thorough cooking; how cooked (something) is in the middle

température à cœur

(cooking) to the core, all the way through, thoroughly; in the core


במבט לאחור

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בְּמַבָּט לְאָחוֹר

בְּמַבָּט לְאָחוֹר • (b'mabát l'akhór)

בְּמַבָּט לְאָחוֹר (canonical)
b'mabát l'akhór (romanization)


sous le coude

Near-synonym: en réserve

garder quelque chose sous le coude

to keep something under one's hat, to sit on something

(figuratively) in reserve, in store, on hand


מטבע הדברים

מִטֶּבַע הַדְּבָרִים

מִטֶּבַע הַדְּבָרִים • (mitéva had'varím)

מִטֶּבַע הַדְּבָרִים (canonical)
mitéva had'varím (romanization)

in the nature of things
in the nature of things


בדם קר

בְּדָם קַר • (b'dam kar)

בְּדָם קַר (canonical)
b'dam kar (romanization)


in Minecraft

From in + Minecraft (“a sandbox video game in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items and build structures”), implying that the speaker’s statement does not refer to the real world but merely the game. Apparently originated from the 4chan board /pol/ around early 2018.

I’ll blow up your house … in Minecraft!

/uj ok unironically does anyone know of any resources on how to get started doing online sex work in like. a safe way that won't get me kidnapped and locked in some old grody dude's basement 🥹 entirely hypothetically ofc. in minecraft

2022 November 13, “now that im 18 im thinking of finally putting that tight tgirl body to use making money because im so horny and desperate for affection uwu”, in Reddit, r/transgendercirclejerk, archived from the original on 2024-05-12:

.308 may be somewhat unreliable against heavy armor penetration at long distance, while .50 BMG barely has to touch you to kill you. In Minecraft, obviously...

2023 February 19, u/Nuker_Nathan, “Hypothetically, in Minecraft of course”, in Reddit, r/DramaticText, archived from the original on 2024-05-12:

You could very easily go to these shows and just note down all the plate numbers in the parking lot. It wouldn't be hard at all. You could build a database of all the people who attend these shows. Maybe you could cross reference it with other databases. In Minecraft, of course.

2023 March 25, @Babygravy9, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-03-26:

Literally the coolest looking gun on the planet, and unfortunately, literally the worst trigger on the planet. ¶ But with subsonics, it's so quiet you could run the Bin Laden raid in a suburban cul-de-sac neighborhood and I doubt anyone would hear you. ¶ In Minecraft, obviously.

2023 September 15, @FenixAmmunition, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-05-12:

(Internet slang, figurative, humorous) Used to supposedly keep oneself from becoming legally liable for making a certain statement that could be perceived as a threat, or that may otherwise pose a legal risk.

leikisti

used to supposedly keep oneself from becoming legally liable — see also in Roblox

Dylan, like many nine-year-olds, enjoys books but is more enthusiastic when talking about Minecraft, which he does with the casual expertise that many children have with their favourite games. He's already made his own Hunger Games world in Minecraft at home, but couldn't get some of his traps to work.

2018 July 11, Alison Flood, Sian Cain, “How Minecraft is helping kids fall in love with books”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-08:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, Minecraft.


in all but name

Thenceforth my voice was a household law; and at an age when few children have abandoned their leading-strings, I was left to the guidance of my own will, and became, in all but name, the master of my own actions.

1839, Edgar Allan Poe, “William Wilson”, in Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, published 1940, page 29:

‘Do you mean to say that you’ve become a communist?’
‘In all but name, William, yes. In all but name.’

1935, Christopher Isherwood, chapter 5, in Mr Norris Changes Trains, Penguin, published 1942, page 49:

2012, Katie Kitamura, Gone to the Forest, New York: Free Press, Chapter 5, p. 76,
He thinks: I have been running the farm in all but name. Leave and nothing here will change. You will see.

In practice, though in an unacknowledged way.


o fwriad

o fwriad (mutation mutation-radical)
ho fwriad (mutation prothesis-h)


på känn

Det här är ingen exakt vetenskap. Man går lite på känn.

This is not an exact science. You go a bit by feel.


sous les drapeaux

appeler sous les drapeaux

être sous les drapeaux


at bank

From at + bank (“ground at the top of a shaft”).

com

This case would, no doubt, excite the attention of all professional men, and they would, he thought, ventilate the flues more extensively than they had done hitherto; but it had staggered him as to whether it was advisable to place the boilers underground or at bank. Unless the pits were very deep, he thought the boilers should be placed at bank, and the steam conveyed underground.

1861, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Transactions, volume 9, page 170:

We are using compressed air for hauling and pumping in a coal seam at a depth of 900 feet from the surface, and strange to say the pressure gauge attached to the air receiver at bank reads 90 pounds pressure per square inch above the pressure of the atmosphere, whereas, the pressure gauge attached to an air receiver in the mines reads higher than that at the bank.

January 1895, “Solutions to Questions which Appeared in the November Number and for which Prizes Have Been Awarded.”, in The Colliery Engineer and Metal Miner, volume 15, number 6:

He had in his hands the balance sheet of that society, which covered Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, and the ironstone mines of Cleveland, and included in its membership the whole of the men at work down the mines and a very large number of those working at bank, the total number of members being nearly 123,000.

1897 May 25, John Wilson, “Liability of Certain Employers to Workmen for Injuries”, in The Parliamentary Debates, 4th series (House of Commons), volume 49, United Kingdom, page 1314:

(mining, obsolete) On the surface; at or around the mine entrance.


at the bank

(mining, obsolete) Alternative form of at bank (“on the surface”).

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, the, bank.


under the surface

In less of a nod than a jabbed finger to the film's own forebears, Felix drops in a mention of Evelyn Waugh being reputedly obsessed with the place. All of this is a calculated set-up, Saltburn intended to seduce the viewer with grandeur as much as it might hope to imply ominous things lurking under the surface.

2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC:


FAPP

Popularized by physicist John Stewart Bell.

Is it not good to know what follows from what, even if it is not necessary FAPP? Suppose for example that quantum mechanics were found to resist precise formulation. Suppose that when formulation beyond FAPP is attempted, we find an unmovable finger obstinately pointing outside the subject, to the mind of the observer, to the Hindu scriptures, to God, or even only Gravitation? Would that not be very, very interesting?"

1988, John Stewart Bell, Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics, Cambridge University Press:

Going beyond FAPP to interpret quantum theory is today a growth industry, and a contentious field, though a very small fraction of physicists are involved.

2011, Bruce Rosenblum, Fred Kuttner, Quantum Enigma, page 206:

Newtonian physics works fine, FAPP, at the macroscopic level, say Rosenblum & Kuttner[…]

2019, David Yeats, A Universe Full of Magical Things, page 45:

for all practical purposes
for all practical purposes#English

(philosophy, physics) Abbreviation of for all practical purposes.


за вкъщи

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за вкъ́щи • (za vkǎ́šti)

за вкъ́щи (canonical)
za vkǎ́šti (romanization)

LL-Q7918 (bul)-Kiril kovachev-за вкъщи.wav

Две кафета за вкъ́щи, моля.

to go, for takeout (to eat at home, of purchased food)


tot in lengte van dagen

Literally, “until [the] length of days”.


tot in der eeuwen eeuwigheid

Literally, “until the eternity of the ages”, a Biblical phrase (as in Daniel 7:18: Aramaic עַד עָלַם עָלְמַיָּא); compare also door de eeuwen der eeuwen.

der

עַד עָלַם עָלְמַיָּא

Aramaic עַד עָלַם עָלְמַיָּא

(idiomatic, Christianity, archaic) for a very long time


för ovanlighets skull

för ovanlighetens skull
för ovanlighetens skull#Swedish

Alternative form of för ovanlighetens skull


בסופו של יום

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בְּסוֹפוֹ שֶׁל יוֹם

בְּסוֹפוֹ שֶׁל יוֹם • (b'sofó shel yom)

בְּסוֹפוֹ שֶׁל יוֹם (canonical)
b'sofó shel yom (romanization)

at the end of the day
at the end of the day


to the last man

Synonym of to a man (“including everybody”)


bei aller Liebe

Literally, “besides/with all [of my] love”.

lit

Der Kuchen hier ist — bei aller Liebe — echt ziemlich versalzen.

With all due respect: There's way too much of salt in this cake.

(informal, idiomatic) Used to soften a criticism.


under construction

Our new office is still under construction.

(idiomatic) Being currently constructed.


op stap

We gaan vanavond op stap.

We're going out on the town this evening.


met lede ogen

Hij ziet de achteruitgang met lede ogen aan.

He observes the deterioriation with sadness.

Ik volg zijn dwalingen met lede ogen.

We keken met lede ogen toe terwijl het noodlot zich voltrok.

We observed with sadness as the evil fate unfolded.


entre dentes

Attested since the 19th century. Literally means "in between the teeth".


s.l.m.

sul livello del mare
sul livello del mare#Italian

Initialism of sul livello del mare. (above sea level)


a lume di candela

cena a lume di candela

parlare a lume di candela


in gezegende omstandigheden

Literally, “in blessed circumstances”, referring to the Christian belief that pregnancy is a blessing.

De bruid verkeerde op de dag van de bruiloft al in gezegende omstandigheden.

The bride was already pregnant at the time of the wedding.


with a high arm

with a high hand
with a high hand#English


in calf

a cow in calf


in battery

(firearms) Of a firearm, in the firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge.


behind the scene

behind the scenes
behind the scenes#English


on the spin

(British, informal) Successively, one after the other.


seperti kuau memekik di puncak gunung

seperti kuang memekik di puncak gunung#Malay

(simile) Alternative form of seperti kuang memekik di puncak gunung.


seperti kuang memekik di puncak gunung

(simile) someone making love to their lover.

(simile, of a girl or woman) with a loud voice.


som sju svåra år

From som (“like”) + sju (“seven”) + svåra (“hard”) + år (“years”), in reference to Genesis 41:30.

af

Jag har inte sovit på två dagar. Jag ser ut / känner mig som sju svåra år.

I haven't slept in two days. I look / feel like seven hard years (godawful).

Internetdejten var snygg på bild, men såg ut som sju svåra år i verkligheten

The internet date looked good in pictures, but looked like forty miles of bad road in real life

(idiomatic, colloquial) (chiefly in/as "se ut / känna sig som sju svåra år (look / feel like seven hard years)) terrible


for me

The bar silver and the arms still lie, for all that I know, where Flint buried them; and certainly they shall lie there for me.

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

As far as I'm concerned
as far as I'm concerned#English


to a desire

The wind, serving us to a desire, now hauled into the west.

(archaic) Precisely as one would wish; ideally.


למכירה

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לִמְכִירָה • (limekhirá)

לִמְכִירָה (canonical)
limekhirá (romanization)


ar fy nhwca

(idiomatic) really, seriously, on my life


auf des Messers Schneide

auf Messers Schneide
auf Messers Schneide#German

Alternative form of auf Messers Schneide


auf Messers Schneide

auf Messers Schneide stehen

Auf Messers Schneide verwandelte sich Salomon Perel in „Josef Perjell“ und lebte fortan als Jude unter Nazis.

2023 February 3, Konstantin Nowotny, “Zum Tod von Sally Perel: Er ging, um zu leben”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


mewn congl

in a corner, in a tight spot, placed in a difficult or awkward situation.

[…] o blegit ni wnaethpwyd hyn mewn congl.

1588, William Morgan, transl., Y Beibl : Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, 1st edition, London: Humphrey Toy, Actau neu vveithredoedd yr Apoſtolion 26:1:

[…] for this thing was not done in a corner.


in een haai en een draai

Implied meaning: “in the time it takes to turn your hand”. From haai (“tilted angle (obsolete sense)”) and draai (“a turn”).

(East and West Flanders) in an instant, in no time


de main d'homme

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-de main d’homme.wav

fait de main d’homme


საბოლოო ჯამში

საბოლოო ჯამში • (saboloo ǯamši)


van de weeromstuit

From weerom (“back”) + stuit (“bounce”).

De reusachtige Duitse dog sprong tegen me op en ik van de weeromstuit viel op mijn achterhoofd.

The huge Great Dane jumped up at me and I as a result fell on the back of my head.

(literally) as a result (in physical response to an impulse)

Toen ik de aanbieding zag, boekte ik van de weeromstuit twee retours naar Tahiti.

When I saw the special offer, I in response booked two return tickets to Tahiti.

(figuratively) in response, promptly (immediate and involuntary)


ar gam

Alternative form of ar y cam (“at walking pace”)


a gonfie vele

(nautical) under favorable wind conditions

(figurative, by extension) with smooth sailing; smoothly, successfully, perfectly, swell


out of harness

(slang) Synonym of out of collar (“unemployed; out of work”)


in collar

[…] so the moment the site Foreman at Wheatfield Way gave Frank the nod we were back in collar, it had been well over four months, couldn't wait to get back to earn some money.

2010, Patrick Shortle, Full Circle: An Autobiography, page 109:

(slang) Synonym of in harness (“employed; at work”)


per inerzia

Literally, “by inertia.” Compare French par inertie.

Continuavamo a mangiare per inerzia senza pensarci ed eravamo sempre più sfiniti.

We kept eating just to keep going, without thinking, and we grew more and more exhausted.

done without active participation or motivation, just because one has already been engaged in an activity for some time; out of habit, by default, on autopilot


a crepapelle

(idiomatic) to the point of bursting (from eating, laughing, etc.)


in motion

Moving; having movement; on the move; not stationary.


in the mix

There might be no need to use variations in the mix to avoid excessive inflation at any given level of employment if some form of incomes policy were capable of exerting complete control over the general level of wage rates and other incomes.

1985, James Oliver Newton Perkins, The Macroeconomic Mix in the Industrialized World, page 107:

(music) Acting as a deejay; mixing music

Women can get caught in the mix through self-destructive behaviors such as drug use and fighting or damaging relationships that interfere with one's program or limit freedom through placement in restrictive housing or the addition of time to one's sentence.

1998, Barbara Owen, In the Mix: Struggle and Survival in a Women's Prison, page 8:


in the dogbox

(New Zealand, South Africa, informal) Synonym of in the doghouse (“subjected to someone's anger or disapproval”)


op het nippertje

(idiomatic, informal) in the nick of time


met de hakken over de sloot

Literally, “with the heels over the ditch”, said to refer to jumping over ditches as a game (see slootjespringen and fierljeppen), which often leaves little margin for error.

lit

Hij heeft met de hakken over de sloot zijn diploma gehaald.


van de pot gepleurd

van de pot gepleurd (adverbial positive predicative)
van de pot gepleurde (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
van de pot gepleurd (indefinite neuter positive singular)
van de pot gepleurde (indefinite plural positive)
van de pot gepleurde (definite positive)
van de pot gepleurds (partitive positive)

van de pot gerukt
van de pot gerukt#Dutch

(idiomatic, vulgar) Synonym of van de pot gerukt (“off one's rocker, crazy, insane”)


a palla

giocare a palla

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, palla.

correre a palla

to run like hell (literally, “to run fast”)

tenere gli altoparlanti a palla


su un piatto d'argento

Literally, “on a plate of silver.” Compare French sur un plateau d’argent.


van hogerhand

From van combined with a univerbation of hoger (“higher”, comparative of hoog) + hand (“hand”), a fossilized phrase in the now-obsolete dative case.

univerbation

comparative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">hoog</i>

Het besluit kwam van hogerhand.

(idiomatic) from higher up in a hierarchy; from a higher-up; from above


ar y gwëyll

/ˌar ə ˈɡweː.ɨ̞ɬ/

/ˌar ə ˈɡweː.ɪɬ/

(idiomatic) in progress, underway, on the stocks


on the stocks

(British, idiomatic) in progress, underway


dan aeliau rhywun

dan fy aeliau (first-person singular)
dan ein haeliau (first-person plural)
dan dy aeliau (second-person singular)
dan eich aeliau (plural second-person)
dan ei aeliau m (singular third-person)
dan ei haeliau f (singular third-person)
dan eu haeliau (plural third-person)

(idiomatic) surreptitious, surreptitiously, without someone's knowledge


di ultima generazione

Literally, “of last generation.” Compare French de dernière génération.


for ya

Alternative form of for you (an intensifier to emphasize typicality of behavior).


in the original German

Said in reference to the propaganda and policies advocated by the Nazi Party and its leader, Adolf Hitler. First used by American journalist Molly Ivins in reaction to conservative political commentator Pat Buchanan's "Culture war" speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention.

(figurative, offensive) Said mostly on social media (usually Twitter) with regard to genocidal, racist, anti-Semitic, or totalitarian rhetoric interpreted as being reminiscent of Nazi Germany.


below the breadline

on the breadline
on the breadline#English


dan wab

(idiomatic) under someone's thumb, subjugated, dominated


från och med

från (“from”) + och (“and”) + med (“with”)

af

Den nya avtalet gäller från och med fredag

The new agreement will apply from Friday (and on Friday)

Bokningen är bindande från och med att du mottar bokningsbekräftelsen

The booking is binding from the time ("starting from that") you receive the booking confirmation

Båtar byggda från och med 1 januari 2010 är undantagna från kravet

Boats built on or after 1 January, 2010 are exempt from the requirement

införa språkundervisning från och med första klass

introduce language instruction from first grade

starting from/with/in (and including), from, as of, on or after


heb ei ail

(literary, colloquial) third-person singular of heb ail (“without peer”)


above grass

From above + grass, in reference to grass only growing on the surface.

(UK, mining, obsolete) Above ground; on the surface.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see above, grass.


like a dog with two dicks

(slang, vulgar, simile) Sexually voracious.


by the job

On the basis of a stipulated sum for individual pieces of work, rather than timework.


by the piece

At a pay rate for each item produced, according to the amount completed.


out of the side of one's mouth

Compare out of both sides of one's mouth.

speak out of the side of one's mouth

talk out of the side of one's mouth

He [Donald Trump] says some things that, uh, I don't, don't know where he's getting 'em from. I think he talks out of the side of his mouth before he realizes what he says.

2024 January 15, 7:11 from the start, Vote 2024, in Joseph Camp, director, PBS NewsHour (television production), spoken by Chris Garcia, via Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), archived from the original on 2024-01-15:

(figuratively) Falsely; untruthfully; inaccurately.


in-person

Since then, and after high-level in-person talks between ScotRail and TSSA General Secretary Maryam Eslamdoust, "the company has done nothing to suggest they are prepared to shift their ground", the union said.

2024 April 3, “Network News: Fresh manager strikes at ScotRail”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 9:


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at church every time the doors are open#English

Synonym of at church every time the doors are open


like a rat from a sinking ship

like rats from a sinking ship
like rats from a sinking ship#English

(simile) Alternative form of like rats from a sinking ship


with a hook

[…] nor did the cruel sarcasm of "Oh, yes, with a hook!" — which some courtier would throw in — divert her at all from her humble purpose.

1864, Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, John Leech, The Comic History of England (page 255)

Mr. Bartley thinks himself a capital speech-maker. — (Yes — with a hook.)

1838, Actors by Daylight, volume 1, page 176:

(UK, slang, obsolete) Appended to a statement to indicate that one does not believe it.


by blood

(law) Sharing a relationship that connects two individuals through their biological parents.


in a bad spot

(informal) In a problematic situation; in trouble, in a predicament.


in jig time

(idiomatic) Rapidly; in a very short amount of time.


at one time or another

At a certain point in time; at various times.


many a time

(obsolete, dated) Many times, in many instances; often, frequently.


at odd times

During times when one wouldn't expect something to occur.


at times and again

(dated, obsolete) At various times; occasionally.


d'un seul tenant

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by a time

(Scotland, obsolete) Sometimes, occasionally.


ar gefn ei geffyl

ar gefn fy ngheffyl (first-person singular)
ar gefn ein ceffyl (first-person plural)
ar gefn dy geffyl (second-person singular)
ar gefn eich ceffyl (plural second-person)
ar gefn ei geffyl m (singular third-person)
ar gefn ei cheffyl f (singular third-person)
ar gefn eu ceffyl (plural third-person)

(idiomatic) on one's high horse, arrogant


time back

(dated, archaic, regional) Some time ago.

(dated, archaic, regional) For a long time.


in carne e ossa

in carne ed ossa
in carne ed ossa#Italian


en el seu moment

I és que J.C. Ballard, gran renovador de la ciència-ficció, ens du a un futur distòpic, inquietant, i alhora addictiu que ens endinsa en el que en el seu moment va ser el nou concepte de ficció especulativa.

2023 February 3, “Presentació del llibre Avió en vol ras de J.C. Ballard”, in Diari de Girona:


à titre onéreux

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subject to payment, for a fee, not for free


like robbing a baby

like taking candy from a baby
like taking candy from a baby#English

(simile) Synonym of like taking candy from a baby


a pelle

A pelle, mi sembra una brava persona.

At first sight, he seems like a good person.

(figurative) as a matter of first impression; at first sight

(informal, humorous) without a prophylactic; bareback


fino alla nausea

Literally, “until (the) nausea”, or more loosely translated as “to the point of being nauseated.”

lit

mangiare fino alla nausea

to eat oneself sick (literally, “to eat excessively”)

parlarne fino alla nausea

to speak about it ad nauseam (literally, “to speak about it to excess”)


inter vivos

→ French: entre vifs (calque)


entre vifs

une donation entre vifs


sur le pont

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(figuratively) at the ready; on duty, on deck


à titre gratuit

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Near-synonym: à titre gracieux


sur la brèche

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être sur la brèche


van buiten

Literally, “from outside”. Compare German auswendig.

iets van buiten leren


en premières noces

Coordinate term: en secondes noces

épouser quelqu’un en premières noces

époux en premières noces


par procuration

une guerre par procuration

vivre par procuration


on God's green Earth

on God's green earth
on God's green earth#English

Alternative form of on God's green earth


at the bottom of the pile

Dad tried and tried to get a different job, any job. But jobs in the town were scarce, and a man with a wooden leg always found himself at the bottom of the pile.

2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

At the lowest level in a list or hierarchy.


what in time

(idiomatic, US, New England) Used as an intensifier of an interrogative word or phrase.


as times go

(dated, obsolete) As the way things are in current times; according to contemporary standards.


out of one's time

(dated) In an era not sympathetic to or not in conformity with one's aspirations or attitudes.

(dated) Beyond one's period of minority or apprenticeship.


לכל היותר

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לְכָל הַיּוֹתֵר

לְכָל הַיּוֹתֵר • (lekhól hayotér)

לְכָל הַיּוֹתֵר (canonical)
lekhól hayotér (romanization)


like all possessed

(US, colloquial) With great energy or vigor.


അറ്റ്മോസ്റ്റ്

അറ്റ്മോസ്റ്റ് • (aṟṟmōsṟṟŭ)


അറ്റ്ലീസ്റ്റ്

അറ്റ്ലീസ്റ്റ് • (aṟṟlīsṟṟŭ)


fino all'osso

Literally, “until the bone”, or more loosely translated as “down to the bone.”


alla stregua di

alla stregua di servi della gleba


naar de kanker

Ben gisteren bij de rave helemaal naar de kanker gegaan.

I got totally wasted yesterday at the rave.


van de zotte

Het is toch verdomme van de zotte dat je richting de 10.000 euro per vierkante meter betaalt voor een huis in Mokum.

It really is damn insane that one pays something in the neighborhood of 10,000 euros per square meter for a house in Amsterdam.


off ei ben

off fy mhen (first-person singular)
off ein pennau (first-person plural)
off dy ben (second-person singular)
off eich pen (plural second-person)
off eich pennau (plural second-person)
off ei ben m (singular third-person)
off ei phen f (singular third-person)
off eu pennau (plural third-person)


ar gefn ei geffyl gwyn

ar gefn fy ngheffyl gwyn (first-person singular)
ar gefn ein ceffyl gwyn (first-person plural)
ar gefn dy geffyl gwyn (second-person singular)
ar gefn eich ceffyl gwyn (plural second-person)
ar gefn ei geffyl gwyn m (singular third-person)
ar gefn ei cheffyl gwyn f (singular third-person)
ar gefn eu ceffyl gwyn (plural third-person)


on the critical list

Mike's nose sounds as if it's on the critical list.

1985, John Milward, Ilene Cherna, The Beach Boys Silver Anniversary, page 101:


on the front burner

[…] arms control was on the front burner. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and with other events in the Soviet Union, arms control has not been on the lips of many Senators or people in Congress […]

1991, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, START, Present Status and Prospects: Hearing..., page 12:

(idiomatic) Currently receiving attention.


on someone's radar screen

on someone's radar
on someone's radar#English


at y blewyn

at y blewyn (mutation mutation-radical)
hat y blewyn (mutation prothesis-h)

(idiomatic) to a hair, precisely, exactly


lled blewyn

lled blewyn (mutation mutation-radical)
led blewyn (mutation mutation-soft)


i'r blewyn

i'r blewyn (mutation mutation-radical)
hi'r blewyn (mutation prothesis-h)


de fraîche date

C’est une amitié de fraîche date

They haven't been friends for very long.


trwch blewyn

trwch blewyn (mutation mutation-radical)
drwch blewyn (mutation mutation-soft)
nhrwch blewyn (mutation mutation-nasal)
thrwch blewyn (mutation mutation-aspirate)


in the course of time

After a period of time; as time goes by.


in record time

(idiomatic) That is the fastest or greatest recorded example; faster than any previously recorded time.


dal canto proprio

as far as one is concerned
as far as I am concerned


onder de Moerdijk

beneden de Moerdijk
beneden de Moerdijk#Dutch

(idiomatic) Synonym of beneden de Moerdijk


beneden de rivieren

onder de rivieren
onder de rivieren#Dutch

(idiomatic) Synonym of onder de rivieren


onder de rivieren

Literally, “below the rivers”, that is the Rhine and Meuse and their distributaries, which as part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta form a natural border between two larger religiocultural regions of the Low Countries (with the Rivierengebied forming a transitional region).

(idiomatic) in the southern Netherlands or southern Low Countries in general; to the south of the Rhine and Meuse and their distributaries, which separate the Catholic southern provinces from the northern, largely Protestant parts of the Low Countries

Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta
grote rivieren
nl:Rivierengebied


boven de rivieren

Literally, “above the rivers”, that is the Rhine and Meuse and their distributaries, which as part of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta form a natural border between two larger religiocultural regions of the Low Countries (with the Rivierengebied forming a transitional region).

(idiomatic) in the northern Netherlands: to the north of the Rhine and Meuse and their distributaries, which separate the Catholic southern provinces from the northern, largely Protestant parts of the Low Countries


in times

(dated, obsolete) At times; on various occasions.


in one's own good time

(dated, idiomatic) At one's own pace; at a pace unaffected by external influence; unhurriedly.


till time

(dated, archaic, literary) Until the moment; at the moment.


when the time comes

At the appropriate time; in due time; in good time.


ἐκ βαθέων

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ἐκ βᾰθέων • (ek bathéōn)

ἐκ βᾰθέων (canonical)
ek bathéōn (romanization)

→ Latin: de profundis

desc

→ Greek: εκ βαθέων (ek vathéon) (learned)

300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Psalms 129.1

from the bottom of one's heart
from the bottom of one's heart

(Koine, biblical) from the bottom of one's heart, (literally "from the depths")


ar ei ddegfed

ar ei ddegfed (mutation mutation-radical)
har ei ddegfed (mutation prothesis-h)


för gott

fimpa för gott


entre bastidors

(theater, film) behind the scenes, backstage


ar y wagen

Borrowed from English on the wagon, referring to carts used to hose down dusty roads:. The suggestion is that a person who is “on the wagon” is drinking water rather alcohol.

(idiomatic) on the wagon, teetotal, renouncing alcohol

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ar, y, wagen.


by the sound of it

Tom adored to give pleasure while Gore has always liked to boast that he has never knowingly or intentionally gratified any of his partners. Not even a sighing reach-around by the sound of it.

2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 153:

By the sound of it, the ever obliging Agent Barrett didn't really feel like obliging. Else he was too sleep-drunk to string two rational thoughts together.

2011, Sabine C. Bauer, Stargate SG-1: Transitions, Fandemonium Books (2011), unnumbered pages

His name was Toby Bell and he was entirely alone in his criminal contemplations. [ - - - ] As to the Toby, which might by the sound of it set him higher on the English social ladder than his provenance deserved, it derived from nothing more elevated than his father's pride in the holy man Tobias, whose wondrous filial virtues are set down in the ancient scripts.

2013, John le Carré, A Delicate Truth, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

Frank sighed, and replied, “I know, Dad. It was stupid of me. But by the sound of it you are about to do something stupid too.”


à l'estime

navigation à l’estime

by the seat of one's pants
by the seat of one's pants

roughly; using guesswork; by the seat of one's pants


på G

Motoren er ikke helt på G ass


på G

Motoren er ikkje heilt på G ass


på G

(colloquial) Alternative form of på gång


i bitar

Skär potatisen i bitar

sprängas i bitar

Varulven slet honom i bitar

to pieces, to bits (indicating total destruction)

torskfilé i bitar


יש מאין

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יֵשׁ מֵאַיִן

יֵשׁ מֵאַיִן • (yesh m'áyin)

יֵשׁ מֵאַיִן (canonical)
yesh m'áyin (romanization)


ina thuilleamaí

/ən̪ˠaˈhɪl̠ʲəmˠiː/

tα꞉ mʹɛ əN α hiLʹəmwi꞉

1906, E. C. Quiggin, “B. The Consonants”, in A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 294, page 104:

third-person singular masculine of i dtuilleamaí: depending on him/it m, dependent on him/it m, beholden to him/it m


ἐκ περιτροπῆς

ἐκ περῐτροπῆς

ἐκ περῐτροπῆς • (ek peritropês)

ἐκ περῐτροπῆς (canonical)
ek peritropês (romanization)

desc

εκ περιτροπής

→ Greek: εκ περιτροπής (ek peritropís) (learned)

60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 5.2

60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 10.57


on the improve

(colloquial) Improving; getting better; on the mend.


upon one's legs

[…] but it is clear, from Mr. Lov's circular, that if these charges were paid off the company could be easily put upon its legs again; […]

1885, Investors Chronicle and Money Market Review, volume 49, page 625:

Synonym of on one's legs (“in an independent position”)


ar an aiste sin

/ɛɾˠ ə ˈn̪ˠɑʃtʲə ʃənʲ/


yn enw

Yn enw'r daioni!

in the name of, with appeal to; by; often used to introduce oaths

Yn enw'r Tad a'r Mab a'r Ysbryd Glân.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

yn enw ei blant.

in the name of, under the name or possession of


to a greater extent

We do, indeed, find mention made of axiomata or general propositions to a greater extent than in the Organon, but they are never clearly distinguished…

1882, Alfred William Benn, The Greek Philosophers, page 375:

Recently though, slack manufacturers have been cuddling under the wings of the clothing industry to a greater extent than ever, for it has become good business to promote separate slacks and sport coats as a coordinated sales unit.

1970, Harry A. Cobrin, The Men’s Clothing Industry: Colonial Through Modern Times, New York, N.Y.: Fairchild Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 7:

Semi-arid cropping systems in India, and to a greater extent in Indo-China and east Indonesia, use dryland or upland rice when possible during the wet season.

1995, C. J. Pearson, D. W. Norman, J. Dixon, Sustainable Dryland Cropping in Relation to Soil Productivity, Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, →ISBN, page 81, UN call number FAO(05)/S6/no.72/ENG:

During 15-day biodegradation experiments, DOM from the two pasture streams was altered to a greater extent than DOM from the forest streams, with formulas with H/C and O/C ranges similar to protein (H/C = 1.5–2.2, O/C = 0.3–0.67), lipid (H/C = 1.5–2.0, O/C = 0–0.3), and unsaturated hydrocarbon (H/C = 0.7–1.5, O/C = 0–0.1) being the most bioreactive groups.

2015 December 30, “Use of ESI-FTICR-MS to Characterize Dissolved Organic Matter in Headwater Streams Draining Forest-Dominated and Pasture-Dominated Watersheds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:


in buona sostanza

Literally, “in good substance.” Compare French en substance.

Noi abbiamo fatto una riforma dei fondi di coesione, che fa cosa? Che dice in buona sostanza fermo restando che le proposte su come spendere quelle risorse le fa la regione, vogliamo condividerle.

2024, Porta a Porta, spoken by Giorgia Meloni:

We have reformed the cohesion funds, which does what? It says in essence, it being understood that the regions propose how to spend those resources, we want to share them.


beyond words

With the lift in the block still out of order, they climbed the flights and flights of steps. When Dad finally put the key in the front door, both were weary beyond words.

To such a great extent that it is inexpressible.


in kid

"Those little ones there, probably no more than ten, fifteen kilos," he says, pointing out three goats about the same size as the cattle dog, "they would be in kid."

2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 200:


über Kreuz

/yːbɐ ˈkʁɔʏ̯t͡s/

über Kreuz liegen

über Kreuz sein

über Kreuz geraten

über Kreuz kommen

[…] die Vita von Albert Fichter, der noch 1967, geprägt durch eine antifaschistische Erziehung, in einem Kibbuz in Israel bei der Ernte half. Dort geriet er mit der zionistschen Ideologie über Kreuz.

2005 July 1, Stefan Reinecke, “9. November 1969: Das abgespaltene Attentat”, in taz / haGalil:

Ein Grund für das geringere Interesse der Studentinnen: Sie legen beim Start ihrer Karriere auf zwei Dinge deutlich mehr wert als ihre Kommilitonen – berufliche Sicherheit und Flexibilität von Zeit und Ort. Das liegt mit einer Laufbahn als Anwärterin und Anwältin in vielen Kanzleien weiterhin über Kreuz.

2024 January 30, Raphael Arnold, “Kanzleien als Arbeitgeber für Frauen nicht attraktiv genug”, in JUVE:


full of

Queens full of nines — three queens and two nines.

The strongest possible full house is aces full of kings — three aces and two kings.

Full house. Eights full of aces. A higher full house. Aces full of sixes.

2006 November 14, Casino Royale, spoken by Dealer (Andreas Daniel):

(poker) Used to designate a type of full house; the three of a kind is "full of" the pair.


without a scratch

(figuratively) Unscathed, safe and sound.


without so much as a by-your-leave

without so much as a by your leave#English

Alternative form of without so much as a by your leave


out of one's hands

I wish you weren't going to lose your job, but it's out of my hands: I can't tell them to keep you on.


di santa ragione

prenderle di santa ragione


in linea con i tempi

in step with directions; keeping up with instructions


in punta di piedi

Literally, “in point of feet.” Compare French sur la pointe des pieds.

Guardi, lo dico diciamo in punta di piedi, perché questa è una materia alle quale io lavoro ogni giorno da quando sono diventata Presidente del Consiglio e che monitoro quotidianamente.

Look, let me say it advisedly, so to speak, because this is a topic on which I have been working every day since I became Prime Minister and that I monitor on a daily basis.

(figurative, by extension) with caution and agility; while walking on eggshells


in kannen en kruiken

signed, sealed, and delivered
signed, sealed, and delivered

all done, fully decided, signed, sealed, and delivered


to cepe

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St.Alban, Martyr"
Eall swa þa unriht-wisan deman þe heora domas awendað, æfre be þam sceattum na be soðfæstnysse and habbað æfre tō cēpe heora soðfæstnysse, and swa hi sylfe syllað wið sceattum...

So likewise those unrighteous judges who pervert their judgments, always for gain, and not for justice, and always offer their justice for sale, and thus sell themselves for the sake of money,...


à l'honneur

être à l’honneur

mettre quelque chose à l’honneur

mettre quelqu’un à l’honneur


NBM

37/F/Salt Lake, Utah NBM

(Internet slang, online dating) Initialism of never been married.


bij nader inzien

upon closer inspection
upon closer inspection


بفرض محال

ur-prep

بَفَرْضِ مُحَال

بَفَرْضِ مُحَال • (bafarz-i muhāl) (Hindi spelling बफ़र्ज़-ए-मुहाल)

بَفَرْضِ مُحَال (canonical)
bafarz-i muhāl (romanization)
बफ़र्ज़-ए-मुहाल (Hindi)

بَ‧فَرْ‧ضِ‧مُ‧حَال

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَفَرْضِ مُحَال (bafarz-i muhāl). By surface analysis, بَ (ba, “in”) + فَرْضِ (farz-i, “example; instance of”) + مُحال (muhāl, “inconceivable; impossible”), literally “in the case of the inconceivable”.

bor+

بَفَرْضِ مُحَال

surf

assuming [the inconceivable] is possible...


out of spoons

From spoon theory, in which the amount of physical and/or mental energy that a person has available for daily activities and tasks is metaphorically represented as a certain amount of spoons.

(idiomatic) Out of physical and/or mental energy


fuora di

Intanto usciva fuora di quelle antiche profondità un’ombra lentamente.

1804, Alessandro Verri, “Colloquio quinto [Fifth conversation]” (chapter 5), Notte quarta [Fourth night], in Notti romane al sepolcro degli Scipioni; republished in Opere scelte di Alessandro Verri, volume 2, Milan: Società Tipografica dei classici italiani, 1822, page 244:

Meanwhile, a shadow was coming out of those primeval depths.

Alternative form of fuori di (“out of (expressing motion away)”)


fuori di

[…] pregando il figliuol d’Issione
Il gran Teseo, […]
Arcita fa trar fuori di prigione.

c. 1340, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Libro terzo [Third book]”, in Teseida, Argomento; republished as Ignazio Moutier, editor, La Teseide di Giovanni Boccaccio, nuovamente corretta su i testi a penna, Florence: Stamperia Magheri, 1831, page 90:

[…] by begging Ixion's son, the great Theseus […] has Arcita taken out of prison.

(literal and figurative) out of (expressing motion away)


fuor di

E come quei che con lena affannata,
uscito fuor del pelago a la riva,
si volge a l’acqua perigliosa e guata,
così l’animo mio, ch’ancor fuggiva,
si volse a retro a rimirar lo passo
che non lasciò già mai persona viva.

1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 22–27; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

And, as one who—having come to the shore, out of the sea—turns to the dangerous water, with laboured breathing, and looks, so my still-fleeing spirit turned back, looking at the passage that had never left anyone alive.

Giovane Donna sembra veramente
Quasi sotto un bel mare acuto scoglio;
Ovver tra fiori un giovincel serpente
Uscito allora fuor del vecchio spoglio.

1475, Angelo Poliziano, “Libro I”, in Stanze de messer Angelo Politiano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici, Turin, section 15, lines 1–4; collected in Poemetti italiani, volume 1, publ. Michel Angelo Morano, 1797, page 46:

A sharp rock under a beautiful sea almost really looks like a young woman; or a young snake, among the flowers, having come out of its old skin.

Non stette molto a uscir fuor de la porta
l’incantator, ch’udí ’l suono e la voce.

1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 4”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 16; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

It did not take long for the enchanter to exit from the door, once he heard the sound, and the voice.


vid en första anblick

vid första anblicken
vid första anblicken#Swedish

Alternative form of vid första anblicken


vid första anblicken

Vid första anblicken ser bilden ut att föreställa en mås, men det är en optisk illusion

At first glance, the image appears to depict a seagull, but it is an optical illusion


in hell

I knew very well I had no chance in hell that I could handle this group of people definitively.

2009, Jan K. Herman, Navy Medicine in Vietnam, page 204:

There's no way in hell will I be your family's housekeeper while your family has Mike and Mitch living here with them!

2013, Doris Miller, DIANE D: The Musical Drama, page 218:

As if having a copper rod you don't have a hope in hell of catching flying towards your face isn't traumatic enough, sometimes the teacher would introduce a second rod, so you had to both throw and catch at the same time.

2021, Sara Gibbs, Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels:

(mildly vulgar) Used as an intensifier to emphasize how unlikely something is.


on net

Under Willes the Times circulation has increased on net', but at a price.

1999 August 9, “Tear down walls, or hit them?”, in Forbes:

The alternative interpretation is to read "shall have been encreased during such time" as "shall have been encreased on net during such time," thereby prohibiting the appointment of a congressional member to an office only when the emoluments of the office are greater at the time of appointment than they were at the start of the member's term.

2009 May 20, “Statutory Rollback of Salary to Permit Appointment of Member of Congress to Executive Office”, in U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, archived from the original on 2024-04-02:


to time

(dated, obsolete) In time; at the same pace or rhythm as.


off one's block

Me, carry a gun in that desert sun? What a crock; you're off your block.

2007, Thurman Woodfork, Guitars, Sandbags, and Saigon Tea, page 163:


to the dot

Easy bearings to carry—three South—three to the dot;

1896, Rudyard Kipling, “(please specify the poem name)”, in The Seven Seas, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:

At twelve to the dot Howard Burroughs was shown into the little morning room

1913 December 5, Anna Alice Chapin, The Woman With a Past, A Case of Blackmail:

Eleven-thirty to the dot. The good old Amelia that brought Madame Helena to us.

c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 2:


unter ferner liefen

/ˈʊntɐ ˈfɛʁnɐ ˈliːfən/

Literally, “(categorized) under ‘also ran’”.

lit

unter ferner liefen rangieren/landen

Zuletzt aber verharrten die Rechtsextremen in der Dauerkrise. Bei sämtlichen Wahlen landete sie unter ferner liefen, bei der Bundestagswahl reichte es zu gerade mal 0,1 Prozent.

2022 April 25, Konrad Litschko, “NPD will sich umbenennen: Tot, aber bald mit neuem Namen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


at the first

Professor Flinders Petrie, although doubtful at the first, has for many years assigned the deposits in which they were found to the time of the XIIth Dynasty.

1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 66:


in a body

On the contrary, it seemed, that mainly at Steelkilt’s instigation, they had resolved to maintain the strictest peacefulness, obey all orders to the last, and, when the ship reached port, desert her in a body.

1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Town-Ho’s Story”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 286:

(formal, literary) As a group, together.


من باب أولى

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مِنْ بَابِ أَوْلَى

مِنْ بَابِ أَوْلَى • (min bābi ʔawlā)

مِنْ بَابِ أَوْلَى (canonical)
min bābi ʔawlā (romanization)

a fortiori, with greater reason, all the more reason


ITW

(Internet slang) Initialism of in the world.


in the aggregate

Cancers are common diseases; in the aggregate, they are among the leading causes of death nationally and worldwide, and their incidence is increasing as the population ages.

2015 February 26, Francis S. Collins, Harold Varmus, “A New Initiative on Precision Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 372, number 9, →DOI, pages 793–794:


off the dome

off the top of one's dome
off the top of one's dome#English

(slang) Clipping of off the top of one's dome.


dans la sauce

(informal, figuratively) in the soup, in a fix, in a pickle, in trouble


bagai melulusi baju sempit

Literally, “like flowing through narrow clothes”

lit

(simile) to be free from trouble, to be in the clear


off the shits

(slang, drugs) Extremely high; tripping, wired, etc..


on the hog train

First appears c. 1893 in the publication Railroad Trainmen's Journal.

(US, slang) Leading a life or an existence as a tramp or a vagrant, or traveling as such.


on the hog

on the hog train
on the hog train#English


i. G.

Abbreviation of in Gründung; alternative form of i. Gr.


awa ng Diyos

tl-head

awà ng Diyós (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

awà ng Diyós (canonical)
ᜀᜏ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔaː.wɐʔ n̪ɐn̪ ˈd͡ʒos]


sa awa ng Diyos

sa awà ng Diyós (Baybayin spelling ᜐ ᜀᜏ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔)

sa awà ng Diyós (canonical)
ᜐ ᜀᜏ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜌᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

[sɐ ˌʔaː.wɐʔ n̪ɐn̪ ˈd͡ʒos]


upon a time

... one of the servant girls made faith that she upon a time rashly entered into the house, to speak, in your cant, "in the hour of cause."

1844, Robert Burns, John Wilson, The Works of Robert Burns, page 160:

Captaine Timotheus having upon a time beene at a sober and frugall scholars supper.

1888, Charles Talbut Onions, James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir William Alexander Craigie (editors), A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (cited text refers to P. Holland's translation of Plutarch's Morals (1603), page 574:

Well, after a while the Captains and stout ones of the town of Mansoul agreed, and resolved upon a time to make a salley out upon the camp of Diabolus, ...

2012, John Bunyan, The Holy War, Annotated Companion to the Pilgrim's Progress (a republication of Bunyan's original work in 1682), page 212:

(dated) At a certain time; at a particular time.


with the passing of time

with the passage of time
with the passage of time#English


within the agreed time

As planned, as scheduled; according to an established timetable.


within the four seas

(dated, obsolete) Within or located in Great Britain.


with every ounce of one's being

with every fiber of one's being
with every fiber of one's being#English

Synonym of with every fiber of one's being


with every fibre of one's being

Alternative form of with every fiber of one's being


time past

(dated) For a considerable amount of time.


on someone's ass

Help! The cops are on my ass!

Then they saw him, his legs pumping, his face a mask of determination. "Go!" he shouted in a high voice. "They're on my ass!"

1987, Samantha Harte, Vanity Blade, Toronto, Ont., New York, N.Y.: PaperJacks Ltd., →ISBN, page 243:

(Canada, US, colloquial, vulgar) Rapidly chasing or pursuing someone.

My mom's always on my ass about keeping my grades up.

They would see to it that I graduated, not by pulling strings as might have been done at other schools, but by staying on my ass just as a parent would to help me off the field as well as on the field.

2011, Harry Carson, Captain for Life: My Story as a Hall of Fame Linebacker, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 44:

I slept on his couch for a few days, then he started getting on my ass about looking for work. I said, 'For Christ's sake, Frankie, I just graduated. Can I just enjoy the moment?'

2012, Mark Anthony Rolo, My Mother Is Now Earth, St. Paul, M.N.: Borealis Books, →ISBN, page 121:

(Canada, US, colloquial, vulgar) Persistently urging someone on and putting pressure on them.


la mintea cocoșului

Literally, “at the rooster’s mind”, or more loosely translated as “at a rooster’s level of understanding”.


i ngéibheann

/əˈɲeːvʲən̪ˠ/

Cuireadh i ngéibheann í.

Bhí an long i ngéibheann.


without cause

(law, business, human resources) Wihtout any reason or justification.


à la chaîne

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-à la chaîne.wav

le travail à la chaîne

travailler à la chaîne

to work in a factory, to work on a production line

fumer à la chaîne

(derogatory, figuratively) non-stop, massively, mass


κατά καιρούς

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κατά καιρούς

κατά καιρούς • (katá kairoús)

at times, every now and then, every so often, from time to time


a costo di

Non rassegniamoci a un copione già scritto da altri, mettiamoci a remare per invertire la rotta, anche a costo di andare controcorrente.

2024 May 10, Speech Given at "Stati Generali della Famiglia", spoken by Pope Francis:

Let's not resign ourselves to a script written in advance by others, let's commit to rowing to reverse course, even if it means going against the current.


über den Berg

Literally, “over the (top of the) mountain”.

lit

Ab März kommenden Jahres werde es Einkommenserhöhungen von monatlich mindestens 340 Euro geben. Zuvor helfe die steuerfreie Inflationsausgleichsprämie „erstmal über den Berg“.

2023 April 23, “Größte Tariferhöhung seit Jahrzehnten”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:


aus dem Gröbsten heraus

Freilich hat der Virologe Christian Drosten zu den Schutzmaßnahmen noch gar nichts gesagt. Geäußert hat er Folgendes: Dass „wir nach diesem Winter“ aus dem Gröbsten heraus sein werden. Der Winter endet bekanntlich nicht Anfang Januar, sondern im März.

2022 December 27, Klaus Hillenbrand, “Die Masken werden fallen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

Although the virologist Christian Drosten has yet to comment on the protective measures, he has indeed made a statement: "After this winter season we will be out of the woods." Note that the winter season does not typically conclude in early January, but rather in March.


di tutto riposo

Literally, “of all rest.” Compare French de tout repos.

Mia madre era giovane. Mio padre era più grande... ma aveva un lavoro di tutto riposo... soldi... veniva da una buona famiglia.

2016, Stranger Things, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer):

My mom was young. My dad was older... but he had a cushy job... money... came from a good family.


i.S.

(sometimes proscribed) Alternative form of i. S.


i. S.

Mehrdeutige Formulierungen oder übertragene Bedeutungen werden i. S. eines Konkretismus häufig nur begrenzt verstanden (Ironie, Metaphern, Sprichwörter, Redewendungen), sodass darauf weitgehend verzichtet werden sollte oder aber Erläuterungen geliefert werden sollten.

2021 October 29, Kai Vogeley, Astrid Gawronski, “Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen”, in Verhaltenstherapiemanual – Erwachsene (Psychotherapie: Praxis), →DOI:


at a discount

Below the usual price; below face value.

It is not that there are no replacements for such as Derek Gladwin; the tragedy is that there are. It is rather that, nowadays, long service and ideological constancy are at a discount as you move upwards.

2003 April 14, Lord McCarthy, “Obituary: Lord Gladwin of Clee”, in The Guardian:

(figuratively) In low regard; not in demand.


in the Biblical sense

Hopefully I have learned something out of all my years of screwing around with bands (in the Biblical sense, that is), so can offer some words of wisdom to Sue Sullivan, who wrote the letter in MRR #34 regarding the sexual demands of touring hardcore musicians.

1986 May, Lynne Lopatin, “P.O. Box”, in Maximum Rock’n’Roll, number 36, Berkeley, Calif., →ISSN, column 1:

For the whole of Ian’s life till I turned up, the ‘official’ date that our father and mother first met – in the Biblical sense – must have been given as or assumed to be, at the very earliest, some time after Ernest was killed, 1944. But in fact our parents had met and conceived me in early 1942, while Ernest was risking his life for king and country. But why had my father reacted in such a defensive manner over a matter of dates?

2008, Dave Sharp, John Parker, Complete Surrender: The True Story of a Family’s Dark Secret and the Brothers It Tore Apart at Birth, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 209:

“No, Walker, when I really think about it I don’t think there was anyone. In the Biblical sense that is, but what about you?” / “I guess in that way we are alike. I can’t honestly recall anyone.” / “Not even high school?” / He paused. “If you insist on going back that far, dear, I could include Jasmine.” / “Oh yes. You were quite smitten with her.”

2008, Richard Haight, Winter Beach Dog Trot: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 105:

in the biblical sense
in the biblical sense#English

Alternative letter-case form of in the biblical sense.


a tempo pieno

Literally, “at full time.” Compare French à temps plein.

impiego a tempo pieno

Se lei vuole scappare, è un problema suo. Ha 13 anni. Non le serve un baby-sitter a tempo pieno.

2017, Stranger Things, season 2, episode 8, spoken by Billy Hargrove (Dacre Montgomery):

She wants to run off, then that's her problem, all right? She's 13 years old. She shouldn't need a full-time babysitter.


cá entre nós

/ˈka ˈẽ.tɾɨ ˈnɔʃ/

E cá entre nós, isso se torna possível com bastante treino e estudo. Portanto, podemos começar agora mesmo a praticar.

And between you and me, this becomes possible with a lot of training and study. Therefore, we can start practicing right now.


beyond a reason of a doubt

beyond a reasonable doubt
beyond a reasonable doubt#English


ten einde raad

(idiomatic) not knowing what to do, desperately, at one's wit's end


in arren moede

A set phrase preserving otherwise obsolete dative grammatical case forms, arren being the genitive of ar and moede being the genitive of moed (“disposition, mood”).

Toen ik mijn huurwoning uitmoest ben ik in arren moede maar terug naar mijn ouders gegaan.

When I had to leave my rental apartment I returned to my parents out of desperation.

(idiomatic, somewhat formal) out of desperation, lacking any further hope or recourse, at one's wit's end


tussen neus en lippen door

(idiomatic, informal) in passing, casually, without drawing much attention


per gioco

Literally, “for game”, or more loosely translated as “as a game.”

Undici, in compagnia di Max, usa i suoi poteri per spiare Mike e i suoi amici, quindi per gioco fa lo stesso con Billy, vedendolo mentre sente Heather urlare e capendo che qualcosa non va.

2024 May 24 (last accessed), “Episodi di Stranger Things (terza stagione) [Episodes of Stranger Things (Third Season)]”, in Wikipedia^(https://web.archive.org/web/20220611124754/https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodi_di_Stranger_Things_(terza_stagione)), archived from the original on 2022-06-11:

Eleven, in the company of Max, uses her powers to spy on Mike and his friends, then does it again on Billy for fun, seeing him while hearing Heather scream and understanding that something is not right.


in reaction

Viewed in its proper historical context this reaction fits a not-unfamiliar pattern seen first after emancipation of slaves and the Thirteenth Amendment, then in reaction to blacks holding political office during reconstruction.

2016, Obi Nwasokwa, Witness to Greatness; The Consequential Presidency of Barack Obama in Perspective, page 422:

(idiomatic) By being partially or entirely a response to a stimulus or other event, without which there would be a diminished or no such action or statement.; (while under) duress; by dint of; in the face of; in light of; in return; (in) response;.


for the plot

All senses originate from the phrase sense. Coined as an inspirational phrase by actress and media personality Serena Kerrigan in a video posted to the social media video-sharing service TikTok on 23 July 2021, in which she alluded to every person being the main character of their own storyline: “If something works out, great, and if it doesn't, it's for the plot”. By this, she meant that negative events and obstacles are inevitable in one's life in order to advance “the plot” onto the next plot point (presumably a more positive one) in their life.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-for the plot.wav

(Internet slang, idiomatic) Suggests doing something adventurous or risky just for the sake of it.

Used to dare someone to do something; take a risk; take a chance.


b/o

Alternative form of o/b/o (“on behalf of”)


d'ufficio

Literally, “of office.” Compare French d’office.

orari d'ufficio

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see d', ufficio.

Lei ha il diritto di rimanere in silenzio. Qualsiasi cosa dirà potrà essere e sarà usata contro di lei in tribunale. Ha diritto a un avvocato durante l'interrogatorio. Se non può permettersi un avvocato, gliene sarà assegnato uno d'ufficio.

(literally, “.... If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be assigned to you automatically.”)

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.

on the autonomous authority of an official, without prior request or external input; ex officio; automatically


in presenza di

Literally, “in presence of.” Compare French en présence de.


in assenza di

Literally, “in absence of.” Compare French en l’absence de.

In assenza di un'economia funzionante, bande di giovani senza lavoro equipaggiati con motoscafi, fucili d'assalto e scalette di fortuna avevano iniziato ad abbordare le navi mercantili che solcavano le trafficate rotte commerciali tra l'Asia e l'Occidente attraverso il canale di Suez...

2020, Barack Obama, chapter 14, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

Without the benefit of a functioning economy, gangs of jobless young men equipped with motorized skiffs, AK-47s, and makeshift ladders had taken to boarding commercial vessels travelling/traveling the busy shipping route connecting Asia to the West via the Suez Canal...


d'urgenza

Literally, “of urgency.” Compare French d’urgence.

chirurgia d'urgenza

L’Anm si riunisce d’urgenza: “Dal governo volontà punitiva” – Sia la separazione delle carriere che il sorteggio dei membri del Csm sono metaforici schiaffi in faccia all’Associazione nazionale magistrati, il sindacato delle toghe: la gran parte della categoria, infatti, li ha sempre considerati due tabù.

2024 May 29 (last accessed), Paolo Frosina, “Separazione carriere, il governo vara la riforma: due Csm distinti e sorteggio anche dei laici. Tajani esulta: “Coronato sogno di Berlusconi” [Separation of the careers, the government passes the reform: two distinct Csm (High Council of the Judiciary) and even drawing of odds for non-partisans. Tajani exclaims: "Berlusconi's dream has been achieved"]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano, archived from the original on 2024-05-29:

The ANM [National Judiciary Association] calls an emergency meeting: "From the government, punitive desire" — Both the separation of the careers and the drawing of odds for members of the CSM are metaphorical slaps in the face to the National Judiciary Association, the staff association for the Bar: the majority of the category, in fact, has always considered them two taboos.

with urgency; urgently, emergency (relational)


auf Touren

(figurative) active, fast, possibly also shortbreathed


to the gods

[Jennifer Lawrence] arrived at the Oscars spray-tanned to the gods and looking like she just wandered off the set of Barbie, her long blonde hair almost as shiny as her diamond necklace.

2024 March 19, Elizabeth Logan, “Jennifer Lawrence Paired Her Cozy Spring Layers With the Season’s Most Divisive Shoe”, in Glamour:

(African-American Vernacular and gay slang) Synonym of for the gods.


for the gods

[La Mer Crème de la Mer]^([sic]) is literally dry skin heaven. If you have dry skin, you are going to love this. You do not need much at all. It will hydrate your skin for the gods.

2018 September 10, Leah Melby Clinton, quoting Nyma Tang, “8 Beauty Bloggers Reveal Their Luxe Sephora Hauls”, in Marie Claire:

(African-American Vernacular and gay slang) Perfectly; in an exceptional manner.


for the foreseeable

We'll have to make do with this for the foreseeable.

(informal) Ellipsis of for the foreseeable future.


for one's foams

Referring to being mugged or killed for one's sneakers, also used in image macros of mortally wounded fictional characters, notably Uncle Ben in the 2002 film Spider-Man with the phrase "They got me for my foams".

jack got me for my foams. rt to help me find my mutuals🙏🏼😭

2020 February 25, @luver4skategirl, Twitter:

Killer Bee really ran sasuke for his foams while he was rapping 😭😭😭

AI got me for my foams smh

(Internet slang, humorous) Totally or in humiliating fashion, in the context of being wronged or defeated.


tuo tarpu

A fossilization of the instrumental form of tàs tárpas.


אין צווייען

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אין צווייען • (in tsveyen)


šiaip taip

Literally "this way", figuratively shifting to refer to difficult endeavors.

with great difficulty
with great difficulty


a.m.a.

Alternative form of AMA (“against medical advice”)


in-date

Customers should continue to carry their in-date physical immigration documents with them when they travel internationally.

2024 April 17, UK Home Office, Media factsheet: eVisas:


besides oneself

Feſtus ſayde with a lowde voyce: Paul / thou arte beſides thy ſilfe. Moche learnynge hath made the mad.

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles xxvj:[24], folio cxcv, recto:

Notwithſtondinge it came ſo often vnto him / that what with laboure and whate with feare / the man was almoſt beſides him ſilfe / and then was he ſent to Oxfoꝛth to aſke counſell what was beſt to be done.

c. 1531, John Frith, A diſputaciõ of purgatoꝛye [A Disputation of Purgatory]:

For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour—for they said, he is besides himself.

c. 1759–1763, Christopher Smart, Jubilate Agno; first published as W. F. Stead, editor, Rejoice in the Lamb: A Song from Bedlam, 1939:

(Early Modern) Archaic form of beside oneself.


fo sheezy

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of for sheezy, representing African-American Vernacular English.


for sheezy

From for sure + -eezy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).

af

-eezy<pos:suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words>

"I think I might change my name to cutie since everyone here calls me that. My name is Freaky and that's fo sheezy."

2003, Antoine Thomas, Flower's Bed, New York, N.Y.: Amiaya Entertainment, →ISBN, page 82:

"You gon' call me?" she asked. ¶ "Fuh sheezy, boo. I'm feeling your vibe," he said as he pulled her even closer.

2014, Parish Sherman, A Little More Sin, Wilmington, D.E.: Street Knowledge Publishing, →ISBN, page 99:

Yup, I'm for sheezy. Check out this hoodie. It looks like any ole black hoodie but it's actually a state of the art transformational mask.

2015, Marcus Gardley, “No More Monsters Here”, in Facing Our Truth: Short Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege, [New York, N.Y.]: Samuel French, Inc., →ISBN, page 85:

(African-American Vernacular, slang) For sure, for real, definitely.


up someone's strasse

Substitution of strasse, the German word for street, perhaps originally in a Germany-related context, then gaining wider currency through euphony.

(informal, humorous) Up someone's street.


κατ' αρχάς

first, first of all, at the outset, initially


κατά κόρον

head

κατά κόρον • (katá kóron)


ar seachrán

/əɾˠˈʃaxɾˠanˠ/

/əɾˠˈʃaxɾˠan̪ˠ/


κατά λάθος

κατά λάθος • (katá láthos)

by mistake, mistakenly, accidentally, by accident, in error (without intention to do so)


in the foothills

Presumably a reference to the need to pass through foothills before attempting to climb a mountain.

LeBaron followed electronics stocks, which were in the foothills of a major market surge.

1994, Steven L. Mintz, Five Eminent Contrarians: Careers, Perspectives, and Investment Tactics, page 13:

We seemed in the foothills of a fabulous conversation when quite suddenly he was asleep.

Ruby recognised his discomfort talking about whether they might actually be in the foothills of a relationship.

2009, Bernadette Strachan, How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life, page 221:

(idiomatic) In the earliest stages; at the outset.


to the left

Sunshades are really just umbrellas, but to the left.

Dean says "I love you" but it's not quite on purpose. After Castiel almost gets hurt in a hunt Dean loses his shit and may say some things he can't take back.

2022 January 8, Casey06, “I love you (but to the left)”, in Archive Of Our Own (fan fiction), archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

Y'all, please give Paul a follow and check out Bovaskala! Kespar is a really cool card game he created […] (think poker but to the left) and chatting with him is not only a joy, but can lead to things like a new fortune telling tarot deck for the world!

2022 November 16, @vesmiryn, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

‘minecraft is an advanced version of cookie clicker’ whatever is wrong with his brain is also what’s wrong with my brain but to the left […]

2023 March 18, @Not_Bxnny, “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

i've been informed toasted means drunk. I thought it meant like. fried, but to the left.

2024 May 20, @ChronosAster, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-05-20:

(fandom slang) Different; resembling a given concept, but different in an unspecified way.

My sister is on the right in this picture, and I'm to the left.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see to, the, left.


voor geen meter

Die aansteker werkt voor geen meter.

Het woei hard, dus ik verstond hem voor geen meter.

It was very windy, so I understood him very poorly.


dans la mouise

(informal, figuratively) in the soup, in a fix, in a pickle, in trouble


out of heat

(biology) In dioestrus; unreceptive to mating.


en mouvement

être en mouvement


în plus

De ce să plătesc cinci lei în plus?

La numărătoare au ieșit cu doi în plus.

Upon count there came up two more than before.

Membrii mai vechi de trei ani primesc beneficii în plus.

Members older than three years receive extra benefits.

more than the usual, in a good or bad way; extra

Nutrienții în plus se elimină.

Cuvântul acesta e în plus.


door dik en dun

Afrikaans: deur dik en dun

through thick and thin
through thick and thin

(idiomatic) through thick and thin (through (adverse) conditions)


con le orecchie tese

“Non dobbiamo dimenticare una ferita della democrazia. Troppa gente ha smesso di credere che la politica e il loro voto facciano la differenza. Per questo non dobbiamo fermarci, continuiamo a stare con i piedi per terra e le orecchie tese per sentire i bisogni delle persone”, ha concluso.

2024 July 4, Agenzia Vista Alexander Jakhnagiev, “Schlein attacca: “La destra sa solo fomentare la paura, ma non risolve i problemi”. Poi il monito: “Non dimentichiamo la ferita dell’astensionismo” [Schlein attacks: "The right can only foment fear, but does not solve problems". Then the warning: "Let's not forget the wound of abstentionism"]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano:

"We must not forget a wound of democracy. Too many people have stopped believing that politics and voting make a difference. That is why we cannot stop; we stay grounded and keep our ears open to listen to people's needs", she concluded.


ad alta voce

Literally, “at high voice.” Compare French à haute voix.


a gran voce

Perché farlo adesso, visto che in più di vent'anni non è stato fatto? Perché in questi anni diverse regioni hanno chiesto a gran voce di dare seguito a quanto era previsto dalla costituzione.

2024 June 25, Address on "autonomia differenziata" [differentiated autonomy], spoken by Giorgia Meloni:

Why do it now, given that it has not been done in over twenty years? Because in recent years several regions have vociferously asked to act on what was provided for by the Constitution.


kufumba na kufumbua

in the blink of an eye
in the blink of an eye

in the twinkling of an eye
in the twinkling of an eye

(idiomatic) suddenly, in the blink of an eye, in the twinkling of an eye


in knots

Centrists are in knots over whether to field one or several candidates to be the faces of their 2024 campaign.

2023 July 5, Eddy Wax, “Liberals divided over 2024 EU election campaign strategy”, in Politico:

The conservative stance made it difficult to advance the legislation, and the appropriations process ended up in knots despite a Republican pledge to consider and pass 12 individual spending bills.

2023 December 15, Carl Hulse, “A ‘Historical and Hysterical’ House Flees After a Tumultuous Year”, in The New York Times:

In a state of disagreement or confusion; at a standstill; in a deadlock.


sous la houlette de

under the leadership of, under the guidance of


i närheten

From i (“in”) + närheten (“the vicinity”). Compare German in der Nähe.

Det finns ett hotell i närheten.


in carreggiata

Avevo necessità di un essere vivente con cui sfogarmi, di un amico che mi aiutasse a rimettermi in carreggiata; sono riuscita nel mio difficile intento e lentamente ma sicuramente l'ho attratto a me.

1947 June 25, Anne Frank, “15 July 1944”, in Il diario di Anna Frank [The diary of Anne Frank], Le Vie della Cristianità:

I needed a living being with whom I could let out my emotions, a friend who would help put me back on track; I succeeded with my difficult intention and I slowly but surely attracted him to me.

on the straight and narrow
on the straight and narrow

on track; on the right track; on the straight and narrow


a suo tempo

Literally, “at his/her/its time.” Compare French en son temps.

Pim assume sempre l'atteggiamento del vecchio genitore, che ha avuto anche lui a suo tempo simili passeggere inclinazioni, ma per quanto si sforzi non può più riviverle con me come amico.

Pim always takes on the attitude of the old parent, who had also had in his time similar fleeting inclinations, but no matter how hard he tried can no longer relive them with me as a friend.


di bene in meglio

Literally, “of good in better”, or more loosely translated as “from good to better.” Compare French de mieux en mieux.


on the flipside

on the flip side
on the flip side#English


all for nought

(literary) All for nothing; in vain, unsuccessfully.


bagai mencurah air ke daun keladi

like water off a duck's back
like water off a duck's back

(simile) unheeded (of advice or criticism), like water off a duck's back


weil Baum

Literally, “because tree”, perhaps chosen for being non sequitur or "random".

Muss eigentlich mal wieder zum Friseur, ich habe aber keine Lust wieder zu hören dass dies das und jenes nicht geht weil.. Baum. Keine Ahnung. Hätte die gern mal richtig durchgestuft und all das .-.

2018 July 26, Sam (@nerdshittv), Twitter:

I really ought to go the hairdresser sometime, but I don't wanna be told that this and this and this won't go because.. who knows why. I dunno. Would love for my hair to get some proper layers and stuff .-.

"Warum räumst du nicht endlich mal dein Zimmer auf,mein Kind?" ¶ "Weil Baum!" ¶ Ich habe nichts weiteres hinzuzufügen!

2019 June 3, Is klar (@_issklar), Twitter:

"Why don't you clean your room sometime, my dear?" ¶ "Because!" ¶ I have nothing else to add!

Oke einfach weil Baum ¶ Für jeden like poste ich einen unnötigen Fakt über mich den keiner wissen wollte xD

2019 July 13, Luuuke 🏳🌈 (@sweetsoy_milk), Twitter:

Alright just because i can ¶ For every like i'll post a random fact about myself that nobody asked for xD

deiner ex schreiben weil baum > langeweile haben😔

2020 June 4, helin (@helinoderso), Twitter:

texting your ex for no reason > being bored😔

(slang) Said when one does not know or want to say the reason for something; because reasons, because yes, for no reason


תּוך כּדי דיבור

head

תּוך כּדי דיבור

/tɔχ kəˈdɛɪ̯ ˈdɪbəʁ/

מײַן דאגה! ענטפֿערט ער און ציט מיט די אַקסל, און תּוך כּדי דיבור (וואָס אַ ליטוואַק קען!) איז מישבֿ צו דערגיין די זאַך.

1900, I. L. Perets, אויב נישט נאָך העכער [If not higher], page 2:

How should I know! He answered with a shrug, and in the same breath (What a Litvak is capable of!) decided to get to the bottom of it.

mayn dayge! entfert er un tsit mit di aksl, un tokh kedey diber (vos a litvak ken!) iz meyashev tsu dergeyn di zakh.


פֿון א׳ ביז תּ׳

פֿון א׳ ביז תּ׳


at a distance

(idiomatic) At a level of detachment or separation.


van dien aard

Literally, “of that nature”, with a fossilized dative.

(somewhat formal) such; of such a nature


ditelan mati emak, diluah mati bapak

Literally "swallowed by mother's death, spitted by father's death", meaning if the person's parents were perished, one would suffer in a difficult situation, because no one will take care or provide the needs of their children, the result is that children who lost their parents would affect their future.

between a rock and a hard place
between a rock and a hard place

have the wolf by the ear
have the wolf by the ear

(idiomatic) between a rock and a hard place, to have the wolf by the ear


in no way, shape or form

in no way, shape, or form
in no way, shape, or form#English

Alternative form of in no way, shape, or form.


terlepas dari mulut buaya, masuk ke mulut harimau

Literaly "After have escaped from the crocodile's mouth, entered into the tiger's mouth".

out of the frying pan, into the fire
out of the frying pan, into the fire

(idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire


ar shiúl

/ɛɾʲˈçuːl̪ˠ/


alla luce di

Literally, “at the light of.” Compare French à la lumière de.


in funzione di

Literally, “in function of.” Compare French en fonction de.

Possono essere equipaggiati con missili in funzione di autodifesa.

They can be equipped with missiles in service of self-defense.

L'importo erogato varia in funzione di numerosi fattori.

The amount disbursed varies depending on numerous factors.

Le controversie di lavoro e previdenza furono di competenza del Pretore in funzione di giudice del lavoro.

Labor and social security disputes were the responsibility of the Praetor in his capacity as labor judge.


BAMN

We must stop the siege BAMN.


παρά θίν' αλός

παρά θίν' αλός

παρά θίν' αλός • (pará thín' alós)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρά θῖν' ἁλὸς (pará thîn' halòs), from Homer's Iliad.

lbor

παρά θῖν' ἁλὸς


in rough

Younger learners will 'copy out in rough, copy it out in neat, draw a coloured border around it, highlight the keywords in primary colours, draw you a picture'.

1998, Alistair Smith, Accelerated Learning in Practice, page 43:

Where accounts exist both in rough (or draft) form and in neat (or finished) form, preference is given to the neat version, which may be considered more 'official,' unless the rough text preserves details lost in the neat text.

2007, Lawrence M. Clopper, Elizabeth Baldwin, David Mills, Cheshire Including Chester - Volume 1, page cxcv:

However, drafting does not mean 'write in rough – correct – copy up in neat'.

2012, Tony Martin, Chira Lovat, Glynis Purnell, The Really Useful Literacy Book, page 191:


in neat

Coordinate term: in rough


seperti kera mendapat bunga

Literally, "like a monkey who got a fruit".

casting pearls before swine
casting pearls before swine

(simile, idiomatic) like casting pearls before swine, of something of value being given a person that doesn’t appreciate it.


før i verden

Literally, “before in the world”. Compare also Norwegian Nynorsk i gamaltidverda (“in the old time’s world”).


bagai telur di hujung tanduk

Literally, "Like an egg on the end of a horn".

(idiomatic, simile) being in a precarious situation, like being on a knife edge.


like smack

He ran down like smack.


a condizione che

Literally, “at condition that”. Compare French à condition que.


ad alto livello

of a high level of quality; excellent, exceptional

Da Bruxelles si esprime apprensione per il fatto che “gli sviluppi possano incidere sull’efficacia del perseguimento e del giudizio dei reati penali, compresi i casi di corruzione ad alto livello”.

2024 July 24, Giuseppe Pipitone, “Giustizia, il report Ue stronca l’Italia: “La riforma Nordio danneggia le indagini su corruzione. Col bavaglio effetto intimidatorio sui cronisti” [Justice, the EU report crushes Italy: "The Nordio reform damages investigations of corruption. With the gag orders, chilling effect on reporters"]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano:

Brussels expressed concern that "the developments could impact the efficiency of the prosecution and adjudication of criminal offenses, including cases of high-level corruption.

high-level (pertaining to a person of high rank or social position)


in relazione a

".... I soggetti interessati hanno inoltre sollevato preoccupazioni in relazione alle misure previste dall’emendamento Costa, evidenziando come questo generi un chilling effect sui giornalisti, i quali rischiano di essere maggiormente esposti a possibili cause per diffamazione in caso di riassunti errati o riformulazioni di ordini di custodia cautelare”.

".... The relevant stakeholders have also raised concerns regarding the measures envisaged by the Costa Amendment, highlighting who this generates a chilling effect on journalists, who risk being more exposed to potential defamation lawsuits in the event of a mistake in their summaries or interpretations of pre-trial-detention orders".


in conformità a

".... Il governo ha inoltre ritenuto che tali iniziative non avrebbero influito sulla libertà di stampa né sulla libertà di informazione, poiché, nel caso della riforma Nordio, la limitazione si sarebbe applicata solo alle informazioni non acquisite nel corso del procedimento penale in conformità alle pertinenti disposizioni del codice di procedura penale, mentre, nel caso dell’emendamento Costa, il divieto di pubblicazione sarebbe stato limitato temporalmente alla fase delle indagini preliminari e non avrebbe impedito in alcun caso ai giornalisti di parafrasare o riassumere il contenuto delle ordinanze di custodia cautelare”, riassume la commissione Ue.

".... The government has furthermore claimed that such initiatives would not have influenced freedom of the press or freedom of information, since, in the case of the Nordio reforms, the limitation would have been applied only to information that was not acquired in the course of the criminal trial in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, while, in the case of the Costa Amendment, the prohibition on publication would have been limited in time to the preliminary-investigation phase and would not have prevented journalists form paraphrasing or summarizing the content of pre-trial detention orders, in any case", summarizes the EU commission.


tra parentesi

Literally, “between parentheses”. Compare French entre parenthèses.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tra, parentesi.

parenthetically; by the way; incidentally; as an aside


à la renverse

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tomber à la renverse


in school

They have three kids, one who is not in school yet.


with one's chest

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Finally a friendship we can stan with our chests 🫶🏾 #LoveIsland

2022 July 19, @httpundisclosed, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-28:

"Yes, and?" / Say that shit with your chest, and / Be your own fucking best friend

2024 January 12, “Yes, And?” (1:20 from the start)performed by Ariana Grande:

Anything I do, I do it with my chest. That's why I think I don't like sneaky shit so bad 🤣 because what you sneaking for boo. It's never nothing

2024 April 21, @coleyyyru, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-28:

Say it with your chest. You're not just "a little" upset. You ARE upset.

2024 July 14, u/nmymo, “My partner bought a house that I can't live in with him and I'm a little upset.”, in Reddit, r/TwoXChromosomes, archived from the original on 2024-07-28:

(informal, idiomatic) With total confidence.


in ragione di

Literally, “in reason of.” Compare French en raison de.

"Riguardo il secondo punto - scrive Meloni -, sarebbe a dire il fatto che il cambiamento della linea editoriale della RAI avrebbe determinato le dimissioni di diversi giornalisti e conduttori, è di tutta evidenza, anche in ragione di quanto espresso in precedenza (che l'attuale Cda è stato nominato nella scorsa legislatura ndr), che si tratti di una dinamica che in ogni caso non può essere imputata all'attuale Governo...."

2024 July 28, The Editorial Board, “Meloni a von der Leyen: 'Fake news contro il governo sulla libertà di informazione' [Meloni to von der Leyen: 'Fake news against the government on the freedom of information']”, in ANSA:

"Regarding the second point," writes Meloni, "it should be said: The idea that the change in Rai's editorial line would have determined the resignation of several journalists and anchors — it is quite clear, also in light of what was previously expressed (that the current Board of Directors was nominated in the last legislature - ed.), that this is a dynamic that cannot be impugned to the current Government, in any case...."


of its own study

(dated, obsolete, rare) Of one's own composition.


of itself

(dated, obsolete) By one's own motion; without the aid of another.


of its hand

(dated, obsolete) Regarding or concerning one's actions, especially one's valor in battle.


of its proper movement

(dated, obsolete) Regarding a desire, inclination or urge.


i högsta hugg

i (“in”) + högsta (“highest”) + hugg (“strike/slash”)

af

Bonden kom springande med högaffeln i högsta hugg

The farmer came running, pitchfork in hand [with the pitchfork in highest strike/slash]

held (high) in front of oneself (as if ready to strike)

Utanför domstolsbyggnaden väntade journalister med kamerorna i högsta hugg

Outside the courthouse, journalists were waiting with [the/their] cameras at the ready


of one's making

of one's own making
of one's own making#English


a maggior diritto

a maggior ragione
a maggior ragione#Italian


di grazia

Literally, “of grace”. Compare French de grâce.

".... Come potrebbe, di grazia, lo Stato italiano verificare le informazioni o l’Isee della famiglia di un lavoratore che risiede in Bulgaria o in Pakistan?..."

2024 August 1, The Editorial Board, “Giorgia Meloni a Tempi: «I conservatori sono i veri rivoluzionari» [Giorgia Meloni to Tempi: "The conservatives are the true revolutionaries"]”, in Tempi:

".... How could, pray tell, the Italian State verify the information or the ISEE [measure of economic condition] of the family of a worker who resides in Bulgaria or in Pakistan?..."


on the couch

From the trope of a mental health patient lying down on a couch before a therapist or psychologist.

French: Did that background growing up in the American West, your time serving as a judge in the West, did that inform your approach to administrative law and your approach to these labyrinth of laws? / Gorsuch: David, I don’t know. I can’t put myself on the couch. I don’t know.

2024 August 1, David French, “‘I Just Have Some Questions’: An Interview With Justice Gorsuch”, in The New York Times:

Undergoing psychological therapy or analysis.


sotto un treno

(slang) ruined financially or emotionally


sullo stomaco

Literally, “on the stomach.” Comparer French rester sur l’estomac.

La ricerca si è concentrata non sul cuore, ma sullo stomaco.

The research focused not on the heart, but on the stomach.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sullo, stomaco.

Se mangi di fretta, il cibo ti rimane sullo stomaco.

(literally, “If you eat in a hurry, the food will remain undigested.”)

If you eat too fast, you won't be able to digest the food easily.

Questa nuova politica mi sta sullo stomaco.

(literally, “This new policy is difficult to tolerate for me.”)

(figurative, by extension) difficult to tolerate


su larga scala

Sin dal primo giorno dell'invasione dell'Ucraina da parte della Russia, Kiev ha unito gli sforzi politici, diplomatici e militari per ricevere gli F-16: ora i primi caccia sono nei cieli ucraini e ne arriveranno altri. Lo scrive su X il presidente ucraino Volodymyr Zelensky. "Dal primo giorno dell'invasione russa su larga scala, l'Ucraina ha chiesto ai suoi partner di chiudere i cieli o di fornire aerei...."

2024 August 8, The Editorial Board, “Primi F-16 in volo sull'Ucraina, l'Ue: 'Kiev ha il diritto di colpire in Russia' [The first F-16's flying over Ukraine, EU: "Kiev has the right to strike Russia"]”, in ANSA:

Ever since the first day of the invasion of Ukraine on the part of Russia, Kiev has combined political, diplomatic, and military efforts to receive the F-16's: Now the first fighters are in Ukrainian skies, and more will arrive. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky writes on X: "From the first day of the large-sscale Russian invasion, Ukraine has asked its partners to close the skies or to provide aircraft...."


доречі

head

доре́чі • (doréči)

доре́чі (canonical)
doréči (romanization)

до ре́чі
до речі#Ukrainian

Misspelling of до ре́чі (do réči, “by the way”).


fwiw

Alternative form: FWIW

for what it's worth
for what it's worth#English

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of for what it's worth.


بنفس الوقت

بنفس الوقت انا محتاره


by hook and by crook

Thus, by diverse little make shifts, in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated "by hook and by crook," the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and was thought, by all those who undersood nothing of the labour of headwork, to have a wonderful easy life of it.

1820 March 5, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VI, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, pages 62–63:

In these fields of Mr. Tulkinghorn's inhabiting, where the shepherds play on Chancery pipes that have no stop, and keep their sheep in the fold by hook and by crook until they have shorn them exceeding close, every noise is merged, this moonlight night, into a distant ringing hum, as if the city were a vast glass, vibrating.

1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “Closing In”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC, page 469:

He had destroyed his talent by not using it, by betrayals of himself and what he believed in, by drinking so much that he blunted the edge of his perceptions, by laziness, by sloth, and by snobbery, by pride and by prejudice, by hook and by crook.

1936 August, Ernest Hemingway, “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”, in The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 14 October 1938, →OCLC, page 158:

by hook or by crook
by hook or by crook#English


in the rear with the gear

In reference to being behind front lines ("the rear") alongside equipment and supplies ("the gear").

They offered me a deployment overseas to see some action, but I declined. I prefer just staying in the rear with the gear.

(military, slang) Far away from any battlefield; not involved in active combat; in a support role.


to hell and back

She's been to hell and back.

(idiomatic) Through an extremely difficult or distressing situation.


nelle proprie corde

Literally, “in one's strings”. Compare French dans les cordes de.

Non è nelle mie corde.

(literally, “It is not suited to my inclinations.”)

within one's comfort zone or natural abilities; suited to one's talents or inclinations; in one's wheelhouse, up someone's alley