in a foam

But that Poet was always in a foam at his ſetting out, even before the Motion of the Race had warm'd him.

1716, Charles-Alphonse Dufresnoy, John Dryden, Richard Graham, Roger de Piles, The Art of Painting, page 54:

Yes, the ſecond time he ſaid, that he met the King's guards that were come back all in a foam

1730, Sollom Emlyn, Thomas Salmon (contributors), A Complete Collection of State-trials, and Proceedings for High-treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours: 1685-1696, page 560:

Horſe and man were in a foam.

1792, Samuel Richardson, The History of Clarissa Harlowe, in a Series of Letters, Volume 6, page 109:

while the horses and mares were all in a foam, and scarcely able to breathe;

1842, J.S. Redfield (publisher), Two Hundred Pictorial Illustrations of the Holy Bible ... Compiled Principally from the Notes to the London Pictorial Bible. Third Series, page 172:

(idiomatic, dated, literary) Foaming at the mouth.


εν ολίγοις

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εν ολίγοις • (en olígois)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐν ὀλῐ́γοις (en olígois). Literally, “in few (words)”.


in Heaven's name

“Why, thus I mean it. He thinks he sees him; but, if he does, upon my honour, he sees a ghost,” and Dangerfield chuckled merrily. / “Pray, Mr. Dangerfield, consider me, and be serious, and in Heaven’s name explain,” said Mervyn, speaking, evidently, in suppressed anguish.

1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “How a Gentleman Paid a Visit at the Brass Castle, and There Read a Paragraph in an Old Newspaper”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 21:

“I’ve got a woman,” he said, and even to himself he sounded surprised. / “Then what in Heaven’s name are you playing at crime for?”

1951, Philip Loraine [pseudonym; Robin Estridge], “Officer, Gentleman . . . and Fox”, in The Break in the Circle, New York, N.Y.: The M. S. Mill Co. and William Morrow & Co., part II (Semi-Circle), page 145:

Who in Heaven’s name was Dr Mama? And why would she need to meet with him?

2016, Yewande Omotoso, The Woman Next Door, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 141:

in heaven's name
in heaven's name#English

Alternative letter-case form of in heaven's name.


in full form

On the contrary, such verdicts have always been within the limits of my reading and practice, been received by the Courts and put in form proper for judgment; and under the nisi prius system which formerly prevailed in New York, upon such verdicts the postea was always made up in full form according to the effect of the intent of the verdict upon the issue.

1858, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Minnesota, page 150:

Edward H. Ken received the Degree of Secret Master in full form and the 14th Degree of Perfection in ample form.

1912, Brotherhood - Volumes 1-6, page 6:

I asked, "Establish prayers in full form next to him?!” Imam replied, “(Establish prayers) in full form.”

(dated) Performed with all the prescribed participants, steps, symbols, and traditions, although other more abbreviated or modified options might be possible.

In the examples opposite the 64th Radical, shou, the hand, the Radical stands in the first example, in full form, on the left of the Phonetic; in the second, in modified form, also on the left; in the third, in full form, underneath the Phonetic .

1867, Thomas Francis Wade, Yü-yen Tzŭ-erh Chi, a Progressive Course Designed to Assist the Student of Colloquial Chinese, page xxxiii:

In lines 14 and 16, T1 specifically asks L11 to choose one of the candidate grammatical structures, and although L11 provides the correct option in line 17, T1 initiates another repair asking L11 to read the sentence in full form, an explicit orientation to form-and-accuracy.

2015, Olcay Sert, Social Interaction and L2 Classroom Discourse:

There are two techniques to writing the speech, whether in full form for Manuscript or Memorized Speeches, or in outline form for Impromptu and Extemporaneous Speeches.

2024, Anath Lee Wales, Communication For Professionals:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, full, form. In the most complete form or structure, with no ellipses, abbreviations, or modifications.


på krigsstigen

Calque of English on the warpath, from på (“on”) + krigsstigen (“the warpath”). First attested in 1889.

Akta er! Han är på krigsstigen idag.


dan lenni'r nos

Literally “under the covers of the night”.

under cover of night
under cover of night

under cover of darkness
under cover of darkness

under cover of night, under cover of darkness


under cover of darkness

under cover of night
under cover of night#English


under cover of night

Hidden or protected by the darkness of night.


o'r blaen

Gan i'r dull a gymerais o'r blaen, o gyrraedd amrywiol ddosbarthiadau o ddarllenwyr, ei gymeradwyo ei hun i gynifer, glynais wrtho, a rhoi cyfieithiadau a ffurfiau llenyddol ar waelod y tudalennau.

1938, John Pierce, “foreword”, in Dan Lenni'r Nos [Under Cover of Night], Liverpool: Gwasg y Brython, page 5:

As the method I had taken before, of reaching various classes of readers, appealed to so many, I stuck to it, and put translations and learned forms at the bottom of the pages.


da tuesse

da + tuesse, from Latin toxicus (“toxic, poisonous”).

L'ega ie da tuesse.

N gas da tuesse.


κατά τόπους

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κατά τόπους • (katá tópous)

(adjectival, preceded by definite article) local


in guter Gesellschaft

sich in guter Gesellschaft befinden

(idiomatic, informal, sometimes ironic) good company


in gutem Glauben

[ʔɪn ˈɡuːtəm ˈɡlaʊ̯bən]

in gutem Glauben handeln

in gutem Glauben erwerben

in gutem Glauben unterschreiben


μετά βαΐων και κλάδων

μετά βαΐων και κλάδων

μετά βαΐων και κλάδων • (metá vaḯon kai kládon)

Literally, “with (palm) branches and branches”, a reference to the use of palm branches in antiquity to symbolize triumph, notably in the Gospel of John's account of Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

lit

Οι πρωταθλητές έγιναν δεκτοί μετά βαΐων και κλάδων.

The champions were received with rapturous acclaim / were given a hero's welcome.

Oi protathlités éginan dektoí metá vaḯon kai kládon.

(higher register) with rapturous acclaim, with a hero's welcome


with one's tail up

Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards.
Now with their tails up, Toni tried his luck with a dipping effort from distance that had Ferguson at full stretch once again.

2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast Telegraph:


εκ του προχείρου

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εκ του προχείρου

εκ του προχείρου • (ek tou procheírou)

off the top of one's head
off the top of one's head

offhand, off the cuff, off the top of one's head


διά ζώσης

διά ζώσης • (diá zósis)


εκ του σύνεγγυς

εκ του σύνεγγυς

εκ του σύνεγγυς • (ek tou sýnengys)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύνεγγυς (súnengus, “very close”), with semantic loan from French de près.


as a matter of facts

As a matter of facts, the introduction of an isolation system allows to reduce shear and bending moment in piers, but may increase decks’ relative displacements.

2017, Iolanda Nuzzo, Nicola Caterino, Giuseppe Maddaloni, Antonio Occhiuzzi, “Smart hybrid isolation of a case study highway bridge exploiting seismic early warning information”, in Engineering Structures, volume 147, pages 134-147:

As a matter of facts, it is as low as R = 0.6 for a quasicrystal like i-ACF.

2015, Jean-Marie Dubois, Esther Belin-Ferré, “Wetting and adhesion properties of quasicrystals and complex metallic alloys”, in Applied Adhesion Science, volume 3:

As a matter of facts, spatial creativity is a terrain on which it is hard to fix an objective, a referential framework for the interpretation of artistic and/or architectural creations.

2014, Dino Borri, Domenico Camarda, Rossella Stufano, “Spatial primitives and knowledge organization in planning and architecture: some experimental notes”, in City, Territory and Architecture, volume 1:

as a matter of fact
as a matter of fact#English

(nonstandard, adverbial) Alternative form of as a matter of fact.


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like kicking a dead whale down the beach

like kicking dead whales down the beach#English

Alternative form of like kicking dead whales down the beach


like kicking dead whales down the beach

Originating in computer programming jargon.

I have a full backup, but restoring 213 MB of data from one oppy to another with a single drive, even using dd and big packets, is going to be like kicking dead whales down the beach. Is there an easier way?

1993 September 16, Joshua W. Burton, “OD has no more alternates for remap -- should I worry?”, in comp.sys.next.hardware (Usenet):

“How’s it going?” I asked. ¶ “Swimmingly, man. Like kicking dead whales down the beach.”

1998 April, Mark Fabi, “Wall Street Walpurgisnacht” (chapter 3), in Wyrm, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 65:

(simile, slang, of a task, process, etc.) Very slow and difficult.


on skibidi

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Blend of on God (“affirmatively”) + skibidi (“nonsense word”), possibly by analogy with similar jocular terms like the skibidi and oh my skibidi.

blend

on skibidi spanish class is only good for rizzing up latina gyatts

2023 December 12, @showerwastaken, Twitter:

no cap this is as real as it gets on skibidi

(Internet slang, humorous, neologism) With all honesty and earnestness, really; no cap; on God.


du côté du manche

se mettre du côté du manche

to choose the winning side, to side with the victors


all'occorrenza

Non a caso una delle primissime sparate di Trump... è che la Harris — per metà indiana e per metà afroamericana — è una che ha rinnegato la sua identità e Trump l'ha voluta sminuire dicendo che prima si considerava indiana ma che ora all'occorrenza si scopre afroamericana.

2024, Ma per noi è meglio Trump o la Harris? [But who is better for us: Trump or Harris?], spoken by Gio Pizzi:

It's no coincidence that one of Trump's very first outbursts... is that Harris — half Indian and half African-American — is someone who has denied her identity, and Trump has wanted to belittle her by saying that she first considered herself Indian, but that now when the need arises, she discovers that she is African-American.

when most convenient; when the need arises; when required; if need be


în viață

Jumătate din victime sunt în viață.

Ultimii veterani ai Războiului Civil American erau în viață în timpul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial.

The last of the Civil War veterans were alive during the Second World War.

Ce îți dorești în viață?

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see în, viață.


not for attribution

(US, journalism) Indicating that a source must not be named.


on the ready

(idiomatic) Well-prepared or set to initiate.


på hal is

på (“on”) + hal (“slippery”) + is (“ice”)

af

De är ute på hal is när de rekommenderar folk att sluta utan avvänjning

They are skating on thin ice when they advise people to quit without weaning off

(idiomatic) in a risky situation (that one has put oneself into, and does not have command of); on thin ice, on a slippery slope, etc.


infairness

(Philippines) Alternative form of in fairness


in profondità

Literally, “in depth.” Compare French en profondeur.

studiare in profondità una materia

Un viaggio durante il quale – stando alle ricostruzioni dei media americani e britannici – è stato elaborato un piano per rompere anche l’ultimo argine: permettere all’Ucraina di usare le armi occidentali (in questo caso di Usa e Gran Bretagna) per colpire in profondità nel territorio russo. Uno scenario di fronte al quale, avverte ancora Putin, Mosca prenderà le “decisioni appropriate“.

2024 September 12, The Editorial Board, “Putin avverte l’Occidente: “Se Kiev usa i vostri missili per colpire il nostro territorio, i Paesi Nato sono in guerra con la Russia” [Putin warns the West: "If Kiev uses your missiles to strike our territory, the NATO countries are at war with Russia"]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano:

A trip during which — according to what has been reported by American and British news sources — a plan was drawn up to break even the last barrier: allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons (in this case, from the US and Great Britain) to strike in the depths of Russian territory. A scenario in which, Putin goes on to warn, Moscow will take "appropriate action".


på så vis

Literally, "in that way," of things being like that. Intuitively, "So things are like that."

– Bron har kollapsat. – På så vis. Då får vi ta en annan väg.
– The bridge has collapsed. – I see. Then we'll have to take a different route.

I see (upon learning something interesting)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see på, så, vis.


i en handvändning

Literally, "in a turning of the hand". Likely from French en un tournemain.


a 360 gradi

rotazione a 360 gradi

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, 360, gradi.

Diceva Adriano Olivetti “io penso la fabbrica per l'uomo, non l'uomo per la fabbrica”. Penso che sia un insegnamento straordinario che ha permeato il tessuto industriale italiano, che lo ha reso quello che è, ovvero un tessuto produttivo che è fondato sul profitto, ma anche sulla capacità di creare valore sociale, di essere attento ai bisogni delle famiglie, di essere attento ai bisogni dei lavoratori, di portare ricchezza nei territori dove opera, di guardare allo sviluppo della Nazione a 360 gradi.

2023 September 18, Speech to Confindustria, spoken by Giorgia Meloni:

Adriano Olivetti used to say, "I think that the factory should serve man, not that man should serve the factory". I think that this is an extraordinary lesson that has permeated the fabric of Italian industry, shaping it into what it is today: A productive system that is based on profit, but also on the ability to create social value, to be mindful of the needs of families, to be attentive to the needs of workers, to bring wealth to the areas where it operates, to have a view to the nation's development in a comprehensive way.


di un'altra pasta

Perché è uno stronzo che ha violato l'etica professionale e ti ha manipolato. Ti assicuro che il dott. Vicary è di tutt'altra pasta.

2024, “Hai qualche spicciolo? [Brother, can you Spare a Dime?]”, in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, season 2, episode 3, spoken by Leslie Abramson (Ari Graynor):

Well that's because he's a prick who violated professional ethics and manipulated your trust. I assure you, Dr. Vicary is nothing like him.

of a completely different kind or nature; completely different; being a different ballgame


op het scherp van de snede

(figuratively) on the razor's edge, on a knife edge


per amore di

Ma quando metti selvaggiamente fine alla vita di altre persone, i traumi della tua infanzia non dovrebbero rappresentare una scusante. Dovresti ricevere la massima pena prevista dalla legge. Questo è il finale che meritano i fratelli Menendez. E io prego, per amore della giustizia, che sarà quello che avranno.

2024, “Inizia lo spettacolo [Showtime]”, in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, season 2, episode 7, spoken by Peter Hoffman (Jeff Perry):

But when you savagely snuff out another person's life, it shouldn't matter how crummy your childhood was. You should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. That's the ending the Menendez brothers deserve. And I pray, for the sake of justice, it's the ending they get.


in contempt

(law) The willful disobedience to or open disrespect of a court, judge, or legislative body.


by the score

(idiomatic) A great amount; a great deal.


on that score

Alternative form of on this score (“pertaining to a separate or distinct subject or topic”)


on this score

(idiomatic) In reference to or with regard to the subject that is being discussed.


on the beach

Ericson had been axed from the navy in 1927, after ten years’ service: he had been on the beach for two hard years[.]

1951, Nicholas Monsarrat, chapter 1, in The Cruel Sea, London: Cassell:

[O]fficers received only half pay when not on active service. Even Horatio Nelson spent five years “on the beach”[.]

2023, Evan Wilson, The Horrible Peace: British Veterans and the End of the Napoleonic Wars, University of Massachusetts Press:

(idiomatic, nautical) Removed or retired from an active shipboard position in the navy or merchant navy.


on what score

However, let us see on what score he eulogizes this man himself also. On what score then does he eulogize?

1848, Saint John Chrysostom, Homilies on the First Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians; Translated, with Notes and Indices. Part I. Hom. I.-xxiv, page 212:

On what Score the two Engliſh Runagadoes turn'd here, I know not.

1729, Lionel Wafer, William Dampier, William Funnell (contributors), A Collection of Voyages: A supplement to the voyage round the world ; Two voyages to Campeachy ; A discourse of tradewinds 1699, by William Dampier, page 138:

"Explanation?" he questioned presently, and looked at her. "But on what score?" "On the score of the deception you have practiced on us—on me."

(idiomatic, dated) For what reason; in regard to what.


a palate

Solo un piccolo omicidio e avrebbero avuto soldi a palate.

2024, “Gli impiccati [Hang Men]”, in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, season 2, episode 9, spoken by David Conn (Paul Adelstein):

All they had to do was one little murder and they could have all the money in the world.


before GTA 6

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(Internet slang, humorous, video games)Suggesting that certain events occurred afore Rockstar Games releasing Grand Theft Auto 6.


dans le vent

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parler dans le vent

to waste one's breath, to speak without being listened to (literally, “to talk into the wind”)


m jꜣbwj

From m (“in”) + jbꜣ (“dance, entertainment”); the latter word has its Greco-Roman Period spelling.