Cambridge Dictionary
Learning English? Discover new words easily with definitions and examples! We promise that you will remember every single word you find in here. βοΈAd: https://telega.io/c/cambridge_dic π€ Bot β @en_dic_bot
Ko'proq ko'rsatish35 931Obunachilar
+724 soatlar
+487 kunlar
+11330 kunlar
Postni joylashtirish vaqti tarqalishi
Ma'lumot yuklanmoqda...
Find out who reads your channel
This graph will show you who besides your subscribers reads your channel and learn about other sources of traffic.
Nashrlar tahlili
| Postlar | Ko'rishlar | Ulashishlar | Ko'rishlar dinamikasi |
01 π Nebulous, adjective.
π /ΛnΙbjΚlΙs/ π¬π§
β Definition: Another term for Β«nebularΒ».
βοΈ Examples:
1. Shapley noted that nebulous objects tended to be everywhere except in the Milky Way plane.
2. Twenty five years ago, the nebulous gas entombing the dying star at the centre was not hot enough to glow.
3. The Pleiades is a nebulous cluster of stars, all contained within one degree of longitude, located on the shoulder of the Bull.
4. It has few distinguishable stars and is mainly notable for a nebulous, cloud-like cluster which ancient astronomers regarded as an area where energies were dissipated.
5. The billions of years believed necessary for the earth to evolve from some nebulous mass simply evaporate when confronted by such evidence.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 229 | 0 | Loading... |
02 π¬ O Lucky Man! (1973)
π¬ Unanimous decision, I'm afraid. | 814 | 1 | Loading... |
03 π Unanimous, adjective.
π /juΛΛnanΙͺmΙs/ π¬π§
β Definition (mass noun): (of two or more people) fully in agreement.
βοΈ Examples:
1. The doctors were unanimous in their diagnoses.
2. The councillors were unanimous in their agreement that new hospital facilities were long overdue in the town.
3. The judges were also unanimous in their concern that most of the sites made visitors work too hard.
4. Councillors gave their unanimous support to the bill, although some were concerned the wording was not tight enough.
5. Yet all three were unanimous in admitting that the game was lost in two crucial areas: at the breakdown and in the line-out.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 821 | 0 | Loading... |
04 π¬ Unforgiven (1992)
π¬ And we were young and full of beans. | 1 311 | 0 | Loading... |
05 π Full of beans, phrase.
β Definition (informal): Lively; in high spirits.
βοΈ Examples:
1. She was laughing and shouting and generally full of beans.
2. Chirpy, smiley, full of beans - these are just some of the words which do not describe first-time quarter-finalist David Gray.
3. When I last spoke to her yesterday she was full of beans, very cheerful and chirpy, so I deduce from that that all was going well.
4. They were lovely kids: bright, intelligent and full of beans.
5. Driver Murugan is there at the appointed time. I have risen early again, but today I'm neither bright nor full of beans, unlike yesterday.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 1 305 | 4 | Loading... |
06 π¬ The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
π¬ I'm trying to change 100 years of entrenched dogma. | 1 569 | 2 | Loading... |
07 π Entrench, verb.
β Definition (with object): Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
βοΈ Examples:
1. Ageism is entrenched in our society.
2. Much of this reaction was informed by the firmly entrenched cultural beliefs associated with these creatures.
3. Unhealthy habits are entrenched in the lives of British children by the time they are 11 years old, world medical experts will be told this month.
4. Given the absence of an enabling set-up, biases are firmly entrenched within the institutional framework as policies.
5. He is one of the rare authors who can change minds on a subject where opinions are firmly entrenched.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 1 537 | 3 | Loading... |
08 π¬ Finding Neverland (2004)
π¬ Opening night, doctors, lawyers, businessmen and their wives, all dressed to the nines. | 1 620 | 1 | Loading... |
09 π To the nines, phrase.
β Definition: To a great or elaborate extent.
βοΈ Examples:
1. The women were dressed to the nines.
2. Apart from the willingness of the staff to dress up to the nines, preferably in drag, the secret of the unfailing success of this bash is an alcoholic punch whose recipe, if it isn't already, really ought to be classified information.
3. Horse racing is always an excuse to dress up to the nines and no more so than on Ladies Day - on Thursday - when women enter their own particular race: to be the best-dressed female at Knavesmire.
4. I can be dressed up to the nines in a slinky frock, fabulous hair and make-up, and 6 inch stilettos, but I actually feel embarrassed at having to clutch hold of a handbag, or have it slung over my shoulder.
5. If you like dressing up to the nines, expect to pay a fortune for a drink, and enjoy fancy-sounding grub, then you'll feel quite at home in the Living Room, York's new million-pound bar.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 1 602 | 4 | Loading... |
10 π¬ The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
π¬ It is rather breathtaking, isn't it? | 1 699 | 2 | Loading... |
11 π Breathtaking, adjective.
π /ΛbrΙΞΈteΙͺkΙͺΕ/ π¬π§
β Definition: Astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away.
βοΈ Examples:
1. The scene was one of breathtaking beauty.
2. The setting is a breathtaking reminder of the wondrous beauty of our province.
3. As a photographer, I am, of course, touched by the breathtaking beauty of our wildlife.
4. Start at the top end of town for the sheer breathtaking spectacle, if nothing else.
5. What did those people know about the breathtaking beauty of nature and her wares?
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 1 682 | 1 | Loading... |
12 π As plain as the nose on someone's face, phrase.
β Definition (informal): Very obvious.
βοΈ Examples:
1. I knew what he was up to β it was as plain as the nose on his face.
2. He explained why he chose him: βThat was a decision I felt had to be made as plain as the nose on my face - and that's fairly apparent.β
3. What's the point of saying something that is as plain as the nose on your face?
4. After eliminating the impossibilities, the master of deduction explained, he had been left with one simple irrevocable conclusion, as plain as the nose on one's face.
5. After the verdict was handed down, the press were talking to the jurors, interviewing the jury, and the one juror said Michael's innocence was as plain as the nose on his face.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 1 941 | 5 | Loading... |
13 π¬ Big Fish (2003)
π¬ You must've taken a shortcut. Why, yes, I did. It almost killed me. | 1 965 | 1 | Loading... |
14 π Shortcut, noun.
π /ΛΚΙΛtkΚt/ π¬π§
β Definition: An alternative route that is shorter than the one usually taken.
βοΈ Examples:
1. They were taking a shortcut to town.
2. We're always looking for the quick route, the short cut, the way to avoid the traffic.
3. Ignoring it as was my custom, I turned off the main road, and took the short cut through the woods.
4. We took a short cut through the woods behind the elementary school at the edge of our neighborhood, and emerged at the side of the highway.
5. I was heading south so I decided to take a short cut through the woods and that is when you found me here, fighting off those two brigands.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 032 | 1 | Loading... |
15 π From the bottom of one's heart, phrase.
β Definition: Very sincerely.
βοΈ Examples:
1. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 030 | 11 | Loading... |
16 π Inveterate, adjective.
π /ΙͺnΛvΙt(Ι)rΙt/ π¬π§
β Definition (attributive): Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
βοΈ Examples:
1. An inveterate gambler.
2. They are inveterate gamblers, drink as much beer as their wages will permit, are devoted to bawdy jokes, and use probably the foulest language in the world.
3. The Clermont club was founded in 1962 by inveterate gambler Aspinall, in London's Berkeley Square.
4. Being an inveterate gambler, the fourth son was only too glad to accept the offer.
5. Richard M. Nixon was an inveterate Cold Warrior whose interest in domestic affairs never matched his passion for foreign affairs.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 211 | 6 | Loading... |
17 π Embellish, verb.
π /ΙͺmΛbΙlΙͺΚ/ π¬π§
β Definition (with object): Make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue.
βοΈ Examples:
1. Followers often embellish stories about their heroes.
2. And if people don't get the point, then I will simply repeat my windows story, now embellished by light switches, until they do.
3. Over the centuries, after countless retellings, the story has been slightly embellished.
4. The stress deepened her dependence on alcohol, and her amateurish efforts to market her story led her to embellish the details of her espionage.
5. My hope is that by making this public here, he will perhaps be dissuaded from continuing to embellish this story with false statements.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 202 | 4 | Loading... |
18 π¬ Victor Crowley (2017)
π¬ The publisher had my ghost writer embellish some parts, alright? | 2 079 | 3 | Loading... |
19 π Things that go bump in the night, phrase.
β Definition (informal, humorous): Unexplained and frightening noises at night, regarded as being caused by ghosts.
βοΈ Examples:
1. The fear of long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night.
2. As a youngster I had a dreadful fear of ghost stories and things that go bump in the night.
3. Meanwhile, professional ghost-finders are set to launch a three-day festival in York dedicated to the things that go bump in the night.
4. You are thinking about things that go bump in the night and monsters under your bed and vampires peering at you through your window.
5. I have a fear of things that go bump in the night.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 317 | 9 | Loading... |
20 π Steadfast, adjective.
π /ΛstΙdfΙΛst/ π¬π§
β Definition: Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
βοΈ Examples:
1. Steadfast loyalty.
2. As for the coronation of the new King, it stands firm, steadfast and unshaken.
3. You've got to just hold steady and steadfast and unwavering in certain situations.
4. The men ridicule him and laugh at him, but Wang Lung is steadfast in his resolution.
5. We need to take seriously their steadfast refusal to admit even their most obvious mistakes.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 123 | 3 | Loading... |
21 π Bill, noun.
π /bΙͺl/ π¬π§
β Definition: A draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for discussion.
βοΈ Examples:
1. A debate over the civil rights bill.
2. Within a few weeks a draft bill was presented to parliament; it had two clauses later to become sections 1 and 2 of the Act of 1916.
3. Last week, a private members' bill was presented to Parliament calling for a ban on masts near classrooms and homes.
4. The government has presented around 30 bills to the parliament, which it wants to pass rapidly during final two weeks of August.
5. I guess we can tell that we are at the dog-end when the best the Government can do is present to Parliament bills of this nature for consideration.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 418 | 1 | Loading... |
22 π For my money, phrase.
β Definition: In my opinion or judgement.
βοΈ Examples:
1. For my money, they're one of the best bands around.
2. Now, for my money, Scott's pretty clearly about as guilty as sin.
3. The best thing about the site, for my money, is that I've managed to avoid having any photographic likeness of myself included anywhere on it.
4. βFor my money, he is one of the best centre-halves in England,β said Melrose.
5. His famous novel begins with a couple of paragraphs which, for my money, constitute the most mesmerising start of any novel ever written.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 455 | 10 | Loading... |
23 π¬ Barton Fink (1991)
π¬ Though for my money, you can't beat Jack Oakie. | 2 297 | 2 | Loading... |
24 π Absquatulate, verb.
π /ΙbΛskwΙtΚΚleΙͺt/ π¬π§
β Definition (North American β’ humorous β’ no object, with adverbial): Leave abruptly.
βοΈ Examples:
1. Some overthrown dictator who had absquatulated to the USA.
2. When I find out where Colonel Prosyonni went when he absquatulated, it will be a moot point.
3. Actually, absquatulate means to leave hurriedly, with the implication that one is being pursued.
4. He [an old bull-walrus] heard us, and lazily awakening, raised his head and prepared to absquatulate.
5. Paul was middle aged and a successful London financier with teenage children when he absquatulated to Paris to become a painter.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 209 | 9 | Loading... |
25 π Belligerent, adjective.
π /bΙΛlΙͺdΚ(Ι)r(Ι)nt/ π¬π§
β Definition: Engaged in a war or conflict, as recognized by international law.
βοΈ Examples:
1. A conference of socialists from all belligerent countries.
2. It is based upon the customary international laws of belligerent occupation, including the Hague Regulations.
3. It is widely recognized that access by belligerent groups to the gains from drug production and trafficking contributes to the intensity and prolongation of military conflict.
4. Take also the case of lawful belligerent reprisals (for example, the use of prohibited weapons).
5. Even between belligerent states, such treaties will not necessarily be suspended; a fortiori, if the conflict is not international, treaty rules will in general continue to apply.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 331 | 3 | Loading... |
26 π Soft touch, phrase.
β Definition (informal): A person who readily gives or does something if asked.
βοΈ Examples:
1. We've shown people we're not a soft touch and that we won't be pushed over by the criticism.
2. The bit that still gets to me is the look on her face as she approached me, as though she thought I was a soft touch and I was going to bow down at her feet and beg forgiveness.
3. The trouble with caring too much is becoming a soft touch.
4. I think you know very well that you ought to stop being such a soft touch.
5. They are no soft touch, as they proved again last night.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 497 | 7 | Loading... |
27 π Flabbergast, verb.
π /ΛflabΙΙ‘ΙΛst/ π¬π§
β Definition (informal β’ with object): Surprise (someone) greatly; astonish.
βοΈ Examples:
1. News that activists could be fined for protesting against the policy will flabbergast most people.
2. Well, I'd just like to say that I'm completely flabbergasted and astounded.
3. Brian was flabbergasted, but not really surprised, not on a subconscious level.
4. He was flabbergasted at the total complexity of the question.
5. Today Ms Morris said she was flabbergasted by the award.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 618 | 7 | Loading... |
28 π Exaggerated, adjective.
π /ΙͺΙ‘ΛzadΚΙreΙͺtΙͺd/ π¬π§
β Definition: Regarded or represented as larger, better, or worse than in reality.
βοΈ Examples:
1. An exaggerated account of his adventures.
2. Comic book characters are drawn with exaggerated features so you will remember them.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 579 | 6 | Loading... |
29 π Get rid of, phrase.
β Definition: Take action so as to be free of (a troublesome or unwanted person or thing)
βοΈ Examples:
1. We have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years.
2. Perhaps you should dig it up, getting rid of all the roots, and try something else as a windbreak.
3. Having a shave and getting rid of unwanted body hair in the heat or sauna is also supposed to be relaxing for the nerves and skin.
4. Can you advise on the best way of getting rid of the smell?
5. I've been trying to get rid of the smoke smell too.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 474 | 0 | Loading... |
30 π Tortuous, adjective.
π /ΛtΙΛtΚΚΙs/ π¬π§
β Definition: Full of twists and turns.
βοΈ Examples:
1. The route is remote and tortuous.
2. Varicose veins are tortuous, twisted, or lengthened veins.
3. The Ryder Cup trail has often been tortuous, twisting and downright tedious, but the rewards to the Scottish economy are expected to be enormous.
4. Eventually, after a particularly tortuous twist, the path opened out and they came to the Cave of the Prophet.
5. But that proved only the beginning of a long and tortuous road full of false starts and broken promises.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 598 | 4 | Loading... |
31 π Instigate, verb.
π /ΛΙͺnstΙͺΙ‘eΙͺt/ π¬π§
β Definition (with object): Bring about or initiate (an action or event)
βοΈ Examples:
1. They instigated a reign of terror.
2. I will be instigating legal proceedings.
3. Here the audience obtains a glimpse of the power bloc which oversaw and instigated the events.
4. Over the years she has instigated various events in the Court and the town itself.
5. Does the development team have the power and flexibility to instigate catastrophic events in the game?
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 593 | 1 | Loading... |
32 π So long, phrase.
π /ΛsΙΚ ΛlΙΕ/ π¬π§
β Definition (informal): Goodbye till we meet again.
βοΈ Examples:
1. When she walked out on the Sugababes as they hit the big time, it looked like so long, Siobhan.
2. I just want it to be done with, but I don't want to deal with any of the moving or saying so long stuff.
3. βSo long!β, Catharine waved goodbye to Audrey as the door closed.
4. So long, Mother. Be expecting a postcard or two in the mail, if you're lucky.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 781 | 6 | Loading... |
33 π Petrichor, noun.
π /ΛpΙtrΚΙͺkΙΛ/ π¬π§
β Definition (mass noun): A pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.
βοΈ Examples:
1. Other than the petrichor emanating from the rapidly drying grass, there was not a trace of evidence that it had rained at all.
2. One can almost smell the petrichor.
3. It's been raining for several days this week but our noses can't smell the petrichor because our showers are falling on saturated ground, ice filled pools, and grey piles of our most recent snowstorm's remnants.
4. I am wondering if they will get the time and the open space to experience the petrichor in the air.
5. The musty, barky smell of fresh rain fallen on the dry earth is petrichor.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 781 | 6 | Loading... |
34 π Englished, adjective.
π /ΛΙͺΕ(Ι‘)lΙͺΚt/ π¬π§
β Definition: Made English in character or form; translated into English.
βοΈ Examples:
No examples.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 744 | 3 | Loading... |
35 π Get the picture, phrase.
β Definition (informal): Understand a situation.
βοΈ Examples:
1. Any trouble your father might have we can hide β d'you get the picture?
2. To be honest, I believe it was more difficult to get the picture than to catch the carp.
3. I realize that sounds completely revolting, but I think you get the picture.
4. Scott didn't seem to get the picture, his brain still working on understanding what Jesse had just told him.
5. This includes, buses, trains, lifts, public buildings, pubs, restaurants; I think you have probably got the picture.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 3 244 | 7 | Loading... |
36 π Axolotl, noun.
π /ΛaksΙlΙt(Ι)l/ π¬π§
β Definition: A Mexican salamander that in natural conditions retains its aquatic larval form throughout life but is able to breed.
βοΈ Examples:
1. A number of salamanders, such as the North American βmudpuppyβ and the Mexican axolotl, develop legs but retain their larval gills and stay in the water throughout their lifetimes.
2. Another family, the Ambystomatidae occurs in the New World from Canada to central Mexico and includes the tiger salamander and the axolotl.
3. Urodele amphibians such as newts and axolotls show a remarkable capacity for regenerating body structures such as tails, limbs, jaws, and the lens of the eye.
4. The exemplar of salamander paedomorphosis is the Mexican axolotl.
5. Endogenous retinoids have been detected in regenerating tissues from axolotls, frogs and chicks.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 858 | 5 | Loading... |
37 π Incite, verb.
π /ΙͺnΛsΚΙͺt/ π¬π§
β Definition (with object): Encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour)
βοΈ Examples:
1. They conspired to incite riots.
2. The Public Order Act of 1986 made it a criminal offence to incite racial hatred - but its provisions do not extend to sexual orientation.
3. I am aware that Britain has legislation which makes it a criminal offence to incite racial hatred.
4. Many priests refused to collaborate with the authorities, and some incited disobedience.
5. Generally, it is perfectly obvious what kind of language or imagery incites racial hatred.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 2 827 | 5 | Loading... |
38 π Rain cats and dogs, phrase.
β Definition: Rain very hard.
βοΈ Examples:
1. βIt'll be raining cats and dogs in a minute βshe muttered to herself.β
2. The first barricaded suspect situation I attended was, as I recall, on a dark and stormy night, in fact it was raining cats and dogs.
3. It was raining cats and dogs, and my bike had died on me.
4. No kind of threats, cajoling or convincing can get a line-man to scamper up an electric post or poke at a blown fuse when it is raining cats and dogs.
5. It had been raining cats and dogs from morning and they must have known before hand that the wet weather posed a danger of shock or slipping on stage.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 3 166 | 8 | Loading... |
39 π¬ How I Met Your Mother (2005) - S01E22
π¬ It's gonna rain cats and dogs, folks. | 2 908 | 3 | Loading... |
40 π Pickle, noun.
π /ΛpΙͺk(Ι)l/ π¬π§
β Definition (North American β’ count noun): A pickled cucumber.
βοΈ Examples:
1. In the making of fresh-pack pickles, cucumbers are acidified quickly with vinegar.
2. By July, she'd already had time to make a batch of the pickles using cucumbers from her garden.
3. They plant and harvest onions, zucchini, pickles, cabbage, lettuce and apples, produce that gets shipped all over the country.
4. The barrel will turn the sweet cucumber into a pickle.
5. Bacon, luncheon meats, potato chips, and pickles are examples of salty foods.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic | 3 147 | 5 | Loading... |
π Nebulous, adjective.
π /ΛnΙbjΚlΙs/ π¬π§
β Definition: Another term for Β«nebularΒ».
βοΈ Examples:
1. Shapley noted that nebulous objects tended to be everywhere except in the Milky Way plane.
2. Twenty five years ago, the nebulous gas entombing the dying star at the centre was not hot enough to glow.
3. The Pleiades is a nebulous cluster of stars, all contained within one degree of longitude, located on the shoulder of the Bull.
4. It has few distinguishable stars and is mainly notable for a nebulous, cloud-like cluster which ancient astronomers regarded as an area where energies were dissipated.
5. The billions of years believed necessary for the earth to evolve from some nebulous mass simply evaporate when confronted by such evidence.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic
π
π¬ O Lucky Man! (1973)
π¬ Unanimous decision, I'm afraid.
π 4
π Unanimous, adjective.
π /juΛΛnanΙͺmΙs/ π¬π§
β Definition (mass noun): (of two or more people) fully in agreement.
βοΈ Examples:
1. The doctors were unanimous in their diagnoses.
2. The councillors were unanimous in their agreement that new hospital facilities were long overdue in the town.
3. The judges were also unanimous in their concern that most of the sites made visitors work too hard.
4. Councillors gave their unanimous support to the bill, although some were concerned the wording was not tight enough.
5. Yet all three were unanimous in admitting that the game was lost in two crucial areas: at the breakdown and in the line-out.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic
π 2
π
π¬ Unforgiven (1992)
π¬ And we were young and full of beans.
π 2
π Full of beans, phrase.
β Definition (informal): Lively; in high spirits.
βοΈ Examples:
1. She was laughing and shouting and generally full of beans.
2. Chirpy, smiley, full of beans - these are just some of the words which do not describe first-time quarter-finalist David Gray.
3. When I last spoke to her yesterday she was full of beans, very cheerful and chirpy, so I deduce from that that all was going well.
4. They were lovely kids: bright, intelligent and full of beans.
5. Driver Murugan is there at the appointed time. I have risen early again, but today I'm neither bright nor full of beans, unlike yesterday.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic
π 4
π¬ The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
π¬ I'm trying to change 100 years of entrenched dogma.
π 2
π Entrench, verb.
β Definition (with object): Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
βοΈ Examples:
1. Ageism is entrenched in our society.
2. Much of this reaction was informed by the firmly entrenched cultural beliefs associated with these creatures.
3. Unhealthy habits are entrenched in the lives of British children by the time they are 11 years old, world medical experts will be told this month.
4. Given the absence of an enabling set-up, biases are firmly entrenched within the institutional framework as policies.
5. He is one of the rare authors who can change minds on a subject where opinions are firmly entrenched.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic
β€ 4π 3
π
π¬ Finding Neverland (2004)
π¬ Opening night, doctors, lawyers, businessmen and their wives, all dressed to the nines.
π 1
π To the nines, phrase.
β Definition: To a great or elaborate extent.
βοΈ Examples:
1. The women were dressed to the nines.
2. Apart from the willingness of the staff to dress up to the nines, preferably in drag, the secret of the unfailing success of this bash is an alcoholic punch whose recipe, if it isn't already, really ought to be classified information.
3. Horse racing is always an excuse to dress up to the nines and no more so than on Ladies Day - on Thursday - when women enter their own particular race: to be the best-dressed female at Knavesmire.
4. I can be dressed up to the nines in a slinky frock, fabulous hair and make-up, and 6 inch stilettos, but I actually feel embarrassed at having to clutch hold of a handbag, or have it slung over my shoulder.
5. If you like dressing up to the nines, expect to pay a fortune for a drink, and enjoy fancy-sounding grub, then you'll feel quite at home in the Living Room, York's new million-pound bar.
βββββββββββββ
π @cambridge_dic
π 6β€ 1
π¬ The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
π¬ It is rather breathtaking, isn't it?
π 2