It means to be done or over with.
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Very, very small.
It means very white or pale.
It made me laugh very much.
The idiom to kills/slaughter the fattened calf basically means that you will celebrate with a friend or relative that you have not seen in a very long time.
This is not an idiom. It is comparing one thing to another, so it is a simile. Remember: "AS ___ AS___" means A Simile! It is just saying that something is very black.
Thank you for your very thorough example.
Very, very small.
The idiom "stop on a dime" means to stop very quickly, almost instantaneously.
Thorough means with detail.The health inspector was very thorough with his inspection of the kitchen and he found rats in the cupboards.
He had a thorough understanding of the subject, so he was a very good lecturer.
very cocky
The full idiom is "Free things can be very expensive". An idiom is a turn of phrase that seems to mean nothing, but requires thought to unravel. The reason free things can be expensive, is that they're generally free because they're not very useful.
As ___ as ___ is not an idiom. Remember - AS = A Simile!The proper simile would be "as quiet as a mouse" or "as quiet as new-fallen snow."
I have now concluded my very thorough study of the ant colony in my yard. The mechanic gave the car a thorough check-up.
The teacher was surprised by the thoroughness of the narrative done by the student.
Does it make sense if you translate it literally? If it does, it's not an idiom. Have you ever seen anyone actually hit a ceiling? No, so this must be an idiom.
When you vacuum, do a thorough job or you'll just have to do it again.The police did a thorough search of the premises but found nothing.I gave the carpeting a very thorough cleaning and now it looks brand new.