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После дождичка в четверг (posle dojdichka v chetverg), literally "after the rain on Thursday" yet meaning never. Не видать как своих ушей (ne vidat kak svoih ushey), "not to see [something] like your ears". Scottish Gaelic – pàillean am fàsach, "a palace in a wilderness"
(v.) to store away [old criminals' slang revived in US] (n.) a hiding place, or something (esp. drug or liquor) stored away* staycation: travelling for pleasure within one's own country (US: domestic vacation)* a holiday or vacation where the people return home each night (or most nights)* stick abuse, insult, or denigration ("to give stick")
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
support that steadies or strengthens something else devices for straightening teeth a pair or couple of something, typically game birds or animals [18] [19] leg supports (UK: callipers) tertiary enclosing punctuation: { } (UK: curly brackets) brackets enclosing punctuation: ( ) (US & UK also: parentheses); more at braces
This figure represents a 44% jump in the amount of retirees that moved away in 2022. The study also found that 11% of Americans who retired out of state moved to Florida.
Semantic change (also semantic shift, semantic progression, semantic development, or semantic drift) is a form of language change regarding the evolution of word usage—usually to the point that the modern meaning is radically different from the original usage.
Insulin. Insulin is involved in regulating blood sugar levels. It helps move glucose from blood into cells, where it can be used for energy. This hormone is also partly responsible for storing ...
something that happens only once; limited to one occasion (as an adjective, a shared synonym is one-shot; as a noun ["She is a one-off"; US: one of a kind]) on the back foot outclassed; outmanoeuvred by a competitor or opponent [126] on the piss