词汇 | COMPLETELY |
释义 | COMPLETELY from the cradle to the grave from birth to death.The government promised to take care of us from the cradle to the grave.You can feel secure and well protected from the cradle to the grave. from the ground up from the beginning; from start to finish. (Literal in reference to building a house or other building.)We must plan our sales campaign carefully from the ground up.Sorry, but you'll have to start all over again from the ground up. from tip to toe from the top to the bottom.She is wearing all new clothes from tip to toe.The house needs to be cleaned thoroughly from tip to toe. from top to bottom from the highest point to the lowest point; throughout.I have to clean the house from top to bottom today.We need to replace our elected officials from top to bottom. shoot the works to do everything; to use up everything; to bet everything. (Slang.)Shall I bet half our money, or shall I shoot the works?We shot the works at the carnival—spent every cent we brought with us. through and through thoroughly; completely.I've studied this report through and through trying to find the facts you've mentioned.I was angry through and through, and I had to sit and recover before I could talk to anyone. to the core all the way through; basically and essentially. (Usually with some negative sense, such as evil, rotten, etc.)Bill said that John is evil to the core.This organization is rotten to the core. warts and all including all the faults and disadvantages.Jim has many faults, but Jean loves him, warts and all.The place where we went on vacation had some dismal aspects, but we liked it, warts and all. whole ball of wax and whole shooting match the whole thing; the whole matter or affair; the entire affair or organization.John is not a good manager. Instead of delegating jobs to others, he runs the whole shooting match himselfThere's not a hard worker in that whole shooting match.I will be glad to be finished with this project. I want to be done with the whole ball of wax.I am tired of this job. I am fed up with the whole ball of wax. wide-awake completely awake.After the telephone rang, I was wide-awake for an hour.I'm not very wide-awake at six o'clock in the morning. |
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