All English idioms and phrases - page 122

Meanings of More often than not:

idiom

Usually; as a rule

phrase

Usually.

Usage examples:

Food is scarce and more often than not they go hungry

Meanings of More-and-more:

idiom

Increasingly, or an increasing number of

Usage examples:

It gets more and more difficult to understand what is going on., more and more people are becoming …

Meanings of More-or-less:

idiom

Approximately

Usage examples:

It weighs 50 pounds, more or less.

Meanings of More-than:

idiom

Very

Usage examples:

It’s more than likely that she got a ride home with harry., we will be more than happy to help you …

Meanings of Most-likely:

phrase

Very probably

Usage examples:

Most likely he'll turn up late., he died of a heart attack that was most likely hastened by stress.…

Meanings of Mouth wash:

idiom

An expression used humorously when someone has used a rude or offensive word

Meanings of Move goalposts:

idiom

To change the rules while someone is trying to do something in order to make it more difficult for them

Usage examples:

We'd almost signed the contract when the other guys moved the goalposts and said they wanted more m…

Meanings of Move in:

collocation

Occupy a place

Meanings of Move the goalposts:

idiom

To change the rules while someone is trying to do something in order to make it more difficult for them

Usage examples:

We'd almost signed the contract when the other guys moved the goalposts and said they wanted more m…

Meanings of Move up in the world:

idiom

To have more money or a better social position than you had before

Usage examples:

Roger and ann have gone up in the world - these days they only ever travel first-class.

Meanings of Move-down:

idiom

To have less money or a worse social position than you had before

Usage examples:

They used to live in a big house with lots of servants, but they've come down in the world since th…

Meanings of Move-heaven-and-earth:

idiom

To do everything you can to achieve something

Usage examples:

He'll move heaven and earth to get it done on time.

Meanings of Move-house:

phrase

To leave your home in order to live in a new one

Usage examples:

We're moving house next week., they're moving house to be nearer their daughter., we can either ext…

Meanings of Move-in-circles:

phrase

If two people move in different circles, they have different groups of friends or different work or social connections

Usage examples:

We never meet these days - we move in different circles., he was 15 years older than her, and they …

Meanings of Move-out:

collocation

Move out of one's old house or office

Meanings of Movements:

phrase

What someone is doing during a particular period

Usage examples:

I don't know his movements this week., he was convinced that government agencies were trying to tra…

Meanings of Movers and shakers:

phrase

A powerful person who initiates events and influences people.

Usage examples:

A newspaper profile portrayed the man as a mover and shaker on wall street

Meanings of Much of a muchness:

phrase

Very similar.

Usage examples:

The polls looked much of a muchness but concealed politically crucial variations

Meanings of Much-ado-about-nothing:

phrase

Much more activity, worry, or excitement than the situation deserves

Usage examples:

I had the feeling that the "3d experience" would be much ado about nothing., in the end, it all see…

Meanings of Muddy-the-waters:

idiom

To make a situation unnecessarily complicated and less clear

Usage examples:

His suggestions just muddied the waters further, rather than helping the situation.

Meanings of Multitudes:

phrase

Large numbers of people

Usage examples:

The multitudes using the internet, somehow, we made our way through the multitudes and found a squa…

Meanings of Mums-the-word:

phrase

(as a request or warning) say nothing; don't reveal a secret.

Usage examples:

I know i can rely upon your discretion, mum's the word

idiom

Said when you tell someone, or agree with someone, to keep something a secret

Usage examples:

"i'm not telling people generally yet." "ok, mum's the word!"

Meanings of Muscle-in-on:

idiom

To take advantage of something that someone else started

Usage examples:

We did all the hard work of setting up the company, and now everyone wants to get in on the act.

Meanings of Music to my ears:

idiom

To be something that you are very pleased to hear

Usage examples:

The sound of her key in the lock was music to my ears.

Meanings of Mutton dressed up as lamb:

phrase

A middle-aged or old woman dressed in a style suitable for a much younger woman.

Usage examples:

He said: ‘you get to an age when you look like mutton dressed as lamb.’