crystal

Related to crystal: Crystal healing, crystal oscillator

(as) clear as crystal

Easily visible or understandable. I want the language in these legal contracts to be as clear as crystal so that there is no confusion. The sign is right there on the door—it's as clear as crystal.

See also: clear, crystal

a crystal set

A now-outdated type of radio. The "crystal" in the name refers to a "crystal detector," one of the component parts. My grandparents talk about how they spent many a night huddled around the crystal set—whatever that is.

be as clear as crystal

To be easily visible and/or understandable. I want the language in these legal contracts to be as clear as crystal so that there is no confusion. The sign is right there on the door—it's as clear as crystal.

See also: clear, crystal

be crystal clear

1. Of a thing or image, to be strikingly clear or clean. The picture on this new high-definition TV is crystal clear! The skies at the top of the mountain were just crystal clear.

2. Of information or communication, to be very easy to understand and not vague or ambiguous. A: "You have to drop this package off by 5 PM sharp, or it won't get delivered. Is that clear?" B: "Yep, it's crystal clear." A good lecturer is crystal-clear in class, but a great one makes the lessons engaging too.

See also: clear, crystal

crystal

slang A stimulant drug in powdered form, often methamphetamine. Where can we score some crystal around here?

crystal ball

1. A glass or crystal orb used by fortune-tellers and mystics in popular culture to see into the future. The soothsayer, peering into her crystal ball, foretold that I would come to possess a great fortune by the year's end.

2. By extension, any figurative means of predicting future events. She must have some kind of crystal ball for the economy, because every business decision she's made has been timed perfectly to market fluctuations. Well, Mike, what does your crystal ball say about the team's chances in the playoffs?

crystal clear

1. Of a thing or image, strikingly clear or clean. Sometimes hyphenated when used as a modifier before a noun. The picture on this new high-definition TV is crystal clear! The crystal-clear skies at the top of the mountain afforded a spectacular view of the whole state down below.

2. Of information or communication, very easy to understand; not vague or ambiguous. Sometimes hyphenated when used as a modifier before a noun. A: "You have to drop this package off by 5 PM sharp, or it won't get delivered. Is that clear?" B: "Crystal clear." A good lecturer provides crystal-clear lessons in class, but a great one makes them engaging.

See also: clear, crystal

crystal dick

Male impotence due to drug use (typically crystal methamphetamine). If you keep doing meth, you better be prepared for crystal dick.

*clear as crystal

1. Cliché very clear; transparent. (*Also: as ~.) The stream was as clear as crystal. She cleaned the windowpane until it was clear as crystal.

2. Cliché very clear; easy to understand. (*Also: as ~.) The explanation was as clear as crystal. Her lecture was not clear as crystal, but at least it was not dull.

See also: clear, crystal

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

crystal ball

A means of predicting the future, as in So what does your crystal ball say about the coming election? The term is a figurative use of the crystal or glass ball used by fortune-tellers. [c. 1900]

crystal clear, be

Also, be clear as crystal. Be easy to understand, have a very obvious meaning. For example, The directions for installing the door are crystal clear, or Her intentions are clear as crystal. Allusions to crystal's very high degree of transparency have been made since the 15th century.

a crystal ball

COMMON You talk about a crystal ball when you are saying how difficult it is to predict the future. What you really need to help you select your new car is a crystal ball to tell you how much it will be worth in three or four years' time. Note: You can call the activity of predicting the future crystal ball gazing. Can I ask you now to do a bit of crystal ball gazing? How high do you think the price of oil could go? Note: A crystal ball is a glass ball used by some traditional fortune-tellers (= people who predict what will happen to you in the future). They say that they can see visions of future events within the ball.

clear as crystal

1. If something is as clear as crystal, it is transparent or very clear. It was a brilliant blue day, as clear as crystal, with a sun that was just comfortably hot. Note: People also use the more frequent adjective crystal clear. The water is crystal clear.

2. If something is as clear as crystal, it is very obvious or easy to understand. The policy is very clear - it's as clear as crystal. Note: People also use the more frequent adjective crystal clear. Make sure your instructions are crystal clear.

See also: clear, crystal

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

crystal clear

1 completely transparent and unclouded. 2 unambiguous; easily understood.

See also: clear, crystal

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌcrystal ˈclear

very easy to understand; completely obvious: After Anne was late for the third time in a week, her boss made it crystal clear that it must not happen again. OPPOSITE: (as) clear as mud

See also: clear, crystal

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

crystal

1. n. crystallized cocaine. (see also crack.) Crystal—an older name for crack—was a favorite many years ago.

2. n. liquid Methedrine in glass ampoules. (Drugs.) I hear that Willy’s shooting crystal. Is that true?

crystals

n. the testicles. (From crystal balls.) He got hit right in the crystals. It was real embarrassing, as well as painful.

crystal ball, look into one's

See into the future. The fortune-teller’s crystal ball probably predates the term’s appearance in print by a good many years. An early instance is in Robert Browning’s Men and Women (1855): “The sights in a magic crystal ball.”

crystal clear

Transparently obvious. This simile (clear as crystal) dates from biblical times. In the Book of Revelation the writer describes the great city of Jerusalem as “having the glory of God; and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal” (21:11). The term appealed to numerous medieval poets and crops up in their ballads. By the time Dickens (in Edwin Drood, 1870) and Arthur Conan Doyle (in The Resident Patient, 1893) used it, it was a cliché.

See also: clear, crystal

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

crystal set

An early type of radio. The first type of radio had only five components: an antenna that picked up the signal, a wire tuning coil with which the listener selected the station, an earphone to hear the broadcast, a ground wire to dissipate the electricity, and at the heart of the apparatus, a crystal detector that produced the audible signal. The crystal was a tiny chip of crystalline ore or stone such as galena. Generations of youths built the sets from scratch and spent hours hunched over the device to hear broadcasts from nearby stations. The reception range tended to be limited, so the introduction of diode tubes that increased reception marked the end of crystal sets' popularity.

See also: crystal, set

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

(as) clear as crystal
clear as crystal
be as clear as crystal
be as clear as day
clear up
clear-cut
crystal clear
crystal clear, be
be crystal clear
a crystal set

References in periodicals archive

As leading innovator in the cruise industry for more than two decades, Crystal Cruises is the first cruise line to offer "pure" staterooms at sea.

Luxury on the high seas

In actively selecting the crystals or gemstones that appeal to the user, the user is setting themselves up for a successful, self-motivated healing journey.

Energy Muse Launches Interactive Crystal Quiz

All naturally occuring crystals have some level of impurities in them.

Why Objects Sparkle In Nature...

Effect of KDP Crystal's Initial Surface State on Material Removal Rate.

Research on the material removal in the polishing of potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystals based on deliquescent action

The only metathesis reaction that occurs inside the gel and form a crystal is the reaction between supernatant solutions of Pb[(N[O.sub.3]).sub.2] and [Na.sub.2][C.sub.2][O.sub.4], while the gel was only act as the growth medium.

Synthesis of lead(II) oxalate hydrate (Pb[C.sub.2][O.sub.4]xx[H.sub.2]O) crystal in silica gel

BERMUDA Carnival, Celebrity, Costa, Crystal, Holland America, Norwegian, Princess, Radisson Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean.

Special 2006: worldwide ports-of-call index: a quick reference guide to cruise lines calling at popular ports-of-call worldwide

Stop AIDS spokesman Jason Riggs credits the decline in crystal use to multiple approaches undertaken in San Francisco, including those from the mayor's Crystal Meth Task Force.

Crystal persuasion

These rocks have an inner cavity covered in crystals (solids in which the atoms are lined up in a repeating pattern).

Rockin' gems: find out how your birthstone transforms from a diamond in the rough to a dazzling gem

Solid deuterium has the crystal structure of hexagonal closed pack, with much different sound velocities for the a- and the c-axes with the lattice parameters of about 0.35 nm and 0.58 nm, respectively, and thus the intersections between the phonon curves [9] and the dispersion curve for a neutron indicating the most effective incident neutron energy for UCN production with a single phonon creation process, are strongly dependent on the relative angle between the crystal axes and the direction of the neutron incidence.

UCN production with a single crystal of ortho-deuterium

Crystal structure of human Charcot-Leyden crystal protein, an eosinophil lysophospholipase, identifies it as a new member of the carbohydrate-binding family of galectins.

Charcot-Leyden crystals: pathology and diagnostic utility

Crystal Manyfeathers' upcoming 15th birthday will be bittersweet.

Thurlo, Aimee & David. The spirit line

Ilexus Pty Limited (Heidelberg, Australia) has patented crystals, crystal structure Fc.gamma.RIIa protein, three dimensional coordinates of Fc.gamma.RIIa protein, and structures and models derived from the Fc.gamma.RIIa structure.

Ilexus obtains United States patent

Crystal Production ASA completes sale of FPSO vessels Crystal Sea and Crystal Ocean

These components, cast in a high nickel content single crystal alloy by the Whitehall, Michigan investment casting facility of Howmet Castings (Alcoa, Inc.), Darien, Connecticut, transfer the combustion force into the engine's shaft, driving the turbine.

GE, Howmet soar into the record books by establishing a world record of transient thrust. (North America)

NEW YORK-Etched crystal looks are making a comeback in the market this week, and gift items such as vases, hurricanes and candlesticks, as well as serveware, are joining traditional stemware introductions.

A CRYSTAL-CLEAR PATH FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD

词组	crystal
释义	crystal Related to crystal: Crystal healing, crystal oscillator (as) clear as crystal Easily visible or understandable. I want the language in these legal contracts to be as clear as crystal so that there is no confusion. The sign is right there on the door—it's as clear as crystal. See also: clear, crystal a crystal set A now-outdated type of radio. The "crystal" in the name refers to a "crystal detector," one of the component parts. My grandparents talk about how they spent many a night huddled around the crystal set—whatever that is. See also: crystal, set be as clear as crystal To be easily visible and/or understandable. I want the language in these legal contracts to be as clear as crystal so that there is no confusion. The sign is right there on the door—it's as clear as crystal. See also: clear, crystal be crystal clear 1. Of a thing or image, to be strikingly clear or clean. The picture on this new high-definition TV is crystal clear! The skies at the top of the mountain were just crystal clear. 2. Of information or communication, to be very easy to understand and not vague or ambiguous. A: "You have to drop this package off by 5 PM sharp, or it won't get delivered. Is that clear?" B: "Yep, it's crystal clear." A good lecturer is crystal-clear in class, but a great one makes the lessons engaging too. See also: clear, crystal crystal slang A stimulant drug in powdered form, often methamphetamine. Where can we score some crystal around here? crystal ball 1. A glass or crystal orb used by fortune-tellers and mystics in popular culture to see into the future. The soothsayer, peering into her crystal ball, foretold that I would come to possess a great fortune by the year's end. 2. By extension, any figurative means of predicting future events. She must have some kind of crystal ball for the economy, because every business decision she's made has been timed perfectly to market fluctuations. Well, Mike, what does your crystal ball say about the team's chances in the playoffs? See also: ball, crystal crystal clear 1. Of a thing or image, strikingly clear or clean. Sometimes hyphenated when used as a modifier before a noun. The picture on this new high-definition TV is crystal clear! The crystal-clear skies at the top of the mountain afforded a spectacular view of the whole state down below. 2. Of information or communication, very easy to understand; not vague or ambiguous. Sometimes hyphenated when used as a modifier before a noun. A: "You have to drop this package off by 5 PM sharp, or it won't get delivered. Is that clear?" B: "Crystal clear." A good lecturer provides crystal-clear lessons in class, but a great one makes them engaging. See also: clear, crystal crystal dick Male impotence due to drug use (typically crystal methamphetamine). If you keep doing meth, you better be prepared for crystal dick. See also: crystal, dick Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. clear as crystal 1. Cliché* very clear; transparent. (Also: as ~.) The stream was as clear as crystal. She cleaned the windowpane until it was clear as crystal. 2. Cliché very clear; easy to understand. (Also: as ~.) The explanation was as clear as crystal. Her lecture was not clear as crystal, but at least it was not dull. See also: clear, crystal McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. crystal ball A means of predicting the future, as in So what does your crystal ball say about the coming election? The term is a figurative use of the crystal or glass ball used by fortune-tellers. [c. 1900] See also: ball, crystal crystal clear, be Also, be clear as crystal. Be easy to understand, have a very obvious meaning. For example, The directions for installing the door are crystal clear, or Her intentions are clear as crystal. Allusions to crystal's very high degree of transparency have been made since the 15th century. See also: crystal The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. a crystal ball COMMON You talk about a crystal ball when you are saying how difficult it is to predict the future. What you really need to help you select your new car is a crystal ball to tell you how much it will be worth in three or four years' time. Note: You can call the activity of predicting the future crystal ball gazing. Can I ask you now to do a bit of crystal ball gazing? How high do you think the price of oil could go? Note: A crystal ball is a glass ball used by some traditional fortune-tellers (= people who predict what will happen to you in the future). They say that they can see visions of future events within the ball. See also: ball, crystal clear as crystal 1. If something is as clear as crystal, it is transparent or very clear. It was a brilliant blue day, as clear as crystal, with a sun that was just comfortably hot. Note: People also use the more frequent adjective crystal clear. The water is crystal clear. 2. If something is as clear as crystal, it is very obvious or easy to understand. The policy is very clear - it's as clear as crystal. Note: People also use the more frequent adjective crystal clear. Make sure your instructions are crystal clear. See also: clear, crystal Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. crystal clear 1 completely transparent and unclouded. 2 unambiguous; easily understood. See also: clear, crystal Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ˌcrystal ˈclear very easy to understand; completely obvious: After Anne was late for the third time in a week, her boss made it crystal clear that it must not happen again. OPPOSITE: (as) clear as mud See also: clear, crystal Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary crystal 1. n. crystallized cocaine. (see also crack.) Crystal—an older name for crack—was a favorite many years ago. 2. n. liquid Methedrine in glass ampoules. (Drugs.) I hear that Willy’s shooting crystal. Is that true? crystals n. the testicles. (From crystal balls.) He got hit right in the crystals. It was real embarrassing, as well as painful. See also: crystal McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions crystal ball, look into one's See into the future. The fortune-teller’s crystal ball probably predates the term’s appearance in print by a good many years. An early instance is in Robert Browning’s Men and Women (1855): “The sights in a magic crystal ball.” See also: crystal, look crystal clear Transparently obvious. This simile (clear as crystal) dates from biblical times. In the Book of Revelation the writer describes the great city of Jerusalem as “having the glory of God; and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal” (21:11). The term appealed to numerous medieval poets and crops up in their ballads. By the time Dickens (in Edwin Drood, 1870) and Arthur Conan Doyle (in The Resident Patient, 1893) used it, it was a cliché. See also: clear, crystal The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer crystal set An early type of radio. The first type of radio had only five components: an antenna that picked up the signal, a wire tuning coil with which the listener selected the station, an earphone to hear the broadcast, a ground wire to dissipate the electricity, and at the heart of the apparatus, a crystal detector that produced the audible signal. The crystal was a tiny chip of crystalline ore or stone such as galena. Generations of youths built the sets from scratch and spent hours hunched over the device to hear broadcasts from nearby stations. The reception range tended to be limited, so the introduction of diode tubes that increased reception marked the end of crystal sets' popularity. See also: crystal, set Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: (as) clear as crystal clear as crystal be as clear as crystal be as clear as day clear up clear-cut crystal clear crystal clear, be be crystal clear a crystal set References in periodicals archive As leading innovator in the cruise industry for more than two decades, Crystal Cruises is the first cruise line to offer "pure" staterooms at sea. Luxury on the high seas In actively selecting the crystals or gemstones that appeal to the user, the user is setting themselves up for a successful, self-motivated healing journey. Energy Muse Launches Interactive Crystal Quiz All naturally occuring crystals have some level of impurities in them. Why Objects Sparkle In Nature... Effect of KDP Crystal's Initial Surface State on Material Removal Rate. Research on the material removal in the polishing of potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystals based on deliquescent action The only metathesis reaction that occurs inside the gel and form a crystal is the reaction between supernatant solutions of Pb[(N[O.sub.3]).sub.2] and [Na.sub.2][C.sub.2][O.sub.4], while the gel was only act as the growth medium. Synthesis of lead(II) oxalate hydrate (Pb[C.sub.2][O.sub.4]xx[H.sub.2]O) crystal in silica gel BERMUDA Carnival, Celebrity, Costa, Crystal, Holland America, Norwegian, Princess, Radisson Seven Seas, Royal Caribbean. Special 2006: worldwide ports-of-call index: a quick reference guide to cruise lines calling at popular ports-of-call worldwide Stop AIDS spokesman Jason Riggs credits the decline in crystal use to multiple approaches undertaken in San Francisco, including those from the mayor's Crystal Meth Task Force. Crystal persuasion These rocks have an inner cavity covered in crystals (solids in which the atoms are lined up in a repeating pattern). Rockin' gems: find out how your birthstone transforms from a diamond in the rough to a dazzling gem Solid deuterium has the crystal structure of hexagonal closed pack, with much different sound velocities for the a- and the c-axes with the lattice parameters of about 0.35 nm and 0.58 nm, respectively, and thus the intersections between the phonon curves [9] and the dispersion curve for a neutron indicating the most effective incident neutron energy for UCN production with a single phonon creation process, are strongly dependent on the relative angle between the crystal axes and the direction of the neutron incidence. UCN production with a single crystal of ortho-deuterium Crystal structure of human Charcot-Leyden crystal protein, an eosinophil lysophospholipase, identifies it as a new member of the carbohydrate-binding family of galectins. Charcot-Leyden crystals: pathology and diagnostic utility Crystal Manyfeathers' upcoming 15th birthday will be bittersweet. Thurlo, Aimee & David. The spirit line Ilexus Pty Limited (Heidelberg, Australia) has patented crystals, crystal structure Fc.gamma.RIIa protein, three dimensional coordinates of Fc.gamma.RIIa protein, and structures and models derived from the Fc.gamma.RIIa structure. Ilexus obtains United States patent NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-15 August 2003-Crystal Production ASA completes sale of FPSO vessels Crystal Sea and Crystal Ocean(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Crystal Production ASA completes sale of FPSO vessels Crystal Sea and Crystal Ocean These components, cast in a high nickel content single crystal alloy by the Whitehall, Michigan investment casting facility of Howmet Castings (Alcoa, Inc.), Darien, Connecticut, transfer the combustion force into the engine's shaft, driving the turbine. GE, Howmet soar into the record books by establishing a world record of transient thrust. (North America) NEW YORK-Etched crystal looks are making a comeback in the market this week, and gift items such as vases, hurricanes and candlesticks, as well as serveware, are joining traditional stemware introductions. A CRYSTAL-CLEAR PATH FOR THE MONTHS AHEAD
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