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matterRelated to matter: States of matter See:- (it) (really) doesn't matter to me
- (it) doesn't matter
- a matter of (something)
- a matter of course
- a matter of days, miles, pounds, etc.
- a matter of form
- a matter of life and death
- a matter of life or death
- a matter of record
- a matter of time
- a peg to hang (something) on
- a peg to hang a matter on
- All Lives Matter
- any way you slice it
- as a matter of course
- as a matter of fact
- as a matter of form
- be a matter of (doing something)
- be a matter of opinion
- be a matter of record
- be a matter of something/doing something
- be another matter
- be another/a different matter
- be just a matter of time
- be just a question of time
- be no laughing matter
- be only a matter of time
- be only a question of time
- be the matter
- be the matter (with someone or something)
- Black Lives Matter
- Blue Lives Matter
- crux of the matter
- crux of the matter, the
- cut to the pith (of something)
- doesn't matter to me
- fact of the matter, the
- for that matter
- gray matter
- grey matter
- it is a matter of (doing something)
- it's only, just, etc. a matter/a question of time
- laughing matter
- long and the short of it/the matter, the
- make matters worse
- matter of course, a
- matter of fact
- matter of fact, a
- matter of life and death
- matter of life and death, a
- matter of opinion
- matter of opinion, a
- matter of record
- matter to
- matter to (one)
- mince matters
- mind over matter
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- no matter
- no matter how the dice fall
- no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
- no matter how you slice it
- no matter what
- no matter what/when/where/why/who/how
- no matter which way the dice fall
- no matter who, what, where, when, etc.
- not matter tuppence
- not matter twopence
- not mince matters
- pith of the matter
- root of the matter
- root of the matter, the
- size matters
- slice the pie, to
- take matters into (one's) own hands
- take matters into your own hands
- the crux of the matter
- the fact of the matter
- the fact/truth of the matter
- the heart of the matter
- the little matter of (something)
- the matter at hand
- the meat of the matter
- the root of the matter
- the small matter of (something)
- the truth of the matter
- what's the matter
- What's the matter (with someone or something)?
- What's the matter with (one)?
- What's the matter?
References in classic literature Their psychology is bovine, their outlook crude and rare; They abandon vital matters to be tickled with a straw; But the straw that they were tickled with--the chaff that they were fed with-- They convert into a weaver's beam to break their foeman's head with. Actions and Reactions He soon convinces you that even these matters can be handled in such a way as to make a person low-spirited. About fifty of those lines, as one perceives, deal with local matters; so the reporters are not overworked. Tramp Abroad That first, they ought to refer matters unto them, which is the first begetting, or impregnation; but when they are elaborate, moulded, and shaped in the womb of their counsel, and grow ripe, and ready to be brought forth, that then they suffer not their counsel to go through with the resolution and direction, as if it depended on them; but take the matter back into their own hands, and make it appear to the world, that the decrees and final directions As to secrecy; princes are not bound to communicate all matters, with all counsellors; but may extract and select. The Essays Then opinion and knowledge have to do with different kinds of matter corresponding to this difference of faculties? Nay, he replied, that has been already disproven; if difference in faculty implies difference in the sphere or subject matter, and if, as we were saying, opinion and knowledge are distinct faculties, then the sphere of knowledge and of opinion cannot be the same. Republic But this position cannot be called materialistic, if, as seems to be the case, physics does not assume the existence of matter. The Analysis of Mind "A thing to be considered of in both is their receiving of punishments, and I am now reminded that the girl Irene (whom I take in this matter to be your mouthpiece) complains that I am not sufficiently severe with David, and do leave the chiding of him for offences against myself to her in the hope that he will love her less and me more thereby. The Little White Bird "That particular matter, the matter of your censorship of a certain letter, has been the subject of a grave and earnest conference here between us all. The Kingdom of the Blind Although I attach no sort of credit to the fantastic Indian legend of the gem, I must acknowledge, before I conclude, that I am influenced by a certain superstition of my own in this matter. It is my conviction, or my delusion, no matter which, that crime brings its own fatality with it. The Moonstone Both got upon their knees to her; and the upshot of the matter for that while was that she showed both of them the door. Kidnapped The general considered that the girls' taste and good sense should be allowed to develop and mature deliberately, and that the parents' duty should merely be to keep watch, in order that no strange or undesirable choice be made; but that the selection once effected, both father and mother were bound from that moment to enter heart and soul into the cause, and to see that the matter progressed without hindrance until the altar should be happily reached. The Idiot It is not surprising, therefore, to find that from the first the Boeotian school is forced to season its matter with romantic episodes, and that later it tends more and more to revert (as in the "Shield of Heracles") to the Homeric tradition. Collection Of Hesiod Homer and Homerica "Why, ay," says the squire, "I believe I do know a little of that matter, as you say. The History of Tom Jones a Foundling |