| 词组 | ABUNDANCE |
| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG ABUNDANCE alive with someone or something covered with, filled with, or active with people or things.Look! Ants everywhere. The floor is alive with ants!When we got to the ballroom, the place was alive with dancing.The campground was alive with campers from all over the country. and something to spare and with something to spare with extra left over; with more than is needed. (Something can be used literally.)I had as much flour as I needed with something to spare.Fred said he should have enough cash to last the week—with money to spare. and then some and even more; more than has been mentioned. (Folksy.)John is going to have to run like a deer and then some to win this race.The cook put the amount of salt called for into the soup and then some. any number of someone or something a large number; a sufficiently large number. (Used when the exact number is not important.)Any number of people can vouch for my honesty.I can give you any number of reasons why I should join the army.I ate there any number of times and never became ill. dime a dozen abundant; cheap and common.People who can write good books are not a dime a dozen.Romantic movies are a dime a dozen. drug on the market on the market in great abundance; a glut on the market.Right now, small computers are a drug on the market.Ten years ago, small transistor radios were a drug on the market. get the works to receive a lot of something. (Slang. The works can be a lot of food, good treatment, bad treatment, etc.)BILL: Shall we order a snack or a big meal? JANE: I'm hungry. Let's get the works.But, Your Honor. I shouldn't get the works. I only drove too fast! give someone the works to give someone the full amount or the full treatment. (Slang.)The judge gave her the works for driving too fast.I want everything. Give me the works. go overboard to do too much; to be extravagant.Look, Sally, let's have a nice party, but don't go overboard. It doesn't need to be fancy.Okay, you can buy a big comfortable car, but don't go overboard. go too far to do more than is acceptable.I didn't mind at first, but now you've gone too far.If you go too far, I'll slap you. have something to spare to have more than enough of something.Ask John for some firewood. He has firewood to spare.Do you have any candy to spare? in short supply scarce.Fresh vegetables are in short supply in the winter.Yellow cars are in short supply because everyone likes them and buys them.At this time of the year, fresh vegetables go into short supply. lousy with something with something in abundance. (Slang.)This place is lousy with cops.Our picnic table was lousy with ants. more someone or something than one can shake a stick at a lot; too many to count. (Folksy.)There were more snakes than you could shake a stick at.There are lots of flowers in the field—more than one can shake a stick at. no end of something lots of something. (Informal.)It was a wonderful banquet. They had no end of good food.Tom is a real problem. He's no end of trouble. rolling in something having large amounts of something, usually money. (Informal.)That family is rolling in money.Jack doesn't need to earn money. He's rolling in it. to one's heart's content as much as one wants.John wanted a week's vacation so he could go to the lake and fish to his heart's content.I just sat there, eating chocolate to my heart's content. |
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