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stone Theme: COMPLETENESS mod. completely; totally.This lecture is stone dull.I am stone mad at you.
stone 1. adverb completely, utterly UK, 1928 2. noun 1 a diamond or other precious stone SOUTH AFRICA, 1884. 2 an Opel car. Citizens' band radio slang; pun on 'opal' UK, 1981. 3 crack cocaine; a piece of crack cocaine. A recurring rock metaphor UK, 1996. 4 a state of drug intoxication US, 1980. 5 a billiard ball US, 1990. 6 in motorcyle racing, a very slow racer US, 1965. 7 in the usage of youthful model road racers (slot car racers), a slow car US, 1997 3. verb 1 to render a drug user intoxicated, especially of marijuana US, 1952. 2 by extension, to amaze or impress someone US, 1950
idiomstone► (just) a stone's throw away► stone the crows!leave no stone unturnedused in order to say that you will try every method and do everything possible in order to achieve something: Mr Allen said the union would leave no stone unturned in its efforts to save the factory.The Principal spoke to the whole school, and said he would leave no stone unturned to find the person responsible for the graffiti.Leila knew that if Grant wanted to find her he would leave no stone unturned.a rolling stoneused about someone who never stays in the same job, relationship, house etc for very long, and avoids having responsibilities:After Sid's wife died, he became a bit of a rolling stone, it wasn't until he met Andrea that he felt ready to settle down again.Our system is failing when a mother of five is forced to be a rolling stone, living with friends.NoteThis idiom comes from a very old expression, 'a rolling stone gathers no moss', which is rarely used now, but means that if you continue to move from place to place, you do not have to have any responsibility. be set in stone(also be carved, cast, written etc in stone)(or be set in tablets of stone BrE)used in order to say that a plan, decision, idea etc is completely fixed and no part of it can be changed ◆ usually used in the negative:When it comes to what kind of beer goes with what food, there are no rules set in stone, let your own taste guide you.Judge Owens has set a new trial date of April 2nd, which he says is "written in stone", so the Prosecution don't have long to find the missing witness.For the first few years we will be trying out and developing the new training scheme, with nothing cast in tablets of stone.
stone mod. completely; totally. This lecture is stone dull. See:- (as) hard as stone
- a rolling stone
- a rolling stone gathers no moss
- a stepping stone
- a stone cold fox
- a stone's throw
- a stone's throw away
- be carved in stone
- be carved/set in stone
- beat (one's) head against a stone wall
- blood from a stone/turnip, one can't get
- break balls
- carve (something) in stone
- carve in stone
- carved in stone
- cast in stone
- cast stones against the wind
- cast the first stone
- cast/throw the first stone, to
- Constant dropping wears away a stone
- etched in stone
- flat broke
- get blood from a stone
- get blood out of a stone
- hard as a rock
- have a heart of stone
- have kissed the Blarney Stone
- heart of stone
- heart of stone, to have a
- hit a stone wall
- hit two birds with one stone
- in stone, cast/carved/written
- kill (something) stone dead
- kill something stone dead
- kill two birds with one stone
- kill two birds with one stone, to
- kiss the blarney stone, to
- leave no stone unturned
- leave no stone unturned, to
- like getting blood from a stone
- like getting blood out of a stone
- like getting blood out of/from a stone
- mark (something) with a white stone
- mark something with a white stone
- People (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
- people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- rolling stone
- rolling stone gathers no moss
- rolling stone gathers no moss, a
- Rosetta Stone
- run into a stone wall
- run one's head against (into) a brick/stone wall, to
- set in stone
- sink like a stone
- sticks and stones
- sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)
- sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
- stone
- stone blind
- stone broke
- stone cold
- stone cold sober
- stone dead
- stone deaf
- stone fox
- stone groove
- stone me!
- stone sober
- stone the crows
- stone the crows!
- stone-blind
- stone-cold sober
- stones
- stone's throw away
- stone's throw, a
- throw stones
- two birds with one stone
- within a stone's throw
- You cannot get blood from a stone
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