词组 | rainbow |
释义 | rainbow Theme: LEGS n. a bowlegged person. (Also a rude term of address.)Hey, rainbow! Are you a cowboy?Ask that rainbow if he has to have special trousers made. rainbow noun 1 a capsule of amobarbital sodium and secobarbital sodium (trade name Tuinal™), a combination of central nervous system depressants US, 1966. 2 in casinos, a bet comprised of different colour and different value betting chips US, 1991. 3 in oil drilling, a very small showing of oil in a hole US, 1954. 4 a soldier who joins a fighting unit after conflict has ceased. Used in both World Wars; a rainbow comes after a storm AUSTRALIA, 1919.► go up the rainbowto experience sexual ecstasy UK, 1972 always chasing rainbowsConstantly pursuing something more appealing than what one currently has—no matter how unrealistic it is. You can't be always chasing rainbows your whole life—you need to pick a stable career and start being an adult. You won't find a better girlfriend than Tia. Why are you always chasing rainbows? chase rainbowsTo constantly pursue things that are unrealistic or unlikely to happen. You can't chase rainbows your whole life—you need to pick a stable career and start being an adult. chasing rainbowsConstantly pursuing things that are unrealistic or unlikely to happen. You can't always be chasing rainbows your whole life—you need to pick a stable career and start being an adult. at the end of the rainbowSaid of something that is appealing but seemingly illusive or very hard to obtain. Yeah, I highly doubt you're going to find a raise at the end of the rainbow when you meet with your boss today. be chasing rainbowsTo be constantly pursuing things that are unrealistic or unlikely to happen. You can't always be chasing rainbows your whole life—you need to pick a stable career and start being an adult. the end of the rainbowThat which is greatly desired but is exceptionally difficult or elusive to achieve or obtain. I spent my whole college life thinking a cushy job like this was the end of the rainbow, but now that I have it, I'm feeling fairly disenchanted. After such a long legal battle, we're just happy to know that there will be a bit of closure at the end of the rainbow. life isn't all sunshine and rainbowsReal life does not just consist of innocent, carefree happiness; there is more hardship or suffering in reality than one realizes. I know it's ugly having to see someone you cared about betray you like that, but life isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Friends who aren't parents themselves will have a harder time realizing that life isn't all sunshine and rainbows when you have a new baby in the house. life isn't all rainbows and unicornsReal life does not just consist of innocent, carefree happiness; there is more hardship or suffering in reality than one realizes. I know it's ugly having to see someone you cared about betray you like that, but life isn't all rainbows and unicorns. Friends who aren't parents themselves will have a harder time realizing that life isn't all rainbows and unicorns when you have a new baby in the house. always chasing rainbowstending to look for something (more) exciting and (more) rewarding but without realistic expectations. He can't seem to settle down and enjoy life. He's always chasing rainbows. the end of the rainbowIf you say that something is the end of the rainbow, you mean that it is something that you would very much like to get or achieve it, although in reality this will be very difficult. For all these teams, Wembley was the elusive prize, the end of the rainbow. Note: You can also say that something is at the end of the rainbow. There's a great big prize at the end of the rainbow and we both want it. Compare with a pot of gold. Note: There is an old legend that a pot of gold is buried at the point where the end of the rainbow meets the ground. be chasing rainbowsIf someone is chasing rainbows, they are wasting their time by trying to get something which they can never have. My teachers told me I'd never make it as an actor and that I was just chasing rainbows at the end of the rainbowused to refer to something much sought after but impossible to attain.This phrase refers to the story of a crock of gold supposedly to be found by anyone who succeeds in reaching the end of a rainbow. chase rainbows (or a rainbow)pursue an illusory goal.rainbow n. a bowlegged person. (Also a rude term of address.) Ask that rainbow if he has to have special trousers made. chasing rainbowsPursuing illusionary goals, trying to achieve impossible things. The term comes from the old tale about finding a crock of gold if one digs at the end of the rainbow, where it touches earth. The idea of chasing rainbows as equivalent to a fruitless quest was expressed in the nineteenth century; those who did so were called “rainbow chasers.” A popular song, “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows,” with words by Joseph McCarthy and music by Harry Carroll (based on Chopin’s C-sharp minor Fantasy Impromptu), was published in 1918. It was used in several motion pictures, among them Ziegfeld Girl, with Judy Garland, and was revived with considerable success in 1946. |
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