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Example text
I f lunked English this semester. Well, back to the old drawing board. back to the salt mines time to return to work, school, or something else that might be unpleasant. ) ᮀ It’s eight o’clock. Time to go to work! Back to the salt mines. ᮀ School starts in the fall, and then it’s back to the salt mines again. bad as all that Go to (as) bad as all that. bad blood (between people ) unpleasant feelings or animosity between people. ᮀ There is bad blood between Fred and Jim. They cannot be civil to one another.
As far as that’s concerned, the committee will have to take care of it. ᮀ As far as the roof ’s concerned, it will just have to last another year. (as) fat as a pig exceptionally fat; grotesquely fat. ᮀ If I don’t stop eating this cake, I’ll be fat as a pig! ᮀ You really ought to go on a diet; you’re as fat as a pig. (as) fit as a fiddle healthy and physically fit. ᮀ Mary is as fit as a fiddle. ᮀ Tom used to be fit as a fiddle. Look at him now! (as) flat as a board very flat. ) ᮀ Jane was f lat as a board until she was sixteen, when she suddenly blossomed.
Free; uncaptured. ) ᮀ At noon the day after the robbery, the thieves were still at large. ᮀ There is a murderer at large in the city. 2. in general; according to a general sample. ᮀ Truck drivers at large don’t like the new law. ᮀ Students at large felt that the rule was too strict. 3. representing the whole group rather than its subsections. ) ᮀ He ran for representative at large. ᮀ She represented shareholders at large on the governing board. at last Go to at (long) last. at least 1. no less than; no fewer than.