all there The report is due tomorrow morning, and Nayomi

is behind the eight ball because

adjective
a. her computer crashed and she can't print it

Definition of all there b. she's still waiting for a few pages to print
1. 1 : in full possession of one's mental
faculties : sane <behaved in such a way as c. it's after 8 o'clock and she isn't asleep yet
to make one wonder if he was quite all
there> —not often in formal use
2. 2 slang : alert and well informed : quick-
witted <wide-awake, alert, all there; he behind the eight ball"
knows just where he is and what he means
and where he is going — Times Literary definition
Supplement>
The meaning of behind the eight ball is:
The definition of behind the eight ball is:
behind the eight ball
(idiom) at a serious disadvantage
Meaning: If you're behind the eight ball, you're in a
difficult or dangerous position. Example Sentences:

For example: A: How are things at your new job?

 The economic recession has really put our
new business behind the eight ball.
Nobody's spending money.
 Carlo is behind the eight ball now because
his final exam is in two days and he still
hasn't started studying for it.
B: Well, I’m behind the eight ball because
everyone speaks Portuguese except me!
A: That’s unlucky!
The young baseball player was behind the eight
ball because he was the smallest member of his
team.

Origin: From a version of pool in which the balls

are numbered and must be potted in order. A player
loses if he hits the black eight ball in first, so if the
cue ball is "behind the eight ball" he's in a
dangerous position.
Variety: This idiom is typically used in American
English but may be used in other varieties of
English too.
Quick Quiz:
burst out laughing
to begin to laugh suddenly. The entire audience burst
out laughing when the clown took a fall. Every time I
think of you sitting there with a lap full of spaghetti, I
burst out laughing.
burst out laughing/crying
B2 to suddenly start laughing/crying:
I walked in and everyone burst out laughing.
hit the bottle
hit the bottle
and hit the booze
Fig. Inf. to go on a drinking bout; to get drunk. Jed's hittin
g the bottle again. He's been hitting the booze for a wee
know.
See also: bottle, hit
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hit the bottle
to drink too much alcohol I was disgusted with myself for
having hit the bottle again.
See also: bottle, hit
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hit the bottle
to start drinking too much alcohol regularly, usually in or
der to forget your problems He lost his job and hit the bo
ttle.
See also: bottle, hit
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hit the bottle
Also, hit the booze or sauce . Drink alcoholic beverage
s, especially a great deal, as in I don't know if it will be a
problem, but he hits the bottle every weekend, or She ha
rdly ever hits the booze, but when she does, watch out,
or Itdoesn't show in her work, but she hits the sauce eve
ry night. These slangy expressions date from the late 18
00s andearly 1900s.
See also: bottle, hit
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hit the bottle
and hit the booze
tv. to go on a drinking bout; to get drunk. She got caught
hitting the bottle in the office. He’s been hitting the booz
e fora week now.
It’s Raining Cats and Dogs means:
A heavy downpour, rain coming down very quickly and
hard.
Example of use:
“There’s no way they’ll be playing at the park, it’s raining
cats and dogs out there!”
Interesting fact
There is no definite origin of this popular phrase. Its first
recorded use was in a collection of poems that was
published in 1651. Jonathan Swift introduced the phrase
to the mainstream in 1738 when he published a satire on
the speaking manner of the upper class called
"Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious
Conversation".
stubborn as a mule
Extremely obstinate, as in He's stubborn as a mule abou
t wearing a suit and tie. This simile evokes the proverbial
stubbornness of mules, whose use as draft animals was
once so common that the reputation for obstinacy can h
ardlybe as warranted as the term indicates. [Early 1800s
]
go to hell
sentence
May you be accursed, confounded, humiliated, etc;
drop
dead, GO FUCKoneself : He wanted me to lie, but I
told him to go to hell (1836+)
verb phrase
 To deteriorate; be ruined : The whole town's gone to Idioms and Phrases with penny
hell, with that newmayor/ Old Joe's gone to hell a b
pincherExpand
it lately (1930s+)
The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann penny pincher
Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.
see: pinch pennies
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hellExpand Cite This Source

go to hell two-faced
Also, go to the devil or dickens. Go to everlasting torme
nt, ruin, orperdition. For example, Nancy did not mince [too-feyst]
words but simply told him togo the devil, or Go to hell, T Spell Syllables
om, I won't give you another cent. Thesephrases are oft
 Synonyms
en uttered as angry imperatives to order someone to go
 Examples
away. Hell, devil, and dickens (a euphemism for “devil”)
 Word Origin
all refer to theunderworld, the residence of the devil, fr
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om which a person would neverreturn.
adjective
penny pincher 1.
having two faces.
2.
 Word Origin
deceitful or hypocritical.
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noun
Compare Janus-faced.
1.
a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person. Origin of two-facedExpand
Origin of penny pincherExpand 1610-1620
1920-1925
1610-20
1920-25 Related formsExpand
Related formsExpand two-facedly
penny-pinching, noun, adjective [too-fey-sid-lee, -feyst-lee] (Show IPA), adverb
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two-facedness, noun
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2. treacherous, devious, dishonest, false.

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2016.
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Examples from the Web for two-
facedExpand
Contemporary Examples
 He argues that the Islamists are two-faced and
engage in doublespeak.
Tunisia’s Dark Turn Jamie Dettmer March 16, 2013
Historical Examples
 The double-minded man is like the two-
faced man (Mr. Facing Both Ways).
Studies in the Epistle of James A. T. Robertson
 But now let the interpretation of the two-
faced image be produced.
The City of God, Volume I Aurelius Augustine
 Why did these two-
faced men make such a ‘holy alliance,’ if they
were tobreak it at once?
The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2) Charles de
Coster
 This one was a mere fortune hunter; a two-
faced one, at that.
The Million Dollar Mystery Harold MacGrath
 Bascomb was a coward, but he could hate inte
nsely in his two-faced, treacherous way.
Frank Merriwell's Chums Burt L. Standish
 The Storri vanity owned an appetite for two-
faced triumphs of that feather.
The President Alfred Henry Lewis
 "If I do—I won't be two-
faced about it," she soliloquized, and a hot blu
shflamed her cheeks.
The Man of the Forest Zane Grey
 At sight of the two-
faced creature, Gwendolyn shrank away, frigh
tened.
The Poor Little Rich Girl Eleanor Gates
 He was represented as ' two-
faced,' looking before and behind.
The Aeneid of Virgil Virgil
British Dictionary definitions for two-
facedExpand
two-faced
adjective
1.
deceitful; insincere; hypocritical
Derived Forms
two-facedly (ˌtuːˈfeɪsɪdlɪ ; -ˈfeɪst-) adverb
two-facedness, noun
see eye to eye (about someone or
something) (with someone)
and seeeye to eye (on someone or something) (with s
omeone)
Fig. [for someone] to agree about someone or somethin
g with someone else, I'm glad we see eye to eye about T
oddwith Mary. I see eye to eye with Mary. Will labor an
d management ever see eye to eye on the new contract?
See also: eye, see
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Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
see eye to eye
to agree with someone My father and I see eye to eye o
n most things.
Usage notes: often used in the form not see eye to eye:
We don't see eye to eye on a lot of things.
See also: eye, see
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see eye to eye
if two people see eye to eye, they agree with each other
(often negative; often + with ) He's asked for a transfer
because he doesn't see eye to eye with the new manage
r. (often + on ) We see eye to eye on most important iss
ues.
See also: eye, see
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permission.
see eye to eye
Agree completely, as in I'm so glad we see eye to eye on
whom we should pick for department head. This expres
sionappears in the Bible (Isaiah 52:8). [c. 1600]
See also: eye, see
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Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton
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reserved.
see eye to eye
in. [for two or more people] to agree on something or vi
ew something the same way. We never seem to see eye
toeye.
Connectors
In spite of and despite
de English Grammar Today
In spite of and despite are prepositional
expressions.
In spite of and despite have a similar meaning
to although or even though. They express a
contrast between two things. They are both
more common in writing than in
speaking. Despite is a little more formal
than in spite of.
We usually use in spite of and despite with a
noun:
He got the job in spite of his prison record.
[recession is a time when the economy of a
country is not good]
John’s company is doing extremely
well despite the recession.
We can also use in spite of and despite with -
ing:
He was very fast in spite of being terribly
overweight.
They arrived late despite leaving in plenty of
time.
Warning:
We don’t use a that-clause after in spite
of or despite. We use in spite of the fact
that or despite the fact that:
When they arrived at Malaga it was hot, in
spite of the fact that it was only the end of
April.
 as a matter of (in fact, on the contrary) de hecho loc
Not: … in spite of that it was only the end of factadv
April I'm not ignoring your brother, as a matter of fact
tonight.
por cierto loc
In spite of is written as three separate words.
No ignoro a tu hermano, por cierto, lo invité a c
We never use of with despite: en realidad l
ⓘ No me parece mala persona, en realidad dir
They enjoyed the rides in spite of the long by the way adv (incidentally) por cierto loc
queues. (or … despite the long queues.) a propósito l
By the way, have you seen this before?
Not: … inspite the long queues or … despite Por cierto, ¿has visto esto antes?
in addition to prep (as well as) además de a
of the long queues. In addition to the paper itself I include a full bibl
Además del ensayo, incluí una completa bibliog