TAILIEUCHUNG - CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 2.7

Tham khảo tài liệu 'cambrigde international dictionary of idioms_ chương ', ngoại ngữ, anh văn giao tiếp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 277 Off oaks Great Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. something that you say in order to emphasize that a large successful organization or plan was very small or simple when it began Microsoft which is now the biggest independent software company in the world wasfounded in 1975 by just two men. It goes to show that great oaks from little acorns grow. oar put stick your oar in British Australian informal to involve yourself in a discussion or a situation when other people do not want you to I don t want Janet coming to the meeting and sticking her oar in - she knows nothing about the situation. oats get your oats British very informal to have sex regularly usually in continuous tenses Dan seems a lot happier these days - I think he must be getting his oats. occasion rise to the occasion to succeed in dealing with a difficult situation It s not easy to play your first match in front of a crowd that size but he certainly rose to the occasion. odd the odd man one out someone or something that is different from the other people or things in a group She was always the odd one out at school - she didn t really mix with the other children. I felt like the odd man out yesterday. Everyone was watching football except me. odds odds and ends British American Australian odds and sods British Australian informal a group of small objects of different types which are not very valuable or important I eventually found my keys buried beneath the odds and ends in the bottom of my bag. against all the odds against all odds if you do or achieve something against all the odds you do or achieve it although there were a lot of problems and you were not likely to succeed Against all the odds she conceived her first child at the age of 56. He struggled against the odds to keep his business going during the recession. be at odds to disagree often with She s at odds with the mayor over cuts in the department s budget. often over They re at odds over the funding for the project. put sb at .

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