| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| the whole works |
the whole building, all the equipment, everything
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The warehouse and stock - the whole works burned in the fire.
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| the wolf is at the door |
poverty is coming, keep the wolf...
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A month after my husband lost his job, the wolf was at the door.
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| the wolf knocking |
(See the wolf is at the door)
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| the world is your oyster |
the world is small beside your talent and skill
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With imagination - our greatest gift - the world is our oyster.
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| then and there |
immediately, at that time and place, on the spot
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She didn't wait for an explanation. She left him, then and there,
and never came back to him.
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| there are two sides to every story |
two people tell different stories of the same event, compare notes
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If you compare Mary's story with Sam's, you'll know there are two sides to every story.
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| there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so |
nothing is good or bad in and of itself; humans impose their morality
on objects, actions and events
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Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, says to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."
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| William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
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| there you go |
you are correct, there is your example, how about that
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"Everything is green - the grass, the trees. There's a green bird!" "Well, there you go."
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| there's a catch to it |
there is a hidden cost or condition
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If we buy the bed, we get a TV? There must be a catch to it.
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| there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip |
it is easy to spill what you are drinking; it is easy to make mistakes
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On the side of the beer mug were these words: There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.
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