What is the phrase of milk?
What is the phrase of milk?
milk-purse. to milk out. to milk dry. as like as milk to milk. as white as milk.
Where did the phrase milk it come from?
Originally in the performing arts: to exploit (a scene, situation, line, etc.) for fullest effect; to elicit a favourable or appreciative reaction from (an audience) and contrive to prolong it as long as possible.
What does milk it out mean?
(transitive) to draw off or tap in small quantities: to milk the petty cash. (transitive) to extract as much money, help, etc, as possible from: to milk a situation of its news value.
What does milking it for all it’s worth mean?
Meaning: To take full advantage of a situation or condition. Examples: It’s his birthday today, and he’s milking it for all it’s worth: He’s having a party at work, another party with his family at home, and afterwards he’s going out with his friends.
What is another word for milking a cow?
•milcher (noun) milcher.
For what it’s worth meaning?
—used to say that one is not sure how helpful something one is about to say will be For what it’s worth, I don’t think your dad meant to insult you.
Can I throw my two cents in meaning?
put (one’s) two cents in To share one’s opinion or point of view, generally when it has not been asked for. If I can just put my two cents in, I think the staff would really appreciate a bump in their pay.
What is the definition of worse?
1 : of more inferior quality, value, or condition. 2a : more unfavorable, difficult, unpleasant, or painful. b : more faulty, unsuitable, or incorrect. c : less skillful or efficient. 3 : bad, evil, or corrupt in a greater degree : more reprehensible.
What FWIW means?
what it’s worth
Is FWIW rude?
(As a side-note, FWIW is great for acknowledging a message without really engaging in conversation. Most of the FWIW examples listed here are incredibly lifeless, but they aren’t rude.)
What does FWI mean in text?
while Intoxicated
What is OTOH in texting?
abbreviation for on the other hand: used in emails and text messages before you refer to a different way of looking at a situation. (Definition of otoh from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
What does fwu mean on Snapchat?
F*cking With You
What is the difference between the words worse and worst?
‘Worse’ is a comparative that describes something that’s bad in relationship to something else, while ‘worst’ is a superlative that describes something that is as bad as it can be.
What word is worse than worst?
You can’t get any worse than the worst – it’s the worst you can get. In grammatical terms, ‘worse’ is known as a comparative adjective and ‘worst’ a superlative adjective.
What’s a word for getting worse?
What is another word for get worse?
deteriorate | decline |
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worsen | degenerate |
wane | degrade |
fail | weaken |
depreciate | fade |
What is the meaning of could be worse?
1. used for saying that a situation is better than it might have been, although it is still bad. Could be worse. At least you didn’t lose any money.
Can do worse than meaning?
—used to say that a particular choice, action, etc., is not a bad one You could do worse than to vote for her.
What to say instead of it could be worse?
‘It Could Be Worse’ Alternatives to Say When Someone’s Going Through Another Type of Difficult Time
- “I’m ready to listen.” We all want to be heard.
- “This will all be a bad memory someday.”
- “It will be OK.”
- “I’m here for you.”
- “You’re not alone.”
- “I know you feel overwhelmed right now.”
Could do no worse meaning?
In strict logical terms, “You can do no worse [in my eyes]” means “You can only do better [in my eyes]” which is an expression of confidence in someone’s future abilities.
Could do a lot worse meaning?
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary) IDIOM: you can/could do worse than do something: used to say that you think something is a good idea. If you want a safe investment, you could do a lot worse than put your money in a building society.
What does could better mean?
things could be better: the situation could be improved; things are not great.
Does saying it could be worse help?
The same applies to acute illness. Say you catch a virus or break a bone. Whilst it very much could be worse, it still is not a constructive saying; your suffering is still valid. Saying ‘you shouldn’t feel bad because someone else has it worse’ is like saying ‘you can’t feel happy because someone has it better’.
Is it correct to say and then?
Never use ‘and then’. However, my word processor auto-corrects ‘then’ to ‘and then’. Perform task 1, task 2, then task3. works either way when ‘then’ is an adverb.
Is worse or a word?
The correct word is worse. Worse is the comparative degree of adjective of the word BAD. The words are bad, worse and worst. We do not have words like badder and baddest.
What is another word for then?
What is another word for then?
next | after that |
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subsequently | afterward |
following that | following this |
later | before long |
ensuingly | finally |
What’s another word for finally?
What is another word for finally?
eventually | ultimately |
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tardily | at last |
someday | sometime |
lastly | after some time |
by and by | sooner or later |