T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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[too]
See: [EAT ONE'S CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO].
[too bad] {adj.}
To be regretted; worthy of sorrow or regret; regrettable. — Used as a predicate.
It is too bad that we are so often lazy.
It was too bad Bill had measles when the circus came to town.
[too big for one's breeches] or [too big for one's boots] {adj. phr.}
Too sure of your own importance; feeling more important than you really are.
That boy had grown too big for his breeches. I'll have to put him back in his place.
* /When the […]
[too ---- by half] {adj.} ( {princ. British})
Much too; excessively.
The heroine of the story is too nice by half; she is not believable.
[too close for comfort] {adj. phr.}
Perilously near (said of bad things).
When the sniper's bullet hit the road the journalist exclaimed, "Gosh, that was too close for comfort!"
Compare: [CLOSE CALL], [CLOSE SHAVE].
[too many cooks spoil the broth] or [stew]
A project is likely to go bad if managed by a multiplicity of primary movers. — A proverb.
* /When several people acted all at once in trying to reshape the company's investment policy, Tom spoke up and said, […]
[to oneself] (1) {adv. phr.}
1. Silently; in the thoughts; without making a sign that others can see; secretly.
Tom thought to himself that he could win.
Mary said to herself that Joan was prettier than Ann.
* /Bill laughed to himself when […]
[to oneself] (2) {adj. phr.}
1. Without company; away from others; alone; deserted.
The boys went home and John was left to himself.
When Mary first moved to her new neighborhood she was very shy and kept to herself.
2. Following one's own […]
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