Idioms

powers that be
the people who are in authority
The powers that be have decided that the summer festival will not be held this year.

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  • praise (someone or something) to the skies
  • preach to the converted
  • precious few/little
  • prelude to (something)
  • press one's luck
  • pressed for time
  • pretty state of affairs
  • prevail upon (someone)
  • prey on/upon (someone)
  • prey on/upon (something)
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  • beat (something) into (someone's) head
  • press one's luck
  • go out of fashion/style
  • vote down (something) or vote (something) down
  • burst onto the scene
  • rack one's brains
  • can't see the forest for the trees
  • learn (something) the hard way
  • under pressure
  • in top form


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    The world's longest city name has 167 characters. Krungthepmahanakornamornrattanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnoparatrjathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkatattiyavisanukamprasit. It translates into: the great city of angels, the supreme unconquerable land of the great immortal divinity, the royal capital of nine noble gems, the pleasant city, with plenty of grand royal palaces, and divine paradises for the reincarnated deity, given by indra and created by the god of crafting. It is known to the rest of the world as bangkok, thailand.      .. More >>
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