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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  • put upon by (someone)
  • for openers
  • on one's (own) head
  • learn the ropes
  • feed (someone) a line
  • off (someone or something) goes
  • have (something) on the ball
  • get one's nose out of (someone's) business
  • kill time
  • not up to snuff


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    The word gargoyle comes down from the Old French: gargouille, meaning throat or gullet. This is also the origin of the word gargle. The word describes the sound produced as water passes the throat and mixes with air. In early architecture, gargoyles were decorative creatures on the drains of cathedrals.      .. More >>
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