31-letter words containing a, h, e, d
- the health and safety executive — the department of the United Kingdom government responsible for the regulation of health, safety, and welfare in the workplace
- to be thrown in at the deep end — to be put into a situation without preparation or introduction
- to bite the hand that feeds you — If someone bites the hand that feeds them, they behave badly or in an ungrateful way towards someone who they depend on.
- to burn the candle at both ends — If you burn the candle at both ends, you try to do too many things in too short a period of time so that you have to stay up very late at night and get up very early in the morning to get them done.
- to give something a body swerve — to avoid something
- to hang on someone's every word — If you hang on someone's every word, you listen very carefully to what they are saying, because you admire or respect them.
- to pour cold water on something — If you pour cold water on an idea or suggestion, you show that you have a low opinion of it.
- to sign one's own death warrant — If you say that someone is signing their own death warrant, you mean that they are behaving in a way which will cause their ruin or death.
- to wash your hands of something — If you wash your hands of someone or something, you refuse to be involved with them any more or to take responsibility for them.
- you could have heard a pin drop — You can say you could have heard a pin drop when a place is extremely quiet, especially because everyone is waiting for someone to speak or when someone has made a shocking remark.
- you have no idea/you've no idea — You can say you have no idea to emphasize how good or bad something is.
- zenithal equidistant projection — azimuthal equidistant projection.