34-letter words containing a, r, i, o, u, s
- the exception that proves the rule — If you are making a general statement and you say that something is the exception that proves the rule, you mean that although it seems to contradict your statement, in most other cases your statement will be true.
- to make no secret of your feelings — if you make no secret of your feelings about a situation, you tell people very clearly what you think about it
- to put all your eggs in one basket — If someone puts all their eggs in one basket, they put all their effort or resources into doing one thing so that, if it fails, they have no alternatives left.
- to shut the door in someone's face — If someone shuts the door in your face or slams the door in your face, they refuse to talk to you or give you any information.
- to wash your dirty linen in public — If you say that someone washes their dirty linen in public, you disapprove of their discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private things in front of other people. There are several other forms of this expression, for example wash your dirty laundry in public, or in American English, air your dirty laundry in public.
- turn/beat swords into ploughshares — If you say that swords have been turned into ploughshares or beaten into ploughshares, you mean that a state of conflict between two or more groups of people has ended and a period of peace has begun.
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