27-letter words containing c, h, u, n, e
- the hunchback of notre dame — French Notre Dame de Paris. a novel (1831) by Victor Hugo.
- to cut someone to the quick — If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you feel very upset.
- to fight a rearguard action — if someone is fighting a rearguard action or mounting a rearguard action, they are trying very hard to prevent something from happening, even though it is probably too late for them to succeed
- to run counter to something — If one thing runs counter to another, or if one thing is counter to another, the first thing is the opposite of the second thing or conflicts with it.
- virtual machine environment — (operating system) (VME) ICL's mainframe operating system.
- you can't have it both ways — If someone says that you can't have it both ways, they are telling you that you have to choose between two things and cannot do or have them both.
- you wouldn't/won't catch me — You can say things such as 'You wouldn't catch me doing that' to emphasize that you would never do a particular thing.