25-letter words containing f, i, t, e, n, h
- shoot oneself in the foot — to damage one's own cause inadvertently
- slip/fall through the net — You use slip through the net or fall through the net to describe a situation where people are not properly cared for by the system that is intended to help them.
- take the sting out of sth — If something takes the sting out of a situation, it makes it less unpleasant.
- the first epistle of john — an epistle attributed to the apostle John which counters claims that Jesus Christ came only in spirit and not in the flesh
- the knives are out for sb — If a lot of people want something unpleasant to happen to someone, for example if they want them to lose their job, you can say that the knives are out for that person.
- the leaning tower of pisa — the bell tower of Pisa Cathedral
- the mother of parliaments — the British Parliament: the model and creator of many other Parliaments
- the scholastic profession — the profession of teaching
- the thin end of the wedge — If you say that something is the thin end of the wedge, you mean that it appears to be unimportant at the moment, but that it is the beginning of a bigger, more harmful development.
- the third epistle of john — an epistle attributed to the apostle John and addressed to a man called Gaius, who is praised in the letter
- there are no flies on him — he is no fool
- throw dust in the eyes of — to confuse or mislead
- to be living proof that … — to show that
- to catch sight of someone — If you catch sight of someone, you suddenly see them, often briefly.
- to have irons in the fire — If someone has a lot of irons in the fire, they are involved in several different activities or have several different plans.
- track and field athletics — a collection of sporting events that involve running, sprinting, throwing, jumping and walking
- under the aegis of sb/sth — Something that is done under the aegis of a person or organization is done with their official support and backing.
- war of the grand alliance — the war (1689–97) in which England, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the Holy Roman Empire in league with Bavaria, Brandenburg, Savoy, and the Palatinate opposed France.