34-letter words containing r, o, m, a, n, s
- states of the federation of malaya — part of Malaysia, in the S Malay Peninsula, constituting Peninsular Malaysia: consists of the former Federated Malay States, the former Unfederated Malay States, and the former Straits Settlements. Capital: Kuala Lumpur. Pop: 17 144 322 (2000). Area: 131 587 sq km (50 806 sq miles)
- supreme-court-of-the-united-states — Supreme Court of the United States.
- there's more than one way to do it — (programming, philosophy) (TMTOWTDI) One of the design principles of Perl. The Perl man page ends with a note: The Perl motto is "There's more than one way to do it." Divining how many more is left as an exercise to the reader.
- to act in someone's best interests — to act so as to benefit somebody
- to lay something at someone's door — If you lay something at someone's door, you blame them for an unpleasant event or situation.
- to make heavy weather of something — If you say that someone is making heavy weather of a task, you are critical of them because they are doing it in an inefficient way and are making it seem more difficult than it really is.
- 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 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 take a leaf from someone's book — If you take a leaf from someone's book you behave in the same way as them because you want to be like that person or as successful as they are.
- under one roof/under the same roof — If a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof, they are in the same building.