31-letter words containing t, o, h, e, d
- 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 err on the side of something — If you err on the side of caution, for example, you decide to act in a cautious way, rather than take risks.
- 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.
- with the best will in the world — even with the best of intentions
- zenithal equidistant projection — azimuthal equidistant projection.