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Have a bee in one s bonnet - to have a fixed idea that stays in one s mind.
Example : I have a bee in my bonnet with our new housemate; she s very dirty
Idiom Sentences!
Let s practice these idioms ... make at least one sentence using your favorite idiom. We will correct them and this way, everyone will learn a bit of English today! Favorite is eat one s hat. It s quite old-fashioned but fun to say. For example:
If she manages to be on time for once, I ll eat my hat
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and derivation of fashion (Oxford English Dictionary)
noun
· 1a popular or the latest style of clothing, hair, decoration, or behavior: the latest Parisian fashions
· [mass noun] the production and marketing of new styles of clothing and cosmetics: [as modifier]: a fashion magazine
· 2a manner of doing something: the work is done in a rather casual fashion
verb
[with object]
· make into a particular form: the bottles were fashioned from green glass
· ( fashion something into ) use materials to produce (something): the skins were fashioned into boots and shoes
Phrases
after a fashion
to a certain extent but not perfectly: he could read after a fashion
after (or in) the fashion of
in a manner similar to: she took servants for granted after the fashion of wealthy girls
in (or out of) fashion
popular (or unpopular) and considered (or not considered) to be smart at the time in question: the Sixties look is back in fashion extreme designs go out of fashion as quickly as they come in
Derivatives
fashioner
noun
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense «make, shape, appearance», also «a particular make or style»): from Old French fa? on , from Latin factio (n-), from facere «do, make» of fashion-forward
adjective
· (of a person or style of clothing) very fashionable: the clothing line of choice for fashion-forward women
Definition of fashion plate
noun
· 1a person who dresses very fashionably.
· 2a picture, typically in a ...
