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hunger is a good sauce(dated) Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.1854, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Vol. XXVI, Punch Publications Ltd., page 74:His bread and cheese were somewhat dry, to be sure; his ale had become flat, and considerably warmer than was desirable; but hunger is a good sauce, and thirst is not particular.Rate it:

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play the race cardMark Fuhrman, Murder in Brentwood p.153.Rate it:

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rake outTo fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung.Rate it:

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all over the boardShowing a wide range of values with no particular pattern.Rate it:

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as soon asUsed in contrast, sometimes to mark a denial.Rate it:

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broad churchA wide scope of philosophies and ideas.Rate it:

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broad-beamedWide across body parts such as the hips.Rate it:

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BroadwayA street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.Rate it:

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by a long shotBy a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity.Rate it:

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castra metari (B. C. 3. 13)to mark out a camp.Rate it:

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cut a swathVariant form of cut a wide swath.Rate it:

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donner à côtéTo miss the mark.Rate it:

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error longe lateque diffususa wide-spread error.Rate it:

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festive boardEuropean reference to softwood-trenchers; {Early tableware was a wide softwood plank carved with shallow indentations for various food servings: When filled with appetizing, sumptuous portions it was referred, Festive BoardRate it:

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flag upTo mark for attention; to flag.Rate it:

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for my moneyUsed to mark a statement made by the speaker as an opinion or something not known with certainty.Rate it:

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frapper au bon endroitTo touch the right spring; To hit the right nail on the head; To hit the mark; To touch the spot.Rate it:

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full of fuzzy logicAssertions, proclamations, white papers, theses, replete with wide ranging extrapolations, speculations, all lacking the crispness and contrast of 'black and white' logic.Rate it:

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get your sh-t together!Collect Your Thoughts, Get The Tools, Get Prepared, Gird Your Loins, Be Fully Focused, Be Wide Awake, Be Guarded Expect About Anything, Be Sharp.Rate it:

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gradea mark of quality, used to mark schoolwork, grades go from a+ to u, also can be used on meat products to show quality of meatRate it:

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hit the bulls eyeRemarkably accurate, Good shot, right on the mark.Rate it:

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il a trouvé la fève au gâteauHe has hit the mark; He has made a lucky discovery.Rate it:

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il n'est pas dans son assietteHe is not in his normal state of mind; He is out of sorts; He is not up to the mark.Rate it:

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Kilroy was hereInserted in the manner of graffiti in many remote and difficult-to-access locations to mark the presence of American workers or military personnel.Rate it:

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late patere (also metaphorically vid. sect. VIII. 8)to have a wide extent.Rate it:

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lay rubberTo accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.Rate it:

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le trait est arrivé à son adresseThe shaft (or, arrow) hit the mark; He took the hint.Rate it:

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lead up toTo follow or mark a path toward.Rate it:

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long shotA master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later.Rate it:

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long shotSomething unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.Rate it:

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longe lateque, passim (e.g. fluere)far and wide; on all sides; everywhere.Rate it:

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marque de fabriqueTrade-mark.Rate it:

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marquer le pas(lit.) To mark time; (fig.) To wait for a post to which one has a right.Rate it:

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middle of the roadOf a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal.Rate it:

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noarchShort for "no architecture". It is a term used mainly in package management systems to mark packages which are architecture independent. Such packages usually contain graphics, documentation or similar data that can be used on any architecture.Rate it:

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off the gridNot connected to a publicly available communication system, such as the world-wide web or a mobile telephone network.Rate it:

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peg outTo mark with pegs. [from 19th c.]Rate it:

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pitThe indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.Rate it:

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pull my fingerA phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the resulting expulsion of gas.Rate it:

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put paid toTo mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".Rate it:

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ready, set, goon your mark, get set, goRate it:

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ring down the curtainTo mark the end of something.Rate it:

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roving eyeWide-ranging observation of one's surroundings.Rate it:

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scratch outTo remove something which was written, by erasing or by putting a mark through it.Rate it:

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seeing in day lightusually also, with a surprise mark at the end of the idiom, it is a suffix or a prefix about events, which are surprising, happened or while happening, expressing the teller, astonishment.Rate it:

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ses plaisanteries portent coupHis jokes hit the mark.Rate it:

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sign into lawTo sign as a mark of official approval.Rate it:

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stake outTo mark off the limits by stakesRate it:

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tache de vinbirthmark, especially a strawberry markRate it:

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take a grabto mark the football, especially overheadRate it:

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