(someone) had a good run. You can use the phrase "have a good run" to describe something that goes well for a certain period of time. For example, you might use this phrase to talk about the weather: A: It's so rainy! B: Yeah, we had a good run of sunshine for a few days but I guess that's over now.
dare. When you challenge or provoke someone to try something risky, it's a dare. If you accept a dare, you're probably trying to prove how brave you are. When you challenge your friend to a dare, you dare him. You might, for example, dare your brother to jump off the garage into a pile of leaves.
give someone a run for his or her money. to be as good at something as someone who is extremely good: He'll give those professional players a run for their money.
give up is used for quitting a habit or withdrawing from something. But give in is letting something happen or give way for something.
<MEEN (also meed, meed) meaning good or excellent. Often used by extenuating the 'e' and or replacing the 'n' with a 'd' but only when used sarcastically.
Definition of give (someone) a run for his/her/your/their money. : to make it difficult for (someone) to win a game or contest by trying hard and playing or performing well Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money.
According to the New York Times, the phrase it is what it is appeared as early as an 1949 article by J.E. Lawrence in The Nebraska State Journal. Lawrence used the phrase when describing the difficulty faced during frontier-era life in Nebraska: “New land is harsh, and vigorous, and sturdy.
for what it's worth. informal. said when you are giving someone a piece of information and you are not certain if that information is useful or important: For what it's worth, I think he may be right.
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The expression, "Give them what for" or simply, "what for", means to punish, reprimand, castigate, etc. If someone told u that u were going to be punished, your natural response would be, "what for" a.k.a. (the reason for punishment).
Where does I mean come from? communify.org. As a colloquial expression, I mean is recorded in the written record as early as 1892, used in dialogue to sound like speech. It stems from the literal and much older verb phrase, I mean (i.e., what I'm saying is …).
what-for Sentence Examples. He'll be back, and when he does come back, I hope you really give him what-for. I fell head over heals with the little goat lady who had the courage to get right up into my face and give me what-for about a hen I threw to the fox. outstretched with palms up saying ' what for?
