to claim success from a challenging experience, often sarcastically
📖 general
General idioms that span a wide range of everyday topics.
An alcoholic drink taken to relieve the effects of a hangover.
Perfect, neat, or composed; not disheveled or untidy. Often used in the negative to mean slightly messy or bothered.
In a state of extreme urgency or intense activity, often characterized by frantic behavior.
A period of peace, happiness, and prosperity, often in the past.
In excellent health, strong and robust, especially used for older people.
A casual sexual encounter that ends before morning, often implying a shorter duration than a typical one-night stand.
With great force, energy, noise, or enthusiasm.
To make a point or idea very clear and understood, often through repetition or forceful explanation.
Working together very closely, often implying a secret or conspiratorial alliance.
At a very rapid rate, especially concerning making or losing money.
By alternately moving one hand past the other, especially when climbing or pulling a rope; describes a continuous, steady movement.