some time— 1. at some future time: Rehearsals have already started and the record is expected to be released some time in the autumn. 2. for a period of time: There is a class of women who take lodgings, and after staying some time run away without paying their rent. sometime— 1. = some time […]
Category: Confusing Phrases
Difference between Some other time and Some time or other
some other time—on a different occasion in the future but not now: I could go back there, I mean some other time. some time or other—(also: at some time or other) 1. sooner or later (implying the certainty of a future event): You can’t go on for ever at any game, and not get tumbled […]
Difference between Some one and Someone
some one—any person or thing in a named group: …she was likely to be thinking about some one of the old books she read. someone—some unidentified individual: Are you expecting someone? I’m not in the way am I?
Difference between Some day and Someday
some day— 1. at some indefinite future time: I used to live close to an air field and I was inspired by watching all the parachutists; I knew I had to do that some day too…. 2. is used to specify a more particular day: How about us guys getting together some day this fall? […]
Difference between Soft thing and Soft things
soft thing—(sl.) an easy work: We know he’s armed. We know how Billy Purvis can fight. It’ll be no soft thing, I grant you. soft things—affectionate talk between lovers; words of endearment: He wrapped his arms around me and held me close, whispering soft things to me… Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning […]
Difference between Soft market and Soft sell
soft market—said of a period when sales are few and prices are low: The period of the 1990s is regarded as a soft market for property and casualty insurance. soft sell—a subtly persuasive, low-pressure method of selling or advertising: When I say soft sell is the key to this generation, it’s still ultimately about creating […]
Difference between Soft currency and Soft money
soft currency —(also: weak currency) a currency unstable in value in the international money market: A soft currency is by definition, non-convertible—that is, cannot be converted into gold or dollars. soft money— 1. (also: folding money) paper money (as contrasted with coins): The animated screen saver shows all money of EURO, both a soft money […]
Difference between Soft about someone and Soft on someone
soft about someone—(coll.) sentimentally silly about smb.; in love with a person: He’s too soft about the girl to see her faults. soft on someone— 1. lacking sternness in one’s treatment of smb.; lenient towards a person: Many people think our courts are too soft on violent criminals. 2. = soft about someone: Ernie had […]
Difference between Social realism and Socialist realism
social realism—art that depicts the more wretched aspects of urban industrial society in a naturalistic manner: The early twentieth-century realism reappeared in the United States during the depression years as a school of Social Realism. socialist realism—method of art and literary composition in the former Soviet Union aimed at glorifying the socialist system: Socialist Realism […]
Difference between Sob sister and Sobbing sisters
sob sister —(coll.) 1. a weak woman who is prone to crying: I had another sob sister in the office today. Went through half a box of tissues. 2. a writer of sentimental newspaper stories: I worked as a newspaper reporter, specializing in what my editor called “sob sister” features. sobbing sisters—(Army, WWII) German six-barreled […]
So and so vs So so
so and so— 1. is used as an abusive characteristic for a person or thing: That’s what we pay rates and taxes for, and no so and so policemen in sight! 2. (also: such and such) is used of a person or thing whose name one does not remember or when one does not want […]
Difference between Snowed in and Snowed under
snowed in —(also: snowed up) 1. (of cars, roads, etc.) be (completely) covered with snow: Cars were snowed in and several parking lots were still filled shin-deep with snow. 2. (of people) unable to go out because of the abundance of snow: After one particularly heavy storm, they were snowed in for more than two weeks. […]