hook, line, and sinker—accept or believe smth. completely or without reservation (usually in the phrase “swallow something hook, line, and sinker”): You must not swallow hook, line and sinker all that you have been told or read. lock, stock and barrel—taking or including everything: Looking back it is hard to believe that we actually moved […]
Difference between Honors of war and Military honors
honors of war—privileges granted to a capitulating force: The French troops shall file out with all the honors of war, with arms and baggage, to the outside, where they will lay down their arms. military honors—the external marks of respect paid by troops to royalty or high military or civil officials: The allied troops rendered […]
Difference between Honorary degree and Honors degree
honorary degree—a degree conferred by the university, etc. as an honor, without the usual requirements: I got an encouragement out of the blue in the form of an honorary degree from Berlin. honors degree—a degree conferred by the university, etc. requiring some specialization and a high level of attainment: Applicants should preferably be of honors degree […]
Difference between Honor-man and Man of honor
honor-man—(also: honors man) a person obtaining an “honors degree” from a university, etc.: He entered Queens University at Kingston, Ontario, and again was honor man of his class in anatomy. man of honor—a person with a reputation for loyalty, truthfulness, etc.: Are you or are you not willing to act like a man of honor […]
Difference between Homestay and Stay-at-home
homestay—a visit to smb.’s home in a foreign country (often a stay by an exchange student): As Howell discovered during her homestay, much of the education in a study abroad program takes place beyond the classroom. stay-at-home— 1. said of smb. preferring a quiet domestic life to traveling or leading a busy social life: Thoreau […]
Difference between Homecraft and Housecraft
homecraft—an art or craft pursued in the home: Clock production was part of the homecraft of the peasant people of Dalarna province in Sweden. housecraft—the art of managing a house; skill in domestic duties: The girls did housecraft activities such as cleaning and cookery and also studied typing.
Difference between Home phone and House phone
home phone—a telephone at a person’s place of residence: “This was intercepted yesterday afternoon on the Milettis’ home phone,” the magistrate explained. house phone—a telephone connected to the switchboard of a building but not directly to the exchange: The lighted button was his private line, not his house phone. Everyone understood that his private line […]
Difference between Home-keeping and Housekeeping
home-keeping— 1. looking after the house (managing the cleaning, cooking etc.): Marriage is more difficult because you must agree on home keeping, child rearing, dealing with inlaws…. 2. (attrib.) said of smb. keeping at home; home-staying: I’m very good mixer but I don’t like noisy groups; I’m a home-keeping person. housekeeping— 1. = home-keeping 1: […]
Difference between Home Guard and National Guard
Home Guard, the—(UK) a volunteer force formed to defend a homeland while the army is fighting elsewhere: Those who could not serve in the Army signed up as Local Defense Volunteers in what became known as the Home Guard. National Guard, the—(U.S.) the volunteer forces of each state, which the governor can summon in an […]
Difference between Home ground and Home zone
home ground— 1. the area where smb. lives; one’s familiar surroundings: Students benefit by experiencing interviews with prospective employers on their own home ground. 2. an area of smb.’s special strength or competence: Obviously Scorsese has done moderately well with other types of films but contemporary urban crime is his home ground. home zone—streets specially designed […]
Difference between Home boy and House-boy
home boy— 1. a boy who is fond of staying at home: A lonesome little English home boy was playing his mouth organ softly in the dusk. 2. (U.S. coll.) a man from one’s hometown or neighborhood: Like many of her home boys and girls who left the state to search for something else, she […]
Difference between Holy Roman Empire and Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire, the—the Western part of the Roman Empire as revived by Charlemagne in A.D. 800: Francis II put an end to the Holy Roman Empire by his abdication in 1806. Roman Empire, the—that established by Augustus in 27 B.C. and divided by Theodosius in A.D. 395 into the Western or Latin and Eastern […]