Mil in english
pronunciation: θaʊzənd part of speech: noun, adjective
mil = thousand.
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» a las mil maravillas = marvellously [marvelously, -USA] ; famously ; like a house on fire ; like a dream .
Example: Carter has produced a marvellously researched biography of Anthony Blunt, the British art historian who worked as a spy for the Soviet Union. Example: He gets along famously with the head of reference, by the way. Example: Within ten minutes they joined into my discussion and then it rolled like a house on fire. Example: The ball joint came apart with only a few slogs with the club hammer and it all went back together like a dream.» a miles = by the thousands .
Example: By the autumn of 1867, people were dying by the thousands.» armar una de mil demonios = raise + Cain .
Example: Her husband and his father and stepmother owe you an apology for raising Cain at your wedding.» cientos de miles = hundreds of thousands ; tens of thousands .
Example: Note the automatic telephone exchange, which has hundreds of thousands of such contacts, and yet is reliable. Example: Tens of thousands of records per week can be handled in this way.» congeniar a las mil maravillas = hit it off like + a house on fire .
Example: Bella and I hit it off like a house on fire, call me stupid but the girl just brought sunshine to my day.» con un humor de mil demonios = foul-tempered ; evil-tempered .
Example: He was foul-mouthed and foul-tempered, a vicious player whose most common word was 'cocksucker,' usually directed at the referees. Example: Plato expresses this in his parable of the man in a chariot driving two horses; one is good-tempered, the other evil-tempered, and the charioteer has all the trouble in the world to manage it.» cuando todo marcha a las mil maravillas = when the chips are up .
Example: Most her friends seem to be there when the chips are up but nowhere to be found when the chips are down.» cuando todo va a las mil maravillas = when the chips are up .
Example: Most her friends seem to be there when the chips are up but nowhere to be found when the chips are down.» dar cien/mil vueltas a = run + rings (a)round [En español se puede decir dar cien vueltas a o dar mil vueltas a o dar cien mil vueltas a] ; run + circles (a)round [En español se puede decir dar cien vueltas a o dar mil vueltas a o dar cien mil vueltas a] .
Example: As for Putin, he only runs rings around the West because our leaders are so feeble and directionless. Example: Once again, President Obama has allowed the Chinese government to run circles around him.» dar cien mil vueltas bebiendo = drink + Nombre + under the table .
Example: What it all comes down to, though, is that Cana is the kind of gal who needs to be with someone who can drink her under the table.» darle cien mil vueltas a = knock + spots off + Nombre ; beat + Nombre + hands down ; win + hands down ; stand + head and shoulders above .
Example: They have the potential to knock spots off the private sector and it is about time people in the country realised that. Example: There is no contest in the head-to-head battle for information services supremacy and Google, with its information 'now' and 'fast', beats others hands down. Example: Candy, soda, pizza and other snacks compete with nutritious meals everyday with the junk food variety winning hands down every time. Example: This is a gorgeous wine that stands head and shoulders above the vast majority of wines in its price range.» decenas de miles = tens of thousands .
Example: Tens of thousands of records per week can be handled in this way.» de mil demonios = hellish .
Example: The movie novel is about a trio of small-town guys who come across a wrecked plane containing a bag full of what they presume to be 'dirty money' and decide to hold onto it, with predictably hellish consequences.» de un humor de mil demonios = foul-tempered ; evil-tempered .
Example: He was foul-mouthed and foul-tempered, a vicious player whose most common word was 'cocksucker,' usually directed at the referees. Example: Plato expresses this in his parable of the man in a chariot driving two horses; one is good-tempered, the other evil-tempered, and the charioteer has all the trouble in the world to manage it.» durante miles de años = for aeons and aeons ; for aeons ; for thousands of years .
Example: The knowledge that has been passed down from generation to generation by sentient beings on this planet for aeons and aeons is quite impossible to fully comprehend. Example: They have been through many hardships for aeons. Example: In one form or another, cashiers have been around for thousands of years.» en abril, aguas mil = April showers bring May flowers ; April showers .
Example: Just as April showers bring May flowers, it is often only after hard work, perseverance and planning that we see the benefit of our efforts. Example: April showers are officially here. As winter slowly recedes, the season of rain begins.» existir desde hace miles de años = be around for thousands of years .
Example: Despite man being around for thousands of years, yet there are many discovered and undiscovered underwater caves all over the world.» funcionar a las mil maravillas = work + a treat ; work like + a charm .
Example: It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly. Example: It worked like a charm.» hace miles de años = aeons ago .
Example: Again, in the past, as many aeons ago as there are grains of sand in the Ganges, a Buddha named Jewel Nature appeared in the world.» humor de mil demonios = foul temper ; evil temper ; foul mood .
Example: He is noted for his foul temper, his emotional monologues that end with flatulence, his vulgar manners, and his unusual diet. Example: The three boys often watched him at a safe distance, and regretted that his evil temper made it impossible to be friendly with him. Example: Drunk woman stabbed her partner when in foul mood.» ir a las mil maravillas = go + great guns ; go from + strength to strength ; grow from + strength to strength ; be fine and dandy ; do + great guns ; go + swimmingly ; fly + high .
Example: He said the growth in enrollment in health professions programs continues 'going great guns'. Example: This was achieved with great success, and the scheme goes from strength to strength. Example: Since then the group has grown from strength to strength developing a number of projects of mutual benefit. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: She is doing great guns and has turned in some fantastic work which really shows she's understanding what she's researching and learning. Example: She responded, all a-flutter, that it was going swimmingly as she had just come face-to-face with one of her hero's. Example: The team took a while to get into the flow of things but have been gaining steam and are now flying high, after winning six of their last seven outings.» irle a las mil maravillas = never looked back ever since .
Example: Mick started his musical career as a singer and songwriter twenty years ago and has never looked back ever since.» llevarse a las mil maravillas con + Nombre = get on with + Nombre + swimmingly .
Example: She had counseled kindness and understanding (coupled with a little divination!), and got on with him swimmingly.» llevarse a las mis maravillas = get along/on like + a house on fire ; hit it off like + a house on fire .
Example: But Salman and I got along like a house on fire from day one. Example: Bella and I hit it off like a house on fire, call me stupid but the girl just brought sunshine to my day.» marchar a las mil maravillas = go + great guns ; go from + strength to strength ; grow from + strength to strength ; be fine and dandy ; do + great guns ; go + swimmingly ; fly + high .
Example: He said the growth in enrollment in health professions programs continues 'going great guns'. Example: This was achieved with great success, and the scheme goes from strength to strength. Example: Since then the group has grown from strength to strength developing a number of projects of mutual benefit. Example: Encouraging an interest in maths among grown-ups is fine and dandy, but kicking up a stink about the lack of maths teachers is far more important. Example: She is doing great guns and has turned in some fantastic work which really shows she's understanding what she's researching and learning. Example: She responded, all a-flutter, that it was going swimmingly as she had just come face-to-face with one of her hero's. Example: The team took a while to get into the flow of things but have been gaining steam and are now flying high, after winning six of their last seven outings.» miles = oodles .
Example: For me it's not just about her technical skill, of which Megan has oodles, but about her ability to connect with her clients.» miles de = thousands of ; myriad ; many hundreds of ; oodles of .
Example: There are now a number of degrees of integration: 'SSI' Small Scale Integration (tens of transistors on a single chip); 'MSI' Medium Scale Integration (hundreds of transistors); 'LSI' Large Scale Integration (thousands of transistors); and 'VSLI' (hundreds of thousands of transistors). Example: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations. Example: In this time toy libraries have loaned many hundreds of toys to children and their families all around the country = Durante este tiempo, las ludotecas han prestado miles de juguetes a los niños y sus familias de todo el país. Example: This way I do not litter my desk with oodles of photocopies and I can search for key words or phrases electronically within any scanned document.» miles de años = aeon [eon, -USA] [Pincha en para ver otras palabras que contienen esta secuencia de vocales en inglés británico y que se reduce a -eo- en inglés americano] .
Example: In general usage, an aeon (sometimes spelled eon ) is a period of time arbitrarily designated by humans.» miles y miles (de) = oodles and oodles (of) .
Example: Almost immediately after the purchase, the media began to speculate about the 'oodles and oodles of money' that the company was already losing.» mil millones = billion [Usado con el significado de mil millones en algunso países (por ej., USA) y de un millón de millones en otros (por ej., España)] .
Example: Any number from 0 to 2 billion may be entered = Se puede introducir cualquier número entre 0 y 2 billones.» ponerse de mil colores = go + bright red ; go + bright pink .
Example: The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model. Example: She jumped to her feet, went bright pink and embarked on an incoherent sequence of apology.» por miles = by the thousands .
Example: By the autumn of 1867, people were dying by the thousands.» que no se rompe en mil pedazos = shatterproof .
Example: The article is entitled 'The Glass Ceiling in Social Work: Is It Shatterproof?'.» salir a las mil maravillas = work + a treat ; come up + a treat ; go down + a treat ; nail it .
Example: It works a treat and handles the embedded CRLF perfectly. Example: The window frames appeared to have not seen the light of day for over 50 years and were totally caked in dirt -- although with some elbow grease the window came up a treat. Example: After only two days rehearsal we did a stormer of a gig from my point of view which went down a treat to a packed house. Example: It seems we have all taken swings at this problem without ever really nailing it.» sentar de mil maravillas = do + Nombre + a power of good ; do + Nombre + a/the world of good .
Example: I took my mother to Southend for a holiday as she had been very ill & it did her a power of good. Example: Aria used to be Rosewood's resident weird girl -- but that was before a trip to Iceland did her a world of good.» sentirse a las mil maravillas = feel (like) + a million dollars ; feel (like) + a million bucks .
Example: Last night I slept like a baby and feel like a million dollars today!. Example: You'll accomplish nothing but you'll feel like a million bucks!!.» tiempo de mil demonios = foul weather ; abominable weather .
Example: Always drive with your headlights on in foul weather no matter the time of day. Example: On the third day it took five hours in abominable weather to descend the seven rappels of the east face.» todo + ir + a las mil maravillas = everything + be + hunky-dory ; all + be + hunky-dory ; everything + be + peachy(-keen) .
Example: 'And I don't like the option of walking around smiling as if everything was just hunky-dory,' Meek put in = "Y no me gusta la opción de andar por ahí sonriendo como si todo marchase bien". Example: I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just swanned in and expected it all to be hunky-dory. Example: You can vote for the person who thinks everything is just 'peachy-keen', or you can vote for change.» tropecientos mil = zillion ; gazillion ; umpteen ; oodles .
Example: The article is entitled 'Internet power searching: finding pearls in a zillion grains of sand'. Example: Qatar should use its gazillions of petrodollars to finance peacemaking, not confrontation. Example: The article is entitled 'Youth Opportunities and Umpteen Reasons for Not Leaving School'. Example: For me it's not just about her technical skill, of which Megan has oodles, but about her ability to connect with her clients.» tropecientos miles (de) = zillion ; gazillion ; umpteen .
Example: The article is entitled 'Internet power searching: finding pearls in a zillion grains of sand'. Example: Qatar should use its gazillions of petrodollars to finance peacemaking, not confrontation. Example: The article is entitled 'Youth Opportunities and Umpteen Reasons for Not Leaving School'.» una imagen vale más que mil palabras = a picture is worth more than ten thousand words .
Example: The true meaning of the cliche 'a picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.» una imagen vale mil palabras = every picture tells a story .
Example: The article 'Every picture tells a story' describes a new labelling system for the categorisation of library materials which includes a star-shaped badge for Westerns, a flower for gardening and plants, a tank for war, and a clown's face for 'funny stories'.» uno entre mil = one of a thousand .
Example: It seems that a certain prestige value was attached to the possession of this roll as it was accessible only to the elite ('one of a thousand') among the population.