O
Idioms beginning with "O"
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[on approval] {adv. phr.}
With the understanding that the thing may be refused.
Mr. Grey bought his camera on approval.
The company offered to send a package of stamps on approval.
[on board] (2) {adv.} or {adj. phr.}
On a ship.
The captain was not on board when the S.S. Flandre sailed.
A ship was leaving the harbor, and we saw the people on board waving.
[on call] {adj. phr.}
1. Having to be paid on demand.
Jim didn't have the money ready even though he knew the bill was on call.
2. Ready and available.
This is Dr. Kent's day to be on call at the hospital.
* /The nurse is on call for […]
[on cloud nine] {adj. phr.}, {slang}
Too happy to think of anything else; very happy.
Ada has been on cloud nine since the magazine printed the story she wrote.
We were on cloud nine when our team won the state championship.
Compare: [ON TOP […]
[on condition that] {conj.}
Providing that; if.
I will lend you the money on condition that you pay it back in one month.
She agreed to act in the play on condition that she could keep her costumes.
[on deck] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}
1. On a floor of a ship open to the outdoors.
The passengers were playing shufflehoard on deck.
The sailors kept busy cleaning and painting on deck.
2. {informal}
Ready to do something; present.
* /The scout […]