pick

schedule

See: ON SCHEDULE.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'schedule' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

on schedule

[on schedule] (2) {adj. phr.} Punctual; as planned. * /The new airline claims to have more on schedule arrivals than the competition./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

on schedule

[on schedule] (1) {adv. phr.} As planned or expected; at the right time. * /The school bus arrived at school on schedule./ * /The four seasons arrive on schedule each […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fit in with

[fit in with] {v. phr.} To fall into agreement or accord with. * /His plans to take a vacation in early July fit in perfectly with the university schedule./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Henry Kissinger, NY Times Magazine, 1969

U.S. politician There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. www.english-slang.com

Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

Recent updates

dead center

[dead center] {n.} The exact middle. * /The treasure was buried in the dead center of the island./ Often used like an […]

regain one's feet

[regain one's feet] {v. phr.} To get back up again after falling down. * /Tom fell while he skied down the hill but he […]

George Gobel,(1919-1991)

U.S. comedian Have you ever had the feeling life is a black tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?

PLS, PLZ

[PLS, PLZ] "Please"

N Apostrophe T - Song

A funny "N Apostrophe T" (n't) song, written by Tom Lehrer.

just in case

[just in case] {adv. phr.} For an emergency; in order to be protected. * /"Here are my house keys. Sue," Tom said. "I'll be […]

warm out

[warm out] {v. phr.} To learn through persistent questioning; draw out from. * /I finally wormed out of her the reason she […]

Common sense

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.