T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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[thank one's lucky stars] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be thankful for good luck; think oneself lucky.
You can thank your lucky stars you didn't fall in the hole.
[thanks to] {prep.}
1. With the help of.
Thanks to a good teacher, John passed the examination.
I finally finished washing the dishes, no thanks to you.
2. Owing to; because of.
* /Thanks to a sudden rain, the children came home with wet […]
[that is] or [that is to say]
I mean; that means; in other words.
John is a New Yorker; that is, he lives in New York.
Susan is a good student; that is to say, she gets good grades in school.
[that is that] or [that's that] {informal}
The matter is decided; there is nothing more to be said; it is done.
Jim, you will go to school this morning, and that is that.
[That makes two of us!]
Informal way to say, "I am in agreement with what you arc saying or doing."
So you voted for Senator Aldridge? So did I — that makes two of us.
[That takes care of that!]
Informal way to say, "That concludes our business."
I paid my ex-wife the last alimony check and that takes care of that!