English Language

2021-02-21 05:15:03 All clouds bring not rain

Possible meaning
We can rephrase this: "Not every cloud brings rain." And that's true. Sometimes there are many clouds in the sky, but it doesn't rain. Don't judge things by appearances

Note
cloud (noun) = visible mass of water vapour high in the sky (usually white or grey in colour) | rain (noun) = water that falls from clouds in the sky
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2021-02-20 05:15:03 mag

Meaning
a magazine

For example

Fiona loves to sit down after dinner with a nice glass of wine and a pile of fashion mags.

Have you got some mags to read on the plane?
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2021-02-20 05:15:03 rake in

Meaning
to make a lot of money

For example

rake in sth They must have been raking in millions since their song went to number one.

rake sth in My company has been raking the money in, so I should get a really big bonus this year.
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2021-02-19 05:15:03 chickens come home to roost

Meaning
If chickens are coming home to roost, someone is suffering the unpleasant consequences of their bad actions in the past

For example

Fred's in hospital with liver problems. I guess the chickens have come home to roost after all those years of heavy drinking.

The chickens are coming home to roost for the executives who committed fraud in the nineties. They're being charged now even though they committed their crimes over ten years ago.
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2021-02-19 05:15:03 All cats are grey in the dark

Possible meaning
The implication is that beauty, or physical appearance, is unimportant.

Note
grey (BrE), gray (AmE) (adj.) = a colour between black and white | the dark (noun) = the absence of light in a place; darkness
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2021-02-18 05:15:03 bent

Meaning
dishonest, corrupt

For example

We always knew those cops were bent, but we've never had the evidence to prove it.

Even though she'd been cheating on her taxes for years, Cathy didn't consider herself bent. She said everybody did it.
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2021-02-18 05:15:03 ease off

Meaning
If something eases off, it becomes weaker or less powerful.

For example

ease off After the rain had eased off a bit, the race officials decided it was safe enough for the drivers to start racing again.

ease off The pain eased off quite a bit after the doctor gave me a shot of morphine.

Synonym
let up
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2021-02-17 05:16:37 a question of time

Meaning
You can say "it's only a question of time" before saying what you think will happen in the future

For example

It's only a question of time until we run out of oil, so we're going to need other forms of energy to power our cars.

If you keep on spending money like this, it'll just be a question of time before you have a serious debt problem.

Note
This idiom is almost always used with the word "only" or with the word "just", as in "It's only a question of time before ... " or "It's just a question of time."
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