The jig is up Go to The game is up Them s fighting words Those are words in Objective-C

Drawing EAN13 in Objective-C The jig is up Go to The game is up Them s fighting words Those are words

that will start a fight (Folksy Note that them is is permissible in this expression) Better not talk like that around here Them s fighting words Them s fighting words, and you d better be quiet unless you want trouble

something (Proverb) If that way won t work, try another way There s more than one way to skin a cat Don t worry, I ll figure out a way to get it done There s more than one way to skin a cat

I asked him right then and there exactly what he meant I decided to settle the matter then and there and not wait until Monday There are too many things to do and not enough time I am behind in all my work There aren t enough hours in the day! We can t handle all the problems that come our way There aren t enough hours in the day

no explanation for people s preferences (Proverb) Look at that purple and orange car! There s no accounting for taste Some people seemed to like the music, although I thought it was worse than noise There s no accounting for taste

goods are not as well made now as they were in the past (Often used as a catch phrase Them is often em) Look at this f limsy door! They don t make em like they used to Why don t cars last longer They just don t make em like they used to

Used to refer to persons) When John broke up with Ann, I told her not to worry There are plenty of other fish in the sea It s too bad that your secretary quit, but there are plenty of other fish in the sea

amounts and at a rapid rate The enemy soldiers came thick and fast New problems seem to come thick and fast

thick-skinned not easily upset or hurt; in-

think inside the box to think in tradi-

sensitive (Also literal The opposite of thin-skinned) Tom won t worry about your insults He s completely thick-skinned Jane s so thick-skinned she didn t realize Fred was being rude to her

thin on top balding (Informal)

James is wearing a hat because he s getting thin on top Father got a little thin on top as he got older

tional fashion, bound by old, nonfunctional, or limiting structures, rules, or practices (As if thinking or creativity were confined or limited by a figurative box See also inside the box Compare this with think outside the box) You won t come up with good ideas if you think only inside the box You guys only think inside the box and will never find a better solution

(Also literal The opposite of thickskinned) You ll have to handle Mary s mother carefully She s very thin-skinned Jane weeps easily when people tease her She s too thin-skinned

looking better Since I got a salary increase, things are looking up Things are looking up at school I m doing better in all my classes

think a great deal of someone or something Go to think a lot of someone or something think a lot of someone or something and think a great deal of someone or something ; think highly of someone or something ; think much of someone or something to

have a low opinion of someone or something Most experts think little of Jane s theory People may think nothing of it now, but in a few years everyone will praise it The critics thought little of her latest book

think much of someone or something Go to think a lot of someone or something think nothing of someone or something Go to think little of someone or something think on one s feet to think, reason, and

think well of someone or something (See also speak highly of someone or something ) The teacher thinks a lot of Mary and her talents No one really thinks a great deal of the new policies I think highly of John The manager doesn t think much of John and says so to everyone

think back (on someone or something ) to re-

plan while one is talking If you want to be a successful teacher, you must be able to think on your feet I have to write out everything I m going to say, because I can t think on my feet too well