make little of something

  • 31something has something to recommend it — phrase something has features that make it useful or attractive As action movies go, this one has little to recommend it. Thesaurus: to be advantageous and yield benefitssynonym Main entry: recommend …

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  • 32make a night of it — {v. phr.}, {informal} To spend the whole night at an activity. * /The dog found the door unlatched and made a night of it./ * /The boys and girls at the dance made a night of it./ Compare: MAKE A DAY OF IT …

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  • 33make sense — {v. phr.} 1. To be something you can understand or explain; not be difficult or strange. * /The explanation in the school book made no sense because the words were hard./ Compare: MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF. 2. To seem right to do; sound reasonable or… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 34make a night of it — {v. phr.}, {informal} To spend the whole night at an activity. * /The dog found the door unlatched and made a night of it./ * /The boys and girls at the dance made a night of it./ Compare: MAKE A DAY OF IT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 35make sense — {v. phr.} 1. To be something you can understand or explain; not be difficult or strange. * /The explanation in the school book made no sense because the words were hard./ Compare: MAKE HEAD OR TAIL OF. 2. To seem right to do; sound reasonable or… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 36make-weight — makeˈ weight noun 1. Something which is thrown into a scale to make up the weight 2. A person or thing of little value added to compensate for a deficiency • • • Main Entry: ↑make …

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  • 37something has something to recommend it — something has features that make it useful or attractive As action movies go, this one has little to recommend it …

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  • 38little — lit|tle1 [ lıtl ] (comparative less [ les ] ; superlative least [ list ] ) function word, quantifier *** Little can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun): There s little time left. Little progress has been made. as a …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 39little — lit|tle1 W1S1 [ˈlıtl] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(size)¦ 2¦(something you like or dislike)¦ 3 a little bit 4¦(time/distance)¦ 5¦(young)¦ 6¦(slight)¦ 7¦(unimportant)¦ 8 (just) that little bit better/easier etc 9 the little woman ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 40Little Lulu — Infobox comic strip title= Little Lulu caption= A Little Lulu panel from the March 20 1943 issue of The Saturday Evening Post . author= Marge url= rss= atom= status= Ended syndicate= publisher= The Saturday Evening Post first= 1935 02 23 last=… …

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