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1. "little too" in your given examples stands for "a small amount too much". Taking one of your examples ("little too comfortable"). If someone says: "You are a little too comfortable." They think, you should be more concerned or worried about something and not as carefree as you are at that time. Share.
- Meaning of the phrase "little too"?
If something is "a little too ___," it means that something...
- Meaning of the phrase "little too"?
10. Dez. 2020 · "a little" is an idiom. It has several different usages according to context. In your context it means "somewhat" He feels a little bad being this critical. ---> He feels somewhat bad being this critical. _____ However, there are other uses of the phrase. For example, in the following scenario, it is a noun phrase and it means a ...
14. Dez. 2017 · little is understood to mean "not much, not extensive" whereas small is an attribute of size. Damage has extent/degree but it does not have dimensionality. We can say "There was extensive damage" but we don't say "There was big damage".
- Yes, this is the common, uncountable, abstract sense of "damage". Since there is nothing that we can count, there is nothing to which we can assig...
- It is true that "small" is not used with uncountable nouns. Even with countable nouns, you would use "few" instead if you want to say that there we...
- The most important part is the lack of the article a So It wasn't a bad crash; a little damage was done to my car. It wasn't a bad crash; little...
- From how it sounds in my ear, one could say, " It wasn't a bad crash and only slight damage was done to my car. ", whereas, " It wasn't a bad cra...
What are common phrases that describe something that appears good but is actually bad? Edit: Because people say bad is vague I will try to sum up the phrase meaning a little better. something that looks like it will be helpful or advantageous but after use it is hindering
- A poisoned chalice is something which seems good when received but actually does great harm .
- If you want a proverb, it could be "Not all that glitters is gold", although what is not good is not necessarily bad. Perhaps a good expression cou...
- The term that pops into my mind is "Fool's gold" , after the mineral Pyrite, which looks like gold, so deceives those on first inspection.
- The adjective specious also has the meaning you requested. Misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive I know you asked for a p...
- A poisoned apple or poisonous apple is a symbol of something that looks good on the outside but is actually harmful. It, of course, is from the...
- Devil in disguise satisfies the 1st and 3rd bullet points. There also is wolf in sheep's clothing. They both mean the same thing.
- I've heard " hollow bunny " used, in reference to chocolate easter bunnies. The term is sometimes used to describe something disappointing – so...
- How about a Trojan Horse ? In computer science it refers to software that seems useful but in fact does harm. The original Trojan Horse also appea...
- Pig in a Poke or Cat in a sack The idioms pig in a poke and sell a pup (or buy a pup) refer to a confidence trick originating in the Late Middl...
1. The New York Times. But I wasn't a little bad. 2. The Guardian - Film. "What's a little bad?" he said. 3. The New York Times - Sports. You admit to feeling a little bad for your mother. 4. The New Yorker. Most of us have a little bad guy in us". 5. The New York Times. It was a little bad mistake she made. 6. The New York Times.
NOT (TOO) BAD definition: 1. fairly good or satisfactory: 2. fairly good or satisfactory: 3. satisfactory; OK: . Learn more.
