as you know
Used to introduce a fact or situation that is already familiar
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as you make your bed, so you must lie upon it
You must accept the consequences of your actions
as you make your bed, so you will sleep on it
Your actions will have consequences that you will have to endure
as you sow, so shall you reap
The consequences of one's actions to oneself are in proportion to one's good or bad intentions towards others.
as you sow, so you reap
You will be rewarded or punished according to your actions
Ascension Day
The school-children, accom- panied by the clergymen and parish officers, walked through their parish from end to end; the boys were switched with willow wands all along the lines of boundary, the idea being to teach them to know the bounds of their parish.
Ash Wednesday
The first Wednesday in Lent, so called from an ancient Roman Catholic custom of sprinkling on the heads of penitents who had confessed that day the ashes of the palms that were consecrated on the previous Palm Sunday which themselves had been consecrated at the altar. The custom, it is said, was introduced by Gregory the Great.
Ashke-Nazi
Ashkenazi.
ash’s
(John, LL.D.) New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vols. 8vo. 1775.
Asia Minor
They belonged to the Rhodian school, and lived about 300 B.C. The group represents Dirce bound to the horns of a bull by Zethus and Amphion, for ill-using their mother. It was discovered in the Baths of Caracalla in 1546, and placed in the Farnese palace, in Rome. It is now at the Museo Nazionale, Naples.
asian contagion
Asian flu
ask a silly question and you will get a silly answer
Expect an absurd response to an absurd inquiry
ask a stupid question
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
ask after
Inquire about someone's health or well-being
ask around
To inquire with multiple people to gather information
ask for it
Deserve or provoke something unpleasant
ask for something
Request or demand something
ask for the moon
To ask for something that is completely impossible to get
ask my arse
to express strong disagreement or refusal
Ask my companion if I be a thief
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
ask no questions and hear no lies
It's best not to inquire about something if you don't want to hear an unpleasant truth
Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. (John F. Kennedy)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
ask round
To ask several people for information or advice
askar
Police.
asking for a friend
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
asleep at the switch
Not paying attention to responsibilities or duties
asmodeus flight
Don Cleofas, catching hold of his companion's cloak, is perched on the steeple of St. Salvador. Here the foul fiend stretches out his hand, and the roofs of all the houses open in a moment, to show the Don what is going on privately in each respective dwelling.
asnooze
asleep
asphalt jungle
A city or urban area, especially one that is crowded and harsh
ass eating
Anilingus.
ass over teakettle
to fall or move headfirst in a clumsy or hurried manner
ass's bridge
See PONS ASINORUM. Well, well! honey is not for the ass's mouth. Persuasion will not persuade fools. The gentlest words will not divert the anger of the unreasonable.
ass-licking
Sycophancy.
assault and battery
Physical attack on someone
Assaye Regiment
See REGIMENTAL NICK- NAMES. Assemblage, Nouns of. Long custom .and technical usage have ascribed certain words to assemblages of animals, things, or persons.
asscheek
A buttock.
asscunt
Anus
assets and liabilities
Positive and negative aspects of a situation or decision
associated with doing something
Common English phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
associated with something
connected or linked to something
Association Cup
This is the trophy competed for annually by football clubs playing the
asstunnel
Rectum.
assume room temperature
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
assume the mantle
Take on a role or responsibility, especially a prestigious or important one
assume the position
to get into a position for a police search
Astral Body
In tlieosophical parlance, the phantasmal or spiritual appearance of the physical human form, that is existent both before and after the death of the material body, though during life it is not usually separated from it; also the "kamarupa" or body of desires, which retains a finite life in the astral world after bodily death.
astral spirits
The spirits of the dead that occupy the stars and the stellar regions, or astral world.
at a canter
Easily.
at a distance
Not in close proximity or relationship
at a draught
To drink entirely at one time
at a glance
Easily seen or understood immediately
at a loose end
Without employment, or uncertain what to do next. Having a tile loose. See TILE.
at a loss
Uncertain about what to do or say
at a loss for words
Unable to express oneself due to shock or confusion
at a moment's notice
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
at a pin's fee
At an extremely low estimate; valueless. I do not set my life at a pin's fee.
at a pinch
used to describe something that can be done if absolutely necessary
at a pinch
In an urgent case; if hard pressed. There are things that one cannot do in the ordinary way, but that one may manage "at a pinch.
at a round pace
Briskly, rapidly, smartly. He cried again, "To the wilds!" and Enid leading down the tracks . . . Round was their pace at first, but slacken' d soon. TENNYSON: Enid and Geraint, 28.
at a stand
not progressing or making progress
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