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31mainly — main•ly [[t]ˈmeɪn li[/t]] adv. for the most part; chiefly • Etymology: 1225–75 …
32mainly — /ˈmeɪnli/ (say maynlee) adverb 1. chiefly; principally; for the most part. 2. Obsolete greatly. {main1 + ly} …
33mainly — Principally, chiefly, in the main …
34mainly — Principally, chiefly, in the main …
35mainly — adv. for the most part; chiefly …
36in chief — mainly …
37any way you slice it — mainly American, informal, mainly American, informal something that you say which means you will not change your opinion about something, whatever anyone says about the matter. He shouldn t have hit her, any way you slice it …
38be burnt to a crisp — mainly British, mainly American to be very burnt. By the time I remembered the pizza was in the oven, it was burnt to a crisp …
39be spoilt for choice — mainly British, mainly American to have so many good possible choices that it is difficult to make a decision. With 51 flavours of ice cream to choose from you are spoiled for choice …
40fall between two stools — mainly British, mainly British if something falls between two stools, it fails because it is neither one type of thing nor another and if someone falls between two stools, they fail because they try to combine two different types of thing that… …