Charm
121charm offensive — N SING (disapproval) If you say that someone has launched a charm offensive, you disapprove of the fact that they are being very friendly to their opponents or people who are causing problems for them. [JOURNALISM] He launched what was called a… …
122charm the socks off — [beat/bore/charm etc.] the socks off (someone) if someone beats, bores, charms etc. the socks off someone, they beat, bore, or charm them completely. He was one of those teachers who bored the socks off his students with his classes …
123Charm-Quark — žavusis kvarkas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. charm quark; charmed quark vok. Charm Quark, n rus. очарованный кварк, m pranc. quark charme, m …
124charm quark — žavusis kvarkas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. charm quark; charmed quark vok. Charm Quark, n rus. очарованный кварк, m pranc. quark charme, m …
125charm offensive — noun a campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal; especially in a political or diplomatic field …
126charm school — noun A school where lessons in etiquette and social skills are taught, often in brief courses and to children. From there, it was a short step to running a charm school, where she taught the children of the powerful how to bow, curtsey and… …
127charm school — A mocking term for training courses for newly appointed managers and other employees who now are in the PUBLIC EYE. ► “Charm school is a derisive or mocking term applied by cynics to military instructor training courses and civilian train the… …
128charm quark — noun a quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 2900 times that of an electron and a charm of +1 • Hypernyms: ↑quark …
