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121for all the world — {adv. phr.} 1. Under no circumstances. * /Betty said she wouldn t marry Jake for all the world./ 2. Precisely; exactly. * /It began for all the world like a successful baseball season for the UIC Flames, when suddenly they lost to the Blue Demons …
122come up in the world — or[rise in the world] {v. phr.} To gain success, wealth, or importance in life; rise to a position of greater wealth or importance. * /He had come up in the world since he peddled his wife s baked goods from a pushcart./ Compare: GET AHEAD.… …
123dead to the world — {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Fast asleep. * /Tim went to bed very late and was still dead to the world at 10 o clock this morning./ 2. As if dead; unconscious. * /Tom was hit on the head by a baseball and was dead to the world for two hours./ …
124for all the world — {adv. phr.} 1. Under no circumstances. * /Betty said she wouldn t marry Jake for all the world./ 2. Precisely; exactly. * /It began for all the world like a successful baseball season for the UIC Flames, when suddenly they lost to the Blue Demons …
125Homosexuality laws of the world — s.Same sex relationships legalSame sex relationships illegallegend|#a9a9a9|No info on penalty] The countries of the world have a wide variety of laws relating to sexual relations between people of the same sex everything from full legal… …
126A Home at the End of the World — infobox Book | name = A Home at the End of the World title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Michael Cunningham illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = publisher =… …
127on top of the world — or[sitting on top of the world] also (Southern)[sitting on high cotton] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Feeling pleased and happy; feeling successful. * /John was on top of the world when he found out that he got into college./ * /When Ruth won first… …
128on top of the world — or[sitting on top of the world] also (Southern)[sitting on high cotton] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Feeling pleased and happy; feeling successful. * /John was on top of the world when he found out that he got into college./ * /When Ruth won first… …
