something+done
111be quite something — be really/quite something spoken phrase to be very impressive You should see the summer exhibition – it’s quite something! We took the new super fast train, and that was really something. What Noreen’s done with the business is quite something.… …
112be really something — be really/quite something spoken phrase to be very impressive You should see the summer exhibition – it’s quite something! We took the new super fast train, and that was really something. What Noreen’s done with the business is quite something.… …
113have something to show for something — have something/nothing/to show for something phrase to have achieved something nothing as a result of something that you have done They had absolutely nothing to show for weeks of hard work. Thesaurus: progress and developmentsynonym Main …
114see that someone does something — see that someone does something/that something is done/spoken phrase to make sure that someone does something or that something happens Can you see that everything’s ready in time? Thesaurus: to make something possiblesynonym Main entry …
115have yet to do something — used for saying that something has not happened or been done up to the present time, especially when you think it should have happened or been done The Scottish Office has yet to make a formal announcement. The film, starring Robert Carlyle, has… …
116Easier said than done — If something is easier said than done, it is much more difficult than it sounds. It is often used when someone advises you to do something difficult and tries to make it sound easy …
117blow someone or something off — 1. tv. o neglect or ignore someone or something. □ Get it done now. Don’t blow it off! □ Don’t blow me off. Listen! I want it done now! 2. tv. to cheat someone or a group; to deceive someone or a group. □ Don’t try to blow me off! I know what’s… …
118(the) damage is done — the damage is done phrase used for saying that something bad or wrong has already been done and cannot be changed He hadn’t meant to upset her. But the damage was done. Thesaurus: unlikely or impossible to changesynonym Main entry: damage …
119a done deal — informal phrase something that has already been decided and cannot be changed Thesaurus: something that cannot or will not changesynonym Main entry: deal * * * a plan or project that has been finalized …
120get done — be/get/done british phrase informal to pay more money than something is worth, especially because someone has tricked you Fifty pounds for that old thing? You were done! Thesaurus: to be cheated or trickedsynonym …
