2018年11月29日 · a bit of a/an An idiom - used to make a statement or description less forceful or definite. For example: I had a bit of a shock when I saw him. So, 'a bit of a grammar' is correct. …

A bit or a while suggest a shorter period of time and may generate misunderstanding. Share. Improve this ...

2014年5月5日 · Since words, unlike numbers, aren't periodic and equidistant, they don't fall easily along a continuum; and reasonable minds will surely disagree about what falls where—and …

2021年5月22日 · As for mite bit in US English, I found an entry in the Urban Dictionary, which said it is "ironic", as in (quoted very loosely here) a million might be a mite bit high for that house. I …

2012年7月4日 · Is there an idiomatic saying to say that a distance is about x kilometer, including the connotation of "a little bit more than" or "a little bit less than" as "just over" and "just under" …

2012年5月28日 · That little bit of knowledge can give a person a false sense of confidence that can eventually lead to trouble. (For example, if you know a little bit about engines, you might …

2019年2月10日 · He's a bit/heck/hell of a singer/dancer. This construction doesn't accept the singer/dancer for the degree should be always about an attribute, something the singer/dancer …

2011年7月26日 · To add a bit more on the etymological side of things, ‘quick’ is cognate to Latin vīvus ‘living’, whence words such as ‘vital[ity]’, ‘vivisection’, etc.; Greek βίος (bíos) ‘life’, …

Bit of a reach for a first-rounder, but Texans like him. Now to the Gulf. It is much too far a reach to suggest that peace is in the air, but certainly to the recent... That's the gamble we're taking. I …

2011年10月19日 · It does depend a bit upon context. Hugo's answer is certainly one possibility, but another is a derogatory epithet derived from the OED's meaning 2b: "A bodily organ; spec. …