- fine something down or fine down
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English new terms dictionary. 2014.
fine something down or fine down
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get something down to a fine art — To become very skilled at something through practice • • • Main Entry: ↑art * * * have/get something down to a fine art informal phrase to be or become very good at doing something, especially something difficult Thesaurus: to be good at doing… … Useful english dictionary
have something down to a fine art — have/get something down to a fine art informal phrase to be or become very good at doing something, especially something difficult Thesaurus: to be good at doing somethingsynonym Main entry: fine art * * * have (or get) something down to a fine… … Useful english dictionary
have something down to a fine art — have (something) down to a fine art British, American & Australian, British & Australian to be able to do something very well, usually because you have been doing it for a long time. He s got sandwich making down to a fine art … New idioms dictionary
have (or get) something down to a fine art — achieve a high level of skill in something through experience. → fine art … English new terms dictionary
fine art — noun uncount objects such as paintings that are created to be looked at because they are beautiful or interesting have/get something down to a fine art INFORMAL to be or become very good at doing something, especially something difficult the fine … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
fine art — fine arts 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Painting and sculpture, in which objects are produced that are beautiful rather than useful, can be referred to as fine art or as the fine arts. He deals in antiques and fine art. ...the university of Cairo s… … English dictionary
fine — fine1 W1S1 [faın] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(acceptable)¦ 2¦(healthy)¦ 3¦(very good)¦ 4¦(weather)¦ 5¦(narrow)¦ 6¦(delicate)¦ 7¦(small)¦ 8¦(bad)¦ 9¦(speech/words)¦ 10 a fine man/woman etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
down — I [[t]da͟ʊn[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦ (Down is often used with verbs of movement, such as fall and pull , and also in phrasal verbs such as bring down and calm down .) 1) PREP To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go… … English dictionary
down — down1 W1S1 [daun] adv, prep, adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(to a lower position)¦ 2¦(in a lower place)¦ 3¦(to lie/sit)¦ 4¦(along)¦ 5¦(south)¦ 6¦(somewhere local)¦ 7¦(river)¦ 8¦(fastened to a surface)¦ 9¦(less)¦ 10¦(losing)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
down — down1 W1S1 [daun] adv, prep, adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(to a lower position)¦ 2¦(in a lower place)¦ 3¦(to lie/sit)¦ 4¦(along)¦ 5¦(south)¦ 6¦(somewhere local)¦ 7¦(river)¦ 8¦(fastened to a surface)¦ 9¦(less)¦ 10¦(losing)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
