- that's the size of it
- informalthat is the truth about a situation, however unpalatable.→ size
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
That's about the size of it! — Informal way to say, What you said is true; the rumor or the news is true. * / I am told you re leaving our firm for Japan, Fred said to Tom. That s about the size of it, Tom replied with a grin./ … Dictionary of American idioms
That's about the size of it! — Informal way to say, What you said is true; the rumor or the news is true. * / I am told you re leaving our firm for Japan, Fred said to Tom. That s about the size of it, Tom replied with a grin./ … Dictionary of American idioms
The Riordans — was the second Irish soap opera made by Radio Telefís Éireann (then called Telefís Éireann ). It ran from 1965 to 1979 and was set in the fictional townland of Leestown in County Kilkenny. Its use of Outside Broadcast Units and its filming of its … Wikipedia
The Culture — is a fictional interstellar anarchist, socialist, and utopian[1][2] society created by the Scottish writer Iain M. Banks which features in a number of science fiction novels and works of short fiction by him, collectively called the Culture… … Wikipedia
The Singularity Is Near — The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology … Wikipedia
The Beano — The current logo Publication information Publisher D.C. Thomson Co Schedule Weekly … Wikipedia
The Sand Reckoner — (Greek: Ψαμμίτης, Psammites ) is a work by Archimedes in which he set out to determine an upper bound for the number of grains of sand that fit into the universe. In order to do this, he had to estimate the size of the universe according to the… … Wikipedia
The Old Man of Lochnagar — is a children s book written by Prince Charles and illustrated by Sir Hugh Casson.The story of the old man of Lochnagar was one Prince Charles had told some years earlier to entertain his brothers, Andrew and Edward, when they were young. The… … Wikipedia
The Mote in God's Eye — … Wikipedia
The War Against the Chtorr — … Wikipedia
Size zero — Size 0 is a women s clothing size in the US catalog sizes system, believed to be equivalent to a UK size 4 or a Europe size 30. It is also a concept within the fashion media relating to models with low body mass. Due to the current vogue for… … Wikipedia