Quantités - Intensité ou Emphase

Maîtrisez les idiomes anglais concernant l'intensité ou l'emphase, comme "body and soul" et "take the edge off".

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like nobody's business [Phrase]

in a way that is very high in speed, quality, or degree

Ex: Letters have been pouring in like nobody’s business.

like the Devil [Phrase]

in a very intense, energetic, or fast way

Ex: He was running like the devil to catch the last bus of the night.

to [take] the edge off {sth} [Phrase]

to make something, particularly something unpleasant, less severe or intense

Ex: We won't be having lunch for another hour, but if you're hungry now, I've got some snacks to take the edge off.

to [take] the sting out of {sth} [Phrase]

to take away from the intensity of something unpleasant

Ex: The manager offered extra time off to take the sting out of the mandatory overtime .

according to cocker [Phrase]

in a proper and correct way

Ex:

all the way [Phrase]

in a complete manner

Ex: They supported him all the way through his challenging recovery process .

body and soul [Phrase]

with all that one has

Ex: She was now committed to the band , body and soul .

neck and crop [Phrase]

completely and in every possible way

Ex: They devoured the cake , eating it neck and crop , leaving no slices behind .

smack dab [Adverbe]

en plein milieu

Ex: The car hit the pothole and the tire blew out , leaving us smack dab in the middle of the road .

La voiture a heurté le nid-de-poule et le pneu a éclaté, nous laissant pile au milieu de la route.

on the nose [Phrase]

used for emphasizing the correctness or accuracy of something

Ex: His estimate for the project completion date was right on the nose ; it finished exactly when he predicted .

out and out [Phrase]

in a complete and total way

Ex: He was induced to part out and out with all the money .

the hell out of {sth} [Phrase]

used for emphasizing the intensity, speed, etc. of something

Ex: She laughed the hell out of that joke , could n't stop giggling for hours .

through and through [Phrase]

in every single way

Ex: She 's a New Yorker through and through , with her accent and love for the city .

for the thousandth time [Phrase]

used to emphasize that one has done or said something many times in the past

Ex: I 'm telling you for the thousandth time , I had nothing to do with it .

the mother of all {sth} [Phrase]

used to describe the intensity of something

Ex: I got stuck in the mother of all traffic jams .

the shit out of {sb/sth} [Phrase]

used to emphasize that someone does something with excessive intensity or force

Ex: He studied the shit out of that textbook before the exam .

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Distance	Extent	Intensité ou Emphase	Extremity
Grand nombre ou montant	Petit nombre ou petite quantité	Speed