24-letter words containing s, h, i
- to go on a shopping trip — to go somewhere for the purpose of shopping
- to have to hand it to sb — You say things such as 'You have to hand it to her' or 'You've got to hand it to them' when you admire someone for their skills or achievements and you think they deserve a lot of praise.
- to join the retired list — to retire
- to keep something at bay — If you keep something or someone at bay, or hold them at bay, you prevent them from reaching, attacking, or affecting you.
- to lay something to rest — If you lay something such as fears or rumours to rest or if you put them to rest, you succeed in proving that they are not true.
- to play your cards right — If you say that someone will achieve success if they play their cards right, you mean that they will achieve success if they act skilfully and use the advantages that they have.
- to rise to the challenge — If someone rises to the challenge, they act in response to a difficult situation which is new to them and are successful.
- to set fire to something — If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it.
- to strike a blow for sth — If you strike a blow for a particular cause or principle, you do something that supports it or makes it more likely to succeed.
- transcendental aesthetic — (in Kantian epistemology) the study of space and time as the a priori forms of perception.
- tri-nations championship — (from 1996–2011) the annual tournament in which the national sides representing Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa compete; in 2012 Argentina entered and the competition became the Rugby Championship
- trip the light fantastic — a journey or voyage: to win a trip to Paris.
- trisodium orthophosphate — a sodium salt of orthophosphoric acid having the formula Na3PO4
- twenty-four-hour service — a banking service that is always available
- ultra low sulphur diesel — a type of diesel fuel that has a low sulphur content
- until the cows come home — the mature female of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos.
- when one's ship comes in — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- where one is coming from — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- which stands for nothing — (language) (WSFN) A beginner's language with emphasis on graphics produced by Atari in 1983 for Atari home computers. There is also Advanced WSFN.
- which way the wind blows — air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
- within spitting distance — If one place is within spitting distance of another, they are very close to each other.
- within striking distance — If you are within striking distance of something, or if something is within striking distance, it is quite near, so it could be reached or achieved quite easily.
- wolf in sheep's clothing — any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
- your heart is not in sth — If your heart isn't in the thing you are doing, you have very little enthusiasm for it, usually because you are depressed or are thinking about something else.