25-letter words containing ar
- the knives are out for sb — If a lot of people want something unpleasant to happen to someone, for example if they want them to lose their job, you can say that the knives are out for that person.
- the mother of parliaments — the British Parliament: the model and creator of many other Parliaments
- the sands are running out — there is not much time left before death or the end
- there are no flies on him — he is no fool
- throw one's weight around — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- to tear someone to pieces — If someone tears you to pieces, pulls your work to pieces, or picks your work to pieces, they criticize you or your work very severely.
- to tear someone to shreds — If you tear someone to shreds or rip them to shreds, you criticize them very thoroughly and severely.
- to thank your lucky stars — If you say that someone should thank their lucky stars that something is the case, you mean that they should be very grateful that it is the case, because otherwise their situation would be a lot worse.
- trading standards officer — a person who works for a trading standards office
- vatnajökull national park — a national park in Iceland, the largest in Europe; contains the Vatnajökull glacier, Europe's largest by volume, and incorporates two existing national parks. Area: 13 000 sq km (5020 sq miles)
- war of the grand alliance — the war (1689–97) in which England, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the Holy Roman Empire in league with Bavaria, Brandenburg, Savoy, and the Palatinate opposed France.
- yellowstone national park — a park in NW Wyoming and adjacent parts of Montana and Idaho: geysers, hot springs, falls, canyon. 3458 sq. mi. (8955 sq. km).