make a rod for one's own back — ► make a rod for one s own back do something likely to cause difficulties for oneself later. Main Entry: ↑rod … English terms dictionary
make a rod for one's own back — To do something that will cause problems for oneself at a later date • • • Main Entry: ↑rod … Useful english dictionary
make a rod for one's own back — do something likely to cause difficulties for oneself later. → rod … English new terms dictionary
rod — noun 1》 a thin straight bar, especially of wood or metal. 2》 a fishing rod. 3》 a slender straight stick or shoot growing on or cut from a tree or bush. ↘(the rod) the use of a stick for caning or flogging. 4》 historical, chiefly Brit. another … English new terms dictionary
Hot rod — imagestack Hot rods are typically American cars with large engines modified for linear speed. Nobody knows for sure the origin of the term hot rod. One explanation is that the term is a contraction of hot roadster, meaning a roadster that was… … Wikipedia
Sam Harris (author) — For other people named Sam Harris, see Sam Harris (disambiguation). Sam Harris Harris pictured c. 2007 Born 1967 (age 43–44) United States Occupation Author, CEO … Wikipedia
Preparation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Preparation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 preparation preparation Sgm: N 1 providing providing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 provision provision providence Sgm: N 1 anticipation anticipation &c.(foresight) 510 Sgm … English dictionary for students
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
ar-1*, themat. (a)re-, heavy basis arǝ-, rē- and i-basis (a)rī̆ -, rēi- — ar 1*, themat. (a)re , heavy basis arǝ , rē and i basis (a)rī̆ , rēi English meaning: to move, pass Deutsche Übersetzung: “fũgen, passen” Note: Root ar 1*, themat. (a)re , heavy basis arǝ , rē and i Basis (a)rī̆ , rēi : “to move … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
Descartes: methodology — Stephen Gaukroger INTRODUCTION The seventeenth century is often referred to as the century of the Scientific Revolution, a time of fundamental scientific change in which traditional theories were either replaced by new ones or radically… … History of philosophy
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
