Example
“She spent twenty years treading the boards before appearing in her first film.”
Dictionary details
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Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
bad news
CEFR A2an unpleasant piece of information; (informal) a person or thing likely to cause trouble
so far so good
CEFR A2used to say that things have gone well up to now
break the ice
CEFR B1To do or say something that eases tension and gets people talking comfortably in an unfamiliar social situation.
call it a day
CEFR B1To decide to stop working on something for now.
circle back
CEFR B1to return to a topic or person later, after other things have happened
cry wolf
CEFR B1to give false warnings so often that a real warning may later be ignored
Source methodology
Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.