be long (in doing something)

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• shy away from doing something — shy away from (something/doing something) to avoid something. I tend to shy away from big guitar solos on records. At first, some companies shied away from selling merchandise on the Internet, but not for long …   New idioms dictionary

• join someone in (doing) something — phrase to do or say something with other people They joined us in complaining about the service we received in the restaurant. I’m sure everyone joins me in wishing Caroline and David a long and happy marriage. Thesaurus: to do something with… …   Useful english dictionary

• go a long way towards doing something — phrase if something goes a long way towards doing something, it helps someone to achieve something The money raised will go a long way towards paying for Freddie’s medical treatment. Thesaurus: to be advantageous and yield benefitssynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• go a long way towards doing something — if something goes a long way towards doing something, it helps someone to achieve something The money raised will go a long way towards paying for Freddie s medical treatment …   English dictionary

• be a past master at doing something — phrase to be very good at something because you have been doing it for a long time They are past masters at dealing with political scandals. Thesaurus: to be good at doing somethingsynonym Main entry: master …   Useful english dictionary

• be sick and tired of doing something — be sick and tired of (something/doing something) informal, informal to be angry and bored because something unpleasant has been happening for too long. You ve been giving me the same old excuses for months and I m sick and tired of hearing them!… …   New idioms dictionary

• have the devil's own job doing something — have the devil s own job (doing something/to do something) old fashioned to spend a long time trying to do something difficult. I had the devil s own job to find a parking space near here …   New idioms dictionary

• be a past master at doing something — to be very good at something because you have been doing it for a long time They are past masters at dealing with political scandals …   English dictionary

• (be) given to something doing something — be given to sth/to doing sth idiom (formal) to do sth often or regularly • She s much given to outbursts of temper. • He s given to going for long walks on his own. Main entry: ↑given …   Useful english dictionary

• go a some way towards doing something — go a long/some way towards doing sth idiom to help very much/a little in achieving sth • The new law goes a long way towards solving the problem. Main entry: ↑wayidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• long-winded — long wind|ed [ˌlɔŋ ˈwındıd US ˌlo:ŋ ] adj 1.) continuing to talk for too long or using too many words in a way that is boring ▪ His speeches tend to be rather long winded. 2.) if a way of doing something is long winded, it is very complicated ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English