children are always up to mischief

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• mischief — mis|chief [ mıstʃıf ] noun uncount behavior or play, especially of children, that causes trouble but not serious harm to other people: be up to/get up to mischief (=do something bad): The boys are always up to some kind of mischief! get into… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• mischief — UK [ˈmɪstʃɪf] / US noun [uncountable] behaviour or play, especially of children, that causes trouble but not serious harm to other people be up to/get up to mischief (= do something bad): The boys are always up to some mischief or other. get into …   English dictionary

• Mischief Night — (also known as Devil s Night, Hell Night, Cabbage Night, Gate Night, Mizzy Night, Miggy Night, Goosing Night, and Egg Nyte) is an annual tradition in parts of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and the United States …   Wikipedia

• Mischief night — is a tradition in northern England, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States of a night in the calendar when the custom is for preteens and teenagers to take a degree of license to play pranks and do mischief to their… …   Wikipedia

• Mischief Makers (TV series) — Mischief Makers was children s television series created by National Telepix that debuted on television syndication in 1960. The fifteen minute series consisted of shortened Our Gang silent shorts that were originally released through Pathé, as… …   Wikipedia

• Mischief Night —    In the traditional calendar of the 19th and 20th centuries, Mischief Night was the evening on which children across the northern counties thought they had the right to cause havoc with tricks and other misbehaviour. Their antics included tying …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• children's folklore —    This, or child lore, is the generic term used to refer to children s own folklore, as distinguished from folklore about children or folklore taught to children by adults (e.g. *nursery rhymes). Children as a social group clearly have a very… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Zettai Karen Children — A ten year old Level 7 psychokinetic (the maximum esper potency designation), Kaoru is the reckless and zealous member of The Children Special Esper Team alongside Shiho and Aoi. When she is introduced, Kaoru is seen reading a magazine that is… …   Wikipedia

• mis·chief — /ˈmısʧəf/ noun [noncount] 1 : behavior or activity that is annoying but that is not meant to cause serious harm or damage Those children are always up to some mischief. = Those children are always getting into mischief. engaging in mischief It s… …   Useful english dictionary

• Lessons for Children — Page de titre d une édition de 1801 de Lessons for Children, part I. Lessons for Children (« Leçons pour les enfants ») est une série de quatre livres destinés aux enfants, écrits par l essayiste et poète britannique Anna Laetitia… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Little Monsters — Infobox Film name = Little Monsters caption = Howie Mandel as Maurice and Fred Savage as Brian director = Richard Greenberg producer = Dori Bernstein Michell Cannold John Davis Jack Grossberg Andrew Licht Jeffrey A. Mueller writer = Terry Rossio… …   Wikipedia