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• when the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money — Native American saying. 1983 H. WASSERMAN America Born and Reborn 277 ‘When you have polluted the last river,’ goes an Osage saying, ‘when you have caught the very last fish, and when you have cut down the very last tree, it is too bad that then …   Proverbs new dictionary

• cannot make head nor tail of something — cannot make head nor/or/tail of something informal phrase used for saying that you cannot understand something at all Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym Main entry: head …   Useful english dictionary

• cannot make head or tail of something — cannot make head nor/or/tail of something informal phrase used for saying that you cannot understand something at all Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym Main entry: head …   Useful english dictionary

• that would be telling — spoken phrase used for saying that you cannot give someone a piece of information because it is a secret ‘How old is he?’ ‘That would be telling.’ Thesaurus: ways of telling or not telling secretssynonym Main entry: tell * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• cannot — can|not [ˈkænət, nɔt US na:t] modal v 1.) a negative form of can ▪ Mrs Armstrong regrets that she cannot accept your kind invitation. 2.) cannot but formal used to say that you feel you have to do something ▪ One cannot but admire her… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cannot modal — verb 1 a negative form of can : Mrs. Armstrong regrets that she cannot accept your kind invitation. 2 cannot but formal used to say that you feel you have to do something: One cannot but admire her determination …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• that — I. pronoun (plural those) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thæt, neuter demonstrative pronoun & definite article; akin to Old High German daz, neuter demonstrative pronoun & definite article, Greek to, Latin istud, neuter demonstrative …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• THAT — pron., adj., adv., & conj. demons.pron. (pl. those) 1 the person or thing indicated, named, or understood, esp. when observed by the speaker or when familiar to the person addressed (I heard that; who is that in the garden?; I knew all that… …   Useful english dictionary

• —That Thou art Mindful of Him — Infobox Short story | name = That Thou art Mindful of Him author = Isaac Asimov country = United States language = English series = Robot Series genre = Science fiction short story published in = Fantasy and Science Fiction publisher = Mercury… …   Wikipedia

• that's the last straw! —    This expression means that this is the latest unpleasant event and that you cannot tolerate the situation any longer.     After an extremely tiring day, when Joe saw the the traffic jam he said : that s the last straw! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• that would be telling — spoken used for saying that you cannot give someone a piece of information because it is a secret How old is he? That would be telling …   English dictionary