meaning - Looking for the opposite of "drill down" - English …
2013年2月26日 · I am a programmer working on a chart component that allows to drill down on selection of a node. Drilling down will show the details of that node (like its children etc.). But I am struggling to find out a word to describe the opposite of drilling down. "Drill up" sounds wrong.
Looking for the inverse -- not the opposite -- of "zero-sum game"
2013年11月25日 · Looking for the opposite of "drill down" 1. Looking for a word that means the opposite of 'gilded' 1.
grammatical number - Is "many a times" correct? - English …
2013年12月5日 · @ses When I drill down I do see "to hello", only it's not an infinitive form of a verb, but rather a preposition followed by a greeting or phrase. Compare that to the quote I posted directly from the Google book search which clearly shows recorded dialog saying 'many a times'.
expressions - "Double Clicking" to mean, going in depth - English ...
2015年8月11日 · @PeterShor Websites more often will use single clicks to navigate. Double clicking in websites is not so common. Double clicking comes from desktop computing such as opening folders or applications in MS Windows. For the OP, I do not think it is a common phrase and would recommend using alternatives such drill down or explore –
How to punctuate lists that are nested to three levels?
While not always appropriate, bulleted lists naturally take care of the nesting problem. In addition, they help individualize the reading experience by allowing the reader to drill down into interesting areas while skipping others. The park has: bears grizzlies, which number in the tens
What's the English idiom/phrase for insisting on/talking …
2017年3月14日 · "Drill into someone's head" has a slightly different meaning in English - it's more about making someone learn or remember (e.g. old-fashioned school teaching), and any implied frustration is typically from the person with the teaching role towards the person who won't learn without endless repetition.
What's the antonym of "fifty-thousand foot view"?
2011年3月14日 · In a slight different context, "ground truth" can also be useful if the conversation is about details/concepts derived from evidence or data. Also, from software, we often use "drill down" to get to the data. As a good visual way to explain concept levels to folks, the video Powers of Ten (1977) is available on youtube.
What is an adjective referring to “someone who puts people down”?
2014年3月31日 · But you can put people down in many different ways, ranging from the crude to the subtle. You can be put down by someone of no particular education or achievements who does nothing more than laugh at your accent, or make remarks about your weight, or some other perceived defect. Such a person might be called derisive or scornful.
Origin of "the beatings will continue until morale improves"
The earliest closely relevant match I've been able to find for this expression is from a cartoon by Lt. B.E. Lodge, U.S. Navy, submitted for the All-Navy Cartoon Contest and published in All Hands: The Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin (November 1961) with the following caption:
slang - Are the terms "welsh" or "welch" (as in reneging on a bet ...
It was intended as derogatory, you couldn't trust a medieval Welshman. The medieval clergyman Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223, of mixed Norman and Welsh descent) didn't like them very much: