ON VALENTINE DAY/LEARN 40 TROUBLESOME IDIOMS WITH “TO”

by admin · 26 April, 2016

In Europe during the Middle Ages there was a conventional belief that birds chose their partners in the middle of Frebruary. Thus, the Frebruary 14^th was dedicated to love and people celebrated it by writing love letters or sending small gifts to their beloved. The day called the Valentine Day is a mystery. Even the Catholic Church no long officially honors St. Valentine as its 800 years in the past. Many countries have celebrated the day but not stated it a public day. It’s better to be called the Day of Love as its deep-rooted meaning in history.

Judge a love!

How much you love

But how much you are loved

I kiss your lips

I kiss your soul

You make me young again

And both of us alive again

Of your kisses the last

Ever the sweetest and new always

On Valentine Day!

Take my arms

Take my heart

I give myself completely

My heart belongs to you

I breathe your love

It is my breath

Your love, your heart, your soul

Is God’s gift to me

I want nothing

I have everything I need

I shall be yours

You shall be mine

Forever and ever

A beauty that radiates

From both inside out

A Heaven-sent gift

The love of my life

My heart so open and so bold

To burn with love

My love for you!

You are my perfect match

Until our time on Earth ends

Swim the deepest sea

Climb the highest mountain

Raft the rapids of life

Pacify the midst of strife

Shelter the shipwrecked soul

Bridge a lifelong goal

Without you I’m nothing

I now believe in fate and destiny

You are my all!

LEARN 40 TROUBLESOME IDIOMS WITH “TO”

To a nicety/precisely. The trip schedule has been timed to a nicety.
To a T/exactly. She has baked it to a T; so it was delicious.
To advantage/perfectly.The lecture has showed off his talent to advantage.
To a fault/desirably. She’s kind, caring and generous to a fault.
To all appearances/ absolutely. To all appearances he will win the contest.
To a great extent/substantially. Our future is to a great extent the product of our education.
To all intents and purposes/practically. This book is to all intents and purposes well written to give best lessons in marketing.
To date/presently. To date his greatest success is training a child so well.
To each his own/nonetheless. Music is chosen by him but to each his own any other hobby is available.
To death/terribly. He was boastful to death of his past.
To good purpose/effectively. Her goal is doing anything to a good purpose for others.
To heel/fawningly. They said nothing but he was ready to serve them to heel.
To hand/readily. I had nothing to hand but complete the scheme as planned.
To no avail/unsuccessfully. He attempted to leave the office before schedule but to no avail.
To one’s name/designatedly. He can do it and doesn’t care about anything to his name.
To my mind/if you ask me. To my mind, this award book can’t be a masterpiece.
To one’s face/straight forward. She said he was a liar to his face.
To pieces/entirely confused. He has gone to pieces at that breaking news.
To one’s heart’s content/delightedly. What they planned has been done to his heart’s contents.
To the bone/very badly. She was scolded to the bone by her mom.
To the best of/most suitably. They finished their duty to the best of effort.
To the core/deeply. He was shaken to the core by her words.
To the contrary/oppositely. He ignored the medical advice and went on drinking to the contrary.
To the bitter end/audaciously. Workers have struggled for safer labor condition to the bitter end.
To the fore/conspicuously. After months of debate they have brought the issue to the fore for public attention.
To the life/originally. They came from the countryside to the life for a city residence.
To the gills/extremely full. He came in with the suitcase of clothes to the gills.
To the gunwales/overflowingly. Her anger was to the gunwales after his abuse.
To the hilt/completely. All of his properties were mortgaged to the hilt.
To the nth degree/immeasurably. Our will has been tested to the nth degree after so many lessons in life.
To the four winds/everwhere. At present crime has been happening to the four winds.
To the good/helpful. They brought a vehicle to the good in case of excessive attendants.
To the teeth/very nicely. The dinner will be prepared to the teeth for distinguished guests.
To the nines/perfectly. She dressed to the nines for her first appearance at his birthday party.
To the tune/harmoniously. They had to work to the tune of shifts to complete the target.
To the letter/meticulously. All of the methods recently applied have been followed to the letter.
To the wall/insolvably. The problem which he met was thought to go to the wall.
To way of thinking/ frankly speaking. In my way of thing nothing has changed since his managerial reform.
To whom it may concern/having good intention in this case. “To Whom It May Concern” should be used to begin the letter sent to the readers without identity.
To the point/ sharply. We feel satisfied at his lecture to our point in the research.