Subject | English | Thesaurus |
abbr., busin. | ALL.E.R. | All England Law Reports |
abbr., mil. | all-fire threshold | all-fire level |
gen. | all is gas and gaiters | all gas and gaiters (The phrase "all is gas and gaiters" first appeared in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby, 1839 thefreedictionary.com) |
mil., abbr. | All Or Nothing | AON |
abbr. | All Praise And Credit | APAC (Alex Lilo) |
orthop. | all-suture anchor | ASA (iwona) |
tradem., abbr. | All West Auto Transport | AWSA |
gen. | all work and no play | (see) all work and no play makes jack a dull boy |
saying. | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | said to warn someone that they will not be an interesting person by working all the time (cambridge.org) |
saying. | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | used about a situation in which someone spends a lot of time working and has no time for other activities (macmillandictionary.com) |
saying. | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | without time off from work, a person becomes both bored and boring (wikipedia.org) |
saying. | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | used to say that you should not spend all your time working, but should spend some of your time relaxing (ldoceonline.com) |
proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | too much focus on (one's) career may lead to one being uninteresting company (wiktionary.org) |
proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy (wiktionary.org) |
proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | working too much can be bad for (one's) health or can make one boring (Come out to the pub with us tonight! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. thefreedictionary.com) |
proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | it is not healthy for someone to work all the time and never play (Often used to exhort someone to stop working, or to justify why you have stopped working; you can substitute the name of the person you are addressing for Jack • Don't come to the office this weekend. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. thefreedictionary.com • I'd like to take a week's vacation next month. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.) |
proverb | all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy | constant work without rest or relaxation is harmful to (one's) personal life and well-being (In addition to firm information, we have a little game because all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy lexico.com • Though you agree that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, the industrious and methodical part of you will do justice to your work.) |
humor., abbr. | Not All Shuttles Arrive | NASA |
math., abbr. | Nothing At All | NAA |
abbr., scottish | Rescue All-Terrain Transport | RATT (USA) |
abbr., modern | Straightedge. It has the same basic principle - No drink, No drugs, No sex - for all followers, but each person makes it their own. Straightedge has NOTHING to do with violence in fact, most straightedgers discourage it or religion that's a personal belief. | sXe (Some examples: some sXe people choose to be vegans or vegetarians, abstain from caffeine, save sex for marriage (as opposed to a serious, committed relationship). Franka_LV) |