have a thirst for Idiom, Proverb

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

a free-for-all

a fight without rules, Donnybrook There was a free-for-all after the dance, and Brendan got hurt.

a penny for your thoughts

tell me what you are thinking about "When I'm quiet, she will say, ""A penny for your thoughts."""

a run for your money

strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.

a shadow of his former self

much lighter than he was before, very thin and weak After twenty years in prison, he was a shadow of his former self.

a sight for sore eyes

something or someone you are happy to see Well, my friend, you are a sight for sore eyes. Good to see you!

a sucker for punishment

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)

equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.

ask for it

invite or deserve an attack When you called him a thief, you asked for it. You made him mad.

have a appetite for (something)

1. Literally, to feel thirsty, abnormally for some cooler in accurate (which is called afterwards "for"). On hot canicule like this, I consistently assume to accept a appetite for lemonade.2. To accept an acute desire, yearning, or charge for something. Even from a adolescent age he had a appetite for knowledge, blaze any he could get his easily on. Growing up in such a small, abandoned town, I consistently had a appetite for affair and adventure.Learn more: have, thirst

have a appetite for something

1. Lit. to be agog for article to drink. I accept a appetite for a alpine bottle of algid tea.
2. Fig. to accept a appetite or admiration for something. The tyrant had an acute appetite for power. The actor's appetite for acclaim acquired him to become unscrupulous.Learn more: have, thirst

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