(more serene; most serene) calm and peaceful a serene face serene music/skies – serenely adverb She smiled serenely. The sunset was serenely beautiful. – serenity noun (noncount) a feeling of peace and serenity
Don’t ask us which came first Fly the coop When a chicken is accused of having flown the coop, it means that the chicken has escaped from their coop and is now flying or roaming free. Idiomatically, we use fly Read More …
not used before a noun not proper or correct : WRONG Something is amiss here. Some of his assumptions are amiss. The doctor’s examination showed that nothing was amiss. A special award for her performance would not be amiss. (=would Read More …
1 : (count) : a device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north He always carries a compass when he walks in the woods. Guests arrived from all points of the compass. Read More …
Happy as a Pig in Mud Definition – very happy In case you have a pig, and wish to make it happy, it may be useful to know that, based on our citations, there are many things that will make Read More …