1. To be very difficult or impossible to change. The schedule isn't set in stone , but we'd like to stick to it pretty closely. 2. no longer changeable; "the agreement is not yet set in stone" carved in stone unchangeable - not changeable or subject to change; " a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the unchangeable facts of life.
1.to arrange a later time for something The deadline has been pushed back two weeks . 2.push something back to/until something : Can I push back our meeting to 27 May?
1. If you do something by the skin of your teeth , you only just succeed in doing it. 2. In a single word, the idiom means ‘narrowly’ or ‘barely’ and it is commonly used to refer to a narrow escape from disaster or to imply that you succeeded in doing something but ‘only just
1. to take advantage of an opportunity to do something you enjoy . 2. to gain advantage or success from a situation , esp . one that is bad for someone else .
To spread and circulate among a particular group of people or in response to the actions of a particular person or thing. Fearful uncertainty has been swirling around the population as the government continues to threaten its secession from the trade union. P/s: Scandal continue to swirl around the disgraced movie producer as more and more people come forward to allege abuse and mistreatment.
1. To become involved in a difficult situation, often without thinking carefully. 2. To enter a fight, a discussion or an argument in an aggressive or not very sensitive way.
To experience a sudden, rapid, and uncontrollable decline (e.g., in value, reputation, success, etc.) that continues unabated for an indefinite length of time