- on the wane and on the wax
- {adv. phr.} Decreasing and increasing. - Said of the moon. * /The moon is regularly on the wane and on the wax at regular intervals lasting half a month./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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on the wane and on the wax — {adv. phr.} Decreasing and increasing. Said of the moon. * /The moon is regularly on the wane and on the wax at regular intervals lasting half a month./ … Dictionary of American idioms
on\ the\ wane\ and\ on\ the\ wax — adv. phr. Decreasing and increasing. Said of the moon. The moon is regularly on the wane and on the wax at regular intervals lasting half a month … Словарь американских идиом
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wax — wax1 waxable, adj. waxlike, adj. /waks/, n. 1. Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models,… … Universalium
wax, wane — Perhaps because these once popular words are now used infrequently, they are often misunderstood or confused. Wax means to grow gradually larger, to increase in strength or size. Wane means the exact opposite: to decrease, to decline. Both terms… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
wax — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. 2 a white translucent material obtained from this by bleaching and purifying and used for candles, in modelling, as a basis of… … Useful english dictionary
wax and wane — To increase and decrease in alternating sequence • • • Main Entry: ↑wax * * * wax and wane mainly literary phrase to become bigger or stronger and then smaller or weaker Thesaurus: to become largersynonym to become smallersynonym … Useful english dictionary
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