revolve around someone or something

revolve around someone or something
revolve around someone or something & revolve about someone or something
1. Lit. to spin or move around someone or something. •

Do you think that the whole world revolves around you?

The moon revolves about the earth.

2. Fig. [for people or things] to center upon someone or something or to be primarily concerned with someone or something. •

The way all of this is going to turn out revolves around Bob.

The success of the picnic revolves around the weather.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • revolve around — verb 1. center upon (Freq. 2) Her entire attention centered on her children Our day revolved around our work • Syn: ↑focus on, ↑center on, ↑revolve about, ↑concentrate on, ↑center …   Useful english dictionary

  • world revolves around — 1 ◇ If you think the world revolves around you, you think that your own life, problems, etc., are more important than other people s. I can t just drop everything to help you. The world doesn t revolve around you, you know. 2 ◇ If your world… …   Useful english dictionary

  • turn — turnable, adj. /terrn/, v.t. 1. to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel. 2. to cause to move around or partly around, as for the purpose of opening, closing, or tightening: to turn a key; to turn the cap of a …   Universalium

  • Open relationship — The Purple Mobius symbol for polyamory and non monogamy. An open relationship is an interpersonal relationship in which the parties want to be together but agree to a form of a non monogamous relationship.[1] This means that they agree that a… …   Wikipedia

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • Russian jokes — ( ru. анекдоты (transcribed anekdoty), literally anecdotes) the most popular form of Russian humour, are short fictional stories or dialogues with a punch line. Russian joke culture features a series of categories with fixed and highly familiar… …   Wikipedia

  • turn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan & turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, from tornus lathe, from Greek tornos; partly from Anglo French turner, tourner to turn, from… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • List of EastEnders characters (2010) — The following is a list of characters who first appeared or are due to appear in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2010, by order of first appearance. Executive producer Diederick Santer left EastEnders on 26 February 2010, handing over to Bryan… …   Wikipedia

  • come to — verb 1. cause to experience suddenly (Freq. 10) Panic struck me An interesting idea hit her A thought came to me The thought struck terror in our minds They were struck with fear • Syn: ↑hit, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • List of Little Britain characters — This is a list of characters for the British television and radio sketch show Little Britain (and its American spin off, Little Britain USA). Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T …   Wikipedia

  • Character mask — Part of a series on Marxism …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”