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to one's name
Idioms and Phrases
Owned by one, as in He has not got a nickel to his name , or She has only one pair of shoes to her name . This idiom was first recorded in 1876.Example Sentences
In Williamson County, where having a D next to one鈥檚 name is a scarlet letter of sorts, most of the primary action has been on the Republican side.
The Doctors Doctor On Demand; whether the trait of clumsiness is tied to one鈥檚 name; stopping digital drain.
Any red flags鈥攆rom poor eye contact and repetitive behaviors to failing to respond to one鈥檚 name鈥攕urfaced only in the second year, or sometimes even later.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, approved by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, asserts that nations must 鈥渞espect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity,鈥 a requirement that extends to one鈥檚 name and family relationships.
The incredible decision to uproot oneself鈥攖o say goodbye to home and family, travel hundreds or thousands of miles into the unknown, and risk ruin and death with hardly a聽naira聽or West African franc to one鈥檚 name鈥攄idn鈥檛 always answer to facts.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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