Sheila's aunt is anxious to make a match between her and an attractive, wealthy man.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
Make a Match — Genre game show Country of origin Canada Language(s) English … Wikipedia
make a match — {v. phr.} To bring a man and woman together for the purpose of an engagement or marriage. * /Sheila s aunt is anxious to make a match between her and an attractive, wealthy man./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make a match — {v. phr.} To bring a man and woman together for the purpose of an engagement or marriage. * /Sheila s aunt is anxious to make a match between her and an attractive, wealthy man./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make a match — form a partnership, esp. by getting married … Useful english dictionary
match — I n. slender piece of wood that catches fire when struck 1) to light, strike a match 2) to light, put, set a match to 3) a safety match 4) a book; box of matches II n. marriage marriage partner 1) to make a match 2) a good match 3) a match for … Combinatory dictionary
match — Synonyms and related words: Congreve, Congreve match, Olympic games, Olympics, a world without end bargain, accompany, accord, accumulate, adjust, admit of comparison, adversary, affiliation, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, agree, align,… … Moby Thesaurus
match — A matched trade is one in which the details recorded by buyer and seller are equal and opposite. Contrast with an out trade where there is a disagreement of some sort on the details of the trade. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein financial glossary… … Financial and business terms
match — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a contest or game of skill etc. in which persons or teams compete against each other. 2 a a person able to contend with another as an equal (meet one s match; be more than a match for). b a person equal to another in some quality… … Useful english dictionary
make — {{11}}make (n.) match, mate, companion (now archaic or dialectal), from O.E. gemaca mate, equal; one of a pair, comrade; consort, husband, wife, from P.Gmc. *gamakon , related to O.E. gemæcc well matched, suitable, macian to make (see MAKE (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
Match — Match, n. [OE. macche, AS. gem[ae]cca; akin to gemaca, and to OS. gimako, OHG. gimah fitting, suitable, convenient, Icel. mark suitable, maki mate, Sw. make, Dan. mage; all from the root of E. make, v. See {Make} mate, and {Make}, v., and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
