write\ home\ about

write\ home\ about
v. phr.
to become especially enthusiastic or excited about; boast about.
- Often used after "to".

Mary's trip to the World's Fair was something to write home about.

Joe did a good enough job of painting but it was nothing to write home about.

"that was a dinner worth writing home about!" said Bill coming out of the restaurant.


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  • write home about — {v. phr.} To become especially enthusiastic or excited about; boast about. Often used after to . * /Mary s trip to the World s Fair was something to write home about./ * /Joe did a good enough job of painting but it was nothing to write home… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • write home about — {v. phr.} To become especially enthusiastic or excited about; boast about. Often used after to . * /Mary s trip to the World s Fair was something to write home about./ * /Joe did a good enough job of painting but it was nothing to write home… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • write home about — verb See nothing to write home about and something to write home about …   Wiktionary

  • write home about — phrasal : to comment on at length and especially in a favorable manner as a forest, it was nothing to write home about Gerard Newton the entertainment at the embassy was something to write home about …   Useful english dictionary

  • Something to Write Home About — Infobox Album | Name = Something to Write Home About Type = Album Artist = The Get Up Kids Released = September 21, 1999 Recorded = Spring 1999 Mad Hatter Studios Silverlake, California Genre = Emo Indie rock Length = 45:26 Label = Vagrant… …   Wikipedia

  • nothing to write home about — (informal) UNEXCEPTIONAL, mediocre, ordinary, commonplace, indifferent, average, middle of the road, run of the mill; tolerable, passable, adequate, fair; informal OK, so so, bog standard, (plain) vanilla, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Something To Write Home About — álbum de The Get Up Kids Publicación 21 de septiembre de 1999 Género(s) emo, indie rock Duración 45:26 …   Wikipedia Español

  • not anything to write home about — nothing/not anything/to write home about phrase not very good The acting was very good but the music was nothing to write home about. Thesaurus: not very goodsynonym Main entry: write …   Useful english dictionary

  • nothing to write home about — pronoun Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good. The vegetables were okay, but the soup was nothing to write home about. Ant: something to write home about …   Wiktionary

  • nothing to write home about —    To say that something is nothing to write home about means that it is not of great interest or importance.     Okay, she s written a couple of books, but nothing to write home about …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

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