make room
To rearrange or organize existing people, objects, furniture, belongings, etc., to create space for new objects.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Please make room for my bag on the table.”
“We need to clear out the old boxes in the attic to make room for the new baby furniture.”
“The librarian rearranged the dusty shelves to make room for the extensive collection of historical manuscripts arriving from the university archives.”
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absence makes the heart grow fonder
One feels more love or affection for those one loves when parted from them.
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assume room temperature
To die; to be killed.
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baby elephant in the room
An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
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doctors make the worst patients
It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.
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elephant in the room
A problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved.
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enough to make a cat laugh
Very outlandish or outrageous.
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enough to make the angels weep
Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.
Last updated August 10, 2026