Full of grace. Lithe, ability to move and speak elegantly. Fluent speech; swaying movement. Pleasing. Attractive. Charming. Becoming.
She moved gracefully throughout the room drawing admiring glances from all. "I've never known a dancer as graceful as she." He is graceful both in speech and movement. To be a ballet dancer, one must be graceful. Her movements are beautiful & graceful, elegant.
breaking up without the traditional negative actions and emotions of anger, jealousy, rage, depression, down-rapping the ex, burning things they left at your house, calling up the new gf/bf and screaming at them. Breaking up without sacrificing the friendship.
A friendly uncontested divorce - where the individuals do not need lawsuits and TROs - is an example of graceful distancing.
My husband Jim and I are graceful distancing, but we are not divorced yet. He moved out without any screaming or blaming. We are still friends.
We split the weekends with the kids. We both go to parent teachers conferences. We each kept our retirement accounts. I asked for child support but no alimony.
We still do Thanksgiving & Christmas and birthdays together with the kids, and we have talked about integrating our new lovers next year.
To look fantastic and healthy for your age without the help of dermal fillers, Botox or plastic surgery.
To age gracefully: "Your grandmother looks great for 82. The lines on her face show character and indicate that she has experienced an interesting life."
To not age gracefully: "Your grandmother looks quite scary for 82. The stretched out skin on her face and inability to make facial expressions indicates that she is insecure about her age so she is desperately trying to look younger, but it still doesn't look good. She's not fooling anybody so she should really just embrace her natural beauty."
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.