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[the matter]{adj.} Not as it should be; wrong. — Used in questions or with negatives or "if". •/Why don’t you answer me? What’s the matter?/ •/John may be slow in arithmetic, but nothing’s the matter with his pitching arm./ •/If anything is the matter, please tell me./

[the more --- the more ---] or [the ---er the ---er] — Used in two halves of a sentence to show that when there is more of the first, there is more of the second too. •/The more you eat. the fatter you will get./ •/Get your report in when you can; the sooner, the better./ •/The bigger they are, the harder they fall./ •/The more Bill worked on the arithmetic problem, the more confused he became./

[then] See: AND THEN SOME, EVERY NOW AND THEN, NOW AND THEN.

[then again]{adv.} As an opposite possibility; another thing. •/He may be here tomorrow. Then again, he may not come until next week./ •/I thought you told me about the fire, but then again it could have been Bill./

[then and there]{adv. phr.} At that very time and place in the past; right then. •/He said he wanted his dime back then and there, so I had to give it to him./ Compare: IN ONE’S TRACKS, ON THE SPOT, HERE AND NOW.

[the other day]{adv. phr.} In the recent past. •/I saw an incredible parade of elephants along Michigan Avenue the other day on my way to work./

[the other way around]{adv. phr.} See: JUST THE OTHER WAY.

[the picture]{n.} The way things are or were; the facts about something; the situation; what happened or happens. •/Where does Susan come into the picture./ •/When you are looking for a job your education enters into the picture./ •/Old Mr. Brown is out of the picture now and his son runs the store./ •/After the fight on the playground, the principal talked to the boys who were watching, until he got the whole picture./ Compare: GET THE MESSAGE.

[the pits]{n.}, {slang} 1. A low class, blighted and ill-maintained place, motel room or apartment. •/Max, this motel is the pits, I will not sleep here!/ 2. The end of the road, the point of no return, the point of total ruin of one’s health (from the drug anticulture referring to the arm-pits as the only place that had veins for injections). •/John flunked high school this year for the third time; he will never get to college; it’s the pits for him./ 3. A very depressed state of mind. •/Poor Marcy is down in the pits over her recent divorce./

[the powers that be]{n. phr.} Constituted authority; those in power. •/I have done all I can; the rest is up to the powers that be./

[there] See: ALL THERE, HERE AND THERE, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, THEN AND THERE.

[There] or [here you are!] 1. Informal way to say, "Here is what you wanted." •/The doorman politely opened the door of the taxi and said, "There you are, sir!"/ •/The clerk wrapped up the package and handed it to the customer saying, "Here you are, ma’am!"/ 2. You have found the correct answer; you are correct. •/"The reason for the violent crime rate is the all too easy availability of handguns," he said. "Yeah, there you are!" Officer Maloney replied./