all over the map
Непонятно, вразброс.
I couldn’t understand the subject because the teacher’s explanation was all over the map.
Я не понял предмет, потому что объяснение учителя было неразборчиво, непонятно.
all the ---er
The ---est; as ... as. Used with a comparative adjective or adverb and subordinate clause in place of a superlative adjective or adverb.
That was all the bigger he grew.
Is that all the faster you can go?
all the better
all the worse
all the hotter
all the sooner
Than otherwise; even. Used to emphasize comparative adjectives, adverbs, and nouns.
Opening the windows made it all the hotter.
Take a bus instead of walking and get home all the sooner.
If you don't eat your dessert, all the more for us.
all the same
all one
Something that makes no difference; a choice that you don't care about.
If it's all the same to you, I would like to be waited on first.
You can get there by car or by bus - it's all one.
all the same
just the same
As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still.
Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same.
Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just the same.
all the thing
all the rage
the in thing
The fashionable or popular thing to do, the fashionable or most popular artist or form of art at a given time.
After "The Graduate" Dustin Hoffman was all the rage in the movies.
It was all the thing in the late sixties to smoke pot and demonstrate against the war in Vietnam.
all the time
During the whole period; through the whole time.
Most of us were surprised to hear that Mary and Tom had been engaged all year, but Sue said she knew it all the time.
Without stopping; continuously.
Most traffic lights work all the time.
Very often; many times.
Ruth talks about her trip to Europe all the time, and her friends are tired of it.
all the way
the whole way
go all the way with
From start to finish during the whole distance or time.
Jack climbed all the way to the top of the tree.
Joe has played the whole way in the football game and it's almost over.
In complete agreement; with complete willingness to satisfy. Often used in the phrase "go all the way with".
I go all the way with what George says about Bill.
Mary said she was willing to kiss Bill, but that did not mean she was willing to go all the way with him.
The bank was willing to lend Mr. Jones money to enlarge his factory but it wasn 't willing to go all the way with his plans to build another in the next town.