Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,725,051,945 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

hardly earth-shattering

    0.04 sec.
[hardly/scarcely etc.] earth-shattering
not very surprising or shocking We were all expecting the announcement. It wasn't exactly earth-shattering news.
See also: hardly


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? References in periodicals archive
For those of us who grew up "out here," however, his observations are hardly earth-shattering revelations.
Today, the notion that people caught in the vise of sexual anxieties are apt to be distracted from the fundamental flow of touching and being touched, developing personal closeness and comfort, and relaxing during a sensual encounter is hardly earth-shattering, but in the 1950s and 1960s therapists had largely ignored this issue or addressed it only in abstract ways.
For Wasner, the discoveries have been hardly earth-shattering, considering there are more than 100,000 soils identified in the U.
 
Idioms browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Idioms and phrases
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.