sooner+than
31Sooner or later — Soon Soon (s[=oo]n), adv. [OE. sone, AS. s[=o]na; cf. OFries. s[=o]n, OS. s[=a]na, s[=a]no, OHG. s[=a]r, Goth. suns.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. Sooner said than done. Old Proverb. As …
32earlier than usual — sooner than usual, sooner than is common, unexpected …
33than — [[t]ðən, STRONG ðæn[/t]] ♦ 1) PREP: compar PREP group You use than after a comparative adjective or adverb in order to link two parts of a comparison. The radio only weighs a few ounces and is smaller than a cigarette packet... Indian skins age… …
34than — Three small but common problems need noting. 1. In comparative constructions than is often wrongly used, as here: Nearly twice as many people die under 20 in France than in Great Britain (cited by Gowers). Make it as in Great Britain. 2. It is …
35than — Three small but common problems need noting. 1. In comparative constructions, than is often wrongly used, as here: Nearly twice as many people die under twenty in France than in Great Britain (cited by Gowers). Make it as in Great Britain.… …
36sooner — adverb rather. I would sooner die than marry you! …
37sooner — Mawdesley Glossary a person who would sooner lie in bed than go to work …
38no sooner (do something) than (do something else) — immediately after one thing happens another thing happens. I had no sooner gotten my bags unpacked than I felt as if I had never been on vacation. He was no sooner graduated than he was on his way to California. She no sooner completed one… …
39no sooner said than done — phrase used for emphasizing that you will do something immediately Thesaurus: happening or done quickly, suddenly or immediatelysynonym ways of saying that you are willing to do somethingsynonym Main entry: sooner * * * no sooner said than ˈdone …
40I would sooner do something (than something else) — I, etc. would sooner do sth (than sth else) idiom to prefer to do sth (than do sth else) • She d sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents. Main entry: ↑soonidiom …
