miracle



The age of miracles is past.

Prov. Miracles do not happen nowadays. I'm afraid this old vacuum cleaner can't be fixed. The age of miracles is past.
See also: age, miracle, of, past

perform/work miracles

to be extremely effective in improving a situation Di's worked miracles in the kitchen - I've never seen it look so clean. These days plastic surgeons can perform miracles.
See also: miracle, perform

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Renat-Russian
Adalbertoah-dahl-BER-to (Italian, Spanish), ə-dəl-BER-too (Portuguese)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Thietmar-Ancient Germanic
Laila (2)LIE-lahDanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Denise[də'ni:z]
Greger-Swedish