have down to a fine art

have down to a fine art
have (something) down to a fine art British, American & Australian, British & Australian to be able to do something very well, usually because you have been doing it for a long time.

He's got sandwich making down to a fine art.


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  • have down to a fine art — ► have down to a fine art achieve a high level of skill in (something) through experience. Main Entry: ↑fine …   English terms dictionary

  • have something down to a fine art — have/​get something down to a fine art informal phrase to be or become very good at doing something, especially something difficult Thesaurus: to be good at doing somethingsynonym Main entry: fine art * * * have (or get) something down to a fine… …   Useful english dictionary

  • have something down to a fine art — have (something) down to a fine art British, American & Australian, British & Australian to be able to do something very well, usually because you have been doing it for a long time. He s got sandwich making down to a fine art …   New idioms dictionary

  • have (or get) something down to a fine art — achieve a high level of skill in something through experience. → fine art …   English new terms dictionary

  • get something down to a fine art — To become very skilled at something through practice • • • Main Entry: ↑art * * * have/​get something down to a fine art informal phrase to be or become very good at doing something, especially something difficult Thesaurus: to be good at doing… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fine art — fine arts 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Painting and sculpture, in which objects are produced that are beautiful rather than useful, can be referred to as fine art or as the fine arts. He deals in antiques and fine art. ...the university of Cairo s… …   English dictionary

  • fine art — noun uncount objects such as paintings that are created to be looked at because they are beautiful or interesting have/get something down to a fine art INFORMAL to be or become very good at doing something, especially something difficult the fine …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • fine art — /faɪn ˈat/ (say fuyn aht) noun 1. an art form categorised as one of the fine arts. See fine arts. 2. anything carried to an extreme of skill or sophistication: *I can see that among other things I ll have to teach you the fine art of… …  

  • fine art — noun (U) 1 paintings, drawings, music, sculpture etc that is of very good quality: the question of whether photography should be considered fine art 2 have something down to a fine art to be extremely good at something after having practised a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fine art — UK / US noun [uncountable] art objects such as paintings and sculptures that are created to be looked at because they are beautiful or interesting. Fine art is different to crafts or art that has a practical use. • have/get something down to a… …   English dictionary

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