conservatorium
/kənˌsəːvəˈtɔːrɪəm
/noun (plural conservatoriums or conservatoria)
Australian term for conservatoire.More than 100 vocal teachers and performers from China's leading conservatoriums of music and art institutes also participated as auditors in the programme....
- So why did they select this genre for a ride as opposed to studying jazz or Mozart at the conservatorium?
- Next year, she plans to audition for a place at NIDA and the conservatorium of music.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from German Konservatorium and modern Latin.
Rhymes
- between a rock and a hard place
- between jobs
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between you and me and the bedpost (or the gatepost or the wall)
- between you and me and the gatepost
- between you and me and the wall
- be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
- betwixt
- betwixt and between
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny
- beun
- be unable to believe one's eyes (or ears)
- be unable to hear oneself think
- be unable to (or be hardly able to) believe one's luck
- be unable to punch one's way out of a paper bag
- be unable to see the wood (or the forest) for the trees
- be under no illusion (or illusions)
- be under the illusion that
- be up shit creek
- be up shit creek (also be up shit creek without a paddle)
- be up the creek
- be up with the lark
- beurre blanc