Idioms for shine

    come rain or shine,
    1. regardless of the weather.
    2. no matter what the circumstances may be: Come rain or shine, he is always on the job.
    Also rain or shine.
    take a shine to, Informal. to take a liking or fancy to: That little girl has really taken a shine to you.

Origin of shine

1
before 900; Middle English s(c)hinen (v.), Old English scīnan; cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Old Norse skīna, Gothic skeinan

SYNONYMS FOR shine

1 glimmer, shimmer. Shine, beam, glare refer to the emitting or reflecting of light. Shine refers to a steady glowing or reflecting of light: to shine in the sun. That which beams gives forth a radiant or bright light: to beam like a star. Glare refers to the shining of a light that is not only bright but so strong as to be unpleasant and dazzling: to glare like a headlight.
9 buff, burnish, brighten.
11 gloss, gleam, glow, sheen.

OTHER WORDS FROM shine

un·shined, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for take a shine to

shine
/ (ʃaɪn) /

verb shines, shining or shone

noun

Word Origin for shine

Old English scīnan; related to Old Norse skīna, Gothic skeinan, Old High German scīnan to shine, Greek skia shadow

Idioms and Phrases with take a shine to (1 of 2)

take a shine to

see take a fancy.

Idioms and Phrases with take a shine to (2 of 2)

shine