An assessment to determine if one's circumstances or expectations conform to reality, as in Time for a reality checkâwasn't this supposed to be a money-making enterprise? [ ; second half of 1900s] The American HeritageÂ® Idioms Dictionary
Dictionary entry overview: What does Elbe mean? â¢ ELBE (noun) The noun ELBE has 1 sense: 1. a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea Familiarity information: ELBE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry overview: What does El Nino mean? â¢ EL NINO (noun) The noun EL NINO has 2 senses: 1. (oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas time 2. the Christ child Familiarity information: EL NINO used as a noun is rare.