An Aladdin's cave phrase
Used to indicate a place full of valuable objects.
Mark's shop is an Aladdin's cave of cards, gifts and craft inspirations.
Her house is full of antique furniture and objects d'art, so it is like an Aladdin's cave.
Go somewhere for a brief visit or purpose
1. If you hide away, you go somewhere so that no one can find you.
2. If you hide someone or something away, you put them in a place where people cannot find them.
The worst and dirtiest place
To refer to an unfamiliar or faraway place.
To leave a location to pursue something better
This phrase is derived from a tale in The Arabian Nights. A magician locked Aladdin in a cave filled with treasure and gems.
If someone cuts a sorry figure, he or she creates an unfavourable impression to others or causes others to regard him or her unfavourably.
Lisa cut a sorry figure at the job interview