Nghĩa là gì: abroach

abroach /ə'broutʃ/

tính từ
- bị giùi lỗ; bị chọc thủng (thùng rượu để lấy rượu ra...)
  - to set a cask abroach: giùi lỗ một thùng rượu, khui một thùng rượu

Bro Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a new broom sweeps clean

an employee works hard on the first day or two, make a good impression "After my first day working for Grandfather, he said, ""A new broom sweeps clean."""

all hell broke loose

people did crazy things, everybody was fighting When the fire alarm sounded, all hell broke loose.

be broke

be without money.

broad

girl, chick, prostitute """Where's Mark?"" ""Over there, with the broads, as usual."""

broad daylight

(See in broad daylight)

broke

have no money I spent all of my money on my holiday and I am now broke.

broken dreams

plans that did not work, hopes that died Their divorce will mean broken dreams for both of them.

broken record

(See like a broken record)

brouhaha

shouting and fighting, melee, Donnybrook After the dance, there was a brouhaha in the schoolyard.

browbeat

force you to work, harass, hound, on my case "He browbeats his employees. He shouts, ""You! Get to work!"""

brown bag it

take a lunch to work I have had to brown bag it every day this week as the company cafeteria is closed for repair work.

brown nose

try to please the manager, suck up to Some guys brown nose their way to success. But is it success?

browned off

unhappy, a little bit angry, ticked off Tran was browned off because we were late. She didn't like that.

brownie points

points for doing extra work for the manager Bruno earns brownie points by offering to help the manager.

crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass just

do anything to be closer to her, worship the ground she walks on I'm so in love I'd crawl on my hands and knees over miles of broken glass to see her photo.

Donnybrook

a fight involving many people - especially in a game of hockey The Flames and the Oilers had another Donnybrook last night - a bench-clearing brawl.

flat broke

having no money, out of cash By the end of my first term at university, I was flat broke.

go broke

lose all of one

go for broke

risk everything on one big effort, try as hard as possible After going for broke at the meeting last night we finally reached an agreement.

in broad daylight

easy to see, not trying to hide The man undressed right there on the street - in broad daylight.

like a broken record

repeating the same sound, saying it over and over again From morning till night I hear that complaint-like a broken record!

new broom sweeps clean

a new person makes many changes We discovered the truth to the expression "a new broom sweeps clean" when our new boss changed everything in our organization.

raise an eyebrow

(See raised eyebrows)

raise eyebrows

cause surprise or disapproval It really raised eyebrows when she appeared at the party unannounced.

raised eyebrows

shock, surprise, disapproval When Chuck and Di separated it caused some raised eyebrows.

stone-broke

having no money He was stone-broke after he came back from his holiday in Greece.

too many cooks spoil the broth

too many managers cause problems, too many chiefs... The structure failed because it was designed by a group of architects. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Admiral Browning

chocolate log; that which sinks the Bismarck

bro

abb. of brother

broad boy

a male homosexual

broady

to take or steal something

broccoli

see marijuana

Broderick

a thorough beating

brolly

an umbrella

Bronx

New York City borough where hip-hop was born and raised. Home of Boogie Down Productions

Brooklyn

New York City borough

Brooky

an abbreviated name frequently used for the British TV soap opera "Brookside"

brother

1. man of the same group; friend. In the Bible you will read "brethern", which is used in the same meaning
2. African-American male

brown

see brown bag it , brown bag special , brown bread , brown hatter , brown-nose , brown trout , browned off , brownie point

brown bag special

a woman whose face is foul but her body is attractive

brown bread

dead. Cockney rhyming slang

brown hatter

derogatory term for a homosexual male

brown-nose

to overly praise or behave sycophantically

brown trout

a lump of excrement

brownie point

a hypothetical award for achievement, usually given as a backhanded compliment for sycophantic behaviour

busta browns

people you don't want hanging around

James Brown

one of the funkiest and most sampled men alive

jimbrowsky

see Jimmy

yoha broha

salutation my good fellow; what's up: "Yoha broha! Where ya been since lunch?"

get abroad

1．be able to travel to a foreign country到国外旅行
We didn't get abroad for our holiday as usual； we couldn't afford it this year．我们没有象往年那样出国度假，今年我们拿不出这笔钱。
2．spread； become widely known 传（播）开
The rumor has got abroad．谣言已经传开了。