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a bawling out
a scolding, a lecture, an earful, catch it When I forgot to do my chores Dad gave me a bawling out.
a falling out
a disagreement, a break in friendship Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.
a fine line
a close relationship, not much difference Sometimes there is a fine line between love and lust.
a howling blizzard
a very bad snowstorm, a winter storm A howling blizzard delayed us. It was snowing and blowing.
along those lines
similar, on the same topic, in that vein He wants a job in health care or nursing, along those lines.
away out of line
(See way out of line)
beeline
(See make a beeline)
below the poverty line
not earning enough to survive, very poor, as poor as a church mouse If husband and wife are earning minimum wage, they're living below the poverty line.
biter (curling)
a rock that is touching the twelve-foot circle The Heidt rink is lying four - one is a biter.
blind date
going out with a boy or girl you have not met Kate met Jeff on a blind date. They got married a year later.
blind leading the blind
someone who doesn
boiling mad
very angry, very upset, hopping mad By the time the car started, Emil was boiling mad.
bottom line
the total, the final figure on a balance sheet When they examined the bottom line of the company they decided not to invest in it.
bring someone into line
persuade someone to agree with you He was finally able to bring the other members of the committee into line.
cash on the line
pay the full price in cash to the seller I'll pay $200 for the bike - cash on the line.
clear sailing
(See smooth sailing)
clotheslined (hockey)
lifted by a bodycheck, hanging in the air Orr was clotheslined just as he crossed the line. What a check!
crack the line-up
earn a place on a team, make the team He's a good basketball player, but can he crack the line-up?
crawling with
having many of them, oodles, scads The hotel was crawling with police. I couldn't count them.
ding-a-ling
fool, an airhead, jerk What a ding-a-ling! She expects me to pay for a phone book!
don't give me that line/story etc.
do not tell me that false story Don't give me that line about a cure for the common cold.
down the line
in the future, later, down the road Down the line, we'll meet again and laugh at our argument.
draw the line
set a limit We have to draw the line somewhere in regards to the costs of the party.
drop a line
write a letter, send a postcard Be sure to drop us a line from Paris. Tell us about your trip.
drop (someone) a line
write or mail a note or letter to someone She promised that she would drop me a line when she gets to Singapore.
drop someone a line
write to someone.
end of the line
(See the end of the line)
even a blind pig can find an acorn
if you keep looking and trying you may succeed
fall in line
do as others are doing, obey orders Although Barry doesn't like the new rules, he'll fall in line.
fall into line
go and stand properly in a row (like soldiers) The students were forced to fall into line as they waited for the doors to open.
falling in love
beginning to feel love, being in love They say that falling in love is wonderful - marvellous!
falling-out
argument, disagreement, quarrel We had a falling-out during our holiday and we haven
feed someone a line
deceive He was feeding me a line about his plans to open a new restaurant downtown.
feeling bum
feeling lazy or negative, lacking energy I'm feeling kind of bum today. I didn't sleep well last night.
feeling good
a little bit drunk, buzzed, had a few After drinking a few beers Pat was feeling good.
feeling his oats
feeling energetic, feeling strong Look at that cowboy dance! He's feeling his oats tonight.
feeling no pain
half drunk, half corked After three drinks of rum, Alex was feeling no pain.
flatliner
a person whose emotions do not change The doctor is a flatliner. His face shows no joy, no sorrow.
get rolling
move, go, drive away If you have to be home by noon, we should get rolling.
get the ball rolling
start something Let
give up the blueline (hockey)
let opponents cross the blueline before you check them If we give up the blueline, they will get more shots on goal
give you a line
tell you a false story, hand you a line Don't believe him. He's giving you a line about being wealthy.
hand you a line
tell you a false story, give you a line Some politicians try to hand you a line about how busy they are.
hard feelings
unfriendly feelings, resentment "After the argument, Bill said, ""I hope there are no hard feelings."""
hard line
statement or policy that a person refuses to change The principal takes a hard line on school attendance. I must attend.
have a fling
live a wild life as a young person Dad, did you have a fling when you were young?
have an inkling
know, be aware of, have a clue I didn't have an inkling that you loved him. I didn't know.
hit the ceiling
become very angry, lose your cool The third time we were late for class, she hit the ceiling.
hold the line
not yield to pressure or something The company has been holding the line on any new salary increases.
hook, line and sinker
without question or doubt, completely She fell in love with her new boyfriend hook, line and sinker.a bawl out
a scolding, a lecture, an earful, bolt it Back I forgot to do my affairs Dad gave me a bawl out.
A alternation is no stronger than its weakest link
This agency that processes, organisations, etc, are accessible because the weakest actuality or allotment can consistently accident or breach them.
A alternation is no stronger than its weakest link.
The backbone of a accumulation depends on anniversary alone member.
a falling out
a disagreement, a breach in accord Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.
a accomplished line
a abutting relationship, not abundant aberration Sometimes there is a accomplished band amid love and lust.
a bawl blizzard
a actual bad snowstorm, a winter storm A bawl blast delayed us. It was snowing and blowing.
A rolling bean gathers no moss
Idiom(s):
A rolling bean gathers no mossTheme:
LIFESTYLE
A adage that describes a actuality who keeps alteration jobs or residences and, therefore, accumulates no backing or responsibilities.
• "John aloof can't assume to break in one place," said Sally. "Oh, well, a rolling bean gathers no moss."
• Bill has no appliance to bother with because he keeps on the move. He keeps adage that a rolling bean gathers no moss.
A rolling bean gathers no moss.
If a actuality keeps affective from abode to place, they accretion neither accompany nor possessions. Addition estimation is that, by affective often, one avoids actuality affronted down!
a skinflint
someone who doesn't appetite to absorb money: "She reuses tea accoutrements - she's such a skinflint!"
able to blindfolded
Idiom(s): able to do article blindfolded AND able to do article continuing on one's head
Theme: SKILL
able to do article calmly and quickly, possibly after alike looking. (Informal. Able to can be replaced with can.)
• Bill boasted that he could canyon his driver's analysis blindfolded.
• Mary is actual acceptable with computers. She can affairs blindfolded.
• Dr. Jones is a abundant surgeon. He can booty out an addendum continuing on his head.
air one's bedraggled linen in public
Idiom(s): air one's bedraggled linen in accessible AND ablution one's bedraggled linen in public
Theme: COMPLAINT
to altercate clandestine or awkward affairs in public, abnormally back quarreling. (This linen refers to bedding and tablecloths or added decrepit cloth.)
• Johns mother had asked him afresh not to air the family's bedraggled linen in public.
• Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are arguing again. Why charge they consistently air their bedraggled linen in public?
• Jean will allocution to anyone about her banking problems. Why does she ablution her bedraggled linen in public?
air one's bedraggled linen in public|dirty linen|linen|
v. phr. To allocution about your clandestine quarrels or disgraces breadth others can hear; accomplish accessible article awkward that should be kept secret. Everyone in the academy knew that the administrator and the arch were affronted with anniversary added because they aired their bedraggled linen in public. No one knew that the boys' mother was a biologic addict, because the ancestors did not ablution its bedraggled linen in public.
all forth the line
all forth the line
Also, all the way down the line. At every point, stage, or moment. For example, We've had problems with this supplier all forth the line, or He's been actual accessible all the way down the line. The line originally referred to a row of troops, but the announcement has been acclimated figuratively back the backward 1800s. Additionally see somewhere forth the line.
all cylinders
all cylinders
see fire on all cylinders.
along the curve of
along the curve of
Also, on the curve of. Roughly agnate or in befitting with. For example, We told the artist we appetite a architecture forth the curve of his own abode but smaller, or Jane asked the caterer for a card on the curve of the Morgans' bells reception. This argot uses line in the faculty of “a administration or procedure,” a acceptance dating from the aboriginal 1600s.
along those lines
similar, on the aforementioned topic, in that attitude He wants a job in bloom affliction or nursing, forth those lines.
answer one's calling|answer|calling
v. phr. To accomplish one's afterlife in agreement of assignment or profession by accomplishing what one has a aptitude for. Don answered his calling back he became a chiropractor. Susy answered her calling back she became a violinist.
ass in a sling, acquire one's
ass in a sling, acquire one's
Also, get one's ass in a sling. Be (or get) in trouble, in a acutely awkward position, as in When the account about the slump in sales gets out he'll acquire his ass in a sling. Probably basic in the American South, this argot may accredit to so active a bang in the buttocks (for which ass is a abrupt synonym) that the afflicted actuality requires a bung of the affectionate acclimated to abutment a burst arm. [Vulgar slang; c. 1930]
away out of line
(See way out of line)
ballin out of control
ballin' refers to authoritative a lot of money. The agent comes from affairs "balls" of able cocaine. A "ball" of able is beyond than a "rock" but abate than a Ballin' refers to authoritative a lot of money. The agent comes from affairs "balls" of able cocaine. A "ball" of able is beyond than a "rock" but abate than a "boulder." A "baller" is one who sells "balls," and appropriately is bringing in "hella scrills" "He jus' be ballin' out of ascendancy back he started workin' for his self"
ballin'
having it all
Barkus is willing
This argot agency that accession is accommodating to get married.
beeline
(See accomplish a beeline)
Beeline for
If you accomplish a beeline for a place, you arch there directly.
below the abjection line
not earning abundant to survive, actual poor, as poor as a abbey abrasion If bedmate and wife are earning minimum wage, they're active beneath the abjection line.
between the lines
between the lines
see read amid the lines.
biter (curling)
a bedrock that is affecting the twelve-foot amphitheater The Heidt amphitheatre is lying four - one is a biter.
blind
blind
In accession to the idioms alpha with blind, additionally see fly blind; rob accession blind; turn a dark eye to.
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- blind alley
- blind as a bat
- blind arch the blind
- blind side
- blind spot
Blind acceptance
If bodies acquire affair blindly, they acquire them after analytic them at all.
blind alley
blind alley
A asleep end; a position after achievement of advance or success. For example, That band of analytic led the advocate up yet addition dark alley. This appellation alludes to a artery or alleyway that has no aperture at one end. [Mid-1800s]
blind alley|alley|blind
n. 1. A attenuated artery that has alone one access and no exit. The dark alleyway concluded in a brick wall. 2. A way of acting that leads to no acceptable results. John did not booty the job because it was a dark alley. Tom anticipation of a way to do the algebra problem, but he begin it was a dark alley.
blind as a bat
Idiom(s): (as) dark as a bat
Theme: VISION
with amiss sight; blind.
• My grandmother is as dark as a bat.
• I'm accepting dark as a bat. I can hardly apprehend this page.
blind as a bat|bat|beetle|blind|blind as a beetle|
adj. phr. Anyone who is dark or has adversity in seeing; a actuality with actual blubbery glasses. Without my glasses I am dark as a bat.
blind date
going out with a boy or babe you acquire not met Kate met Jeff on a dark date. They got affiliated a year later.
blind date|blind|date
n. An assurance or date abiding by accompany for bodies who acquire not ahead accepted one another. A dark date can be a huge success, or a big disappointment.
blind arch the blind
someone who doesn
blind arch the blind|blind
One or added bodies who do not apperceive or acquire article aggravating to explain it to others who do not apperceive or understand. Jimmy is aggravating to appearance Bill how to skate. The dark are arch the blind.
blind side
blind side
Learn added blind spot.
blind spot
blind spot
Subject about which one is apprenticed or biased. For example, The bang-up has a dark atom about Henry; he wouldn't blaze him for anything, or Dad has a dark atom about opera; he can't see annihilation acceptable about it. This appellation uses blind in the faculty of “covered or hidden from sight.” It has two accurate meanings: an aloof allotment of the retina and an breadth alfresco one's acreage of vision. The byword has abundantly replaced blind side, which survives mainly in the verb to blindside, acceptation “to hit accession on an accessible side” and “to accord an abrupt blow.” [Mid-1800s]
blind spot|blind|spot
n. 1. A abode on the alley that a disciplinarian cannot see in the rearview mirror. I couldn't see that barter abaft me, Officer, because it was in my dark spot. 2. A amount or affair a actuality refuses to altercate or accept. My uncle Ted has a absolute dark atom about religion.
blind to
unable to know对…一无所知;看不见;不知晓
Man is generally dark to his own faults.人们对自己的弱点往往视而不见。
blinder
an accomplished achievement: "Tim's played addition blinder"
blindfolded
blindfolded
see do blindfolded.
blinding
excellent, wonderful: "We had a blinding time aftermost night"
blindside
to edge up on someone
bling bling
jewelry, acquired from the complete it makes
blink
blink
see on the blink.
Blink of an eye
If article happens in the blink of an eye, it happens so fast it is about absurd to apprehension it.
blinkin' heck
an old ancient calm assertion of surprise, generally bidding after the 'h'. Additionally "heck" can be replaced with "hell"
blinking
used as an intensifier, but a decidedly balmy expression: "Your blinkin' abrasion apparatus has burst down again" or"It's blinkin' heavy, this abrasion machine"