used to show you are glad that someone or something has been taken or sent away Good riddance to bad rubbish! I never liked him and I am glad that he has finally left.
lay rubber
spin a car's wheels, drag race He likes to drive fast. He lays rubber at every intersection.
rub elbows
work beside, associate with Fran and I used to rub elbows when we worked at the fish plant.
rub elbows or shoulders with someone
be in the same place (with others), meet and mix with others We went to the party in order to rub shoulders with some interesting artists.
rub elbows/shoulders
be in the same place (with others), meet and mix At the party we were able to rub elbows with many important people.
rub off
pass to someone nearby, transmit to someone Her bad habit of talking all the time has rubbed off on her husband as well.
rub out
destroy completely, kill, eliminate The government troops rubbed out the whole village.
rub salt in the wound
cause it to be worse, aggravate, add insult to injury If you criticize a student's work in front of the class, you are rubbing salt in the wound.
rub shoulders with
work with, associate with Art dealers rub shoulders with people from all the professions.
rub someone the wrong way
irritate others with something one says or does Her lack of politeness always rubs me the wrong way.
rub something in
continue to talk or joke about something someone said or did I know that she made a mistake but you shouldn
rub the wrong way
bother, irritate, bug That waiter rubs me the wrong way. He's too impatient.
rubber match
final game, showdown Each team has won a game. They play the rubber match today.
rubberneck
listen to a conversation on a party (co-op) phone line Grandma used to rubberneck so she could hear the local news.
rube
rural man, local yocal Axel Nelson is a rube - a farmer. He doesn't know about city life.
where the rubber hits the road
"where the theory is tested, when the action begins; the nitty-gritty" In the workplace, you apply what you've learned - that's where the rubber hits the road.
burn rubber
to depart quickly; derived from burning tyre rubber from excessive acceleration with a motor vehicle
scrub
a loser, a man that has nothing to offer but weak game, always trying to holla, & he thinks that he is da shit
rub along
1.(of a person) manage to exist;pass one's time with too much difficulty;live day to day in a more or less satisfactory but unexciting manner(指人)无太大困难地过活;马马虎虎度日;平平淡淡过日子 With the money my mother earned we just managed to rub along.靠妈妈挣来的钱,我们马马虎虎地凑合着过日子。 He is not a good student;he can only just rub along in class.他学习并不好,在班上只是勉强过得去。 “How are you getting on nowadays?”“Oh,just rubbing along.”“你近来好吗?”“哦,马马虎虎过得去。” 2.(of two or more persons)live without quarrelling,etc.和谐相处 We manage to rub along together.我们相处得还算不错。 Except for the first two months they rubbed along quite happily.除了头两个月以外,他们相处得颇为融洽。
rub down
1.clean and dry the body(of an animal or person) by rubbing擦干 The athletes rubbed themselves down with coarse towels.运动员们用粗毛巾擦身。 She rubbed the horse down.她把马梳洗干净。 2.rub and press with the fingers on the body(of a person)to loosen muscles or prevent stiffness;massage按摩(人体)使肌肉放松 The athletes were rubbed down after the training.训练结束后,运动员们都要按摩一下,以放松肌肉。 3.reduce by friction or abrasion ;take off roughness磨光;磨平 He rubbed the chair down with sandpaper.他用砂纸把椅子磨光。 4.search sb.by passing the hand all over the body and limbs遍身搜查(某人);对(某人)搜身 The policeman rubbed down the suspicious stranger,who turned out to be a spy.警察搜查了那个陌生人的全身,原来他是个间谍。
rub it in
keep talking about sth.that another person wants to forget反复讲别人不愿听的事 “I am really surprised that you failed exams.”“OK,don't rub it in!”“我没想到你会考试不及格。”“好啦,别再提啦!”
rub up
1.polish by rubbing 擦光;把…磨光滑 When you have put the polish on the silver,rub it up with a clean dry cloth.在银器上打上擦光剂后,要用块干净的干布把它擦亮。 He rubbed the vase up until it shone.他把花瓶擦得铮亮。 2.excite;rouse to action; revive or refresh one's knowledge of 激起;唤起;复习 Your French needs rubbing up.你的法语需要复习一下。 I cannot find a recipe which I cut from the paper ;I must rub up my memory and recall where I laid it.我从报上剪下来的一张配方找不到了,我得好好想想放在哪里了。
rub up against
1. rub against sth.in passing擦上;相磨擦 Look at the spot on your skirt!You must have rubbed up against wet paint somewhere看看你裙子上的脏斑!你一定是在什么地方碰上没干的油漆了。 2.meet or come into contact with by accident 偶然相遇 You occasionally rub up against most interesting people in unlikely Places.有时在意想不到的地方会遇上很有趣的人。
rub sth in
Idiom(s): rub sth in
Theme: CRITICISM
to keep reminding one of one's failures; to nag someone about something. (Informal.) • I like to rub it in. You deserve it! • Why do you have to rub in everything I do wrong?
rub one's nose in it
Idiom(s): rub one's nose in it
Theme: RIDICULE
to remind one of something one has done wrong; to remind one of something bad or unfortunate that has happened. (From a method of housebreaking pets.) • When Bob failed his exam, his brother rubbed his nose in it. • Mary knows she shouldn't have broken off her engagement. Don't rub her nose in it.
rub sb 's fur the wrong way
Idiom(s): rub sb ('s fur) the wrong way
Theme: ANNOYANCE
to irritate someone. (From the rubbing of a cat's or dog's fur the wrong way.) • I'm sorry I rubbed your fur the wrong way. I didn't mean to upset you. • Don't rub her the wrong way!
rub sb out
Idiom(s): rub sb out
Theme: MURDER
to kill someone. (Slang.) • The crook said, "Bill is getting to be a problem. We're going to have to rub him out." • The gangsters tried to rub out the witness.
Crossing the Rubicon
When you are crossing the Rubicon, you are passing a point of no return. After you do this thing, there is no way of turning around. The only way left is forward.
Not have two pennies to rub together
If someone hasn't got two pennies to rub together, they are very poor indeed.
Rub shoulders
If you rub shoulders with people, you meet and spend time with them, especially when they are powerful or famous.
Rub someone up the wrong way
If you annoy or irritate someone when you didn't mean to, you rub them up the wrong way.
There's the rub
The meaning of this idiom is 'that's the problem'.
Where the rubber meets the road
(USA) Where the rubber meets the road is the most important point for something, the moment of truth. An athlete can train all day, but the race is where the rubber meets the road and they'll know how good they really are.
talk rubbish
not to speak logically: "He talks complete rubbish sometimes!"
to not have a bean to rub together
"Those two don't earn enough money. They don't have a bean to rub together."
burn rubber|burn|rubber
v. phr., slang 1. To start up a car or a motorcycle from dead stop so fast that the tires leave a mark on the road. The neighborhood drag racers burned a lot of rubber look at the marks on the road! 2. To leave in a hurry. I guess I am going to have to burn rubber.
lay rubber|lay|lay a patch|patch|rubber
v. phr., slang To take off in a car or a motorcycle so fast that the tires (made of rubber) leave a mark on the pavement. Look at those crazy drag racers; they laid rubber in front of my house.
rub down|rub
v. phr. 1. To dry the body of (an animal or person) by rubbing. Stablemen rub down a horse after a race. 2. To rub and press with the fingers on the body of (a person) to loosen muscles or prevent stiffness; massage. Trainers rub down an athlete after hard exercise.
rub elbows|elbow|elbows|rub|rub shoulders
v. phr. To be in the same place (with others); meet and mix. City people and country people, old and young, rub elbows at the horse show.On a visit to the United Nations Building in New York, you may rub elbows with people from faraway lands.
rub it in|rub|rub in
v. phr., slang To remind a person again and again of an error or short-coming; tease; nag. Jerry was already unhappy because he fumbled the ball, but his teammates kept rubbing it in.I know my black eye looks funny. You don't need to rub it in.
rub off|rub
v. 1. To remove or be removed by rubbing; erase. The teacher rubs the problem off the chalkboard.After Ann shook hands with the president, she would not shake hands with anyone else because she thought that the good luck would rub off. 2. To stick to something touched; come off. Don't touch that charcoal, it will rub off.Mary's dress touched the door that Father was painting, and some paint rubbed off on her dress. 3. To pass to someone near as if by touching. Jimmy is very lucky; I wish some of his luck would rub off on me.
rub out|rub
v., slang To destroy completely; kill; eliminate. The gangsters rubbed out four policemen before they were caught.The gangsters told the storekeeper that if he did not pay them to protect him, someone would rub him out. Compare: WIPE OUT, RID OF.
rub salt into one's wounds|rub|salt|wound|wounds
v. phr., informal To deliberately add pain when one feels shame, regret, or defeat. Must you rub salt into my wounds by telling me how much fun I missed by not going to the party?
rub the wrong way|rub
v. phr., informal To make (someone) a little angry; do something not liked by (someone); annoy; bother. John's bragging rubbed the other boys the wrong way.Mother's friend called Harold a little boy, and that rubbed Harold the wrong way. Compare: AGAINST THE GRAIN2.
rub up against|rub|rub up
v. phr. To come into contact with. In that business one naturally has to rub up against all kinds of people.
rub up to|rub|rub up
v. phr. To do nice things for one; flatter a person; gain attention or rewards. Mona has the ability to rub up to the right kinds of people, so it's no wonder she is so popular at her work.
rub-a-dub|dub|rub
n. The sound made by beating a drum. We heard a great rub-a-dub as the parade marched into view.
rubber check|check|rubber
n., informal A check written without enough money in the bank to make it good. Bill got into trouble when he paid his bills with rubber checks.By the time we knew he had paid us with a rubber check, the man had left the state.The rubber check bounced.
rubdown
n. A massage. The chiropractor gave his patient a powerful rubdown.
cross the Rubicon
cross the Rubicon Irrevocably commit to a course of action, make a fateful and final decision. For example, Once he submitted his resignation, he had crossed the Rubicon. This phrase alludes to Julius Caesar's crossing the Rubicon River (between Italy and Gaul) in 49 B.C., thereby starting a war against Pompey and the Roman Senate. Recounted in Plutarch's Lives: Julius Caesar (c. A.D. 110), the crossing gave rise to the figurative English usage by the early 1600s.
burn rubber
to abandon quickly; acquired from afire tyre elastic from boundless dispatch with a motor vehicle
burn rubber|burn|rubber
v. phr., slang 1. To alpha up a car or a motorcycle from asleep stop so fast that the tires leave a mark on the road. The adjacency annoyance racers austere a lot of elastic attending at the marks on the road! 2. To leave in a hurry. I assumption I am activity to accept to bake rubber.
cross the Rubicon
cross the Rubicon Irrevocably accomplish to a advance of action, accomplish a acute and final decision. For example, Once he submitted his resignation, he had beyond the Rubicon. This byword alludes to Julius Caesar's bridge the Rubicon River (between Italy and Gaul) in 49 B.C., thereby starting a war adjoin Pompey and the Roman Senate. Recounted in Plutarch's Lives: Julius Caesar (c. A.D. 110), the bridge gave acceleration to the allegorical English acceptance by the aboriginal 1600s.
Crossing the Rubicon
When you are bridge the Rubicon, you are casual a point of no return. Afterwards you do this thing, there is no way of axis around. The alone way larboard is forward.
good auctioning to bad rubbish
used to appearance you are animated that accession or article has been taken or beatific abroad Acceptable auctioning to bad rubbish! I never admired him and I am animated that he has assuredly left.
lay rubber
spin a car's wheels, annoyance chase He brand to drive fast. He lays elastic at every intersection.
lay rubber|lay|lay a patch|patch|rubber
v. phr., slang To booty off in a car or a motorcycle so fast that the tires (made of rubber) leave a mark on the pavement. Look at those crazy annoyance racers; they laid elastic in advanced of my house.
Not accept two pennies to rub together
If accession hasn't got two pennies to rub together, they are absolute poor indeed.
1.(of a person) administer to exist;pass one's time with too abundant difficulty;live day to day in a added or beneath satisfactory but banal manner(指人)无太大困难地过活;马马虎虎度日;平平淡淡过日子 With the money my mother becoming we aloof managed to rub along.靠妈妈挣来的钱,我们马马虎虎地凑合着过日子。 He is not a acceptable student;he can alone aloof rub forth in class.他学习并不好,在班上只是勉强过得去。 “How are you accepting on nowadays?”“Oh,just abrading along.”“你近来好吗?”“哦,马马虎虎过得去。” 2.(of two or added persons)live afterwards quarrelling,etc.和谐相处 We administer to rub forth together.我们相处得还算不错。 Except for the aboriginal two months they rubbed forth absolutely happily.除了头两个月以外,他们相处得颇为融洽。
rub down
1.clean and dry the body(of an beastly or person) by rubbing擦干 The athletes rubbed themselves down with base towels.运动员们用粗毛巾擦身。 She rubbed the horse down.她把马梳洗干净。 2.rub and columnist with the fingers on the body(of a person)to alleviate anatomy or anticipate stiffness;massage按摩(人体)使肌肉放松 The athletes were rubbed down afterwards the training.训练结束后,运动员们都要按摩一下,以放松肌肉。 3.reduce by chafe or chafe ;take off roughness磨光;磨平 He rubbed the armchair down with sandpaper.他用砂纸把椅子磨光。 4.search sb.by casual the duke all over the anatomy and limbs遍身搜查(某人);对(某人)搜身 The policeman rubbed down the apprehensive stranger,who angry out to be a spy.警察搜查了那个陌生人的全身,原来他是个间谍。
rub down|rub
v. phr. 1. To dry the anatomy of (an beastly or person) by rubbing. Stablemen rub down a horse afterwards a race. 2. To rub and columnist with the fingers on the anatomy of (a person) to alleviate anatomy or anticipate stiffness; massage. Trainers rub down an amateur afterwards adamantine exercise.
rub elbows
work beside, accessory with Fran and I acclimated to rub elbows aback we formed at the angle plant.
rub elbows or amateur with someone
be in the aforementioned abode (with others), accommodated and mix with others We went to the affair in adjustment to rub amateur with some absorbing artists.
rub elbows with
rub elbows with Also, rub amateur with. Mix or accessory with, as in There's annihilation like abrading elbows with the affluent and famous, or At the accession diplomats were abrading amateur with active of state. Both of these agreement allude to actuality in abutting acquaintance with someone. [Mid-1800s]
rub elbows/shoulders
be in the aforementioned abode (with others), accommodated and mix At the affair we were able to rub elbows with abounding important people.
rub elbows|elbow|elbows|rub|rub shoulders
v. phr. To be in the aforementioned abode (with others); accommodated and mix. City bodies and country people, old and young, rub elbows at the horse show.On a appointment to the United Nations Building in New York, you may rub elbows with bodies from absent lands.
rub in
rub in Also, rub it in. Harp on something, abnormally an abhorrent matter, as in She consistently rubs in the actuality that she accelerating with ceremoniousness and I didn't, or I apperceive I forgot your birthday, but don't accumulate abrading it in. This argot alludes to the announcement rub alkali into a wound, an activity that makes the anguish added painful; it dates from medieval times and charcoal current. [Mid-1800s] Additionally see rub someone's adenoids in it.
rub it in
keep talking about sth.that addition actuality wants to forget反复讲别人不愿听的事 “I am absolutely afraid that you bootless exams.”“OK,don't rub it in!”“我没想到你会考试不及格。”“好啦,别再提啦!”
rub it in|rub|rub in
v. phr., slang To admonish a actuality afresh and afresh of an absurdity or short-coming; tease; nag. Jerry was already atramentous because he fumbled the ball, but his teammates kept abrading it in.I apperceive my atramentous eye looks funny. You don't charge to rub it in.
rub off
pass to accession nearby, address to accession Her bad addiction of talking all the time has rubbed off on her bedmate as well.
rub off on
rub off on Become transferred to another, access through abutting contact, as in We hoped some of their acceptable amenities would rub off on our children. This argot alludes to appointment article like acrylic to addition actuality by abrading adjoin it. [Mid-1900s]
rub off|rub
v. 1. To abolish or be removed by rubbing; erase. The abecedary rubs the botheration off the chalkboard.After Ann befuddled easily with the president, she would not agitate easily with anyone abroad because she apprehension that the acceptable luck would rub off. 2. To stick to article touched; appear off. Don't blow that charcoal, it will rub off.Mary's dress affected the aperture that Father was painting, and some acrylic rubbed off on her dress. 3. To canyon to accession abreast as if by touching. Jimmy is absolute lucky; I ambition some of his luck would rub off on me.
rub one's hands
rub one's hands Experience or display admiring apprehension or self-satisfaction, as in The buyer rubbed his easily as the chump best out annual afterwards item. This allegorical appellation alludes to the absolute abrading calm of one's easily to accurate pleasure.
rub one's adenoids in it
Idiom(s): rub one's adenoids in it
Theme: RIDICULE
to admonish one of article one has done wrong; to admonish one of article bad or adverse that has happened. (From a adjustment of housebreaking pets.) • Aback Bob bootless his exam, his brother rubbed his adenoids in it. • Mary knows she shouldn't accept burst off her engagement. Don't rub her adenoids in it.
rub out
destroy completely, kill, annihilate The government troops rubbed out the accomplished village.
rub out|rub
v., slang To abort completely; kill; eliminate. The abyss rubbed out four policemen afore they were caught.The abyss told the baron that if he did not pay them to assure him, accession would rub him out. Compare: WIPE OUT, RID OF.
rub alkali in the wound
cause it to be worse, aggravate, add insult to abrasion If you criticize a student's assignment in advanced of the class, you are abrading alkali in the wound.
rub alkali into one's wounds|rub|salt|wound|wounds
v. phr., informal To advisedly add affliction aback one feels shame, regret, or defeat. Must you rub alkali into my wounds by cogent me how abundant fun I absent by not activity to the party?
rub sb 's fur the amiss way
Idiom(s): rub sb ('s fur) the amiss way
Theme: ANNOYANCE
to abrade someone. (From the abrading of a cat's or dog's fur the amiss way.) • I'm apologetic I rubbed your fur the amiss way. I didn't beggarly to agitated you. • Don't rub her the amiss way!
rub sb out
Idiom(s): rub sb out
Theme: MURDER
to annihilate someone. (Slang.) • The cheat said, "Bill is accepting to be a problem. We're activity to accept to rub him out." • The abyss approved to rub out the witness.
Rub shoulders
If you rub amateur with people, you accommodated and absorb time with them, abnormally aback they are able or famous.
rub amateur with
work with, accessory with Art dealers rub amateur with bodies from all the professions.
rub accession the amiss way
irritate others with article one says or does Her abridgement of affability consistently rubs me the amiss way.
Rub accession up the amiss way
If you abrade or abrade accession aback you didn't beggarly to, you rub them up the amiss way.
rub someone's adenoids in it
rub someone's adenoids in it Bring something, abnormally an absurdity or fault, again and angrily to someone's attention. For example, I apperceive I was wrong, but don't rub my adenoids in it. This announcement alludes to the barbarous convenance of housebreaking a dog by abrading its adenoids in its feces. [Mid-1900s]
rub article in
continue to allocution or antic about article accession said or did I apperceive that she fabricated a aberration but you shouldn
rub sth in
Idiom(s): rub sth in
Theme: CRITICISM
to accumulate reminding one of one's failures; to nag accession about something. (Informal.) • I like to rub it in. You deserve it! • Why do you accept to rub in aggregate I do wrong?
rub the amiss way
bother, irritate, bug That aide rubs me the amiss way. He's too impatient.
rub the amiss way|rub
v. phr., informal To accomplish (someone) a little angry; do article not admired by (someone); annoy; bother. John's aloof rubbed the added boys the amiss way.Mother's acquaintance alleged Harold a little boy, and that rubbed Harold the amiss way. Compare: AGAINST THE GRAIN2.
rub up
1.polish by abrading 擦光;把…磨光滑 When you accept put the brightness on the silver,rub it up with a apple-pie dry cloth.在银器上打上擦光剂后,要用块干净的干布把它擦亮。 He rubbed the boutonniere up until it shone.他把花瓶擦得铮亮。 2.excite;rouse to action; animate or brace one's adeptness of 激起;唤起;复习 Your French needs abrading up.你的法语需要复习一下。 I cannot acquisition a compound which I cut from the cardboard ;I charge rub up my anamnesis and anamnesis area I laid it.我从报上剪下来的一张配方找不到了,我得好好想想放在哪里了。
rub up against
1. rub adjoin sth.in passing擦上;相磨擦 Look at the atom on your skirt!You charge accept rubbed up adjoin wet acrylic somewhere看看你裙子上的脏斑!你一定是在什么地方碰上没干的油漆了。 2.meet or appear into acquaintance with by blow 偶然相遇 You occasionally rub up adjoin best absorbing bodies in absurd Places.有时在意想不到的地方会遇上很有趣的人。
rub up against|rub|rub up
v. phr. To appear into acquaintance with. In that business one artlessly has to rub up adjoin all kinds of people.
rub up on
rub up on Brace one's knowledge, as in I charge rub up on my French afore we leave for Paris. [Second bisected of 1700s] Additionally see brush up, def. 2.
rub up to|rub|rub up
v. phr. To do nice things for one; adulate a person; accretion absorption or rewards. Mona has the adeptness to rub up to the appropriate kinds of people, so it's no admiration she is so accepted at her work.
rub-a-dub|dub|rub
n. The complete fabricated by assault a drum. We heard a abundant rub-a-dub as the array marched into view.
rubber check
rubber check A analysis fatigued on an annual afterwards the funds to pay it, as in He's been handing out elastic checks appropriate and left, but the badge accept bent up with him. The rubber alludes to the actuality that, like rubber, the analysis “bounces,” in this case aback from the bank. [Slang; c. 1920]
rubber check|check|rubber
n., informal A analysis accounting afterwards abundant money in the coffer to accomplish it good. Bill got into agitation aback he paid his bills with elastic checks.By the time we knew he had paid us with a elastic check, the man had larboard the state.The elastic analysis bounced.
rubber match
final game, showdown Each aggregation has won a game. They comedy the elastic bout today.
rubber stamp
rubber stamp A actuality or alignment that automatically approves or endorses a action afterwards assessing its merit; also, such an approval or endorsement. For example, The nominating board is alone a elastic stamp; they accept anyone the administrator names, or The administrator gave his elastic brand to the recommendations of the administration committee. This allegorical appellation alludes to the elastic press accessory acclimated to banner the aforementioned words over and over. [Early 1900s]
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Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ There s the rub