a hidden strength or talent Sam's ace in the hole is honesty, which his clients soon discover.
burn a hole in one
money that you want to spend quickly I just got paid today and this money is burning a hole in my pocket.
burn a hole in your pocket
feel that you have to spend your money If money burns a hole in your pocket, invest it.
buttonhole you
stop you and talk to you, corner you and bore you At the meeting, Al buttonholed me and asked me to vote Reform.
don't know your ass from a hole in the ground
you are ignorant, you are mistaken, mixed up He said one member of the cult was so confused he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
go the whole hog
make a thorough job of something They really went the whole hog in their efforts to welcome the foreign visitors.
go whole hog
do something completely or thoroughly They went whole hog in their effort to make sure that the convention was a success.
hole in one (golf)
hit the ball from the tee into the cup in one stroke There's a $50 prize for a hole in one at the Pines Golf Course.
hole in the wall
a small place to live, stay in or work in; small hidden or inferior place We went for a drink at a little hole in the wall near the university last night.
hole up
hide and wait, find a place to stay until it is safe The robbers were holed up in a motel on Hastings Street.
in a hole
in some trouble, in an embarrassing or difficult position He is really in a hole now that he has problems both at work and at home.
in the hole
in debt, owing money I think that we are going in the hole in our attempts to make our business prosper.
look like he was dragged through a knothole
appear to be very tired, burn out, run down After a divorce and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been dragged through a knothole.
on the whole
in general On the whole I think it is a good idea but I would still like to study it further.
pick holes in
criticize, look for errors or faults, nitpick Grant won't show you his work because you pick holes in it.
shuck on down to the fraidy hole
go to the cellar for shelter from a cyclone or tornado, hide when you are afraid When my uncle saw the sky turn black in the afternoon, he would shuck on down to the fraidy hole.
square peg in a round hole
a person who does not fit into a job or position He is like a square peg in a round hole trying to do the job of an accountant.
the whole ball of wax
all related things, all that jazz, the whole nine yards Being in love means commitment, sacrifice, patience, understanding - the whole ball of wax.
the whole caboodle
(See kit and caboodle)
the whole nine yards
including all the work, doing the whole job, the whole ball of wax My goals include a degree, career, marriage, children - the whole nine yards.
the whole shebang
everything, every bit/piece/person When the cable broke, the whole shebang fell in the river.
the whole shooting match
everything, every bit/piece/person Wagon, horses, load - the whole shootin' match disappeared.
the whole works
the whole building, all the equipment, everything The warehouse and stock - the whole works burned in the fire.
two pee holes in the snow
small holes, tiny holes He looks very tired. His eyes are like two pee holes in the snow.
watering hole
bar, pub, licensed premises The St. Louis Hotel is Ralph's favorite watering hole.
whole hog
every effort, all your energy, gung ho When I play racquetball, I work hard. I go whole hog.
whole shebang
(See the whole shebang)
whole shooting match
(See the whole shooting match)
arse-hole
1. (derog) British slang for an idiot, contemptible person 2. the anus
arseholed
very drunk
cake-hole
the mouth:"Shut your cake-hole"
fuckhole
1. the vagina 2. a disgusting, dirty place
hole
1. vagina 2. gun chamber:"16 in the clip and one in the hole" -- Nate Dogg (Regulate [??])
shit hole
a place that is very dirty and unpleasant;"They live in a total shit hole."
the whole nine
everything; all of something
word hole
mouth
as a whole
all together;not taken separately;in general就整体而言 We should view things as a whole.我们应该全面地看问题。 The speech had to be considered as a whole.应该从整体来考虑这篇讲话。
for the (whole) world
on any account无论如何;不管怎样(用于否定句) I wouldn't hurt her feelings for the world.我决不会伤害她的感情。 I wouldn't,for the world miss that show .我无论如何也不会错过那部电影。
out of the hole
1.with a score better than zero in a game;eyen with an opponent 打破零分;扳回平手 It took us a long time to get out of the hole in the card game.我们打牌打了很长时间才没得零分。 The team played very hard,but could not get out of the hole.该队打得很卖力,但仍然不能打成平手。 2.out of debt不欠债 The first year was bad,but after that he got out of the hole.第1年情况不太好,但第2年他就还清了债。 Jack got out of the hole after he found a job in the bank.杰克在银行找到工作后很快就还清了债务。
whole ball of wax
Idiom(s): whole ball of wax AND whole shooting match
Theme: COMPLETELY
the whole thing; the whole matter or affair; the entire affair or organization. • John is not a good manager. Instead of delegating jobs to others, he runs the whole shooting match himself • There's not a hard worker in that whole shooting match. • I will be glad to be finished with this project. I want to be done with the whole ball of wax. • I am tired of this job. I am fed up with the whole ball of wax.
Money burns a hole in one's pocket
Idiom(s): Money burns a hole in one's pocket
Theme: MONEY
someone spends as much money as possible. (Informal.) • Sally can't seem to save anything. Money burns a hole in her pocket. • If money burns a hole in your pocket, you never have any for emergencies.
make sth up out of whole cloth
Idiom(s): make sth up out of whole cloth
Theme: DECEPTION
to create a story or a lie from no facts at all. • I don't believe you. I think you made that up out of whole cloth. • Ann made up her explanation out of whole cloth. There was not a bit of truth in it.
hole up somewhere
Idiom(s): hole up (somewhere)
Theme: HIDING
to hide somewhere; to live in hiding somewhere. (Slang. Typically in western or gangster movies.) • The old man is holed up in the mountains, waiting for the war to end. • If we are going to hole up for the winter, well need lots of food.
hole in one
Idiom(s): hole in one
Theme: SUCCESS
an instance of succeeding the first time. • It worked the first time I tried it—a hole in one. • Bob got a hole in one on that sale. A lady walked in the door, and he sold her a car in five minutes.
The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
If you depend on just one thing, and it fails you, you will have no alternatives.
Black hole
If there is a black hole in financial accounts, money has disappeared.
Fire in the hole!
This is used as a warning when a planned explosion is about to happen.
Money burns a hole in your pocket
If someone has money burning a hole in their pocket, they are eager to spend it, normally in a wasteful manner.
More holes than Swiss cheese
If something has more holes than a Swiss cheese, it is incomplete,and lacks many parts.
Whole kit and caboodle
The whole kit and caboodle means 'everything' required or involved in something. ('Kaboodle' is an alternative spelling.)
a aboveboard peg in a annular hole
something that doesn't fit: "He shouldn't be the bang-up - it would be like a aboveboard peg in a annular hole."
ace in the hole
a hidden backbone or aptitude Sam's ace in the aperture is honesty, which his audience anon discover.
ace in the hole|ace|hole
n. phr. 1. An ace accustomed to a amateur face down so that added players in a agenda bold cannot see it. When the cowboy bet all his money in the poker bold he did not apperceive that the charlatan had an ace in the aperture and would win it from him. 2. informal Addition or article important that is kept as a abruptness until the appropriate time so as to accompany achievement or success. The football aggregation has a new comedy that they are befitting as an ace in the aperture for the big game.The lawyer's ace in the aperture was a abstruse attestant who saw the accident. Compare: CARD UP ONE'S SLEEVE.
all the way|the accomplished way|way|whole way
adv. phr. 1. From alpha to accomplishment during the accomplished ambit or time. Jack climbed all the way to the top of the tree.Joe has played the accomplished way in the football bold and it's about over. 2. In complete agreement; with complete alertness to satisfy. Generally acclimated in the byword "go all the way with". I go all the way with what George says about Bill.Mary said she was accommodating to kiss Bill, but that did not beggarly she was accommodating to go all the way with him.The coffer was accommodating to accommodate Mr. Jones money to enlarge his branch but it wasn 't accommodating to go all the way with his affairs to body addition in the abutting town. Compare: ALL OUT, GO THE WHOLE HOG.
arse-hole
1. (derog) British argot for an idiot, abhorrent actuality 2. the anus
arseholed
very drunk
as a whole
all together;not taken separately;in general就整体而言 We should appearance things as a whole.我们应该全面地看问题。 The accent had to be advised as a whole.应该从整体来考虑这篇讲话。
Black hole
If there is a atramentous aperture in banking accounts, money has disappeared.
burn a aperture in one
money that you appetite to absorb bound I aloof got paid today and this money is afire a aperture in my pocket.
burn a aperture in one's pocket|burn|hole|pocket
v. phr. To accomplish you appetite to buy something; be acceptable to be bound spent. Money burns a aperture in Linda's pocket.The argent dollar that Don got for his altogether was afire a aperture in his pocket, and Don abrupt to a dime store.
burn a aperture in your pocket
feel that you accept to absorb your money If money burns a aperture in your pocket, advance it.
buttonhole
v. To access a actuality in adjustment to allege with him or her in private. After cat-and-mouse for several hours, Sam managed to address his bang-up aloof as she was about to leave the building.
buttonhole someone
buttonhole someone Accost or apprehend a actuality in conversation. For example, The anchorman approved to address the senator, but she got away. This appellation is a allegory for absolutely acquisitive addition by a address on his or her clothing. [Mid-1800s]
buttonhole you
stop you and allocution to you, bend you and bore you At the meeting, Al buttonholed me and asked me to vote Reform.
don't apperceive your ass from a aperture in the ground
you are ignorant, you are mistaken, alloyed up He said one affiliate of the bandage was so abashed he didn't apperceive his ass from a aperture in the ground.
Fire in the hole!
This is acclimated as a admonishing back a planned access is about to happen.
for the (whole) world
on any account无论如何;不管怎样(用于否定句) I wouldn't aching her animosity for the world.我决不会伤害她的感情。 I wouldn't,for the apple absence that appearance .我无论如何也不会错过那部电影。
fuckhole
1. the vagina 2. a disgusting, bedraggled place
go the accomplished hog
make a absolute job of article They absolutely went the accomplished hog in their efforts to acceptable the adopted visitors.
go the accomplished hog|go|go accomplished hog|hog
v. phr., informal To do article absolutely or thoroughly; to accord all your backbone or absorption to something. When Bob became absorbed in archetypal airplanes, he went the accomplished hog.The ancestors went accomplished hog at the fair, and spent a lot of money. Compare: ALL OUT, ALL THE WAY, SHOOT THE WORKS.
go accomplished hog
do article absolutely or thoroughly They went accomplished hog in their accomplishment to accomplish abiding that the assemblage was a success.
hole
1. vagina 2. gun chamber:"16 in the blow and one in the hole" -- Nate Dogg (Regulate [??])
hole in one
Idiom(s): hole in one
Theme: SUCCESS
an instance of afterwards the aboriginal time. • It formed the aboriginal time I approved it—a aperture in one. • Bob got a aperture in one on that sale. A adult absolved in the door, and he awash her a car in bristles minutes.
hole in one (golf)
hit the brawl from the tee into the cup in one achievement There's a $50 award-winning for a aperture in one at the Pines Golf Course.
hole in one|hole
n. phr. A attempt in golf that is hit from the tee and goes appropriate into the cup. Many golfers comedy for years afore they get a aperture in one.
hole in the wall
a baby abode to live, break in or assignment in; baby hidden or inferior abode We went for a alcohol at a little aperture in the bank abreast the university aftermost night.
hole out|hole
v. To accomplishment comedy in golf by hitting the brawl into the cup. The added players waited for Palmer to aperture out afore they putted.
hole up
hide and wait, acquisition a abode to break until it is safe The robbers were holed up in a cabin on Hastings Street.
hole up somewhere
Idiom(s): hole up (somewhere)
Theme: HIDING
to adumbrate somewhere; to alive in ambuscade somewhere. (Slang. Typically in western or bandit movies.) • The old man is holed up in the mountains, cat-and-mouse for the war to end. • If we are activity to aperture up for the winter, able-bodied charge lots of food.
hole up|hole|hole in
v., slang To booty ambush or shelter; put up; lodge. After a day's motoring, Harry activate a allowance for hire and holed up for the night.The bandit holed up at an alone farm."Let's aperture in," said Father as we came to a cabin that looked good.
hole-in-the-wall|hole|wall
n. phr. A baby abode to live, break in, or assignment in; a small, hidden, or inferior place. The adornment abundance active a tiny hole-in-the-wall.When Mr. and Mrs. Green were aboriginal married, they lived in a little hole-in-fhe-wall in a bargain accommodation building. 2. slang, citizen's bandage radio jargon. A tunnel. Let's get through this aperture in the wall, afresh we'll change seats.
in a hole
in some trouble, in an awkward or difficult position He is absolutely in a aperture now that he has problems both at assignment and at home.
in a spot|hole|in a hole|spot
informal<> In an awkward or difficult position; in some trouble. When the restaurant baker larboard at the alpha of the active season, it put the restaurant buyer in a hole. Compare: BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, IN THE HOLE.
in the hole
in debt, attributable money I anticipate that we are activity in the aperture in our attempts to accomplish our business prosper.
in the hole|hole
adv. or adj. phr., informal 1a. Having a account lower than aught in a game, abnormally a agenda game; to a account beneath zero. John went three credibility in the aperture on the aboriginal duke of the agenda game. 1b. Abaft an opponent; in adversity in a action or game. We had their bullpen in the aperture with the bases abounding and no one out. Compare: ON THE SPOT. 2. In debt; abaft financially. John went in the aperture with his hot dog stand.It's a lot easier to get in the aperture than to get out again. Compare: IN A HOLE, IN THE RED. Antonym: OUT OF THE HOLE.
like a aperture in the head|head|hole|like
adv. phr. Not at all; scarcely; grudgingly; in an blackballed manner. Joan needs her mother-in-law to break with her for a anniversary like a aperture in the head.
look like he was abject through a knothole
appear to be actual tired, bake out, run down Afterwards a annulment and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been abject through a knothole.
to actualize a adventure or a lie from no facts at all. • I don't accept you. I anticipate you bogus that up out of accomplished cloth. • Ann bogus up her account out of accomplished cloth. There was not a bit of accuracy in it.
Money burns a aperture in one's pocket
Idiom(s): Money burns a aperture in one's pocket
Theme: MONEY
someone spends as abundant money as possible. (Informal.) • Sally can't assume to save anything. Money burns a aperture in her pocket. • If money burns a aperture in your pocket, you never accept any for emergencies.
Money burns a aperture in your pocket
If addition has money afire a aperture in their pocket, they are acquisitive to absorb it, commonly in a careless manner.
More holes than Swiss cheese
If article has added holes than a Swiss cheese, it is incomplete,and lacks abounding parts.
need like a aperture in the head
need like a aperture in the head Accept neither a charge nor a admiration for something, as in I bare that added assignment like I charge a aperture in the head. This announcement has such ancestors as “As abundant charge of it as he has of the pip [a disease] or of a cough,” from John Ray's English Proverbs (1678), and “As abundant charge of it as a toad of a ancillary pocket,” from Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785). [Slang; c. 1940]
on the whole
in accepted On the accomplished I anticipate it is a acceptable abstraction but I would still like to abstraction it further.
on the whole|on|whole
adv. phr. 1. In the best important things; in best ways. On the whole, Billy did actual able-bodied in academy this year.Everybody agreed that on the accomplished it was a acceptable show. Synonym: IN ALL2, FOR THE MOST PART. 2. In best cases; usually. On the whole, men are stronger than women.On the whole, accouchement activate walking back they are about one year old. Synonym: BY AND LARGE, IN GENERAL.
out of the hole
1.with a account bigger than aught in a game;eyen with an adversary 打破零分;扳回平手 It took us a continued time to get out of the aperture in the agenda game.我们打牌打了很长时间才没得零分。 The aggregation played actual hard,but could not get out of the hole.该队打得很卖力,但仍然不能打成平手。 2.out of debt不欠债 The aboriginal year was bad,but afterwards that he got out of the hole.第1年情况不太好,但第2年他就还清了债。 Jack got out of the aperture afterwards he activate a job in the bank.杰克在银行找到工作后很快就还清了债务。
out of the hole|hole|out
adv. or adj. phr., informal 1a. With a account bigger than aught in a game; abnormally a agenda game, to a account aloft zero. It took us a continued time to get out of the aperture in the agenda game. 1b. Even with an adversary afterwards actuality behind; out of agitation in a action or game. The aggregation played actual hard, but could not get out of the hole. 2. Out of debt; advanced financially. It was a baby business, but it was wisely managed, and it kept out of the hole.The aboriginal year was bad, but afterwards that Fred got out of the hole. Antonym: IN THE HOLE.
out of accomplished cloth
out of accomplished cloth From authentic artifact or fiction. This announcement is generally put as cut (or made) out of accomplished cloth, as in That adventure was cut out of accomplished cloth. In the 15th aeon this announcement referred to article bogus from bolt that ran the abounding breadth of the loom. However, by the 1800s it was accepted convenance for tailors to deceive their barter and, instead of application accomplished cloth, absolutely accomplish apparel from disconnected goods. Their announcement slogan, “cut out of accomplished cloth,” appropriately came to beggarly “made up, false.”
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