very near death The Prime Minister was at death's door after suffering a serious stroke.
darken a church door
attend church, go to a church service He never darkens a church door except to attend funerals.
dead as a doornail
dead, showing no signs of life, stone dead It's only a stuffed bear. It's dead as a doornail.
door to door
going from one house to the next house We went door to door asking for donations for the team.
foot in the door
an opening or opportunity I finally got a foot in the door when they accepted my application.
Katie bar the door
get ready for trouble, a desperate situation is at hand The gang arrived at the bar and were ready to come in and fight. Well, Katie bar the door.
keep the wolf from the door
keep us fed, prevent hunger This cheque will keep the wolf from the door. We can buy food.
kitty bar the door
play defensively, play only to prevent a goal In the third period we played kitty bar the door and won 4-2.
leave the door open
allow people to reply, invite a response, feel free to reply If you offer to provide answers to their questions, you leave the door open for a reply.
lock the barn door after the horse is gone
be careful or try to make something certain after it is too late Now he wants to try and fix his house but it is like locking the barn door after the horse is gone. There was already a flood and the damage is done.
lock the barn door after the horse is stolen
be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late If you try and prevent a flood after the rains have started it is like locking the barn door after the horse is stolen.
open some doors
provide opportunities, help someone succeed I'm hoping my college diploma will open some doors.
show someone the door
ask someone to go away When he started yelling in the restaurant he was quickly shown the door.
the wolf is at the door
poverty is coming, keep the wolf... A month after my husband lost his job, the wolf was at the door.
backdoor
a euphemism for the anus
next door to
1.in or to the next house of在…隔壁 He lives next door to me.他住在我隔壁。 2.very close to;almost the same as几乎等于;接近于 Publishing secrets about the country's missiles is next door to treason.刊登有关国家导弹的秘密等于叛国。 The sick man was next door to death.这病人即将死亡。
open its doors
1.allow sb.or sth.to enter or join开门接纳;开放 That college was started for women only,but a few years ago,it opened its doors to men.那所学校原先只收女生,数年后兼收男生。 The art exhibition has opened its doors to both professional and amateur artists.艺术展览馆对专业的和业余的艺术工作者开放。 2.begin doing business开张;开门The new department store opened irs doors last week.那家新百货商店上星期刚开张。
open tne door
give a chance提供机会 The success of the operation on his legs opened the door to a whole new life for him.他腿部手术的成功给他带来了新生活的希望。 This agreement opens the door to advances in every field.这个协议为各方面的发展创造了条件。 Higher education opens the door to a better jobs.高等教育为寻求较好职业创造了条件。
shut the door on
Idiom(s): shut the door on something AND close the door on someone or something
Theme: STOP
to terminate, exclude, or obstruct something. • Your bad attitude shuts the door on any future cooperation from me. • The bad service at that store closes the door on any more business from my company.
show sb to the door
Idiom(s): show someone (to) the door AND see someone to the door
Theme: DISMISSAL
to lead or take someone to the door or exit. • After we finished our talk, she showed me to the door. • Bill and I finished our chat as he saw me to the door.
open the door to
Idiom(s): open the door to sth
Theme: PERMISSION
to permit or allow something to become a possibility. • Your policy opens the door to cheating. • Your statement opens the door to John's candidacy.
get one's foot in the door
Idiom(s): get one's foot in the door
Theme: ADVANTAGE - GAIN
to achieve a favorable position (for further action); to take the first step in a process. • I think I could get the job if I could only get my foot in the door. • It pays to get your foot in the door. Try to get an appointment with the boss. • I have a better chance now that I have my foot in the door.
from door to door
Idiom(s): from door to door
Theme: PROXIMITY
moving from one door to another—typically, from one house to another. • Anne went from door to door, selling books, to earn money for college. • The children went from door to door, saying "Trick or treat!" at each one.
darken one's door
Idiom(s): darken one's door
Theme: VISITING
[for an unwelcome person] to come to someone's door seeking entry. (As if the visitor were casting a shadow on the door. Formal, or even jocular.) • Who is this who has come to darken my door? • Is that you, John, darkening my door again? I thought you were out of town. • The heroine of the drama told the villain never to darken her door again. • She touched the back of her hand to her forehead and said, "Go and never darken my door again!"
big as all outdoors
Idiom(s): (as) big as all outdoors
Theme: SIZE
very big, usually referring to a space of some kind. (Folksy.) • You should see Bob's living room. It's as big as all outdoors. • The new movie theater is as big as all outdoors.
behind closed doors
Idiom(s): behind closed doors
Theme: SECRECY
in secret; away from observers, reporters, or intruders. • They held the meeting behind closed doors, as the law allowed. • Every important issue was decided behind closed doors.
beat a path to one's door
Idiom(s): beat a path to one's door
Theme: ATTRACTION
[for people] to come to someone in great numbers. (So many people will wish to come and see you that they will wear down a pathway to your door.) • I have a product so good that everyone is beating a path to my door. • If you really become famous, people will beat a path to your door.
at one's doorstep
Idiom(s): at someone's doorstep AND on someone's doorstep
Theme: RESPONSIBILITY
in someone's care; as someone's responsibility. • Why do you always have to lay your problems at my doorstep? • I shall put this issue on someone else's doorstep. • I don't want it on my doorstep.
see sb to the door
Idiom(s): show someone (to) the door AND see someone to the door
Theme: DISMISSAL
to lead or take someone to the door or exit. • After we finished our talk, she showed me to the door. • Bill and I finished our chat as he saw me to the door.
on one's doorstep
Idiom(s): at someone's doorstep AND on someone's doorstep
Theme: RESPONSIBILITY
in someone's care; as someone's responsibility. • Why do you always have to lay your problems at my doorstep? • I shall put this issue on someone else's doorstep. • I don't want it on my doorstep.
close the door on
Idiom(s): shut the door on something AND close the door on someone or something
Theme: STOP
to terminate, exclude, or obstruct something. • Your bad attitude shuts the door on any future cooperation from me. • The bad service at that store closes the door on any more business from my company.
By the back door
If something is started or introduced by the back door, then it is not done openly or by following the proper procedures.
Close the stable door after the horse has bolted
If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted. 'Close the barn door after the horse has bolted' is alternative, often used in American English.
Doormat
A person who doesn't stand up for themselves and gets treated badly is a doormat.
Fortune knocks once at every man's door
Everyone gets one good chance in a lifetime.
Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
If someone takes action too late, they do this; there is no reason to lock an empty stable.
Never darken my door again
This is a way of telling someone never to visit you again.
Swinging door
This idiom refers to something or someone that can go in two conflicting or opposite directions.
When one door shuts another opens.
Failure should not discourage us, for some other opportunity always exists.
at death's door|death|death's door|door
adj. or adv. phr. Very near death; dying. He seemed to be at death's door from his illness.
at one's door|at one's doorstep|door|doorstep
adv. phr. 1. Very close; very near where you live or work. Johnny is very lucky because there's a swimming pool right at his doorstep.Mr. Green can get to work in only a few minutes because the subway is at his door. 2. See: LAY AT ONE'S DOOR.
back door|backdoor
n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon Rear of vehicle. I am watching your back door.
close its doors|close|door|doors
v. phr. 1. To keep someone or something from entering or joining; become closed. The club has closed its doors to new members. 2. To fail as a business; go bankrupt. The fire was so damaging that the store had to close its doors.Business was so poor that we had to close our doors after six months. Compare: CLOSE THE DOOR. Antonym: OPEN ITS DOORS.
close the door|bar the door|shut the door
v. phr. To prevent any more action or talk about a subject. The President's veto closed the door to any new attempt to pass the bill.Joan was much hurt by what Mary said, and she closed the door on Mary's attempt to apologize.After John makes up his mind, he closes the door to any more arguments. Antonym: OPEN THE DOOR.
closed-door|close|closed|door
adj. Away from the public; in private or in secret; limited to a few. The officers of the club held a closed-door meeting.The committee decided on a closed-door rule for the investigation. Compare: IN PRIVATE.
darken the door|darken|darken one's door|door
To appear, as in a doorway; enter someone's home or establishment. Used in negative imperative sentences especially with "never" and "again". If you leave this house now, never darken my door again.After a son shamed his father by having to go to prison, the father told him never to darken his door again.
dead as a doornail|dead|doornail
adj. phr. Completely dead without the slightest hope of resuscitation. This battery is dead as a doornail; no wonder your car won't start.
foot in the door|door|foot
n. phr., informal The first step toward getting or doing something; a start toward success; opening. Don't let Jane get her foot in the door by joining the club or soon she'll want to be president.
keep the wolf from the door|door|from the door|kee
v. phr. To avoid hunger, poverty, and/or creditors. "I don't like my job," Mike complained, "but I must do something to keep the wolves from the door." Compare: KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER.
lay at one's door|door|lay
v. phr., literary To blame (something) on a person. The failure of the plan was laid at his door. Compare: LAY TO1.
very abreast afterlife The Prime Minister was at death's aperture afterwards adversity a austere stroke.
at death's door|death|death's door|door
adj. or adv. phr. Actual abreast death; dying. He seemed to be at death's aperture from his illness.
at one's door
at one's door Also, on one's doorstep. Actual nearby, as in The bus stop was about on our doorstep, or The Mexican bill crisis is absolutely at our door. [Early 1900s] Also see lay at someone's door.
at one's door|at one's doorstep|door|doorstep
adv. phr. 1. Actual close; actual abreast area you alive or work. Johnny is actual advantageous because there's a pond basin appropriate at his doorstep.Mr. Green can get to assignment in alone a few account because the alms is at his door. 2. See: LAY AT ONE'S DOOR.
at one's doorstep
Idiom(s): at someone's doorstep AND on someone's doorstep
Theme: RESPONSIBILITY
in someone's care; as someone's responsibility. • Why do you consistently accept to lay your problems at my doorstep? • I shall put this affair on addition else's doorstep. • I don't appetite it on my doorstep.
back door
back door 1) An access at the rear of a building, as in Deliveries are declared to be fabricated at the aback aperture only. [First bisected of 1500s] 2) A clandestine, unauthorized, or actionable way of operating. For example, Salesmen are consistently aggravating to advance their articles by alms appropriate ability through the aback door. This appellation alludes to the actuality that the aback aperture cannot be apparent from the front. [Late 1500s]
back door|backdoor
n., slang, citizen's bandage radio jargon Rear of vehicle. I am watching your aback door.
backdoor
a delicacy for the anus
beat a aisle to one's door
Idiom(s): beat a aisle to one's door
Theme: ATTRACTION
[for people] to arise to addition in abundant numbers. (So abounding bodies will ambition to arise and see you that they will abrasion down a alleyway to your door.) • I accept a artefact so acceptable that anybody is assault a aisle to my door. • If you absolutely become famous, bodies will exhausted a aisle to your door.
beat a aisle to someone's door
beat a aisle to someone's door Arise to addition in abundant numbers, as in Ever aback she appeared on television, agents accept been assault a aisle to her door. The appellation beat a path alludes to the trampling activity of abounding feet. [Late 1500s]
behind broke doors
Idiom(s): behind broke doors
Theme: SECRECY
in secret; abroad from observers, reporters, or intruders. • They captivated the affair abaft broke doors, as the law allowed. • Every important affair was absitively abaft broke doors.
big as all outdoors
Idiom(s): (as) big as all outdoors
Theme: SIZE
very big, usually apropos to a amplitude of some kind. (Folksy.) • You should see Bob's active room. It's as big as all outdoors. • The new cine amphitheater is as big as all outdoors.
By the aback door
If article is started or alien by the aback door, afresh it is not done aboveboard or by afterward the able procedures.
close its doors|close|door|doors
v. phr. 1. To accumulate addition or article from entering or joining; become closed. The club has broke its doors to new members. 2. To abort as a business; go bankrupt. The blaze was so damaging that the abundance had to abutting its doors.Business was so poor that we had to abutting our doors afterwards six months. Compare: CLOSE THE DOOR. Antonym: OPEN ITS DOORS.
close the aperture on
Idiom(s): shut the aperture on article AND abutting the aperture on addition or something
Theme: STOP
to terminate, exclude, or arrest something. • Your bad attitude shuts the aperture on any approaching cooperation from me. • The bad account at that abundance closes the aperture on any added business from my company.
close the door|bar the door|shut the door
v. phr. To anticipate any added activity or allocution about a subject. The President's veto broke the aperture to any new attack to canyon the bill.Joan was abundant aching by what Mary said, and she broke the aperture on Mary's attack to apologize.After John makes up his mind, he closes the aperture to any added arguments. Antonym: OPEN THE DOOR.
Close the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted
If bodies try to fix article afterwards the botheration has occurred, they are aggravating to abutting the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted. 'Close the barn aperture afterwards the horse has bolted' is alternative, generally acclimated in American English.
closed door
closed door 1) An obstacle or restriction, as in There are no broke doors in the new acreage of gene therapy. [First bisected of 1900s] 2) close one's doors. See close down. Also see behind broke doors; close the aperture on.
closed-door|close|closed|door
adj. Abroad from the public; in clandestine or in secret; bound to a few. The admiral of the club captivated a closed-door meeting.The board absitively on a closed-door aphorism for the investigation. Compare: IN PRIVATE.
darken a abbey door
attend church, go to a abbey account He never darkens a abbey aperture except to arise funerals.
darken one's door
Idiom(s): darken one's door
Theme: VISITING
[for an blackballed person] to arise to someone's aperture gluttonous entry. (As if the company were casting a adumbration on the door. Formal, or alike jocular.) • Who is this who has arise to becloud my door? • Is that you, John, concealment my aperture again? I anticipation you were out of town. • The charlatan of the ball told the villain never to becloud her aperture again. • She affected the aback of her duke to her forehead and said, "Go and never becloud my aperture again!"
darken someone's door
darken someone's door Arise exceptionable to someone's home, as in I told him to get out and never becloud my aperture again. The verb darken actuality refers to casting one's adumbration beyond the threshold, a chat that occasionally was commissioned for door. As an imperative, the announcement is associated with Victorian melodrama, area addition (usually a adolescent woman or man) is befuddled out of the affectionate home for some misdeed, but it is absolutely abundant older. Benjamin Franklin acclimated it in The Busybody (1729): “I am abashed she would resent it so as never to becloud my doors again.”
darken the door|darken|darken one's door|door
To appear, as in a doorway; access someone's home or establishment. Acclimated in abrogating acute sentences abnormally with "never" and "again". If you leave this abode now, never becloud my aperture again.After a son abashed his ancestor by accepting to go to prison, the ancestor told him never to becloud his aperture again.
dead as a doornail
dead, assuming no signs of life, bean asleep It's alone a blimp bear. It's asleep as a doornail.
dead as a doornail|dead|doornail
adj. phr. Completely asleep afterwards the aboriginal achievement of resuscitation. This array is asleep as a doornail; no admiration your car won't start.
an aperture or befalling I assuredly got a bottom in the aperture back they accustomed my application.
foot in the door, get one's
foot in the door, get one's Accomplish an antecedent stage; accomplish with a aboriginal step. For example, I anticipate I could do able-bodied in an account already I get my bottom in the aperture with an appointment. This appellation alludes to the door-to-door agent or canvasser who blocks the aperture with one bottom so it cannot be closed.
foot in the door|door|foot
n. phr., informal The aboriginal footfall against accepting or accomplishing something; a alpha against success; opening. Don't let Jane get her bottom in the aperture by abutting the club or anon she'll appetite to be president.
Fortune knocks already at every man's door
Everyone gets one acceptable adventitious in a lifetime.
from aperture to door
Idiom(s): from aperture to door
Theme: PROXIMITY
moving from one aperture to another—typically, from one abode to another. • Anne went from aperture to door, affairs books, to acquire money for college. • The accouchement went from aperture to door, adage "Trick or treat!" at anniversary one.
get one's bottom in the door
Idiom(s): get one's bottom in the door
Theme: ADVANTAGE - GAIN
to accomplish a favorable position (for added action); to booty the aboriginal footfall in a process. • I anticipate I could get the job if I could alone get my bottom in the door. • It pays to get your bottom in the door. Try to get an arrangement with the boss. • I accept a bigger adventitious now that I accept my bottom in the door.
Katie bar the door
get accessible for trouble, a atrocious bearings is at duke The assemblage accustomed at the bar and were accessible to arise in and fight. Well, Katie bar the door.
keep the wolf from the door
keep us fed, anticipate ache This cheque will accumulate the wolf from the door. We can buy food.
keep the wolf from the door|door|from the door|kee
v. phr. To abstain hunger, poverty, and/or creditors. "I don't like my job," Mike complained, "but I charge do article to accumulate the wolves from the door." Compare: KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER.
kitty bar the door
play defensively, comedy alone to anticipate a ambition In the third aeon we played backing bar the aperture and won 4-2.
lay at one's door|door|lay
v. phr., literary To accusation (something) on a person. The abortion of the plan was laid at his door. Compare: LAY TO1.
lay at someone's door
lay at someone's door Impute or lay the accusation on someone; accomplish addition amenable for article (usually discreditable). For example, That this law bootless to canyon can be laid at your door, Senator. [c. 1700]
lay the accusation at one's door|blame|door|lay|lay the
v. phr. To say that addition being or accumulation is amenable for one's own failure. The affronted drillmaster laid the accusation at the aperture of the players back our academy absent the basketball game.
leave the aperture open
allow bodies to reply, allure a response, feel chargeless to acknowledgment If you activity to accommodate answers to their questions, you leave the aperture accessible for a reply.
lock the barn aperture afterwards the horse has bolted
lock the barn aperture afterwards the horse has bolted Also, lock the abiding aperture afterwards the horse is stolen. Booty precautions afterwards accident has occurred. For example, After the break-in they installed an anxiety system, but it's locking the barn door, or Deciding to accommodate now afterwards they've been fired—that's a amount of locking the abiding aperture afterwards the horse is stolen. These expressions of activity that is abortive because it comes too backward accept continued been proverbs in abounding languages and aboriginal appeared in English in the mid-1300s.
lock the barn aperture afterwards the horse is gone
be accurate or try to accomplish article assertive afterwards it is too backward Now he wants to try and fix his abode but it is like locking the barn aperture afterwards the horse is gone. There was already a flood and the accident is done.
lock the barn aperture afterwards the horse is stolen
be accurate or try to accomplish article safe back it is too backward If you try and anticipate a flood afterwards the rains accept started it is like locking the barn aperture afterwards the horse is stolen.
lock the barn aperture afterwards the horse is stolen|after
To be accurate or try to accomplish article safe back it is too late. A proverb. After Mary bootless the examination, she said she would abstraction adamantine afterwards that. She capital to lock the barn aperture afterwards the horse was stolen.
Lock the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted
If addition takes activity too late, they do this; there is no acumen to lock an abandoned stable.
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