Nghĩa là gì: ambages

ambages /æm'beidʤi:z/

danh từ số nhiều
- lời nói quanh co; thủ đoạn quanh co

be (not) (one's) bag Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a three-bagger

a person who needs three bags over his head because he looks so scary """What did he look like?"" ""He was at least a three-bagger. He also needed a bath."""

a three-bagger (baseball)

a hit that allows the batter to run to third base Molitor hit a three-bagger in the sixth game of the World Series.

bag and baggage

everything you own, all of one's possessions The next day, he moved into her apartment - bag and baggage.

bag lady

a lady who looks for food and bottles in the streets Behind the restaurant, a bag lady was digging in the garbage cans.

bag of tricks

"skills, methods, plans; devices to entertain" You need a large bag of tricks to teach the Grade 8 class.

bag some rays

sit or lie in the sunshine, have a sun bath While you're swimming, I'm going to bag some rays.

bagel

(See get bageled)

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.

Cabbagetown

a district in Toronto where European immigrants live Restaurants in Cabbagetown serve European food.

cat's out of the bag

(See the cat's out of the bag)

check your bags

give your luggage to the ticket agent I would like to check my bags. Will you put them on the plane?

get bageled

lose without scoring, get skunked, be shut out We got bageled. They beat us 11-0!

holding the bag

left alone to finish the work or be responsible Mom says we leave her holding the bag - to finish jobs alone.

in the bag

already won or decided, a sure thing Don't worry. The game is in the bag - we'll win easily.

it's in the bag

(See in the bag)

leave (someone) holding the bag

leave someone else to take the blame He left me holding the bag when he ran away from the accident.

leave you holding the bag

leave you to do the work or finish a difficult job He left me holding the bag. I had to finish the work by myself.

left holding the bag

(See leave you holding the bag)

let the cat out of the bag

tell people, the cat's out of the bag People know we plan to elope. Who let the cat out of the bag?

moneybags

rich person, loaded person We used to call him moneybags. He always had money on him.

nosebag

food, something to eat, fill your face I'm hungry. It's time to put on the nosebag.

one man's garbage is another man's art

each person has different likes and dislikes, to each his own You pick up what somebody throws away, so one man's garbage is another man's art.

scum/scumbag

unpleasant person, dirty rat, slimebucket """Scum!"" he shouted at the man who had attacked his daughter."

the cat's out of the bag

the secret has been told, people know the secret We know about your affair with Brad. The cat's out of the bag.

three-bagger

(See a three-bagger)

windbag

a person who talks a lot, a person who brags Kerry is bragging about Ireland again. What a windbag!

air bags

breasts

babbage

1. fake; not real:"That Rolex is just babbage"
2. two-faced; backstabber:"She's so babbage; she always disses everyone"

bag

1. an ugly woman. See old bag
2. derogatory term for an objectionable and unpleasant person
3. meaning that which interests. E.g:"What's your bag ? Mine is house music" [1960s U.S.]
4. the scrotum.
5. (suffix) a suffix that emphasises the essential undesirable nature of a person in perjorative nouns such as 'tossbag', 'shitbag', 'ratbag' etc.
6. to skip; to miss; to cancel; to forgo an event."Did you see Peterson's lecture last Thursday? Naw, I bagged. I pulled an allnighter the night before - I was too tired"
7. see also brown bag special and brown bag it

bag of bones

a very thin or emaciated person or animal

bag off

a less usual version of cop (verb 1.)

bag rays

1. to get a sun tan
2. to go topless:"I was bagging rays yesterday at the beach"

bag up

1. to laugh real hard at something
2. to be caught or arrested by the police
3. to have sexual intercourse with:"Bag up bitches from John Jay" -- Nas (One Love [1994])

bagging

a snack or food taken between meals. Heard pronounced as baggin [Lancs use]

bags

1. to claim as one's own due to being the first to make such a claim:"Bags I go first" 2. trousers

bagsy

a variation on bags (verb). Basically meaning bags I.

bollockbag

the scrotum and testicles

brown bag special

a woman whose face is foul but her body is attractive

bum-bag

a small pouch worn around the waist or hips, held in place by a strap or belt, and used to hold valuables and money. The U.S. equivalent is a fanny pack

cabbage

1. money
2. a person in a catatonic state or seemingly brain dead
3. The female genitals

cabbaged

intoxicated to a state of uselessness. From being in a vegetative state

debag

to forcibly remove someone's trousers

old bag

derogatory term for an elderly woman

what's in the bag?

a greeting, similar to the likes of what's up?

put on the feed bag

Idiom(s): put on the feed bag

Theme: EATING

to eat a meal. (Folksy and slang.)
• It's noon—time to put on the feed bag.
• I didn't put on the feed bag until about eight o'clock last night.

mixed bag

Idiom(s): mixed bag

Theme: COMBINATION

a varied collection of people or things. (Refers to a bag of game brought home after a day's hunting.)
• The new students in my class are a mixed bag—some bright, some positively stupid.
• The furniture I bought is a mixed bag. Some of it is valuable and the rest is worthless

leave sb holding the bag

Idiom(s): leave sb holding the bag

Theme: BLAME

to leave someone to take all the blame; to leave someone appearing guilty. (Informal.)
• They all ran off and left me holding the bag. It wasn't even my fault.
• It was the mayor's fault, but he wasn't left holding the bag.

Bag of nerves

If someone is a bag of nerves, they are very worried or nervous.

Carpetbagger

A carpetbagger is an opportunist without any scruples or ethics, or a politican who wants to represent a place they have no connection with.

Doggy bag

If you ask for a doggy bag in a restaurant, they will pack the food you haven't eaten for you to take home.

be (not) (one's) bag

slang To be article that one is absorbed in or enjoys. Usually acclimated in the negative. Dancing aloof isn't my bag—I consistently attending absolutely foolish. You can acquaint aloof by attractive at her that appearance architecture is her bag.Learn more: bag

not be someone's bag

INFORMALIf article is not your bag, you are not absorbed in it or are not acceptable at it. They're a actual acknowledged bandage — they're aloof not my bag. `Being an adjudicator is not my bag,' says Anders. `I'd rather be a player.' Note: This announcement may accept originated in the argot announced by American applesauce musicians. They sometimes referred to the blazon of applesauce they played, or to their own appearance of jazz, as their `bag'. Learn more: bag, not

(not) your ˈbag

(informal) (not) article that you are absorbed in or acceptable at: Poetry isn’t absolutely my bag.Learn more: bag

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