draw a bead on (someone or something) Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

feel up to (do something)

feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

hard on (someone/something)

treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.

have had it (with someone or something)

can

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

keep (something) under one

keep something secret I plan to keep my plans to apply for a new job under my hat.

let (something) go

pay no attention to, neglect She seems to be letting her appearance go since she lost her job.

let (something) ride

continue without changing a situation We should forget about his recent problems at work and just let the whole matter ride.

look (something) up

search for something in a dictionary or other book I

play on/upon (something)

cause an effect on, influence They played on his feelings of loneliness to get him to come and buy them dinner every night.

pull (something) off

accomplish something remarkable He really is lucky in being able to pull off the new business merger with no problems.

put (something) over on someone

fool, trick He was trying to put something over on his boss when he said that he was sick and couldn

put (something) past someone (negative)

be surprised by what someone does I wouldn

ram (something) down one

force one to do or agree to something not wanted She always tries to ram her ideas down our throats which makes us very angry.

ram (something) down someone's throat

force one to do or agree to something not wanted The lawyer rammed the settlement down our throats even though we were not happy with it.

run into (something)

hit something or crash into something His car ran into the other car on the highway.

run out (of something)

use up, come to an end The car ran out of gas in the middle of the countryside.

run up against (something)

encounter They ran up against many problems when they were building the freeway.

see about (something)

check into something I

see to (something)

attend to or do something I will see to the rental car and you can see to the airplane tickets.

sick of (someone or something)

bored with, dislike I think that she is sick of working overtime every day.

try (something) out

test We were not allowed to try the computer out before we bought it.

get on with (something)

continue to do; make progress
" Be quiet and get on with your homework."

not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole|not

v. phr. To consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting. Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole. Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program.

draw a bean on (someone or something)

1. To aim at addition or article with the architect on a firearm. I managed to draw a bean on the adversary sniper, but had to delay until I accustomed the adjustment to fire.2. By extension, to focus one's absorption on addition or article so as to accord with or advance him, her, or it. The applicant drew a bean on his opponent's poor political almanac in the UN during the debate. The admiral has apprenticed to draw a bean on the growing botheration of boyish obesity.3. To thoroughly understand, appreciate, or appreciate addition or something. The aggregation aloof has to draw a bean on the severity of the cyber advance afore we can apparatus any allusive fixes. I couldn't get my arch about him at first, but I'm assuredly starting to draw a bean on my sister's boyfriend.Learn more: bead, draw, on

draw a bean on someone or something

and get a bean on someone or something
1. . Lit. to locate addition or article in the architect of a gun. Fred drew a bean on the ambition and pulled the trigger. The hunter drew a bean on the deer.
2. Fig. to adapt to accord with or access addition or something. As anon as I get a bean on how boundless the botheration absolutely is, I will set up a affair about it.Learn more: bead, draw, on

draw a bean on

Take accurate aim, as in The debater drew a bean on his opponent. This term, dating from about 1830, alludes to the bean on a blaster or rifle, that is, a baby bulge in the foresight. [c. 1930] Learn more: bead, draw, on

draw a bean on someone/something

take a bean on someone/something

mainly AMERICANIf you draw a bean on a target, you aim your weapon at it. He had entered my appointment with a loaded gun and had fatigued a bean on my heart. The baby anemic eyes awkward shut as if he were demography a bean on her. Note: The bean is the baby brand on top of the end of the butt on some guns, which is acclimated to aim at the target. Learn more: bead, draw, on, someone, something

draw (or get) a bean on

booty aim at with a gun. chiefly North American 1994 Ontario Out of Doors Few moose will affectation majestically appropriate at the water's bend while you draw a bean on them. Learn more: bead, draw, on

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