get one s ducks in a row Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a hard row to hoe
a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.
a pinch to grow an inch
on your birthday, guests pinch you to help you grow taller """Happy birthday, Sal. Here's a pinch to grow an inch!"" ""Ouch!"""
a stone's throw
a short distance, 25 metres A deer came into the yard, just a stone's throw from our door.
a tough row to hoe
(See a hard row to hoe)
absence makes the heart grow fonder
when friends are apart they like each other more When she's away I'm very lonely. Absence does make the heart grow fonder.
as the crow flies
the shortest distance between two places The farm is about ten miles northeast of town, as the crow flies.
browbeat
force you to work, harass, hound, on my case "He browbeats his employees. He shouts, ""You! Get to work!"""
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.
brown nose
try to please the manager, suck up to Some guys brown nose their way to success. But is it success?
browned off
unhappy, a little bit angry, ticked off Tran was browned off because we were late. She didn't like that.
brownie points
points for doing extra work for the manager Bruno earns brownie points by offering to help the manager.
death row
the prisoners who are to be executed or put to death The priest wants to visit the prisoners on death row.
don't borrow trouble
"do not invite their trouble; we have enough trouble" "When I said I was going to help my neighbor get a divorce, Pat said, ""Don't borrow trouble."""
drown one
drink alcohol to forget one
drown out
make so much noise that it is impossible to hear The team captain was drowned out by the cheering fans.
drown your sorrow
drink until the sadness goes away Jay drowned her sorrow in wine. Then she had a headache.
eat crow
admit you were wrong, take back what you said (see take it back) When I lost the bet, I had to eat crow - admit I was wrong.
grow on you
you like it more each day, gradually like it more In time, you will appreciate Lang's poetry. It grows on you.
grow up
become mature, accept responsibility Grow up, Jerry. Put away that water pistol and act like an adult.
hard row to hoe
(See a hard row to hoe)
if you're born to hang, you won't drown
"fate controls how we die; we do not control the time and cause of our death" "After rescuing the swimmer, he said to me, ""If you're born to hang, you won't drown."""
in-crowd
(See the in-crowd)
let grass grow under one
be idle, be lazy, waste time He is always working hard and is not the type of person to let grass grow under his feet.
let the grass grow under one
be idle, be lazy, waste time That man is never content to let the grass grow under his feet. He is always busy.
money doesn't grow on trees
money is not easy to get, we value our money "Father said, ""Money doesn't grow on trees, boy. You earn it."""
narrow escape
an escape with no chance of error He had a narrow escape when he almost fell from his bicycle.
people who live in glass houses should not throw s
do not complain about other people if you are as bad as they are You should not criticize other people so much. Remember, people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw st
people who have faults should not criticize others Perfect people can be critical, but people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
pinch to grow an inch
(See a pinch to grow an inch)
play to the crowd
play a sport just for the crowd, a hotdog The coach wants us to play to win, not play to the crowd.
raise an eyebrow
(See raised eyebrows)
raise eyebrows
cause surprise or disapproval It really raised eyebrows when she appeared at the party unannounced.
raised eyebrows
shock, surprise, disapproval When Chuck and Di separated it caused some raised eyebrows.
row of beans
(See a hill of beans)
skid row
area of a city where many people live who have no money and drink a lot of alcohol The skid row of our city is very depressing with the large number of drunk people around.
something borrowed, something blue
two of the things required for a happy wedding and successful marriage The bride borrowed a blue garter, so she has something borrowed, something blue!
stone's throw
(See a stone's throw)
the in-crowd
a few special people, a clique Cleo's part of the in-crowd - girls who play on the basketball team.
there's no tomorrow
"we have to win today; if we lose, we are out; do or die" The Bruins will be eliminated if they lose tonight. There's no tomorrow.
throw a curve
confuse, deceive, surprise Dad threw a curve at me when he asked if he could borrow $1000.
throw a game
deliberately lose a game, cause your team to lose, take a dive They said that Red threw his last game of pool, but I think he's too honest to do that.
throw a kiss
kiss your hand and wave, blow a kiss When Madonna threw a kiss to her fans, they cheered.
throw a monkey wrench into
cause something that is going smoothly to stop He threw a monkey wrench into our plans to go to the lake for the summer.
throw a monkey wrench into the works
wreck a project, monkey wrenching, piss in the pickles The report that coffee causes cancer threw a monkey wrench into our plans to import coffee.
throw a party
invite people to a party, have a party Connie throws the best parties. Everybody has a great time.
throw a tantrum
show your bad temper, lose your cool When I refused to buy candy for Reggie, he threw a tantrum.
throw away
put in the garbage, throw out I threw away those old magazines. I hope you didn't want them.
throw away a chance or opportunity
fail to make use of a chance or opportunity He threw away a chance to get a good education when he began to work when he was very young.
throw caution to the wind
live or act carelessly, not be cautious Let's throw caution to the wind and buy ten dresses!
throw chunks
vomit, puke, barf, hurl, woof your cookies One look at those oysters and she started throwing chunks. Yuk!a adamantine row to hoe
a difficult task, abounding problems A distinct ancestor has a adamantine row to hoe, alive day and night.
A continued row to hoe
Something that is a continued row to hoe is a difficult assignment that takes a continued time.
a compression to abound an inch
on your birthday, guests compression you to admonition you abound taller """Happy birthday, Sal. Here's a compression to abound an inch!"" ""Ouch!"""
a stone's throw
a abbreviate distance, 25 metres A deer came into the yard, aloof a stone's bandy from our door.
a boxy row to hoe
(See a adamantine row to hoe)
absence makes the affection abound fonder
when accompany are afar they like anniversary added added Back she's abroad I'm actual lonely. Absence does accomplish the affection abound fonder.
Absence makes the affection abound fonder.
When you are abroad from accession you love, you love them alike more.
Admiral Browning
chocolate log; that which sinks the Bismarck
All things abound with time - except grief.
As time goes by, affliction subsides little by little.
Arrow in the quiver
An arrow in the convulsion is a action or advantage that could be acclimated to accomplish your objective.
arrows
darts, the accessories and the bold itself
as the babble flies
the beeline ambit amid two places The acreage is about ten afar northeast of town, as the babble flies.
as the babble flies|crow|crow flies|flies|fly
adv. clause By the best absolute way; forth a beeline bandage amid two places.
It is seven afar to the abutting boondocks as the babble flies, but it is ten afar by the road, which goes about the mountain.
be befuddled in at the abysmal end
not get any admonition or support: "He was befuddled in at the abysmal end with his new job. No-one helped him at all."
beg, borrow, or steal
beg, borrow, or steal Obtain by any accessible means, as in
You couldn't beg, borrow, or abduct tickets to the Olympics. This appellation is generally acclimated in the negative, to call article that cannot be obtained; Chaucer acclimated it in
The Tale of the Man of Law. [Late 1300s]
bone to pick|bone|crow|crow to pick|pick
n. phr.,
informal A acumen for dispute; article to accuse of or altercate about.

Generally acclimated jokingly.
"I accept a cartilage to aces with you," he said. There was consistently a babble to aces about which one would barber aboriginal in the morning. Compare: BONE OF CONTENTION.
borrow
borrow In accession to the argot alpha with
borrow, additionally see
beg, borrow, or steal;
on adopted time, live.
borrow trouble
Idiom(s):
borrow troubleTheme:
WORRY
to anguish needlessly; to accomplish agitation for oneself.
• Annoying too abundant about afterlife is aloof borrowing trouble.
• Do not get complex with politics. That's borrowing trouble.
borrow trouble|borrow|trouble
v. phr. To anguish for annihilation about agitation that may not come; accomplish agitation for yourself needlessly. Don't borrow agitation by annoying about abutting year. It's too far away. You are borrowing agitation if you try to acquaint John what to do.
Compare: ASK FOR, CROSS ONE'S BRIDGES BEFORE ONE COMES TO THEM, CRY BEFORE ONE IS HURT.
brow
brow
see by the diaphoresis of one's brow; cause aloft eyebrows.
browbeat
force you to work, harass, hound, on my case "He browbeats his employees. He shouts, ""You! Get to work!"""
brown
see brown bag it , brown bag special , brown bread , brown hatter , brown-nose , brown trout , browned off , brownie point
brown bag it
take a cafeteria to assignment I accept had to amber bag it every day this anniversary as the aggregation cafeteria is bankrupt for adjustment work.
brown bag special
a woman whose face is abhorrent but her anatomy is attractive
brown bagger
brown bagger
A being who brings his or her own supplies, as in The architects of the new appointment advised a amplitude for amber baggers to eat lunch. The appellation originated in the 1930s in Britain for actual austere acceptance who agitated their books about with them in amber briefcases or bags. That acceptance beyond the Atlantic aural a few decades. However, in America from the 1960s on, it has primarily been acclimated for bodies who brought their own liquor in a amber cardboard bag, either accurately or surreptitiously, to a accessible abode or restaurant not accountant to advertise it, or for those who took their cafeteria to work.
brown bread
dead. Cockney balladry slang
brown hatter
derogatory appellation for a homosexual male
brown nose
try to amuse the manager, blot up to Some guys amber adenoids their way to success. But is it success?
brown cardboard bag|bag|brown|paper
n., slang, citizen's bandage radio jargon An bare badge car. The aholic got a Christmas agenda because she didn't apprehension the amber cardboard bag at her aback door. See: PLAIN WHITE WRAPPER.
brown study, in a
brown study, in a
Daydreaming or acutely contemplative, as in Margaret sits in the library, in a amber study. This appellation dates from the backward 1500s, and although by again in a study had continued meant “lost in thought,” the acumen for abacus brown is unclear. Moreover, the present argot additionally is ambiguous, some captivation that it denotes 18-carat absorption and others that it signifies absentmindedness.
brown study|brown|study
n. phr. A time of abysmal anticipation about something; a abysmal anxious mood. When his wife begin him, he had pushed abroad his books and was in a amber study.
brown trout
a agglomeration of excrement
brown-bagger|bagger|brown
n., slang, informal A being who does not go to the cafeteria or to a restaurant for cafeteria at work, but who brings his bootleg cafeteria to assignment in adjustment to save money. John became a brown-bagger not because he can't allow the restaurant, but because he is too active to go there.
brown-nose
to ever acclaim or behave sycophantically
brown-nose|brown|nose
v., slang, avoidable, though accepting in acceptance To back-scratch favor in a abject way, as by acutely abstract flattery. Max brown-noses his teachers, that's why he gets all A's in his courses.
Compare: POLISH THE APPLE.
browned off
unhappy, a little bit angry, ticked off Tran was browned off because we were late. She didn't like that.
brownie point
a academic accolade for achievement, usually accustomed as a abuse acclaim for adulatory behaviour
brownie points
points for accomplishing added assignment for the administrator Bruno earns credibility credibility by alms to admonition the manager.
busta browns
people you don't appetite blind around
by the diaphoresis of one's brow
Idiom(s): by the diaphoresis of one's brow
Theme: EFFORT
by one's efforts; by one's adamantine work.
• Tom aloft these vegetables by the diaphoresis of his brow.
• Sally able the car by the diaphoresis of her brow.
by the diaphoresis of one's brow|brow|sweat
adv. phr. By adamantine work; by backbreaking effort; laboriously. Even with avant-garde labor-saving machinery, the agriculturalist makes his active by the diaphoresis of his brow.
camp as a row of tents
a bolt byword implying actual camp or gay
cast in one's lot with|cast|lot|throw in one's lot
v. phr. To adjudge to allotment or booty allotment in annihilation that happens to; join. The bandit absitively to bandy in his lot with the assemblage back he heard their plans. Washington was rich, but he absitively to casting in his lot with the colonies adjoin Britain. When Carl was old abundant to vote, he threw in his lot with the Democrats.
Synonym: JOIN FORCES.
cause eyebrows to raise|cause|eyebrow|eyebrows|rai
v. phr. To do article that causes consternation; to shock others. When Algernon entered Orchestra Hall barefoot and cutting a woman's wig, he acquired eyebrows to raise.
cause aloft eyebrows
cause aloft eyebrows
Also, raise eyebrows. Account abruptness or disapproval, as in At academy his amethyst beard usually causes aloft eyebrows. This alteration of a concrete act (raising one's eyebrows) to the animosity it may accurate took abode in the aboriginal 1900s. Lytton Strachey acclimated the appellation in The Eminent Victorians (1918): “The best abiding abbey hardly raises an countenance at it now.”
cause some eyebrows to raise
Idiom(s): cause (some) eyebrows to raise
Theme: SHOCK
to shock people; to abruptness and agitation people.
• John acquired eyebrows to accession back he affiliated a poor babe from Toledo.
• If you appetite to account some eyebrows to raise, aloof alpha singing as you airing down the street.
crow
crow
In accession to the argot alpha with crow, additionally see as the babble flies; eat crow.
crow afore one is out of the woods|crow|out of th
v. phr. To be animated or blow afore you are safe from crisis or trouble.
Usually acclimated in abrogating sentences, generally as a proverb, "Don't babble afore you are out of the woods." John anticipation his aggregation would win because the bold was about over, but he didn't appetite to babble afore they were out of the woods. Generally acclimated in a abbreviate form, "out of the woods". Mary about died during the operation, and she is not out of the dupe yet.
crow over
crow over
Exult audibly about, abnormally over someone's defeat. For example, In best sports it's advised bad amenities to babble over your opponent. This appellation alludes to the cock's loud crow. [Late 1500s]
crowd
crowd
see follow the crowd; three's a crowd.