anospinalin a spin Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
go for a spin
head is spinning
make your head spin
spin a yarn
spin crew
spin doctor
spin the bottle
spin your wheels
spinny
spinork/spinorky
take it for a spin
spin out
That's all the money there is，so you'll just have to spin it out for the rest of the week．所有的钱都在这儿了，因此你得尽可能地在这星期剩下的日子里节约用钱。
He spun out his story for twenty minutes．他把故事延长了20分钟。
He spun the project ort for over three years．这个工程他拖了3年多。
spin sth off
Idiom(s): spin sth offTheme: CREATION
to create something as a by-product of something else.
• When the company reorganized, it spun its banking division off
• By spinning off part of its assets, a company gets needed capital.
spin one's wheels
Idiom(s): spin one's wheelsTheme: WASTE - EFFORT
to be in motion, but get nowhere. (Slang.)
• This is a terrible job. I'm just spinning my wheels and not getting anywhere.
• Get organized and try to accomplish something. Stop spinning your wheels!
go into a tailspin
Idiom(s): go into a tailspinTheme: WORSEN
[for someone] to become disoriented or panicked; [for someone's life] to fall apart. (Informal.)
• Although John was a great success, his life went into a tailspin.
• After her father died, Mary's world fell apart, and she went into a tailspin.
make one's head spin
Idiom(s): make someone's head swim AND make someone's head spin (2)Theme: CONFUSION
2. to confuse or overwhelm someone.
• All these numbers make my head swim.
• The physics lecture made my head spin.
No spine
If someone has no spine, they lack courage or are cowardly.Spinning a line
When someone spins you a line, they are trying to deceive you by lying.Spinning a yarn
When someone spins you a yarn, they are trying to deceive you by lying.go for a spin|go|go for|spin
v. phr. To go for a ride in a car. Billy has invited us to go for a spin in his new car.go into a tailspin|go|go into a nose dive|nose div
v. phr., informal To fall or go down badly; collapse; give up trying. The team went into a tailspin after their captain was hurt, and they were badly beaten. 2. informal To become very anxious, confused, or mentally sick; give up hope. The man went into a tailspin after his wife died and he never got over it.make one's head spin|head|make|spin
v. phr. To be bewildered; be confused. It makes my head spin to think about the amount of work I still have to do.spin a yarn|spin|yarn
v. phr. To tell a story of adventure with some exaggeration mixed in; embellish and protract such a tale. Uncle Fred, who used be a sailor, knows how to spin a fascinating yarn, but don't always believe everything he says.spin off|spin
v. phr. To bring something into existence as a byproduct of something that already exists. When Dr. Catwallender opened his medical practice, he also spun off a small dispensary beside it where patients could get their prescriptions filled.spin one's wheels|spin|wheel|wheels
v. phr. 1. Said of cars stuck in snow or mud whose wheels are turning without the car moving forward. There was so much snow on the driveway that my car's wheels were spinning in it and we couldn't get going. 2. To exert effort in a job without making any progress. I've been working for the firm for two decades, but I feel I am merely spinning my wheels.spin out|spin
v. phr. 1. To go out of control. The bus spun out on the icy road and fell into the ditch. 2. To make something go out of control. Tom stepped on the brakes so fast that he spun his car out of control and went off the road.spine-chilling|chill|chilling|spine
adj. Terrifying; causing great fear. Many children find the movie, "Frankenstein," spine-chilling. A was spine-chilling to learn that a murderer was in our neighborhood.Compare: HAIR STAND ON END.
spine-tingling|spine|tingle
adj. Very exciting; thrilling. Our ride up the mountain in a chair lift was spine-tingling. The children's plane ride was a spine-tingling adventure to them.spinoff
n. A byproduct of something else. The television soap opera "Knot's Landing" was considered a spinoff of "Dallas," with many of the same characters featured in both.put a spin on
put a spin onGive a certain meaning or interpretation to. Spin is usually modified by an adjective in this expression, as in Robert was adept at putting positive spin on weak financial reports, or This chef has put a new spin on seafood dishes. Also see spin doctor. [1980s]
spin
spinIn addition to the idioms beginning with spin, also see go into a tailspin; make one's head spin; put a spin on.
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- spin a yarn
- spin control
- spin doctor
- spin off
- spin one's wheels
- spin out
spin control
spin controlManipulation of news, especially political news, as in The White House press secretary is a master of spin control. This idiom uses spin in the sense of “interpretation,” that is, how something will be interpreted by the public (also see put a spin on). [c. 1980] Also see spin doctor.
spin off
spin offDerive or produce from something else, especially a small part from a larger whole. For example, The corporation decided to spin off the automobile parts division, or Her column was spun off from her book on this subject. The expression transfers the throwing off by centrifugal force, as in spinning, to other enterprises. [Mid-1900s]
tailspin
tailspinsee go into a tailspin.
in a spin
In a accompaniment of accretion panic, agitation, or desperation, abnormally as may advance to failure, decline, or stagnation. With the above champions currently in a spin, the aperture is advanced accessible for some aggressive underdog to ascend the ranks and appropriate the title. The country's abridgement has been in a circuit anytime back its absolute acreage bazaar comatose a brace years ago.Learn more: spinin a spin
mainly BRITISHIf you are in a spin or your academician or arch is in a spin, you are so confused, aflame or affronted that you cannot act evidently or apply on what you are doing. I didn't apperceive what to do — my arch was in a spin. He was afraid at the news. His academician was in a circuit and he had to sit down and booty a abysmal breath. Note: You can additionally say that you are in a collapsed spin. It's not activity to advice if you're in a collapsed circuit over the affair preparations. Note: You can say that article or addition puts you in a spin. The abrupt advertisement has put the White House in a spin. Note: You can additionally say that you go into a spin or that article or addition sends or puts you into a spin. There's no charge to go into a spin. It was a altogether reasonable appeal to make. The violinist's continued albino beard and adult black frocks accept beatific the classical music apple into a spin. Note: If a even goes into a spin, it goes out of ascendancy and avalanche actual rapidly appear the arena in a spiralling movement. If it goes into a collapsed spin, it turns annular and annular as it falls, but charcoal horizontal. Learn more: spinin a (flat) ˈspin
actual confused, afraid or excited: Her abandonment put her colleagues in a spin.Learn more: spin
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