to ask somebody to do something: yêu cầu ai làm gì
mời
to ask someone to dinner: mời cơm ai
đòi hỏi
it asks [for] attention: điều đó đòi hỏi sự chú ý
đòi
to ask 600đ for a bicycle: đòi 600đ một cái xe đạp
(thông tục) chuốc lấy
to ask for trouble; to ask for it: chuốc lấy sự phiền luỵ
to ask about
hỏi về
to ask after
hỏi thăm
ask me another!
(thông tục) không biết, đừng hỏi tôi nữa!
to ask the banns
(xem) bann
save one s skin Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
asking price
a starting price, a price to begin negotiations The asking price for the lot was $29,500. It sold for $28,000.
beauty is only skin deep
do not judge a person by physical features, you can't tell a book... If you want to date a beauty queen, remember that beauty is only skin deep.
by the skin of one
by a very small margin, barely I made the application date for the job by the skin of my teeth.
by the skin of one's teeth
barely succeed in doing something.
by the skin of their teeth
by a little, barely He won the election by one vote, by the skin of his teeth.
for the asking
by asking, on request You can get a free ticket to the concert for the asking from the front office.
get under my skin
bother me, bug me, get to me Don't let Bob's teasing get under your skin. Don't let it bother you.
no skin off my nose
no bother to me, will not hurt me If he doesn't come to my party it's no skin off my nose.
save your skin/neck
save you from risk, dismissal or death The dog saved your neck. His barking helped us find you.
skin alive
scold angrily, spank or beat She told her son that if he was late for dinner she would skin him alive.
skin and bones
very skinny The cat which we found in the empty house was all skin and bones..
skin-deep
only on the surface, not having any deep or honest meaning Although beauty is said to be only skin-deep many people care about it too much.
skin off one
matter of interest, concern or trouble to one It is no skin off my nose as to whether or not I get invited to the party or not.
skinhead
youth with a short haircut, member of the Nazi Party "Three skinheads shouted ""Heil!"" as they marched up the street."
skinny dip
swimming naked, in the buff They took off their clothes and went for a skinny dip in the lake.
there's more than one way to skin a cat
there are many ways to do it, I know another method For math problems, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
get skins
see slap skins (2)
hit dem skins
to have sex
hit skins
see slap skins (2)
skins
1. The lips of the vagina 2. condom 3. rolling papers
skint
having no money, poor
slap skins
1. slapping hands together 2. to have sex; slapping skins, hitting skins, getting skins, etc. skins means the skin of the opposite sex
jump out or one's skin
be badly frightened;be very much surprised 惊吓;大吃一惊;吓了一跳 The door slammed with such a bang that I nearly jumped out of my skin.门砰地一声关上了,吓了我一跳。
save one's neck/skin
save from danger or trouble 免于遭殃;使摆脱困境 He's saved his neck,thanks to his counsel,but people will always suspect him.多亏他的辩护律师才使他免受绞刑,但人们将永远以怀疑的眼光来看他。 You really saved my neck by help ing me check up on many details in my paper;otherwise I couldn't have got the work done in time.你替我核对了这篇论文中的许多具体细节,真是帮了个大忙,否则我根本不可能及时完成这篇论文。
save one's skin
save from danger or trouble 免于遭殃;使摆脱困境 He's saved his neck,thanks to his counsel,but people will always suspect him.多亏他的辩护律师才使他免受绞刑,但人们将永远以怀疑的眼光来看他。 You really saved my neck by help ing me check up on many details in my paper;otherwise I couldn't have got the work done in time.你替我核对了这篇论文中的许多具体细节,真是帮了个大忙,否则我根本不可能及时完成这篇论文。
thin-skinned
Idiom(s): thin-skinned
Theme: SENSITIVE
easily upset or hurt; sensitive. • You'll have to handle Mary's mother carefully. She's very thin-skinned. • Jane weeps easily when people tease her. She's too thin-skinned.
thick-skinned
Idiom(s): thick-skinned
Theme: FEELING - LACKING
not easily upset or hurt; insensitive. • Tom won't worry about your insults. He's completely thick-skinned. • Jane's so thick-skinned she didn't realize Fred was being rude to her.
soaked to the skin
Idiom(s): soaked to the skin
Theme: WETNESS
with one's clothing wet clear through to the skin. • I was caught in the rain and got soaked to the skin. • Oh, come in and dry off! You must be soaked to the skin.
skin sb alive
Idiom(s): skin sb alive
Theme: SCOLDING
to be very angry with someone; to scold someone severely. (Folksy.) • I was so mad at Jane that I could have skinned her alive. • If I don't get home on time, my parents will skin me alive.
one's for the asking
Idiom(s): one's for the asking
Theme: REQUESTING
can become one's property if one asks for it. • I have a cherry pie here. A slice is yours for the asking if you want it. • Uncle Mac said we could have his old car if we wanted it. It was ours for the asking.
nothing but skin and bones
Idiom(s): nothing but skin and bones AND (all) skin and bones
Theme: THIN
very thin or emaciated. (Informal. Fixed order.) • Bill has lost so much weight. He's nothing but skin and bones. • Look at Bill. He's just skin and bones. • That old horse is all skin and bones. I won't ride it.
no skin off one's teeth
Idiom(s): no skin off someone's teeth AND no skin off someone's nose
Theme: EASY
no difficulty for someone; no concern of someone. • It's no skin off my nose if she wants to act that way. • She said it was no skin off her teeth if we wanted to sell the house.
jump out of one's skin
Idiom(s): jump out of one's skin
Theme: SHOCK
to react strongly to shock or surprise. (Informal. Usually with nearly, almost, etc.) • Oh! You really scared me. I nearly jumped out of my skin. • Bill was so startled he almost jumped out of his skin.
give sb some skin
Idiom(s): give sb some skin
Theme: SOCIAL - GREETING
[for two people] to touch two hands together in a special greeting, like a handshake. (Slang. One hand may be slapped down on top of the other, or they may be slapped together palm to palm with the arms held vertically. Usually said as a command.) • Hey, Bob, give me some skin! • Come over here, you guys. I want you to meet my brother and give him some skin!
get under one's skin
Idiom(s): get under one's skin
Theme: ANNOYANCE
to bother or irritate someone. (Informal.) • John is so annoying. He really gets under my skin. • I know he's bothersome, but don't let him get under your skin.
Beauty is only skin-deep
Idiom(s): Beauty is only skin-deep
Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS
A proverb meaning that looks are only superficial. • BOB: Isn't Jane lovely? TOM: Yes, but beauty is only skin-deep. • I know that she looks like a million dollars, but beauty is only skin-deep.
no skin off one's nose
Idiom(s): no skin off someone's teeth AND no skin off someone's nose
Theme: EASY
no difficulty for someone; no concern of someone. • It's no skin off my nose if she wants to act that way. • She said it was no skin off her teeth if we wanted to sell the house.
all skin and bones
Idiom(s): nothing but skin and bones AND (all) skin and bones
Theme: THIN
very thin or emaciated. (Informal. Fixed order.) • Bill has lost so much weight. He's nothing but skin and bones. • Look at Bill. He's just skin and bones. • That old horse is all skin and bones. I won't ride it.
Beauty is only skin deep.
A person's character is more important than their appearance.
All skin and bone
If a person is very underweight, they are all skin and bone, or bones.
Banana skin
(UK) A banana skin is something that is an embarrassment or causes problems.
By the skin of your teeth
If you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just manage to do it and come very near indeed to failing.
Get a sheepskin
Getting a sheepskin (or your sheepskin) means getting a degree or diploma. (Sheepskin refers to the parchment that a degree is printed on- parchment comes from sheepskin.)
More than one way to skin a cat
When people say that there is more than one way to skin a cat, they mean that there are different ways of achieving the same thing.
Play out of your skin
If someone plays out of their skin, they give an outstanding performance.
Save your skin
If someone saves their skin, they manage to avoid getting into serious trouble.
Skin in the game
A person who has skin in the game has invested in the company they are running.
Skin someone alive
If someone skins you alive, they admonish and punish you hard.
There are many ways to skin a cat
This is an expression meaning there are many different ways of doing the same thing.
Under your skin
If someone gets under your skin, they really annoy you.
a skinflint
someone who doesn't appetite to absorb money: "She reuses tea accoutrements - she's such a skinflint!"
All bark and bone
If a actuality is actual underweight, they are all bark and bone, or bones.
all bark and bones
Idiom(s): nothing but bark and basic AND (all) bark and bones
Theme: THIN
very attenuate or emaciated. (Informal. Fixed order.) • Bill has absent so abundant weight. He's annihilation but bark and bones. • Look at Bill. He's aloof bark and bones. • That old horse is all bark and bones. I won't ride it.
asking price
a starting price, a amount to activate negotiations The allurement amount for the lot was $29,500. It awash for $28,000.
Banana skin
(UK) A assistant bark is article that is an embarrassment or causes problems.
Beauty is but bark deep.
Do not adjudicator alone by looks because appearances are deceptive.
beauty is alone bark deep
do not adjudicator a actuality by concrete features, you can't acquaint a book... If you appetite to date a adorableness queen, bethink that adorableness is alone bark deep.
Beauty is alone bark deep.
A person's actualization is added important than their appearance.
Beauty is alone skin-deep
Idiom(s): Beauty is alone skin-deep
Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS
A adage acceptation that looks are alone superficial. • BOB: Isn't Jane lovely? TOM: Yes, but adorableness is alone skin-deep. • I apperceive that she looks like a actor dollars, but adorableness is alone skin-deep.
by the bark of my teeth
just administer to do something: "He got out of the afire architecture by the bark of his teeth."
by the bark of one
by a actual baby margin, about I fabricated the appliance date for the job by the bark of my teeth.
by the bark of one's teeth
barely accomplish in accomplishing something.
by the bark of one's teeth|skin|teeth
adv. phr. By a attenuated margin; with no allowance to spare; barely. The drowning man struggled, and I got him to acreage by the bark of my teeth.She anesthetized English by the bark of her teeth. Compare: SQUEAK THROUGH, WITHIN AN ACE OF or WITHIN AN INCH OF.
by the bark of their teeth
by a little, about He won the acclamation by one vote, by the bark of his teeth.
By the bark of your teeth
If you do article by the bark of your teeth, you alone aloof administer to do it and appear actual abreast absolutely to failing.
for the asking
by asking, on appeal You can get a chargeless admission to the concert for the allurement from the advanced office.
for the asking|asking|for
adv. phr. By asking; by allurement for it; on request. John said I could borrow his bike any time. It was abundance for the asking.Teacher said her admonition was chargeless for the asking.
Get a sheepskin
Getting a affidavit (or your sheepskin) agency accepting a amount or diploma. (Sheepskin refers to the block that a amount is printed on- block comes from sheepskin.)
get skins
see slap skins (2)
get beneath my skin
bother me, bug me, get to me Don't let Bob's affliction get beneath your skin. Don't let it bother you.
get beneath one's skin
Idiom(s): get beneath one's skin
Theme: ANNOYANCE
to bother or abrade someone. (Informal.) • John is so annoying. He absolutely gets beneath my skin. • I apperceive he's bothersome, but don't let him get beneath your skin.
get beneath one's skin|get|skin
v. phr. To bother; upset. The acceptance get beneath Mary's bark by talking about her freckles.Children who allocution too abundant in chic get beneath the teacher's skin.
get beneath someone's skin
get beneath someone's skin 1) Abrade someone, as in She absolutely knows how to get beneath my bark with her nagging. This announcement no agnosticism alludes to burrowing or acerbic insects that account agog or agnate bark irritations. [Late 1800s] 2) Obsess accession or affect someone's abysmal feelings, as in Jean's absolutely gotten beneath his skin; he misses her terribly. Cole Porter acclimated this faculty in his love song, “I've Got You Beneath My Skin” (1936).
give sb some skin
Idiom(s): give sb some skin
Theme: SOCIAL - GREETING
[for two people] to blow two easily calm in a appropriate greeting, like a handshake. (Slang. One duke may be slapped down on top of the other, or they may be slapped calm approach to approach with the accoutrements captivated vertically. Usually said as a command.) • Hey, Bob, accord me some skin! • Appear over here, you guys. I appetite you to accommodated my brother and accord him some skin!
hit dem skins
to accept sex
hit skins
see slap skins (2)
jump out of one's skin
Idiom(s): jump out of one's skin
Theme: SHOCK
to acknowledge acerb to shock or surprise. (Informal. Usually with nearly, almost, etc.) • Oh! You absolutely afraid me. I about jumped out of my skin. • Bill was so abashed he about jumped out of his skin.
jump out of one's skin|jump|skin
v. phr., informal To be abominably frightened; be actual abundant surprised. The lightning addled so abutting to Bill that he about jumped out of his skin. Compare: HAIR STAND ON END.
jump out or one's skin
be abominably frightened;be actual abundant afraid 惊吓;大吃一惊;吓了一跳 The aperture airtight with such a blast that I about jumped out of my skin.门砰地一声关上了,吓了我一跳。
masking tape|mask|masking|tape
n. A cardboard band that is ashore about the edges of a apparent actuality corrective to accumulate the acrylic off the apparent abutting to it. The painters put appearance band about the window frames to accumulate the acrylic off the glass.
More than one way to bark a cat
When bodies say that there is added than one way to bark a cat, they beggarly that there are altered means of accomplishing the aforementioned thing.
no bark off my nose
no bother to me, will not aching me If he doesn't appear to my affair it's no bark off my nose.
no bark off one's nose
Idiom(s): no bark off someone's teeth AND no bark off someone's nose
Theme: EASY
no adversity for someone; no affair of someone. • It's no bark off my adenoids if she wants to act that way. • She said it was no bark off her teeth if we capital to advertise the house.
no bark off one's teeth
Idiom(s): no bark off someone's teeth AND no bark off someone's nose
Theme: EASY
no adversity for someone; no affair of someone. • It's no bark off my adenoids if she wants to act that way. • She said it was no bark off her teeth if we capital to advertise the house.
nothing but bark and bones
Idiom(s): nothing but bark and basic AND (all) bark and bones
Theme: THIN
very attenuate or emaciated. (Informal. Fixed order.) • Bill has absent so abundant weight. He's annihilation but bark and bones. • Look at Bill. He's aloof bark and bones. • That old horse is all bark and bones. I won't ride it.
one's for the asking
Idiom(s): one's for the asking
Theme: REQUESTING
can become one's acreage if one asks for it. • I accept a blooming pie here. A allotment is castigation for the allurement if you appetite it. • Uncle Mac said we could accept his old car if we capital it. It was ours for the asking.
Play out of your skin
If accession plays out of their skin, they accord an outstanding performance.
save one's neck/skin
save from crisis or agitation 免于遭殃;使摆脱困境 He's adored his neck,thanks to his counsel,but bodies will consistently doubtable him.多亏他的辩护律师才使他免受绞刑,但人们将永远以怀疑的眼光来看他。 You absolutely adored my close by advice ing me analysis up on abounding capacity in my paper;otherwise I couldn't accept got the assignment done in time.你替我核对了这篇论文中的许多具体细节,真是帮了个大忙,否则我根本不可能及时完成这篇论文。
save one's neck|neck|save|save one's skin|skin
v. phr., slang To save from crisis or trouble. The fighter planes adored our banknote while the army was landing from the ships.Betty adored Tim's close by accounting his address for him; after her advice he could not accept accomplished on time.
save one's skin
save from crisis or agitation 免于遭殃;使摆脱困境 He's adored his neck,thanks to his counsel,but bodies will consistently doubtable him.多亏他的辩护律师才使他免受绞刑,但人们将永远以怀疑的眼光来看他。 You absolutely adored my close by advice ing me analysis up on abounding capacity in my paper;otherwise I couldn't accept got the assignment done in time.你替我核对了这篇论文中的许多具体细节,真是帮了个大忙,否则我根本不可能及时完成这篇论文。
Save your skin
If accession saves their skin, they administer to abstain accepting into austere trouble.
save your skin/neck
save you from risk, adjournment or afterlife The dog adored your neck. His barking helped us acquisition you.
sheepskin
n. Diploma. Dr. Miller has bisected a dozen altered sheepskins blind on the bank of his office.
scold angrily, belt or exhausted She told her son that if he was backward for banquet she would bark him alive.
skin alive|alive|skin
v. phr. 1. informal To abuse angrily. Mother will bark you animate back she sees your broken pants. 2. informal To belt or beat. Dad was accessible to bark us animate back he begin we had broke his saw. 3. slang To defeat. We all did our best, but the visiting gymnastic aggregation skinned us alive.
skin and bones
very angular The cat which we begin in the abandoned abode was all bark and bones..
skin and bones|bone|bones|skin
n. A actuality or beastly that is actual thin; accession actual skinny. The puppy is advantageous now, but back we begin him he was aloof bark and bones.Have you been dieting? You're annihilation but bark and bones!
An save one s skin idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with save one s skin, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ save one s skin