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stick or twist Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
twist my arm
twist of fate
twist one
twist someone around one
twist/wrap someone around one
twist your words
twisted
twist one's arm
Idiom(s): twist one's armTheme: PERSUASION
to force or persuade someone.
• At first she refused, but after I twisted her arm a little, she agreed to help.
• I didn't want to run for mayor, but everyone twisted my arm.
twist sb around one's little finger
Idiom(s): twist sb around one's little fingerTheme: MANIPULATION
to manipulate and control someone.
• Bob really fell for Jane. She can twist him around her little finger.
• Billy's mother has twisted him around her little finger. He's very dependent on her.
Knickers in a twist
When your knickers are in a twist, you are angry and snappish over something trivial. 'Whenever he loses his car keys, he gets his knickers in a twist.'Twist someone's arm
If you twist someone's arm, you put pressure on them to try to make them do what you want them to do.Twisting in the wind
If you are twisting in the wind, you are without help or support - you are on your own.tongue twister|tongue|twister
n. A word or group of words difficult to pronounce whose meaning is irrelevant compared to the difficulty of enunciation. "She sells sea shells by the seashore" is a popular American tongue twister.twist one around one's little finger|finger|turn|t
v. phr. To have complete control over; to be able to make (someone) do anything you want. Sue can twist any of the boys around her little finger.Compare: JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.
twist one's arm|arm|twist
v. phr., informal To force someone; threaten someone to make him do something.
Usually used jokingly. Will you dance with the prettiest girl in school? Stop, you're twisting my arm! I had to twist Tom's arm to make him eat the candy!twist
twist1.
leave to twist
/leave twisting in the wind
To abandon (someone) to a bad situation, often as a recipient of blame: “If our envoy was so blameless, why had she been left to twist in the wind?” (William Safire).
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twist (someone's) arm
Slang
To coerce by or as if by physical force: If you twist my arm, I'll stay for a second beer.
twist around one's finger
twist around one's fingerAlso, turn or wind or wrap around one's finger. Exert complete control over someone, do as one likes with someone, as in Alison could twist just about every man around her finger. This hyperbolic term dates from the mid-1800s.
twist in the wind
twist in the windBe abandoned to a bad situation, especially be left to incur blame, as in The governor denied knowing it was illegal and left his aide to twist in the wind. It is also put as leave twisting in the wind, meaning “abandon or strand in a difficult situation,” as in Sensing a public relations disaster, the President left the Vice-President twisting in the wind. This expression, at first applied to a President's nominees who faced opposition and were abandoned by the President, alludes to the corpse of a hanged man left dangling and twisting in the open air. [Slang; early 1970s] Also see out on a limb.
twist into
twist into (something)
1. To contort or bend into a particular shape or position. The application of an electrical current causes the wire to twist into spiral. The villain's lips twisted into an evil grin.
2. To wrench or bend someone, something, or oneself into some shape, figure, or position. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "twist" and "into." He twisted the wire into a rudimentary fishhook. The street performer was able to twist himself into the most unbelievable positions.
3. To alter, distort, or misrepresent the intended meaning of something in order to create something different. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "twist" and "into." You keep trying to twist my words into a confession, but I'm telling you that I'm innocent! His book twists the country's history into a narrative of conspiracies and cover-ups.
4. To put someone or oneself into some extreme negative physical or emotional condition. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "twist" and "into." The cramps in my stomach were twisting me into a ball of pain. He's been twisting himself into knots of guilt and anxiety over the whole thing.
Twist something into something
to change or distort something into something else, as if by twisting. Kelly twisted the balloons into the shape of a dog. Ann twisted the silver wires into an earring.
stick or twist
A best amid not demography activity ("sticking") or authoritative a change ("twisting"). Often issued as an ultimatum. Well, are you activity to alteration to a altered school, or will you break here? Stick or twist? A: "I'm accepting appealing balked at work, but I'm not abiding I appetite to leave yet." B: "I can accept that. It's boxy alive back to stick or twist."Learn more: stick, twist
More Idioms/Phrases
you're telling me you're welcome you've lost me zap out à la twist into stick in your throat/craw/gullet stick into stick into (something) stick it stick it on stick it out stick it to stick it to (one) stick it to someone stick it to the end stick it to the man stick it/(something) up your arse! stick it/(something) up your ass! stick like shit to a shovel stick man stick neck out stick nose in stick nose up in the air stick on stick one on (one) stick one on someone stick one’s nose in stick one’s nose in where it’s not wanted stick one's neck out stick one's neck out, to stick or twist stick out stick out (one's) tongue stick out (one's) tongue at (someone or something) stick out a mile stick out against stick out against (something) stick out like a sore thumb stick out like a sore thumb, to stick out to stick out to (someone or something) stick shift stick someone with something stick that in your pipe and smoke it stick the knife in stick through stick through (someone or something) stick to stick to (one's) fingers stick to (one's) guns stick to (one's) knitting stick to (one's) last stick to (something) stick to beat (someone or something) with stick to fingers stick to guns
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