tank Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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in the tank

in jail, in prison, in the slammer While he was in the tank, he studied science and history.

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into the tank

into business failure, into bankruptcy Two companies went into the tank because of free trade.

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tank

a drunk, an alcoholic, lush, wino Percy - that tank! He drinks a case of beer every day.

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tanked/tanked up

drunk, polluted, sloshed, wasted After an evening at the tavern, the sailors were tanked.

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think tank

people thinking together, brain storm Our company think tank will solve the problem.

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Avenue-tank

a bus

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beat up tank

in the state of being highly intoxicated:"Brian's a beat up tank tonight"

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suga in tha tank

refers to a man that acts feminine

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think tank|tank|think

n. A company of researchers who spend their time developing ideas and concepts. The government hired a think tank to study the country's need for coins, and was advised to stop making pennies.

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tank up

tank up
1) Fill a gas tank with fuel, as in As soon as we tank up the car we can leave. [First half of 1900s]
2) Drink to the point of intoxication. F. Scott Fitzgerald used this expression in The Great Gatsby (1926): “I think he'd tanked up a good deal at luncheon.” This expression often is put in the passive, meaning “be or become intoxicated,” as in My roommate really got tanked up last night. [Slang; c. 1900]