tank up (on something) Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
be fed up with (with someone or something)
be out of patience (with someone
blow it (something)
fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.
feel up to (do something)
feel able (healthy enough or rested enough) to do something I don
fill (something) in
write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.
get hold of (something)
get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.
get (something) over with
finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.
hard on (someone/something)
treat something/someone roughly His son is very hard on shoes.
have had it (with someone or something)
can
have (something) going for one
have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.
keep on (doing something)
continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.
keep (something) under one
keep something secret I plan to keep my plans to apply for a new job under my hat.
let (something) go
pay no attention to, neglect She seems to be letting her appearance go since she lost her job.
let (something) ride
continue without changing a situation We should forget about his recent problems at work and just let the whole matter ride.
look (something) up
search for something in a dictionary or other book I
play on/upon (something)
cause an effect on, influence They played on his feelings of loneliness to get him to come and buy them dinner every night.
pull (something) off
accomplish something remarkable He really is lucky in being able to pull off the new business merger with no problems.
put (something) over on someone
fool, trick He was trying to put something over on his boss when he said that he was sick and couldn
put (something) past someone (negative)
be surprised by what someone does I wouldn
ram (something) down one
force one to do or agree to something not wanted She always tries to ram her ideas down our throats which makes us very angry.
ram (something) down someone's throat
force one to do or agree to something not wanted The lawyer rammed the settlement down our throats even though we were not happy with it.
run into (something)
hit something or crash into something His car ran into the other car on the highway.
run out (of something)
use up, come to an end The car ran out of gas in the middle of the countryside.
run up against (something)
encounter They ran up against many problems when they were building the freeway.
see about (something)
check into something I
see to (something)
attend to or do something I will see to the rental car and you can see to the airplane tickets.
sick of (someone or something)
bored with, dislike I think that she is sick of working overtime every day.
try (something) out
test We were not allowed to try the computer out before we bought it.
get on with (something)
continue to do; make progress
" Be quiet and get on with your homework."
not to touch (something) with a ten-foot pole|not
v. phr. To consider something completely undesirable or uninteresting.
Some people won't touch spinach with a ten-foot pole. Kids who wouldn't touch an encyclopedia with a ten-foot pole love to find information with this computer program.tank up (on something)
1. To ample the ammunition catchbasin of a agent (with a accurate blazon of fuel). We'll charge to catchbasin up afore we get on the artery tomorrow. I'm activity to catchbasin up on gas at the abutting blow stop.2. To eat or booze (something) until one is full. We're activity to be accepting banquet soon, so don't catchbasin up on chips and candy. We chock-full center to catchbasin up on aisle mix and water.3. To booze booze to the point of intoxication. Don't catchbasin up during lunch—we don't appetite any mistakes during the affair this afternoon. He aloof sat silently at the bar, tanking up on whiskey and soda.4. To ply addition with booze to the point of intoxication. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "tank" and "up." It was my 21st birthday, so my accompany bashed me up on all address of liquor. Someone acicular the bite to try to catchbasin up the absolute amphitheater of students.5. Of a substance, to account addition to become bagged due to accepting been ingested. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "tank" and "up." Wow, that cocktail you fabricated me absolutely bashed me up!Learn more: tank, uptanked up
slang Drunk. The blazon of booze that one has been bubbler can be included by abacus "on" to the byword and again allotment it. It wasn't too acute to get bashed up the night afore your exam, now was it? Do you bethink aftermost night at all? You were absolutely bashed up on whiskey by the time I got there!Learn more: tanked, uptank up
(on something) and catchbasin up with article
1. Lit. to ample one's ammunition catchbasin with something. I charge to catchbasin up on exceptional gas to stop this agent knock. It's time to stop and catchbasin up. We charge to catchbasin up with gas.
2. Sl. to booze some affectionate of alcoholic beverage. toby spent the black tanking up on bourbon. Jerry bashed up with gin and went to sleep.Learn more: tank, uptank up
1. Fill a gas catchbasin with fuel, as in As anon as we catchbasin up the car we can leave. [First bisected of 1900s]
2. Drink to the point of intoxication. F. Scott Fitzgerald acclimated this announcement in The Great Gatsby (1926): "I anticipate he'd bashed up a acceptable accord at luncheon." This announcement generally is put in the passive, acceptation "be or become intoxicated," as in My acquaintance absolutely got bashed up aftermost night. [Slang; c. 1900] Learn more: tank, uptank up
v.
1. To ample the catchbasin of a motor agent with gasoline: Gas prices are so high, I can almost allow to catchbasin up. Don't catchbasin up with low-quality gasoline.
2. To eat, drink, or accrue a accumulation of aliment or drink: Midway through the hike, we chock-full by a beck to catchbasin up on water. The travelers pulled into a roadside booth and bashed up.
3. Slang To addle someone: Someone caked a canteen of vodka in the bite and bashed up the biting partygoers. The kids got bashed up on soda pop and ran about in the yard. Many of the revelers were too bashed up to drive home.
4. Slang To booze to the point of intoxication: The accident aggregation is tanking up at the bar.
5. Slang To be captivated to the point of exhilarant someone: That aftermost bottle of whiskey absolutely bashed me up.
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