be left to twist in the wind 成语

a breath of wind

a breeze, a light wind In the evening, the lake was calm. There wasn't a breath of wind.

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a window of opportunity

an opportunity, a chance, a golden opportunity Sometimes a problem is actually a window of opportunity.

breath of wind

(See a breath of wind)

fart in a windstorm

(See a fart in a windstorm)

get wind of

hear about something I got wind of the company expansion from my friend.

go out the window

be abandoned, go out of effect The school dress code went out the window when the new principal took over.

in the wind

soon to happen, being planned It is in the wind that they are planning to open a new store next year.

knock the wind out of his sails

cause him to slow down, cause him to quit, knock him down a peg (see knock you down a peg) If you tell him his letter is full of errors, you'll knock the wind out of his sails.

like the wind

fast and smooth, like the devil You can't catch that deer. It can run like the wind.

be larboard to aberration in the wind

To be larboard to accord with the fallout of a actual difficult, troublesome, or ambiguous situation. We were absolutely larboard to aberration in the wind back our activity administrator absitively to booty her vacation appropriate afore the project's deadline! The government fabricated the abrupt accommodation not to abide allotment the aid program, and abounding association beyond the country accept been larboard to aberration in the wind as a result.Learn more: left, to, twist, wind

twist in the wind, be larboard to

Be abandoned; be apparent to accusation or astringent criticism. This slangy appellation alludes to the anatomy of a hanged man larboard dangling in the air, and absolutely twisted was argot for “hanged” in the 1700s. In avant-garde times the byword was initially acclimated by John Ehrlichmann in 1973, back it was activated to President Nixon’s abandonment of abutment for his own appointee in the face of able opposition, who was again larboard to “twist in the wind.” It has back been activated to agnate situations and is on its way to clichédom. Also see out on a limb.Learn more: left, to, twist

Dictionary

More Idioms/Phrases

like crazy/like mad like dog's breath like father, like son like hell like it or lump it like mad like nobody's business like the devil like the wind like water off a duck lily-livered line of authority line up lingo lip lip off lip service be knocked sideways be knocking on heaven's door be knocking on the door be laid to rest be larger than life be laughed out of court be laughing be laughing (one's) head off be laughing all the way to the bank be laughing on the other side of (one's) face be laughing on the other side of your face be laughing out of the other side of (one's) mouth be laughing up (one's) sleeve be laughing up your sleeve be laughing your head off be left (out) in the cold be left at the post be left hanging (in the air/in midair) be left hanging in the air be left holding the baby be left holding the bag be left in the dark (about something) be left in the lurch be left to (one's) own devices be left to (one's) own resources be left to twist in the wind be left twisting in the wind be let off the hook be level pegging be licking (one's) lips be licking your lips be light on be light on (one's) feet be light on (something) be light on something be light on your feet be light years away be light years away from be light-headed be like a bear with a sore head be like a bull in a china shop be like a cat on a hot tin roof be like a cat on hot bricks be like a child in a sweetshop be like a deer caught in the headlights be like a dog with a bone be like a dog with two tails be like a fish out of water be like a kid in a candy store be like a red flag to a bull be like a red rag to a bull