get the hump Idiom
over the hump
past the difficult part, into an easier phase After saving $2000, I was over the hump. I could pay the tuition.
bible thumper
meaning the same as bible basher
chump
1. derogatory term for a fool, a disliked person
2. the head
3. displeasing, stupid
thump
to engage in a fistfight
Off your chump
(UK) If someone is off their chump, they are crazy or irrational.
over the hump|hump|over
adj. phr.,
informal Past the most difficult part; past the crisis; out of danger.
Mary was failing math, but she is over the hump now. John was very sick after his accident, hut he's over the hump. When Mr. Smith was out of work it looked as if his family would have to go on relief, but they got over the hump.
chump change
chump change A trivial sum of money, a trivial matter. For example,
Dave was sick of working for chump change; he wanted a decent salary, or
Don't put that on the agenda; it's chump change. This expression uses
chump in the sense of “a fool or sucker who should be ignored.” [Slang; 1960s] Also see
chicken feed.
hump
hump see
over the hump.
get the hump
To become affronted or affronted because one thinks that addition has wronged them. Primarily heard in UK. Jenny generally feels larboard out anyway, so If you don't accompany her a cupcake too, she'll get the hump.Learn more: get, humpget the hump
BRITISH, INFORMALIf you get the hump, you get affronted by something. She got the bulge because we were mucking around. He's still got the bulge with his above aggregation mate.Learn more: get, humpgive somebody/get the ˈhump
(British English, informal) abrade somebody/become annoyed, angry, etc: She gets the bulge back bodies don’t accept to her. ♢ ‘What’s amiss with Jake?’ ‘Oh, I don’t know. He’s got the bulge about something.’Learn more: get, give, hump, somebody
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