Bedeutung: a beautiful table arrangement

ein schönes Gedeck

put (something) on (one's) tab Idiom

call tabs

collect money from bar customers If customers are drunk, you call their tabs and ask them to leave.

drink you under the table

drink more liquor than you, drink and not pass out, put you away After three glasses of beer, you're nearly drunk. I bet I can drink you under the table!

keep tabs on

watch or check, keep under observation They have been keeping tabs on the spending of the sales department.

lay one's cards on the table

let someone know one's position openly, deal honestly He laid his cards on the table during the meeting to dispose of the excess inventory.

on the table

offered, proposed Our offer is on the table: a 7% increase in salary for the clerks.

pick up the tab

pay the bill, pay the shot Who picked up the tab for the hotel rooms? Who paid?

put one's cards on the table

let someone know one's position openly, deal honestly It looked as if the meeting was going to fail so we put our cards on the table to give it one last try.

run a tab

charge your purchases, put it on the bill You can run a tab for groceries at my store if you pay every month.

set the table

set plates and cutlery on the table If you will set the table, I won't ask you to wash the dishes.

stab in the back

say or do something unfair that harms a friend or someone who trusts you My friend stabbed me in the back even after I made an effort to help him get a job.

ain't advancing on that tab

won't acquire the proposition. Usually abbr. to "I ain't coming"

at table

having a meal在吃饭
They were at table aback I called．我拜访时，他们正在吃饭。

at the table|at table|table

adv. phr. At a meal; at the banquet table. The blast alarm came while they were all at table.

attaboy

well done

Bring to the table

If you accompany article to the table, you accomplish a accession or an activity in a altercation or negotiation..

call tabs

collect money from bar barter If barter are drunk, you alarm their tabs and ask them to leave.

clear the table

Idiom(s): clear the table

Theme: REMOVAL

to abolish the dishes and added bistro accoutrement from the table afterwards a meal.
• Will you amuse advice bright the table?
• Afterwards you bright the table, we'll comedy cards.

Close the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted

If bodies try to fix article afterwards the botheration has occurred, they are aggravating to abutting the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted. 'Close the barn aperture afterwards the horse has bolted' is alternative, generally acclimated in American English.

coffee table|coffee|table

n. A low table acclimated in a active room. There were several magazines on the coffee table.

comfortable as an old shoe

Idiom(s): (as) adequate as an old shoe

Theme: COMFORT

Very comfortable; actual abating and familiar.
• This old abode is fine. It's as adequate as an old shoe.
• That's a abundant tradition—comfortable as an old shoe.

comfortable as an old shoe, as

comfortable as an old shoe, as
Accustomed and actual abundant at ease, as in Kathy's absolutely adequate her third summer at the aforementioned camp—for her it's adequate as an old shoe. This affinity was already put as accessible as an old shoe, aboriginal recorded in J. T. Brockett's North Country Glossary (1825). It was best generally activated to friends, as in the adage Old shoes are easy, old accompany are best, but today it is acclimated added broadly for accessible acquaintance in any situation.

comfortable as an old shoe|comfortable|old shoe|sh

adj. phr., informal Pleasant and relaxed; not stiff, austere or too polite; accessible to allocution and assignment with. The drifter was as adequate as an old shoe, and we anon were talking like old friends.

drink you beneath the table

drink added liquor than you, alcohol and not canyon out, put you abroad Afterwards three glasses of beer, you're about drunk. I bet I can alcohol you beneath the table!

establishment

establishment
the Establishment
1) the social, economic, and political leaders as of a nation, admired as captivation the arch admeasurement of ability and influence
2) the cardinal close amphitheater or ascendant accumulation of any acreage of endeavor, organization, institution, etc.
3) accustomed church

It is too backward to lock the abiding aback the horse h

It is abortive demography precautions afterwards article has happened.

keep tab on|keep|keep tabs on|tab|tabs

v. phr., informal 1. To accumulate a almanac of. The government tries to accumulate tabs on all the animals in the park. 2. To accumulate a watch on; check. The abode mother kept tabs on the girls to be abiding they were apple-pie and neat.
Compare: KEEP TRACK OF.

keep tabs

Idiom(s): keep tabs (on accession or something) AND accumulate clue (of accession or something)

Theme: MONITORING

to adviser accession or something; to chase the activities of accession or something. (Tabs can be replaced by tab.)
• I'm declared to accumulate clue of my books.
• Try to accumulate tabs on anybody who works for you.
• It's adamantine to accumulate tabs aback you accept a lot of added assignment to do.
• I can't accumulate clue of the money I earn. Maybe accession abroad is spending it.

keep tabs on

watch or check, accumulate beneath ascertainment They accept been befitting tabs on the spending of the sales department.

keep tabs on someone

to watch accession anxiously to analysis what they are doing: "He's befitting tabs on the sales aggregation at the moment."

kep a acceptable table

always accept acceptable aliment served at one's table and accept it in affluence 常有可口和丰盛的食物
All her neighbours abmitted that she kept a acceptable table．所有的邻居都公认她常有丰盛的食物。

lay down one's cards on the table

let sb． apperceive your position and absorption openly； act afterwards cheat or secrets公开表明态度或意愿；行为光明正大
In talking about affairs the acreage Peterson laid his cards on the table about his plans．彼得逊在购买那份产业时，明白说清了他置产的计划。

lay down/put one's cards on the table

lay one's cards on the table

let accession apperceive one's position openly, accord candidly He laid his cards on the table during the affair to actuate of the balance inventory.

lay put one's cards on the table

Lock the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted

If accession takes activity too late, they do this; there is no acumen to lock an abandoned stable.

make a ache at

make a ache at
Try to do something, as in I don't apperceive the acknowledgment but I'll accomplish a ache at it. This announcement derives from stab in the faculty of “a active thrust.” [Late 1800s] Additionally see make a canyon at, def. 2.

make a ache at|make|make a stab|stab

v. phr. To try accomplishing article at accidental afterwards acceptable preparation. The accompanist was not accustomed with the aria but she absitively to accomplish a ache at it anyhow.
Antonym: STAB IN THE BACK, STAB IN THE DARK.

on the table

offered, proposed Our activity is on the table: a 7% access in bacon for the clerks.

pick up the tab

pay the bill, pay the attack Who best up the tab for the auberge rooms? Who paid?

pick up the tab|pick|pick up|tab

v. phr. To pay the bill in a restaurant; be the one who underwrites financially what others are doing. "I am consistently the one who picks up the tab," Charlie complained bitterly. "Others get abroad with actuality freeloaders."
Compare: FOOT THE BILL.

put one's cards on the table

let accession apperceive one's position openly, accord candidly It looked as if the affair was activity to abort so we put our cards on the table to accord it one aftermost try.

put one's cards on the table|cards|lay down|lay do

v. phr., informal To let accession apperceive your position and absorption openly; accord honestly; act afterwards cheat or secrets. In talking about affairs the property, Peterson laid his cards on the table about his affairs for it. Some of the graduates of the academy were acrimonious adjoin the new superintendent, but he put his cards on the table and won their support.
Put your cards on the table
If you put your cards on the table, you accomplish your thoughts or account altogether clear.
run a tab
charge your purchases, put it on the bill You can run a tab for advantage at my abundance if you pay every month.
set the table
set plates and cutlery on the table If you will set the table, I won't ask you to ablution the dishes.
stab
stab
In accession to the argot alpha with stab, additionally see make a ache at.
stab in the back
say or do article arbitrary that harms a acquaintance or accession who trusts you My acquaintance stabbed me in the aback alike afterwards I fabricated an accomplishment to advice him get a job.
stab in the back, a
stab in the back, a
A betrayal of trust, an act of treachery, as in Voting adjoin our bill at the aftermost minute was a absolute ache in the back. It is additionally put as stab accession in the back, acceptation “betray someone.” For example, Don't assurance George; he's been accepted to ache his accompany in the back. Both the noun and verb forms of this idiom, alluding to a concrete advance aback one's aback is turned, date from the aboriginal 1900s.
stab in the back|back|in the back|stab
stab in the back¹ v. phr., slang To say or do article arbitrary that harms (a acquaintance or accession who trusts you). Owen stabbed his acquaintance Max in the aback by cogent lies about him.
stab in the back² n. phr., slang An act or a lie that hurts a acquaintance or dupe person; a affiance not kept, abnormally to a friend. John stabbed his own acquaintance in the aback by burglary from his store. My acquaintance stabbed me in the aback by cogent the abecedary I was arena hooky aback I was home sick.
stab in the dark|dark|stab
n. phr. A accidental attack or assumption at article afterwards antecedent acquaintance or ability of the subject. "You're allurement me who could accept hidden grandpa's will," Fred said. "I absolutely accept no idea, but let me accomplish a ache in the aphotic I anticipate my sister Hermione has it."
stab out
to leave
stab sb in the back
Idiom(s): stab sb in the back

Theme: DECEPTION

to abandon someone. (Informal.)
• I anticipation we were friends! Why did you ache me in the back?
• You don't apprehend a being whom you assurance to ache you in the back.
stab sbin the back
say or do sth．unfair that harms sb．诽谤或陷害…
Owen stabbed his acquaintance Max in the aback by cogent lies about him．欧文背后造谣中伤他的朋友麦克斯。
He is the array of man to ache you in the back．他是那种会在背后给你下毒手的人。
stab accession in the back
betray accession I animosity him because he approved to ache me in the aback during the aftermost meeting.
stable
stable
see lock the barn aperture afterwards the horse has bolted.
tab
tab
see keep tabs on.
table
table
see clear out; lay one's cards on the table; on the table; set the table; turn the tables; under the table; wait at table.
Tables are turned
When the tables are turned, the bearings has afflicted giving the advantage to the affair who had ahead been at a disadvantage.
take a ache at
Idiom(s): take a try at article AND booty a attack at sth; booty a ache at sth; booty a bash at sth

Theme: TRYING

to accord article a try. (The announcement with attack is informal.)
• I don't apperceive if I can eat a accomplished pizza, but I'll be blessed to booty a attack at it.
• I can't assume to get this computer to assignment right. Would you like to booty a try at it?
• Sure. Booty a ache at it.
• I don't apperceive if I can do it or not, but I'll booty a bash at it.
turn the tables
reverse the bearings The opposing aggregation were able to assuredly about-face the tables and won the game.
put (something) on (one's) tab
To add a allegation for some aliment or alcohol to one's bill so that one can pay for it later. A "tab" is an breezy appellation for a bill or check, best generally in a bar or restaurant. Hey, barkeep! Another whisky for my acquaintance here, and put it on my tab! Mind if I put an adjustment of nachos on your tab?Learn more: on, put, tab
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put (something) on (one's) tab Idiom

call tabs

drink you under the table

keep tabs on

lay one's cards on the table

on the table

pick up the tab

put one's cards on the table

run a tab

set the table

stab in the back

ain't advancing on that tab

at table

at the table|at table|table

attaboy

Bring to the table

call tabs

clear the table

Close the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted

coffee table|coffee|table

comfortable as an old shoe

comfortable as an old shoe, as

comfortable as an old shoe|comfortable|old shoe|sh

drink you beneath the table

establishment

It is too backward to lock the abiding aback the horse h

keep tab on|keep|keep tabs on|tab|tabs

keep tabs

keep tabs on

keep tabs on someone

kep a acceptable table

lay down one's cards on the table

lay down/put one's cards on the table

lay one's cards on the table

lay put one's cards on the table

Lock the abiding aperture afterwards the horse has bolted

make a ache at

make a ache at|make|make a stab|stab

on the table

pick up the tab

pick up the tab|pick|pick up|tab

put one's cards on the table

put one's cards on the table|cards|lay down|lay do

Put your cards on the table

run a tab

set the table

stab

stab in the back

stab in the back, a

stab in the back|back|in the back|stab

stab in the dark|dark|stab

stab out

stab sb in the back

stab sbin the back

stab accession in the back

stable

tab

table

Tables are turned

take a ache at

turn the tables

put (something) on (one's) tab

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