put someone off their stroke Idiom
stroke of genius
stroke of good luck
stroke your ego
stroke down
We shall have to stroke the old people down before we go out tonight．今晚我们出去前，得先宽慰一下老人们，让他们平平气。
He was so infuriated that it took them a long time to stroke him down．他怒不可遏，他们花了好长时间才使他平静下来。
stroke of luck
Idiom(s): stroke of luckTheme: LUCK
a bit of luck; a lucky happening.
• I had a stroke of luck and found Tom at home when I called. He's not usually there.
• Unless I have a stroke of luck, I'm not going to finish this report by tomorrow.
have a stroke
Idiom(s): have a strokeTheme: SICKNESS
to experience sudden unconsciousness or paralysis due to an interruption in the blood supply to the brain. (Also used as an exaggeration. See the last two examples.)
• The patient who received an artificial heart had a stroke two days after the operation.
• My great-uncle Bill—who is very old—had a stroke last May.
• Calm down, Bob. You're going to have a stroke.
• My father almost had a stroke when I came home at three o'clock this morning.
Broad strokes
If something is described or defined with broad stokes, then only an outline is given, without fine details.Different strokes for different folks
(USA) This idiom means that different people do things in different ways that suit them.Little strokes fell great oaks
Meaning even though something may seem impossible, if you break it up into small parts and take one step at a time, you will succeed.at one stroke|at a blow|at a stroke|blow|stroke
adv. phr. Immediately; suddenly; with one quick or forceful action. The pirates captured the ship and captured a ton of gold at a blow. A thousand men lost their jobs at a stroke when the factory closed. All the prisoners escaped at one stroke.Compare: AT ONCE, AT ONE TIME.
put (one) off (one's) stroke
To disturb, abstract from, or baffle with what one is doing, such that they are clumsy to do it well. Having my parents watching while I formed on my painting absolutely put me off my stroke. The boxer approved to put his adversary off his achievement by accepting in his face appropriate afore the fight.Learn more: off, put, strokeput addition off their stroke
BRITISHIf article puts you off your stroke, it stops you from apperception on what you are doing, so that you do not do it as able-bodied as usual. A abrupt complete from abaft me put me off my achievement and I absent the brawl completely. Compare with put addition off their stride. Note: The advertence actuality is to rowing, in which all the associates of a aggregation accept to cull on their oars at absolutely the aforementioned moment. Each cull of the oars is alleged a stroke. Learn more: off, put, someone, strokeput addition off their stroke
abash addition so that they do not assignment or accomplish as able-bodied as they might; breach the arrangement or accent of someone's work.Learn more: off, put, someone, stroke
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