Meaning:
could
kæn;kənn.
airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.
the quantity contained in a can
a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
v.
preserve in a can or tin
terminate the employment of
hear a pin drop, one you could Idiom, Proverb
an offer I couldn't refuse
an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.
couldn't believe my ears
(See can't believe my ears)
if looks could kill
the look on your face was evil or hateful If looks could kill, I'd be dead. Are you mad at me or something?
offer I couldn't refuse
(See an offer I couldn't refuse)
so small you could barely swing a cat
very small room, narrow room The bedroom was so small you could barely swing a cat in it.
couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery
totally incompetent
couldn't stop a pig in an alleyway
having bow legs. Occasionally heard as couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel, - a Midlands/Northern variation whereby ginnel is dialect for alleyway
Wild horses couldn't drag
Idiom(s): Wild horses couldn't drag sb.
Theme: FORCE
nothing could force someone (to go somewhere). (Informal.)
• I refuse to go to that meeting! Wild horses couldn't drag me.
• Wild horses couldn't drag her to that game.
so still you could hear a pin drop
Idiom(s): so still you could hear a pin drop AND so quiet you could hear a pin drop
Theme: SILENCE
very quiet. (Also with can.)
• When I came into the room, it was so still you could hear a pin drop. Then everyone shouted, "Happy birthday!"
• Please be quiet. Be so quiet you can hear a pin drop.
couldn't care less
Idiom(s): could(n't) care less
Theme: CARING - LACKING
unable to care at all. (Informal. Could care less is considered slang.)
• John couldn't care less whether he goes to the party or not.
• So she won first place. I couldn't care less.
• I could care less if I live or die.
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