hoi Idiom, Proverb
Hobson's choice
hoity toity
Sophie's choice
choice
2. extremely fine, nice or attractive, hot;"She's so choice!"
hoist with one's own petard
Idiom(s): hoist with one's own petardTheme: HARM
to be harmed or disadvantaged by an action of one's own which was meant to harm someone else; to be revealed as a wrongdoer by being identified with the deed. (From a line in Shakespeare's Hamlet.)
• She intended to murder her brother but was hoist with her own petard when she ate the poisoned food intended for him.
• The vandals were hoist with their own petard when they tried to make an emergency call from the pay phone they had broken.
by choice
Idiom(s): by choiceTheme: CHOICE
due to conscious choice; on purpose.
• I do this kind of thing by choice. No one makes me do it.
• I didn't go to this college by choice. It was the closest one to home.
A burden of one's own choice is not felt.
Something difficult seems easier when it is done voluntarily.Hoist with your own petard
If you are hoist with your own petard, you get into trouble or caught in a trap that you had set for someone else.Preaching to the choir
If someone preaches to the choir, they talking about a subject or issue with which their audience already agrees. ('Preaching to the converted' is an alternative form.)by choice|choice
adv. phr. As a result of choosing because of wanting to; freely. John helped his father by choice. Mary ate a plum, but not by choice. Her mother told her she must eat it.hoist with one's own petard|hoist|petard
adj. phr. Caught in your own trap or trick. Jack carried office gossip to the boss until he was hoisted by his own petard. (From Shakespeare; literally, blown up with one's own bomb.)of choice
of choicePreferred above others, as in A strike is the union's weapon of choice. Used with other prepositions (by, for, with), all meaning “by preference,” this idiom dates from about 1300.
pay your money and take your choice
pay your money and take your choiceAlso, you pays your money and takes your choice. Since you're paying, it's your decision, as in We can take the train or the bus—you pays your money and takes your choice. This term first appeared in the English humor magazine Punch in the mid-1800s and has been repeated ever since.
typhoid Mary
typhoid MaryA carrier or spreader of misfortune, as in I swear he's a typhoid Mary; everything at the office has gone wrong since he was hired. This expression alludes to a real person, Mary Manson, who died in 1938. An Irish-born servant, she transmitted typhoid fever to others and was referred to as “typhoid Mary” from the early 1900s. The term was broadened to other carriers of calamity in the mid-1900s.
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