Meaning: akee tree

n.
widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh

like nailing jelly to a tree Idiom, Proverb

bark up the wrong tree

make a wrong assumption about something The police are barking up the wrong tree in their investigation of that person.

can't see the forest for the trees

I am so close that I cannot see the whole picture or the big picture I'm so involved in teaching that I've lost my view of education. I can't see the forest for the trees.

easy street

an easy life, a life with lots of money to spend Win five million dollars and we'll be on easy street.

family tree

chart of ancestors, record of parents' forefathers Bo is helping me to research my family tree - my ancestors.

man in the street

the average or ordinary person According to what the man in the street is saying the government is not very popular.

money doesn't grow on trees

money is not easy to get, we value our money "Father said, ""Money doesn't grow on trees, boy. You earn it."""

on easy street

having enough money to live comfortably He has been on easy street since he sold his house and invested the money.

on queer street

dizzy or stunned, not acting normal After he hit me I felt like I was on queer street - I was dazed.

out of your tree

crazy, loony, nuts, out of your mind You're out of your tree if you think I'm going sky diving.

street smarts

knowing how to survive, worldly wise You need street smarts to be a police officer in Toronto.

like nailing clabber to a tree

Incredibly difficult or impossible, such that it could be apparent as a absurd or abandoned endeavor to attempt. Trying to accept a reasonable agitation with her ancestor is like nailing clabber to the tree.Learn more: jelly, like, nail, to, tree

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straight talk straight up straighten up straighten you out strapped strapped for cash straw in the wind straw that breaks the camel street smarts street wise stretch a point stretch the dollar stretch the envelope stretch the truth stretching it strictly business strictly for the birds Like I really give a shit! like I said like I was saying like it is going out of fashion or style like it or leave it like it or lump it Like it or lump it! like it or not like it was going out of style like it's going out of fashion like it's such a big deal Like it's such a big deal! like lambs to the slaughter like light at the end of a tunnel like lightning like looking for a needle in a haystack like looking for/trying to find a needle in a haystack like mad like manna from heaven like money in the bank like mother, like daughter like mushrooms like nailing Jell-O to a cross like nailing Jell-O to a tree like nailing Jell-O to the wall like nailing jelly to a tree like nailing jelly to the wall like night and day like nobody's business like nothing on earth like one of the family like opening (up) a can of worms like peas in a pod like piffy on a rock bun like piffy on a rock cake like pigs in clover like pigs to the slaughter like pulling teeth like rats abandoning a sinking ship like rats deserting a sinking ship like rats from a sinking ship like rats leaving a sinking ship like rolling off (of) a log like sheep like shelling peas like shit like shit through a goose like shooting fish in a barrel like showing a card trick to a dog like showing a dog a card trick like sin