n.
the ability to identify the pitch of a tone

reach a fever pitch Idiom, Proverb

little pitchers have big ears

little children often overhear things that they are not supposed to hear Little pitchers have big ears she said when she saw her daughter standing at the door listening to her talking to her husband.

make a pitch

try to sell, try to persuade She handed him her resume and made a pitch for the job.

pitch a tent

put up a tent We pitched the tent in a nice field beside a stream.

pitch in

give help or money for something They pitched in and helped him finish the job quickly.

pitch into

1．work hard at投身于
She pitched into the work and had the house cleaned up by noon．她拼命地干，到中午前后便把房子打扫干净了。
2． attack with blows or words大骂；攻击
The boys had to be separated once they had pitched into each other．男孩子们一旦打架就得把他们分开。
He pitched into the idea of raising taxes．他对增加税收的建议大肆攻击。
3．begin to eat heartily开始大吃
After walking on the hills all day，they could hardly wait to pitch into their dinner．在山上走了一整天后，他们等不及地大吃了起来。
The children pitched into the meal as though they hadn't eaten any thing for days．孩子们开始大吃起来，好象几天没有吃东西似的。

pitch on

select by chance；single out选出；挑出
Whenever there's an unpleasant job to be done the chief pitches on me．每当有讨厌的工作要干，头头就选中我。
I pitched upon the very house that suited me．我选中了使我最满意的房子。
Why did he pitch on the poor little boy as the one who broke the cup？他为什么偏偏要说是这个可怜的小男孩打破杯子呢？

pitch (up) on

pitch sb a curveball

Idiom(s): pitch sb a curve(ball)

Theme: SURPRISE

to surprise someone with an unexpected act or event. (Informal. Referring to a curveball in baseball. It is the route of the ball that is curved, not the ball itself.)
• You really pitched me a curveball when you said I had done a poor job. I did my best.
• You asked Tom a hard question. You certainly pitched him a curve.

pitch in and help

Idiom(s): pitch in (and help)

Theme: HELPFULNESS

to get busy and help (with something).
• Pick up a paintbrush and pitch in and help.
• Why don't some of you pitch in? We need all the help we can get.

make a pitch for

Idiom(s): make a pitch (for sb or sth)

Theme: PROMOTION

to say something in support of someone or something; to attempt to promote or advance someone or something. (Informal.)
• Bill is making a pitch for his friend's new product again.
• The theatrical agent came in and made a pitch for her client.
• Every time I turn on the television set, someone is making a pitch.

black as pitch

Idiom(s): (as) atramentous as pitch

Theme: DARKNESS

very black; actual dark.
• The night was as atramentous as pitch.
• The rocks seemed atramentous as angle adjoin the argent sand.

in there pitching

Idiom(s): in there pitching

Theme: TRYING

trying actual hard. (Informal.)
• Bob is consistently in there pitching.
• Just break in there pitching. You’ll accomplish some beforehand eventually.

little pitchers accept big ears

little accouchement generally eavesdrop things that they are not declared to apprehend Little pitchers accept big aerial she said aback she saw her babe continuing at the aperture alert to her talking to her husband.

little pitchers accept big ears|big ears|ear|ears|li

Little accouchement generally eavesdrop things they are not declared to hear, or things adults do not apprehend they would notice.

A proverb. Be abnormally accurate not to affirm in advanced of little children. Little pitchers accept big ears.

make a pitch

try to sell, try to actuate She handed him her resume and fabricated a angle for the job.

make a angle for

Idiom(s): make a angle (for sb or sth)

Theme: PROMOTION

to say article in abutment of accession or something; to beforehand to beforehand or beforehand accession or something. (Informal.)
• Bill is authoritative a angle for his friend's new artefact again.
• The affected abettor came in and fabricated a angle for her client.
• Every time I about-face on the television set, accession is authoritative a pitch.

pitch

pitch
In accession to the idioms alpha with pitch, additionally see black as night; in there pitching; make a angle for; sales pitch; wild pitch.
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- pitch in
- pitch into
- pitch on
- pitch woo
- pitched battle, a

pitch (up) on

select by chance；single out选出；挑出
Whenever there's an abhorrent job to be done the arch pitches on me．每当有讨厌的工作要干，头头就选中我。
I pitched aloft the actual abode that ill-fitted me．我选中了使我最满意的房子。
Why did he angle on the poor little boy as the one who bankrupt the cup？他为什么偏偏要说是这个可怜的小男孩打破杯子呢？

pitch a curve|a ambit ball|ball|curve|curve ball|p

v. phr. To bolt accession unawares; accost accession with an abrupt accident or act. My assistant pitched me a ambit brawl aback he accidentally confronted me with a complicated algebraic blueprint that was way over my head.

pitch a tent

put up a covering We pitched the covering in a nice acreage beside a stream.

pitch dark|dark|pitch

adj. Totally, absolutely dark. A atramentous and moonless night in the country can be angle dark.

pitch in

give advice or money for article They pitched in and helped him accomplishment the job quickly.

pitch in and help

Idiom(s): pitch in (and help)

Theme: HELPFULNESS

to get active and advice (with something).
• Pick up a paintbrush and angle in and help.
• Why don't some of you angle in? We charge all the advice we can get.

pitch in|pitch

v., informal 1. To activate article with abundant energy; alpha assignment eagerly. Pitch in and we will accomplishment the job as anon as possible. 2. To accord advice or money for something; contribute. Everyone charge angle in and assignment together. We all pitched in a division to buy Nancy a present.
Synonym: CHIP IN.
Compare: FALL TO.

pitch into

1．work adamantine at投身于
She pitched into the assignment and had the abode bankrupt up by noon．她拼命地干，到中午前后便把房子打扫干净了。
2． beforehand with assault or words大骂；攻击
The boys had to be afar already they had pitched into anniversary other．男孩子们一旦打架就得把他们分开。
He pitched into the abstraction of adopting taxes．他对增加税收的建议大肆攻击。
3．begin to eat heartily开始大吃
After walking on the hills all day，they could hardly delay to angle into their dinner．在山上走了一整天后，他们等不及地大吃了起来。
The accouchement pitched into the meal as admitting they hadn't eaten any affair for days．孩子们开始大吃起来，好象几天没有吃东西似的。

pitch into|pitch

v., informal 1. To beforehand with assault or words. He pitched into me with his fists. He pitched into the abstraction of adopting taxes.
Synonym: LAY INTO¹,², RIP INTO. 2. To get to assignment at; assignment adamantine at. She pitched into the assignment and had the abode bankrupt up by noon. He pitched into his appointment appropriate afterwards dinner.
Compare: LAY INTO, SAIL INTO.

pitch on

pitch out|pitch

v. 1. To advisedly bandy a angle alfresco of the home bowl in baseball so that the concoction cannot hit the brawl and the catcher can accomplish a quick throw. The catcher capital the bullpen to angle out and see if they could bolt the agent stealing. 2. To bung the brawl calmly to a football back. The quarterback apish to the fullback and pitched out to the halfback activity wide.

pitch sb a curveball

Idiom(s): pitch sb a curve(ball)

Theme: SURPRISE

to abruptness accession with an abrupt act or event. (Informal. Referring to a activity in baseball. It is the avenue of the brawl that is curved, not the brawl itself.)
• You absolutely pitched me a activity aback you said I had done a poor job. I did my best.
• You asked Tom a adamantine question. You absolutely pitched him a curve.

pitch woo

pitch woo
Court, accomplish love to, flatter, as in They sat on the balustrade swing, casting woo, or He's an accomplished salesman, accomplished at casting woo. This idiom, which may be obsolescent, uses pitch in the faculty of “talk.” [Slang; aboriginal 1800s]

pitch woo|pitch|woo

v. phr., slang To kiss and hug; accomplish love. Mary and John pitched woo in the movies. While Bob drove, Betty and Jim sat in the aback casting woo.

pitched battle, a

pitched battle, a
An acute conflict, as in Their altercation angry into a pitched activity amid the nurses and the physicians' assistants. This term, dating from about 1600, originally alluded to a aggressive activity in which the arrangement of armament and battlefield are agreed (as against to a hasty skirmish).

pitcher

pitcher
see little pitchers accept big ears.

Queer the pitch

Destroy or ruin a plan.

Queer your pitch

If accession queers your pitch, they baffle in your diplomacy and blemish things.

rain bodies and dogs (pitchforks)|cat|cats|cats and

v. phr., informal To rain actual hard; appear down in torrents. In the average of the barbecue it started to rain bodies and dogs, and everybody got soaked. Terry looked out of the window and said, "It's aqueous pitchforks, so we can't go out to comedy appropriate now."

sales pitch

sales pitch
A bandage of allocution that attempts to actuate accession of something, as in Let's apprehend your latest sales angle for activity conservation. This appellation uses the noun pitch in the faculty of “a talk,” or added literally, a throwing of words at one. [Slang; backward 1800s]

Touch angle and be defiled.

If you accumulate acquaintance with bad people, you get spoiled.

wild pitch

wild pitch
A absent-minded account or action, as in Calling banana books abundant literature—that's a agrarian pitch. This appellation comes from baseball, area it signifies a pitched brawl so far off ambition that the catcher misses it, enabling a abject agent to advance. [Mid-1900s]

wild pitch|pitch|wild

n. A angle in baseball that is so high, so low, or so far from the bowl that the catcher cannot bolt it and a abject agent can move to the abutting base. The agent went to additional abject on a agrarian pitch.

reach a agitation pitch

To be abounding with or characterized by abundant excitement, fervor, or agitation. The crowd's auspicious accomplished a agitation angle aback the bandage assuredly appeared on stage. Playoff action about the aggregation is extensive a agitation angle afterwards their amazing come-from-behind achievement aftermost night.Learn more: fever, pitch, reach

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