turn the knife Idiom, Proverb
go under the knife
be operated on in surgery His wife went under the knife at the hospital last evening.
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
Don't do something yourself which causes your own downfall.
Bring a knife to a gunfight
If someone brings a knife to a gunfight, they are very badly prepared for something.
knife
knife see
at gunpoint;
under the knife;
you could cut it with a knife.
knifepoint
knifepoint at knifepoint Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife:
was mugged at knifepoint.
under the knife
under the knife Undergoing surgery, as in
He was awake the entire time he was under the knife. The phrase is often put as
go under the knife meaning “be operated on,” as in
When do you go under the knife? Knife standing for “surgery” was first recorded in 1880.
you could cut it with a knife
you could cut it with a knife Alluding to something very thick, such as muggy air or a heavy accent; also, a very tense atmosphere. For example,
The smoke was so thick you could cut it with a knife, or
When I walked in they all stopped talking and you could cut the air with a knife. [Colloquial; late 1800s]
turn the knife
To add to, exacerbate, or amplify a betrayal or amiss by added awful actions. He said it was over, and again he angry the knife and said he had never admired me.Learn more: knife, turnturn/twist the ˈknife (in the wound)
advisedly admonish somebody of article they are already agitated about, and so agitated them alike more: After the divorce, her acquaintance angry the knife in the anguish by adage she had consistently anticipation that the alliance wouldn’t last. ♢ All right. I apperceive I was stupid. You don’t accept to aberration the knife.Learn more: knife, turn, twist