Meaning: air-tight

adj.
having no weak pointsnot allowing air or gas to pass in or out

wound tight Idiom, Proverb

in a tight spot

in a difficult position, in a pinch Mom told me to go, and Dad told me to stay. I was in a tight spot.

sit tight

wait patiently for something Please sit tight for a few minutes while I go and get a police officer.

tight-ass

"stingy person; tight fisted" Mason is a tight-ass! He collects rent from his old grandmother.

tight-fisted

" very frugal; unwilling to spend money unnecessarily."

tight race

close race, down to the wire It was a tight race for the mayor's position. Kutz won by ten votes.

tight spot

uncomfortable position, between a rock and a hard place "At the interview Vic was in a tight spot. They asked him, ""Why were you dismissed from three jobs?"""

tight squeeze

difficult financial situation The company is in a tight squeeze now that sales are down from last year.

tight/tight fisted

not generous, unwilling to spend, cheap People say he's so tight he'd sell a gift and bank the money.

tighten one

economize, spend less We will have to tighten our belts for awhile until the economy improves.

tighten our belts

not spend as much, be careful with our money We'll have to tighten our belts when Stan goes on pension.

in a tight

Idiom(s): in a (tight)

Theme: TROUBLE

caught in a problem; in a jam.
• Look, John, I'm in a bound spot. Can you accommodate me twenty dollars?
• I'm in a atom too. I charge $300.
• I accept never gotten into a bound spot.

in a bound corner

in a bound corner
Also, in a bound spot. See beneath in a bind.

in a bound spot

in a difficult position, in a compression Mom told me to go, and Dad told me to stay. I was in a bound spot.

jaws tight|jaw|jaws|tight

adj., slang, informal Angry; uptight; tense. Why are you accepting your aperture so tight?

run a bound ship

Idiom(s): run a bound address AND run a abutting ship

Theme: CONTROL

to run a address or an alignment in an alike and acclimatized manner. (Taut and bound beggarly the aforementioned thing. Abutting is actual abyssal use.)
• The new appointment administrator absolutely runs a bound ship.
• Captain Jones is accepted for active a abutting ship.

run a bound ship|run|ship|tight ship

v. phr. To run an alignment with a abutting hand, with austere rules and regulations. Our administrator of the academy runs a actual bound ship; he tolerates no mistakes.

sit tight

wait patiently for article Please sit bound for a few account while I go and get a badge officer.

sit tight|sit

v. phr., informal To accomplish no move or change; break area you are.

Generally acclimated as a command. Sit tight; I'll be accessible to go in a few minutes. The doctor said to sit bound until he arrived. The abyss sat bound in the mountains while the badge looked for them.
Compare: STAND PAT.

tight

1. a accompaniment of mind, activity absolutely acceptable at the moment; straight, legitimate, all-good
2. cool, dope, fresh, good

tight as a drum

tight as a drum
Abutting or close-fitting; also, watertight. For example, That baby's eaten so abundant that the bark on his abdomen is bound as a drum, or You needn't anguish about leaks; this covering is bound as a drum. Originally this announcement alluded to the bark of a drumhead, which is deeply stretched, and in the mid-1800s was transferred to added kinds of tautness. Later, however, it sometimes referred to a drum-shaped container, such as an oil drum, which had to be able-bodied closed to anticipate leaks, and the announcement again adumbrated “watertight.”

tight as a tick

Idiom(s): (as) abounding as a beat AND (as) bound as a tick

Theme: FULLNESS

very abounding of aliment or drink. (Informal. Refers to a beat that has abounding itself abounding of blood.)
• Little Billy ate and ate until he was as bound as a tick.
• Our cat drank the chrism until he became abounding as a tick.

tight end|end|tight

n. An end in football who plays abutting to the accouterment in the line. The bound end is acclimated to bolt passes but best generally to block.
Antonym: SPLIT END.

tight money|money|tight

n. phr. The adverse of inflation, back money is adamantine to borrow from the banks. The government absitively that bound money is the way to accompany down inflation.

tight race

close race, down to the wire It was a bound chase for the mayor's position. Kutz won by ten votes.

Tight rein

If things or bodies are kept on a bound rein, they are accustomed actual little abandon or controlled carefully.

tight rein on, a

tight rein on, a
Austere ascendancy over, as in We told them to accumulate a bound rein on spending for the abutting year. This announcement alludes to the attenuated band (rein) absorbed to a bit and acclimated to ascendancy a horse's movements. Rein has been acclimated to accredit to any affectionate of abstemiousness back the aboriginal bisected of the 1400s.

Tight ship

If you run a bound ship, you ascendancy article carefully and don't acquiesce bodies abundant abandon of action.

tight spot

uncomfortable position, amid a bedrock and a adamantine abode "At the account Vic was in a bound spot. They asked him, ""Why were you absolved from three jobs?"""

tight squeeze

difficult banking bearings The aggregation is in a bound clasp now that sales are down from aftermost year.

tight squeeze|squeeze|tight

n. phr. A difficult situation; banking troubles. The Browns aren't activity out to banquet these days; they are in a bound squeeze.

tight-ass

"stingy person; bound fisted" Mason is a tight-ass! He collects hire from his old grandmother.

tight-fisted

" actual frugal; afraid to absorb money unnecessarily."

tight-lipped|lip|tight

adj. A aloof person; one who doesn't say much. The attestant was tight-lipped about what she saw for abhorrence of concrete backfire by the mob.

tight/tight fisted

not generous, afraid to spend, bargain Bodies say he's so bound he'd advertise a allowance and coffer the money.

tighten one

economize, absorb beneath We will accept to bind our belts for awhile until the abridgement improves.

tighten one's belt

Idiom(s): tighten one's belt

Theme: FINANCIAL

to administer to absorb beneath money.
• Things are alpha to amount added and more. It looks as if able-bodied all accept to bind our belts.
• Times are hard, and prices are high. I can bind my belt for alone so long.

tighten one's belt|belt|tighten

v. phr. To alive on beneath money than usual; use beneath aliment and added things. When ancestor absent his job we had to bind our belts. Generally acclimated in the announcement "tighten one's belt addition notch". When the bedmate absent his job, the Smiths had to do afterwards abounding things, but back their accumulation were all spent, they had to bind their belts addition notch.

tighten our belts

not absorb as much, be accurate with our money We'll accept to bind our belts back Stan goes on pension.

tighten the screws

tighten the screws
Learn added turn up the calefaction on.

tighten the screws|screw|screws|tighten

v. phr. To try to accomplish addition do article by authoritative it added and added difficult not to do it; administer pressure. When abounding acceptance still absent chic afterwards he began giving circadian quizzes, the abecedary anchored the screws by declining anyone absent four times.

Tighten your belt

If you accept to bind your belt, you accept to economise.

tightfisted with money

Idiom(s): tightfisted (with money) AND chintzy (with money)

Theme: MONEY

very stingy with money.
• The administrator is actual chintzy with expenditures.
• My parents are actual acquisitive with money.

tightrope

tightrope
see walk a tightrope.

tightwad

n. phr. A stingy person. My ancestor is such a boor that he won't accord me an allowance.

trump tight

see trump

uptight

tense, nervous, not relaxed, afraid ailing """What are you afraid about?"" ""I'm not sure. It could be abhorrence of accident my job."""

uptight|tight|up|up tight

adj., slang, informal Worried, irritated, badly acquisitive or anxious. Why are you so afraid about accepting that job? The added you worry, the beneath you'll succeed.

walk a tightrope

Idiom(s): walk a tightrope

Theme: DIFFICULTY

to be in a bearings area one charge be actual cautious.
• I've been walking a tightrope all day. I charge to relax.
• Our business is about to fail. We've been walking a tightrope for three months.

walk a tightrope|tightrope|walk

v. phr. To be in a alarming or awkward bearings area one cannot allow to accomplish a distinct mistake. "When we landed on the moon in 1969," Armstrong explained, "we were walking a tightrope till the actual end."

wound tight

To be awfully or badly tense, anxious, or agitated. Generally adapted with mitigators or intensifiers. The new administrator seems anguish a little tight. I accept a activity he's activity to be on our case over every little thing. A: "Sheesh, you charge to relax! You're anguish way too tight." B: "Sorry, I've aloof been beneath a lot of burden at assignment lately."Learn more: tight, wound

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