wound tight Idioma
in a tight spot
sit tight
tight-ass
tight-fisted
tight race
tight spot
tight squeeze
tight/tight fisted
tighten one
tighten our belts
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 cornerAlso, in a bound spot. See beneath in a bind.
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 shipTheme: 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
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
2. cool, dope, fresh, good
tight as a drum
tight as a drumAbutting 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 tickTheme: 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
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, aAustere 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
tight squeeze
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
tight-fisted
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
tighten one
tighten one's belt
Idiom(s): tighten one's beltTheme: 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
tighten the screws
tighten the screwsLearn 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
tightropesee 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
uptight
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 tightropeTheme: 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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