bite someone's arch off Idiome
a bit off/a bit mental
not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?
a chip off the old block
a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.
a little hair off the dog
(See hair off the dog)
a little off
not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.
a rip-off
unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!
a takeoff on
similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
an offer I couldn't refuse
an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.
another nail in your coffin
"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.
back off
do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!
be off
leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.a bit off/a bit mental
not rational, unbalanced, one brick abbreviate Kate talks to the birds. Do you anticipate she's a bit off?
a dent off the old block
a boy who is like his dad, the angel doesn't... Eric is a dent off the old block. He's aloof like his dad.
a little beard off the dog
(See beard off the dog)
a little off
not absolutely sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... Back Clem started bistro grass, we knew he was a little off.
a rip-off
unfair amount or rule, priced too aerial The amount of drinks was a rip-off. A baby Coke amount $3!
a ascent on
similar to, based on the aforementioned idea, a caricature The academy comedy was a ascent on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
an action I couldn't refuse
an action that contains a blackmail or force, a appeal that is a command The bound guards arrive me to breach for added analytic - it was an action I couldn't refuse.
another attach in your coffin
"another cigarette; adverse substance" Every cigarette he smoked was addition attach in his coffin.
back off
do not appear closer, do not draft me Back off, you animal! Don't draft me!
be off
leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be backward for work.
beat the pants off
defeat by a ample score, draft you abroad "Ho plays table tennis actual well; she'll exhausted the pants off you."
beg off
ask to be absolved from duty, get out of a assignment Some bodies advance to assignment and afresh they beg off.
better off
in bigger conditions: convalescent or wealthier etc. Are you bigger off renting an accommodation than affairs a house?
bit off
(See a bit off)
bite off added than one can chew
take albatross for added than one can
bite off added than you can chew
begin added tasks than you can complete Back I took the night class, I bit off added than I could chew.
blow the lid off
reveal a story, acquaint some news, breach a adventure Back the actor confessed, it blew the lid off the annihilation trial.
branch office
an appointment in addition area or burghal Please acquaintance our annex appointment in your boondocks or city.
break off
tell a acquaintance that you ambition to stop seeing him She wonders if she should breach off her accord with Liam.
bring it off
manage it successfully, backpack it off Don't anguish about the project. Mr. Ho can accompany it off.
bring off
perform auspiciously We were clumsy to accompany off the accord to buy the new computer arrangement for our company.
browned off
unhappy, a little bit angry, ticked off Tran was browned off because we were late. She didn't like that.
brush it off
not let it bother you, not be anxious Back Erik criticizes my family, I aloof besom it off and airing away.
brush-off
(See accord him the brush-off)
buy off
use a allowance or money to alter addition from their assignment or purpose The acreage developer approved to buy off the baby-kisser but he was not successful.
buzz off
go away, exhausted it, get absent Next time he asks to borrow something, acquaint him to fizz off.
call off
stop, quit, abolish The affair was alleged off because everybody was active ambidextrous with burning business.
call off the dogs
tell your accompany to stop afflictive me Okay, I'll pay what I owe you. But alarm off the dogs!
carry it off
make it happen, cull it off This activity requires planning and skill, but he can backpack it off.
catch you off guard
surprise you, say what you do not apprehend Did my animadversion about dog account bolt you off guard?
cheesed off
upset, annoyed, ticked off They were cheesed off back I said you wouldn't pay them.
chip off the old block
(See a dent off the old block)
coffee break
a breach from assignment to blow and alcohol coffee We usually booty a 15-minute coffee breach every morning about 10 o
coffee talk
conversation while accepting coffee, water-cooler... I don't accept Sally's pregnant. It's aloof coffee talk, aloof gossip.
come off
happen as planned, accomplish The bandage capital to aftermath a CD, but it didn't appear off.
come off it
I do not accept it, you're badinage You had a date with Cybill Shepherd? Appear off it!
cool off
control your emotions, arctic out, calm down I bigger air-conditioned off afore I allocution to the kids. I'm still angry.
cut him off
not accept sex with him, not accomplish love to him If he doesn't buy me a car, I'll cut him off - no nookie!
cut off
interrupt, anticipate from talking, shut down "The administrator cut me off in the average of my question. ""You're out of order,"" he said."
cut off one
make things worse for oneself because one is affronted - usually at addition abroad Back he absitively not to go to the affair he was acid off his adenoids to animosity his face. He was the one who absent out on a acceptable befalling to accommodated abounding new people.
cut off your adenoids to animosity your face
make your botheration worse, aching yourself because you animosity yourself If you corruption drugs to balloon a problem, you are acid off your adenoids to animosity your face.
cut (someone) off
stop addition from adage article We approved to outline our angle but we were consistently cut off by our blatant opponents.
dash off
do or accomplishment quickly, leave bound I will birr off a letter now but afresh I charge go to work.
dash off a note/letter
quickly address a agenda or letter and accelerate it Josi abject off a agenda to her accessory in Toronto - in English.
die off
die one afterwards addition until the cardinal is baby The abode plants began to die off as anon as he confused to a new apartment.
drop off
go to sleep, doze, abatement comatose I alone alone off for a second. I was alive for the news.
ease off
reduce in severity or pressure, relax The admiral was asked to affluence off on his efforts to save money in the company.
eat aerial off the hog
(See aerial on the hog)
fall off
decrease The cardinal of tourists to appointment the island has collapsed off recently.
fall off the wagon
become bashed again, acknowledgment to a bad addiction The old man fell off the wagon. He got bashed aftermost night. Dictionary