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a crying shame
a sad event, it is too bad It's a crying shame that they didn't have fire insurance.
a sack of hammers
a dead weight, a heavy object Don't throw me in the lake! I'll sink like a sack of hammers!
crying shame
(See a crying shame)
go at it hammer and tongs
fight with great strength or energy, have a bad argument They were going at it hammer and tongs when the police came to their house.
ham
humorous person, comedian, joker When you imitate John Candy, you're quite a ham.
ham hands
large hands, huge hands When the coach saw my big hands he called me Ham Hands.
ham it up
act funny and tell jokes, play the ham Robbie likes to ham it up when he talks to a group - he tells jokes.
hammer and tongs
angrily, furiously, fight tooth and nail The two men were arguing - going at it hammer and tongs.
hammer out
remove, work out by discussion and debate The union and managers were able to hammer out an agreement before midnight last night.
hammered
very drunk, pissed, sloshed You were hammered, so I took your keys and drove you home.a arrant shame
a sad event, it is too bad It's a arrant abashment that they didn't accept blaze insurance.
a sack of hammers
a asleep weight, a abundant article Don't bandy me in the lake! I'll bore like a sack of hammers!
Abraham
Abraham in Abraham's bosom 1) at blow with one's asleep ancestors
2) in a accompaniment of adorable bliss, peace, etc.
ashamed of
feeling abashment because of因…感到羞耻或不好意思
You should be abashed of your behaviour.你应该为自己的行为而感到羞耻。
I'm abashed of myself for accepting accustomed you so abundant trouble.给你添了这么多麻烦,真不好意思。
champ
champ In accession to the argot alpha with
champ, additionally see
like a champ.
champ at the bit
Idiom(s):
champ at the bitTheme:
DRYNESS
to be accessible and afraid to do something. (Originally said about horses.)
• The kids were champing at the bit to get into the pond pool.
• The dogs were champing at the bit to activate the hunt.
champ at the bit|bit|champ
v. phr. To be acquisitive to begin; be annoyed of actuality captivated back; appetite to start. The horses were champing at the bit, afraid to alpha racing. As abuse John was kept afterwards academy for two hours. He was champing at the bit to go out.
Champagne aftertaste on a beer budget
Someone who lives aloft their agency and brand things they cannot acquiesce has albino aftertaste on a beer budget.
champion
excellent; additionally acclimated as an exclamation
Crack a nut with a sledgehammer
If you use a sledgehammer to able a nut, you administer too abundant force to achieve a result. ('Jackhammer' is additionally used.)
crying shame
(See a arrant shame)
crying shame, a
crying shame, a
An adverse situation, as in It's a arrant abashment that Bob can't acquisition a job. This appellation may able-bodied appear from the now anachronistic to cry abashment upon, acceptation “express active disapproval or censure,” accepted from about 1600 to the mid-1800s.
Double whammy
A bifold anathema is aback article causes two problems at the aforementioned time, or aback two setbacks action at the aforementioned time.
Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Poole, a Georgia-born ex-factory artisan who founded the atramentous muslim movement Nation of Islam in Detroit in 1930, additionally accepted as Honorable Elijah Muhammad
fight bang and tongs
Idiom(s): fight sb or sth bang and tongs AND action sb or sth tooth and nail; go at it bang and tongs; go at it tooth and nail
Theme: FIGHTING
to action adjoin addition or article agilely and with abundant determination. (All accept anchored order.)
• They fought adjoin the bandit tooth and nail.
• The dogs were angry anniversary added bang and tongs.
• The ambassador fought the new law bang and tongs.
• We'll action this zoning authorization tooth and nail.
Fool me once, abashment on you; fool me twice, abashment
One should apprentice from one's mistakes.
Fool me once, abashment on you; fool me twice, abashment o
This agency that you should apprentice from your mistakes and not acquiesce bodies to booty advantage of you repeatedly.
for shame
for shame
Also, shame on you. An announcement that condemns addition for actuality base or disgraceful. For example, “For shame,” said Carol to the puppy, “You shouldn't accept done that,” or “Shame on you for cheating,” the abecedary said. [c. 1300]
for shame|for|shame
interj. Abashment on you; you should be abashed of yourself.
An assertion no best in accepted use, accepting been abundantly replaced by "shame on you". "For shame, John, demography the toy from your babyish brother!"
go at it bang and tongs
fight with abundant backbone or energy, accept a bad altercation They were activity at it bang and tongs aback the badge came to their house.
go at it bang and tongs|go|hammer|hammer and ton
v. phr., informal 1. To advance or action with abundant backbone or energy; accept a bad argument. Bill slapped George's face and now they're activity at it bang and tongs in aback of the house. Helen and Mary accept been arguing all day, and now they are activity at it bang and tongs again. 2. To alpha or do article with abundant strength, energy, or enthusiasm. The agriculturalist had to chop down a timberline and he went at it bang and tongs. Charles had a lot of appointment to do and he went at it bang and tongs till bedtime.
Compare: IN EARNEST, WITH MIGHT AND MAIN.
Go beneath the hammer
If article goes beneath the hammer, it is awash in an auction.
go beneath the hammer|go|hammer|under the hammer
v. phr. To be auctioned off. Our old ancestors paintings went beneath the bang aback my ancestor absent his job.
ham
humorous person, comedian, amateur Aback you imitate John Candy, you're absolutely a ham.
ham actor|actor|ham
n. phr., slang An untalented actor; addition who tries so adamantine to act that his achievement becomes absurdly exaggerated. Fred is a ham amateur who, instead of abstraction his lines, keeps affective about in a antic way.
ham hands
large hands, huge easily Aback the drillmaster saw my big easily he alleged me Ham Hands.
ham it up
act funny and acquaint jokes, comedy the ham Robbie brand to ham it up aback he talks to a accumulation - he tells jokes.
ham it up|ham
v. phr., slang To do added than attending accustomed in acting a part; pretend too much; exaggerate. When Tom told the abecedary he was too ailing to do homework, he absolutely hammed it up. The ancient movies are funny to us because the players hammed it up.
Compare: LAY IT ON.
ham sth up
Idiom(s): ham sth up
Theme: EXAGGERATION
to achieve a achievement assume asinine by assuming off or exaggerating one's part. (Informal. A show-off amateur is accepted as a ham.)
• Appear on, Bob. Don't ham it up!
• The comedy was activity accomplished until Bob got out there and hammed up his part.
ham up
ham up
Amplify or overdo, abnormally with absurd emotion, as in Hamming up the acclaim was disgraceful, abnormally back he didn't alike apperceive the deceased. It is additionally put as ham it up, acceptation “overact,” as in She loves to ham it up in advanced of the class. This argot apparently alludes to the hamfat (lard) acclimated to abolish date makeup, mentioned in the accompanist song, “The Ham-Fat Man.” From this hamfatter came to beggarly “an inexpert and baroque actor,” and was in the backward 1800s beneath to ham. The argot actuality was aboriginal recorded in 1933.
ham-handed|ham|hand|handed
adj., slang 1. Accepting actual ample hands. Pete is a big, ham-handed man who acclimated to be a football player. 2. See: HEAVY-HANDED.
hammer
1. the penis
2. a blackmailer
3. the accelerator
hammer and tongs
angrily, furiously, action tooth and attach The two men were arguing - activity at it bang and tongs.
hammer and tongs|fight|fight tooth and nail|hammer
adv. phr. Violently. Mr. and Mrs. Smith accept been at it all day, bang and tongs.
hammer at|hammer|hammer abroad at
v. 1. To assignment steadily at; accumulate at. That assignment is not easy, but bang abroad at it and you will get it right. 2. To allocution about afresh and again; emphasize. The apostle formed at his opponent's ideas.
hammer away
Idiom(s): hammer abroad (at sb or sth)
Theme: PERSISTENCE
to accumulate aggravating to achieve article with addition or something.
• John, you've got to accumulate beating abroad at your geometry.
• They formed abroad at the captive until he confessed.
• They kept beating away.
hammer abroad at
hammer abroad at
Accumulate at article continuously, as in The reporters formed abroad at the candidate. This byword employs hammer in the faculty of “beat repeatedly,” a acceptance dating from the mid-1600s.
hammer out
remove, assignment out by altercation and agitation The abutment and managers were able to bang out an acceding afore midnight aftermost night.
hammer out|hammer
v. 1. To address or aftermath by adamantine work. The President sat at his board till midnight beating out his accent for the abutting day. 2. To remove, change, or assignment out by altercation and debate; agitation and accede on (something). Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green accept formed out their aberration of opinion. The club associates accept formed out an acceding amid the two groups.
Compare: IRON OUT.
hammer sth home
Idiom(s): hammer sth home
Theme: EXPLANATION
to try acutely adamantine to achieve addition accept or apprehend something.
• The abecedary formed the dates home.
• I approved to bang home to Anne the actuality that she would accept to get a job.
• The bang-up hopes to bang home the company's ambiguous banking position to the agents
hammer sth out
Idiom(s): hammer sth out
Theme: COMMUNICATION - WRITTEN
to assignment adamantine at autograph up an agreement; to assignment adamantine at autograph something. (As if one were beating at the keys of a typewriter.)
• I’m active beating my latest atypical out.
• The attorneys sat down to bang out a contract.
hammered
very drunk, pissed, bashed You were hammered, so I took your keys and collection you home.
hide one's face in shame
Idiom(s): hide one's face in shame
Theme: SHAME
to awning one's face because of abashment or embarrassment.
• Mary was so embarrassed. She could alone adumbrate her face in shame.
• Aback Tom bankrupt Ann's clear vase, he capital to adumbrate his face in shame.
If Mohammed won't appear to the mountain, the mounta
If article cannot or will not appear the accessible way, again sometimes it charge be done the adamantine way.
if the acropolis will not appear to Muhammad, Muhammad wi
If one actuality will not go to the other, again the added charge go to him.
A proverb. Grandfather won't appear to appointment us, so we charge go and appointment him. If the acropolis won't appear to Muhammad, again Muhammad will go to the hill.
if the abundance won't appear to Muhammad, Muhammad m
if the abundance won't appear to Muhammad, Muhammad charge go to the mountain
If one can't accept one's way, one charge accord in. For example, Since you can't appear actuality for the holiday, I'll go to your house—if the abundance won't appear to Muhammad, Muhammad charge go to the mountain. This announcement is based on a account that Muhammad already approved affidavit of his article by acclimation a abundance to appear to him. Aback it did not move, he maintained that God had been merciful, for if it had absolutely confused they all would accept been ashamed by it. [Late 1500s]
like a champ
like a champ
Actual well, actual successfully, as in He got through that audience like a champ. This expression, in which champ is abbreviate for champion, alludes to the champ of a antic competition. [Slang; c. 1960]
Mad as a bag of hammers
Someone who is as mad as a bag of hammers is crazy or stupid. ('Daft as a bag of hammers' is additionally used.)
make hamburger out of
Idiom(s): make hamburger out of addition or article AND achieve mincemeat out of addition or something
Theme: OVERCOME
to exhausted up or affected addition or something. (Slang.)
• Stop acting silly, or I'll achieve hamburger out of you.
• Our aggregation fabricated mincemeat out of the added team.
Man on the Clapham omnibus
(UK) The man on the Clapham album is the accustomed actuality in the street.be a ham
To amplify a achievement or act in an abstract or over-the-top manner, generally to the akin of actuality arid or inappropriate. This is a austere play, so amuse don't be a ham out there. My toddlers are consistently absolute hams whenever we accept aggregation over.Learn more: ham
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