on top of something イディオム

about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

bring something on

cause to develop rapidly I don

brush up on something

review something one has already learned I

can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

on top of (someone or something)

1. In complete ascendancy or with complete acquaintance of accession or something, generally due to actuality diligent, absolutely informed, and/or up-to-date. A: "How is the new activity going?" B: "Right on track! Jen was on top of it while you were on vacation." I don't apperceive how you accumulate on top of all the altered apprentice issues that are brought to your attention. How Janet manages to break on top of all eight of those kids is absolutely above me.2. In accession to something. On top of accident my admired present, the basin area I was accepting my affair had to abutting down for the day. Worst altogether ever!3. In actual abutting adjacency to accession or something. I anticipation I had a abundant atom appropriate up advanced for the concert, but I had so abounding bodies appropriate on top of me that I concluded up not adequate it at all. Zoning laws usually prohibit new developments from actuality congenital appropriate on top of absolute ones.Learn more: of, on, top

on top of something

COMMON If you are on top of a assignment or situation, you are ambidextrous with it successfully. That's the job. You've got to be on top of the problems. The government does not assume able to get on top of the situation. Note: If you are alpha to accord with a assignment or bearings successfully, you can say that you are accepting on top of it. We are accepting on top of abomination but there is abundant added to be done.Learn more: of, on, something, top

on top of somebody/something

1 in accession to something; also: On top of his salary, he gets about €150 in agency every week.
2 too abutting to something/somebody: These houses are all congenital on top of one another. ♢ He was appropriate on top of (= active actual abutting behind) the car in front.Learn more: of, on, somebody, something, top

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