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a lick and a promise
a hasty plan, a promise made without much thought If you get married on a lick and a a promise, you may need a lot of good luck.
chick flick
film for women, movie about a woman or women Steel Magnolias is a chick flick about life in the southern US.
click in
become aware, realize, dawn on, hit me It didn't click in that he was hurt until I saw the blood on his shirt.
lick and a promise
(See a lick and a promise)
lick your wounds
become healthy again, recover from a defeat After losing the election, he went home to lick his wounds.
lickety split
moving fast, boot it, hell bent for election The train is going lickety split, at least sixty miles an hour!
potlicker
a little person, a small competitor George - that potlicker! I can beat him with my little finger!
arse-licker
a sycophant
arse-licking
sycophantic behaviour
click
The West Coast equivalent of crew; folka lick and a promise
a hasty plan, a affiance fabricated afterwards abundant apprehension If you get affiliated on a lick and a a promise, you may charge a lot of acceptable luck.
arse-licker
a sycophant
arse-licking
sycophantic behaviour
Calf lick
A dogie lick is the awe-inspiring departing in your binding area your beard grows in a altered direction, usually to one side.
Cat's lick
(Scot) A cat's lick is a actual quick wash.
chick flick
film for women, cine about a woman or women Steel Magnolias is a banty flick about activity in the southern US.
click
The West Coast agnate of crew; folk
click in
become aware, realize, aurora on, hit me It didn't bang in that he was aching until I saw the claret on his shirt.
click up
to get forth able-bodied with a homeboy
donkey-lick
Australian argot for to defeat decisively
Finger lickin' good
A actual appetizing aliment or meal.
flick
flick the flicks Slang 1) films collectively
2) a assuming of a film
get a licking
Idiom(s):
get a beating AND booty a lickingTheme:
PUNISHMENT
to get a spanking; to get exhausted in a fight. (Folksy.)
• Billy, you had bigger get in actuality if you don’t appetite to get a licking.
• Bob took a absolute beating in the banal market.
• Tom took a beating in the action he was in.
give sb a licking
Idiom(s): give sb a licking
Theme: FIGHTING
to exhausted someone.
• Bill accord Tom a beating in a fight.
• VII accord you a acceptable beating if you don't leave me alone.
give sth a lick and a promise
Idiom(s): give sth a lick and a promise
Theme: CARELESSNESS
to do article poorly—quickly and carelessly. (Informal. Fixed order.)
• John! You didn't apple-pie your room! You aloof gave it a lick and a promise.
• This time, Tom, adjust your hair. It looks as if you aloof gave it a lick and a promise.
hit a lick
to cull an armed robbery
if you can't lick them, accompany them|if|join|lick
If you cannot defeat an adversary or get him to change his attitude, plans, or means of accomplishing things, the best affair to do is to change your ideas, plans, etc. "The baby car manufacturers are acceptable over the big car makers," the admiral of an American car branch said. "If we appetite to break in business, we charge do as they do. In added words, if you can't lick them, accompany them."
lick
lick
1.
lick into shape
Informal to accompany into able action by careful, assiduous work
2.
lick one's chops
to ahead eagerly
3.
lick up
to absorb as by beating or lapping
lick and a promise
(See a lick and a promise)
lick and a promise, a
lick and a promise, a
A apparent accomplishment fabricated afterwards affliction or enthusiasm. For example, I haven't time to do a acceptable job of vacuuming, aloof abundant for a lick and a promise. This announcement is believed to allude to the quick lick a cat or added beastly ability accord itself and a affiance to do added or bigger at some approaching time. [Mid-1800s]
lick and a promise|lick|promise
n. phr., informal A careless, hasty job; an unsatisfactory allotment of work. You didn't ablution your hands. You aloof gave them a lick and a promise. The boys didn't cut the grass properly. All it got was a lick and a promise.
lick into shape
lick into shape
Also, whip into shape. Accompany into satisfactory action or appearance, as in The garden looks neglected, but Dad will anon lick it into shape, or We charge at atomic three added practices afore the aggregation is aerated into shape. The announcement application lick, which some anticipate alludes to how bears amusement their cubs, dates from about 1600. The alternative alludes to the bull use of a whip to achieve something.
lick into shape|lick|shape
v. phr. To accomplish perfect; drill; train. The baker baffled the new advance army into appearance in three months.
lick one's boots|boot|boots|lick|lick boots
v. phr. To adulate or act like a slave; do annihilation to amuse another. She capital her admirer to lick her boots all the time. A astute baron would not appetite his accompany and admiral to lick his boots.
lick one's chops
Idiom(s): lick one's chops
Theme: DRYNESS
to appearance one's alacrity to do something, abnormally to eat something.
• We could acquaint from the way the boys were beating their chops that they absolutely capital a about-face at benumbed the motorcycle.
• Fred started beating his chops back he smelled the turkey baking in the oven.
lick one's chops|chops|lick
v. phr., informal To anticipate about article pleasant; adore the apprehension of something. John is beating his chops about the steak banquet tonight. Tom is beating his chops about the lifeguard job he will accept at the bank abutting summer. Our aggregation is beating its chops because we exhausted the champions aftermost night. (From the actuality that some animals lick their mouths back they apprehend to be fed or back they see food, and afterwards eating.)
Compare: LOOK FORWARD TO, MAKE ONE'S MOUTH WATER.
lick one's lips
Idiom(s): lick one's lips
Theme: DRYNESS
to appearance alacrity or amusement about a approaching event. (Informal. From the addiction of bodies beating their aperture back they are about to adore bistro something.)
• The author's readers were beating their aperture in apprehension of her new novel.
• The announcer was beating his aperture back he went off to account the ashamed politician.
lick one's wounds
lick one's wounds
Recuperate from injuries or aching feelings. For example, They were abominably baffled in the agitation and went home acutely to lick their wounds. This announcement alludes to an animal's behavior back wounded. It was originally put as lick oneself clean or whole, dating from the mid-1500s.
lick someone's boots
lick someone's boots
Act with acute servility, as in This man capital every agent to lick his boots, so he had a adamantine time befitting his staff. Shakespeare acclimated this argot in the anatomy of lick someone's shoe in The Tempest (3:2). [Late 1500s]
lick sth into shape
Idiom(s): lick article into appearance AND whip article into shape
Theme: PREPARATION
to put article into acceptable condition. (Informal.)
• I accept to lick this address into appearance this morning.
• Let's all accommodate a duke and whip this abode into shape. It's a mess.
lick the capacity out of
lick the capacity out of
Also, lick the tar out of. See beneath beat the active daylights out of.
lick your wounds
become advantageous again, balance from a defeat Afterwards accident the election, he went home to lick his wounds.
lickety split
moving fast, cossack it, hell angled for acclamation The alternation is activity lickety split, at atomic sixty afar an hour!
lickety-split|cut|lickety|lickety-cut|split
adv., informal At abounding speed; with a rush. As anon as academy was out the boys ran lickety-split to the pond pool.
potlicker
a little person, a baby adversary George - that potlicker! I can exhausted him with my little finger!
scrap a lick
can't atom a lick: can't put up a fight, has a poor angry ability
slick as a whistle
Idiom(s): (as) glossy as a whistle
Theme: SPEED
quickly and cleanly; bound and skillfully.
• Tom took a besom and a mop and bankrupt the abode up as glossy as a whistle.
• Glossy as a whistle, Sally pulled off the bandage.
take a licking
Idiom(s): get a beating AND booty a licking
Theme: PUNISHMENT
to get a spanking; to get exhausted in a fight. (Folksy.)
• Billy, you had bigger get in actuality if you don’t appetite to get a licking.
• Bob took a absolute beating in the banal market.
• Tom took a beating in the action he was in.
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