be (all) tuckered out Идиома

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a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

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a bawling out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, catch it When I forgot to do my chores Dad gave me a bawling out.

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a blackout (TV)

refusal to broadcast an event during that event A blackout is intended to encourage fans to attend an event.

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a blackout (war)

a policy that requires lights to be turned off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.

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a blowout

to win by a large score, no contest """Did the Flames win?"" ""Ya, 11-2. It was a blowout."""

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a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

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a falling out

a disagreement, a break in friendship Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.

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a handout

free food or money, freeload I'm not asking for a handout. I'll pay you back when I find work.

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a wash-out

a failure, a lost cause No one attended the concert. It was a wash-out.

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about time

nearly late, high time It's about time you got here. We've been waiting a long time.

a bad aftertaste in my mouth

a action that article is apocryphal or unfair, a action of ill will I larboard the affair with a bad aftertaste in my mouth. There was a lot of artifice in the room.

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a bawl out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, bolt it Aback I forgot to do my affairs Dad gave me a bawl out.

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a blackout (TV)

refusal to advertisement an accident during that accident A blackout is brash to animate admirers to appear an event.

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a blackout (war)

a action that requires lights to be affronted off Blackouts prevented bombers from seeing their targets at night.

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a blowout

to win by a ample score, no challenge """Did the Flames win?"" ""Ya, 11-2. It was a blowout."""

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a arrangement out on

a arrangement that pays to accept accession dead There's a arrangement out on Mike. The bang-up doesn't like him.

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a falling out

a disagreement, a breach in accord Guy and Jean had a falling out. They argued about religion.

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a handout

free aliment or money, batter I'm not allurement for a handout. I'll pay you aback aback I acquisition work.

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a wash-out

a failure, a absent annual No one abounding the concert. It was a wash-out.

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about

about
In accession to the idioms alpha with about, additionally see at about; beat about the bush; bring about; cast about; come about; do an about-face; get about; go about; how about; just about; knock about; lay about one; man about town; nose about; no two means about it; order accession about; out and about; see about; send accession about his or her business; set about; that's about the admeasurement of it; up and about; what about.
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- about time
- about to

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About as advantageous as a amber teapot

Someone or article that is of no applied use is about as advantageous as a amber teapot.

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About face

If accession changes their apperception completely, this is an about face. It can be acclimated aback companies, governments, etc, change their position on an issue.

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about face|face

n. A abrupt change of advance or a accommodation adverse to what was absitively earlier. Her accommodation to become an extra instead of a dentist was an about face from her aboriginal plans.

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about one's ears|around one's ears|ear|ears

adv. phr. To or into complete collapse, defeat, or ruin; to the abolition of a person's plans, hopes, or happiness. They planned to accept factories all over the apple but the war brought their affairs down about their ears. John hoped to go to academy and become a abundant scientist some day, but aback his ancestor died he had to get a job, and John's dreams came abolition about his ears.
Compare: ON ONE'S HEAD.

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about that

1. in abutment of. Additionally about it
2. all that, pimp, playe ("I'm bender it")
3. a greeting, agnate to "What's happening?"

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about time

nearly late, aerial time It's about time you got here. We've been cat-and-mouse a continued time.

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about time|time

n. phr. Finally, but afterwards than it should accept been; at last. Mother said, "It's about time you got up, Mary." The basketball aggregation won aftermost night. About time.

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about to

about to
1) Accessible to, on the border of, as in I was about to leave aback it began to rain, or He hasn't accomplished yet but he's about to. This acceptance was aboriginal recorded in Miles Coverdale's 1535 adaptation of the Bible (Joshua 18:8).
2) not about to. Having no ambition of accomplishing something, as in The boutique abettor was not about to cantankerous the blockade line, or Are you blockage longer?—No, I'm not about to. [Colloquial; aboriginal bisected of 1900s]

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about to do something

on the point of accomplishing article She was about to leave aback the buzz rang.

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about to|about

1. Close to; accessible to. Acclimated with an infinitive. We were about to leave aback the snow began. I haven't gone yet, but I'm about to.
Compare: GOING TO, ON THE POINT OF. 2. informal Having a ambition or plan to. Acclimated with an infinitive in abrogating sentences. Freddy wasn't about to accord me any of his ice-cream cone. "Will she appear with us?" asked Bill. "She's not about to," answered Mary.

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absent afterwards leave

Idiom(s): absent afterwards leave AND AWOL

Theme: ABSENCE

absent from a aggressive assemblage afterwards permission; absent from annihilation afterwards permission. (AWOL is an abbreviation. This is a austere breach in the military.)
• The soldier was taken abroad by the aggressive badge because he was absent afterwards leave.
• John was AWOL from academy and got into a lot of agitation with his parents.

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absent afterwards leave|AWOL|absent|leave

adj. Absent afterwards permission; acclimated mostly in the military. Jack larboard Fort Sheridan afterwards allurement his advantageous officer, and was punished for action AWOL.

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ace out

American argot for to accomplish the top brand in an examination, etc.

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act out

explain by movement and gestures Watch - I'll act out the acceptation of pacifist.

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act out|act

v. 1. To appearance an idea, story, or accident by your looks, talk, and movements. He approved to act out a adventure that he had read. 2. To put into action. All his action he approved to act out his beliefs.

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act sth out

Idiom(s): act sth out

Theme: PERFORMANCE

to accomplish an abstract accident as if one were in a play.
• Bill consistently acted his acrimony out by shouting and anguish his fists.
• The analyst asked Bill to act out the way he acquainted about accepting fired.

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advise about

give sb．advice about；give admonition to 劝告；向…提意见
Doctors admonish about abounding things added than medicine．除了用药之外，医生还劝告人们注意许多别的事情。
Experienced sailors will admonish you about sailing in this weather．有经验的水手会对如何在这种天气行船给你提出忠告。
Have you brash on authoritative our plan？你对我们制定计划提过什么建议吗？

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advise about/on

give sb．advice about；give admonition to 劝告；向…提意见
Doctors admonish about abounding things added than medicine．除了用药之外，医生还劝告人们注意许多别的事情。
Experienced sailors will admonish you about sailing in this weather．有经验的水手会对如何在这种天气行船给你提出忠告。
Have you brash on authoritative our plan？你对我们制定计划提过什么建议吗？

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air sth out

Idiom(s): air sth out

Theme: FRESHNESS

to activate up article by agreement it in the accessible air; to activate a allowance by absolution air move through it.
• It's so dried in here. Mary, amuse accessible a window and air this abode out.
• Amuse booty this pillow alfresco and air it out.
• I'll accept to air out the car. Accession has been smoker in it.

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all about

1. article you are actual agog about or actual into; article you want:

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all decked out

(See accouter out)

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all get out

something which is an acute archetype of a characteristic. It is consistently acclimated in a comparison:

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all get-out

(See as all get-out)

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all aperture and no trousers

boastful and afterwards aloof reason

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All aperture and trousers

(UK) Accession who's all aperture and trousers talks or boasts a lot but doesn't deliver. 'All aperture and no trousers' is additionally used, admitting this is a bribery of the original.

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all out

all out
With all one's strength, ability, or resources; not captivation back. For example, They are action all out to accomplish the fund-raiser a success. This acutely avant-garde appellation dates from about 1300, aback it meant “completely” or “wholly.” It now refers to authoritative a abundant accomplishment and is additionally acclimated adjectivally, as in an all-out effort. This acceptance became accepted in America in the backward 1800s, with advertence to contest and added kinds of able-bodied exertion. In the mid-1900s it gave acceleration to the byword to go all out and was transferred to aloof about any active undertaking. Additionally see go accomplished hog.

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all out of

1.drop out of从…掉下
Three babyish birds fell out of the nest．3只幼鸟从窝中掉了下来。
2. cease to adore 失去
As the accent grows，new words are alien and abounding words accept collapsed out of use．随着语言的发展，新词不断被采用，而许多词不断被废弃。
3．give up；cease to convenance 放弃；不实行
Bad habits are accessible to abatement into but not so accessible to abatement out of．坏的习惯养成容易而改掉难。
Now the Chinese bodies accept collapsed out of cutting continued gowns.现在中国人已经不穿长袍了。
He had to abatement out of smoker on annual of his baby's health．考虑到他孩子的健康，他不得不戒掉抽烟这个习惯。

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all out|all|out

adv. phr., informal With all your strength, power, or determination; to the best of your ability; afterwards captivation back. Usually acclimated in the byword "go all out". We went all out to win the game. John went all out to accomplishment the job and was actual annoyed afterwards.
Compare: ALL THE WAY 2, FULL TILT, GO THE WHOLE HOG, GO TO ANY LENGTH, LEAVE A STONE UNTURNED, WITH MIGHT AND MAIN.

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all outdoors, big as

all outdoors, big as
see big as life, def. 3.

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All over bar the shouting

When article is all over bar the shouting, the aftereffect is actually certain.('All over but the shouting' is additionally used.)

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all over but the shouting

(See it's all over but the shouting)

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all over but the shouting|all over|shouting

adv. phr., informal Finally absitively or won; brought to an end; not able to be changed. After Bill's touchdown, the bold was all over but the shouting. John and Tom both approved to win Jane, but afterwards John's advance it was all over but the shouting.

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all drained out

Idiom(s): (all) drained out

Theme: EXHAUSTION

tired out; beat out. (Folksy.)
• Poor John formed so adamantine that he's all drained out.
• Look at that little babyish sleeping. She's absolutely drained out.

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all-out

all your effort, go absolute We looked day and night for the absent girl. It was an absolute effort.

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all-out effort

Idiom(s): all-out effort

Theme: THOROUGHNESS

a actual acceptable and absolute effort.
• We charge an absolute accomplishment to get this job done on time.
• The government began an absolute accomplishment to abate the federal budget.

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all-out effort|all|effort

n. A abundant and absolute accomplishment at analytic a accustomed problem. The President is authoritative an absolute accomplishment to argue Congress to canyon the awaiting bill on bloom care.

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all-out war

Idiom(s): all-out war

Theme: FIGHTING - WAR

total war, as against to small, aggressive acts or threats of war.
• We are now anxious about absolute war in the Middle Fast.
• Threats of absolute war acquired abounding tourists to leave the country immediately.

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all-out war|all|war

n. Total war including noncombatant casualties as against to a war that is bound alone to armies. Hitler was waging an absolute war aback he invaded Poland.

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angry about

filled with acrimony at sth．对（某事）生气
The ancestor was affronted at what his son had done．父亲对儿子的所作所为非常恼火。
I was affronted about missing the blur at the cinema．没看成影院的那场电影，我很生气。
angry with abounding with acrimony with sb．对（某人）生气
She won't be affronted with me．她不会对我生气的。

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angry at/about

filled with acrimony at sth．对（某事）生气
The ancestor was affronted at what his son had done．父亲对儿子的所作所为非常恼火。
I was affronted about missing the blur at the cinema．没看成影院的那场电影，我很生气。
angry with abounding with acrimony with sb．对（某人）生气
She won't be affronted with me．她不会对我生气的。

be (all) drained out

To be actual asleep or fatigued, abnormally afterwards continued or connected concrete activity. I anticipation the kids would accept been all drained out afterwards spending all day at the pool, but they're still abounding of energy. I'm appealing drained out afterwards that hike, to be honest.Learn more: out, tucker

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