Смысл: aboideau

aboideau[͵ɑ:bwə|ʹdəʋ]
(pl -deaus [-{͵ɑ:bwə}ʹdəʋs], -deaux [-{͵ɑ:bwə}ʹdəʋ]) = aboiteau

idea Идиома

get behind (a person or idea)

support, help They decided to get behind the main candidate when he promised to cut taxes.

what's the big idea

why are you doing that? who said you could do that? What's the big idea? Who said you could chop down that tree?

put ideas into one's head

Idiom(s): put ideas into one's head

Theme: COMMUNICATION

to suggest something—usually something bad—to someone (who would not have thought of it otherwise).
• Bill keeps getting into trouble. Please don't put ideas into his head.
• Bob would get along all right if other kids didn't put ideas into his head.

give sb a rough idea

Idiom(s): give someone a rough idea (about something) AND give someone a rough idea (of something)

Theme: IDEA

to give someone a general idea or an estimate about something.
• I don't need to know exactly. Just give me a rough idea about how big it should be.
• Let me give you a rough idea about my plan.

give sb a bright idea

Idiom(s): give sb a bright idea

Theme: IDEA

to give someone a clever thought or idea.
• That gives me a bright idea!
• Thank you for giving me a bright idea.

get a rough idea

Idiom(s): get a rough idea (about something) AND get a rough idea (of something)

Theme: IDEA

to receive a general idea; to receive an estimate. {Got can be replaced with have.)
• I need to get a rough idea of how many people will be there.
• I don't need to know exactly. Just get a rough idea.
• Judy has got a rough idea about who'll be there.
• I have a rough idea. That's good enough.

get a bright idea

Idiom(s): get a bright idea

Theme: IDEA

for a clever thought or idea to occur (to someone).
• Now and then I get a bright idea.
• John hardly ever gets a bright idea.
• Listen here! I have a bright idea!

Bounce ideas

If you bounce ideas off someone, you share your ideas with them to know whether they think they would work.

put ideas into one's head|head|idea|ideas|put

v. phr. To persuade someone to do something negative; put one up to something. Billy would never have poured glue into his father's shoes if the neighbor's son hadn't been putting ideas into his head.

the idea|idea|the very idea|very idea

n. phr.

Used in exclamations to show that you do not like something. The idea! Thinking Mother was my sister! The very idea of Tom bringing that dirty dog into my clean house!

toy with an idea|idea|toy|toy with the idea

v. phr. To consider an idea or an offer periodically without coming to a decision. He was toying with the idea of accepting the company's offer of the vice presidency in Tokyo, but he was unable to decide.

what's the big idea|big idea|idea|what's the idea

informal What is the purpose; what do you have in mind; why did you do that; what are you doing; how dare you.

Often used to question someone or something that is not welcome. The Smith family painted their house red, white, and blue. What's the big idea? What's the idea of coming in here after I told you not to? I heard you are spreading false rumors about me, what's the big idea?

bright idea

bright idea
A clever thought or plan. For example, John had a bright idea for saving space—we would each have a terminal but share the printer. This term uses bright in the sense of “intelligent” or “quick-witted” and may be employed either straightforwardly, as in the example above, or ironically, as in Jumping in the pool with your clothes on—that was some bright idea. [Late 1800s]

idea

idea
see bright idea; put ideas into someone's head; what's the idea.

put an idea in one's head

put an idea in one's head
see put ideas into someone's head.

put ideas into someone's head

put ideas into someone's head
Also, put an idea in someone's head. Suggest something to someone, as in No, we're not moving—what put that idea in your head? [Mid-1800s]

the idea

the idea
Also, the very idea. See under what's the idea.

what's the idea

what's the idea
Also, what's the big idea; the very idea. What do you think you are doing? What foolishness do you have in mind? For example, What's the idea of taking the car without permission? or You've invited yourself along? What's the big idea? or Take a two-year-old up Mount Washington? The very idea! These phrases, all implying the speaker's disapproval, use idea in the sense of “what one has in mind.” The first two date from about 1900; the third is heard more in Britain than America.