(well,) bust my buttons Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

pop your buttons

feel very proud, be full of pride When you received the award, did you pop your buttons?

push the right buttons

say the right things, do the right things The players want to play for Pat. She pushes all the right buttons.

buttons

police

Don't push my buttons!

This can be said to someone who is starting to annoy you.

have all one's buttons|buttons|have|have all one's

v. phr., slang To have all your understanding; be reasonable.

Usually used in the negative or conditionally. Mike acts sometimes as if he didn't have all his buttons. He would not go to town barefooted if he had all his marbles.

have all one's buttons

have all one's buttons
Also, have all one's marbles. Be completely sane and rational. For example, Grandma may be in a wheelchair, but she still has all her buttons, or I'm not sure he has all his marbles. These slangy expressions date from the mid-1800s, as do the antonyms lose or be missing some of one's buttons or marbles, meaning “become (or be) mentally deficient.”

lose one's buttons

lose one's buttons
see under have all one's buttons.

push someone's buttons

push someone's buttons
Also, press someone's buttons. Draw a strong emotional reaction from someone, especially anger or sexual arousal. For example, My mother-in-law really knew how to push my buttons, or A good-looking redhead, she always seemed to press his buttons. This metaphoric expression transfers activating some mechanism by pushing buttons to human emotions. [Slang; 1920s]

(well,) apprehension my buttons

colloquial An assertion of shock, surprise, or incredulity. Well, apprehension my buttons! I never anticipation I'd see you about these genitalia again! A: "So again he told me to boost it area the sun don't shine." B: "Bust my buttons—what a abrupt affair to say!"Learn more: bust, button

Well, apprehension my buttons!

Rur. What a surprise! Well, apprehension my buttons! It's acceptable to see you! Well, apprehension my buttons! You did all the dishes!Learn more: bust

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