say something that is the wrong thing to say in a situation I put my foot in my mouth when I said that I didn't like fish just before my friends served fish at their dinner party.
feather in one's cap
sth.to be proud of; an honor值得骄傲的事;荣誉 It was a feather in his cap to win first prize.他赢得一等奖,真是件值得骄傲的事情。 It'll be a feather in your cap if you can get an interview with him.你如果能见到他,那将是件值得骄傲的事。 It is no small feather in a man's cap if he has been no worse than his neighbours.一个人如果不比周围人差,那是一件很值得骄傲的事。
feel in one's bones
sense or suspect that sth.is the case预感;猜想;觉得会;确信 I feel it in my bones that they will never get along well together.我预感到他们永远不会相处得好。 I know in my bones that God will protect us.我相信上帝一定会保佑我们的。
feel/know in one's bones
sense or suspect that sth.is the case预感;猜想;觉得会;确信 I feel it in my bones that they will never get along well together.我预感到他们永远不会相处得好。 I know in my bones that God will protect us.我相信上帝一定会保佑我们的。
find it in one's find it in oneself
be able or willing because of one's nature忍心;情愿(常用于否定和疑问句中) He could not find it in his heart to tell her about her mother's death.他不忍心告诉她关于她母亲的死讯。 I couldn't find it in my heart to refuse.我不忍心拒绝。 How can I find it in my heart to disappoint the children?我怎么忍心让孩子们失望呢? He cannot find it in himself to condemn a mother who stole bread for a hungry child.他不忍心判决一个由于孩子饥饿而偷面包的母亲有罪。
find it in one's heart/find it in oneself
be able or willing because of one's nature忍心;情愿(常用于否定和疑问句中) He could not find it in his heart to tell her about her mother's death.他不忍心告诉她关于她母亲的死讯。 I couldn't find it in my heart to refuse.我不忍心拒绝。 How can I find it in my heart to disappoint the children?我怎么忍心让孩子们失望呢? He cannot find it in himself to condemn a mother who stole bread for a hungry child.他不忍心判决一个由于孩子饥饿而偷面包的母亲有罪。
find it in one's heart it in oneself
be able or willing because of one's nature忍心;情愿(常用于否定和疑问句中) He could not find it in his heart to tell her about her mother's death.他不忍心告诉她关于她母亲的死讯。 I couldn't find it in my heart to refuse.我不忍心拒绝。 How can I find it in my heart to disappoint the children?我怎么忍心让孩子们失望呢? He cannot find it in himself to condemn a mother who stole bread for a hungry child.他不忍心判决一个由于孩子饥饿而偷面包的母亲有罪。
heart in one's boots
a feeling of great fear or nervousness深为惊恐 in our mouths.这只熊从森林里朝我们走来时,我们非常害怕。 Our monitor got up to make his first speech with his heart in his mouth.我们班长很紧张地站起来发表他的第一次演讲。
heart in one's mouth
a feeling of great fear or nervousness深为惊恐 in our mouths.这只熊从森林里朝我们走来时,我们非常害怕。 Our monitor got up to make his first speech with his heart in his mouth.我们班长很紧张地站起来发表他的第一次演讲。
heart in one's mouth/boots
a feeling of great fear or nervousness深为惊恐 in our mouths.这只熊从森林里朝我们走来时,我们非常害怕。 Our monitor got up to make his first speech with his heart in his mouth.我们班长很紧张地站起来发表他的第一次演讲。
in one's own way
in one's own manner; freely按自己的方式;自由地 They can act in their own way.他们可以按自己的办法行事。
keep a civil tongue in one's head
be polite in speaking 出言客气有礼;讲话不粗鲁 The bus driver began yelling at the woman and she told him to keep a civil tongue in his head.汽车驾驶员对那位妇女大声嚷了起来,而她却要他说话礼貌点。 Don't be rude;keep a civil tongue in your head.别那么粗鲁,说话要客气点。
keep in one's head
remember 记下;背下 I don't know how the chairman keeps all these data in his head.我不知道主席是如何记住这些数据的。
know in one's bones
sense or suspect that sth.is the case预感;猜想;觉得会;确信 I feel it in my bones that they will never get along well together.我预感到他们永远不会相处得好。 I know in my bones that God will protect us.我相信上帝一定会保佑我们的。
pin one's hope on
expect寄希望于 The shopkeeper pinned his hopes on a revival of trade.店主希望生意再度兴隆起来。 Some of the old people pinned their hope on government relief.有些老年人把整个希望寄托在政府的救济上。
pin one's hope (s) on
expect寄希望于 The shopkeeper pinned his hopes on a revival of trade.店主希望生意再度兴隆起来。 Some of the old people pinned their hope on government relief.有些老年人把整个希望寄托在政府的救济上。
pull in one's horns
1.reduce one's boast;calm down from a quarrel收敛言语;停上吵架 He pulled in his horns when he realized that his boasting was not impressing me.当他意识到他的自吹对我不起作用时,就缩回去了。 2.reduce spending or activity缩减开支或活动 After the business failed,father had to pull in his horns.经营失败后,父亲只得缩减开支。
regain one's feet
get back up again after falling down跌倒后重新站起来 The boy fell while he skied down the hill but he regained his feet quickly.这男孩滑雪下坡时摔倒了,但他很快又爬了起来。
slow in one's wits
stupid;dull愚笨 He is somewhat slow in his wits. 他有点笨。
win one's spurs
win fame or honor获得荣誉;成名 Edison won his spurs as an inventor while young.爱迪生很年轻时就因创造发明而一举成名。
win one's way
advance by one's efforts凭自己的努力而获得成功 He has at length won his way to the head of his profession.他终于凭自己的努力而成为他那一行的带头人。
within one's reach
Idiom(s): within someone's reach AND within someone's grasp
Theme: PROXIMITY
almost in the possession of someone. • My goals are almost within my reach, so I know I'll succeed. • We almost had the contract within our grasp, but the deal fell through at the last minute.
turn over in one's grave
Idiom(s): turn (over) in one's grave
Theme: AMAZING
[for a dead person] to be shocked or horrified. (Refers to something that would be so shocking to a person who is actually dead, that the dead person would quicken enough to turn over.) • If Beethoven heard Mary play one of his sonatas, he'd turn over in his grave. • If Aunt Jane knew what you were doing with her favorite chair, she would turn over in her grave.
take the bit in one's teeth
Idiom(s): take the bit in one's teeth AND take the bit between the teeth
Theme: CONTROL
to put oneself in charge. • Someone needed to direct the project, so I took the bit in my teeth. • If you want to get something done, you've got to take the bit between your teeth and get to work.
stew in one's own juice
Idiom(s): stew in one's own juice
Theme: PUNISHMENT
to be left alone to suffer one's anger or disappointment. (Informal.) • John has such a terrible temper. When he got mad at us, we just let him go away and stew in his own juice. • After John stewed in his own juice for a while, he decided to come back and apologize to us.
stand in one's way
Idiom(s): stand in one's way
Theme: IMPEDIMENT
to be a barrier to someone's desires or intentions. • I know you want a divorce so you can marry Ann. Well, I won't stand in your way. You can have the divorce. • I know you want to leave home, and I don't want to stand in your way. You're free to go.
spin one's wheels
Idiom(s): spin one's wheels
Theme: WASTE - EFFORT
to be in motion, but get nowhere. (Slang.) • This is a terrible job. I'm just spinning my wheels and not getting anywhere. • Get organized and try to accomplish something. Stop spinning your wheels!
shake in one's boots
Idiom(s): shake in one's boots AND quake in one's boots
Theme: FEAR
to be afraid; to shake from fear. • I was shaking in my boots because I had to go see the manager. • Stop quaking in your boots, Bob. I'm not going to fire you.
set in one's ways
Idiom(s): set in one's ways
Theme: LIFESTYLE
leading a fixed lifestyle; living according to one's own established patterns. • At her age, she's getting sort of set in her ways. • If you weren't so set in your ways, you'd be able to understand young people better.
regain one's composure
Idiom(s): regain one's composure
Theme: CALMNESS
to become calm and composed. • I found it difficult to regain my composure after the argument. • Here, sit down and relax so that you can regain your composure.
putty in one's hands
Idiom(s): putty in one's hands
Theme: INFLUENCE
easily influenced by someone else; excessively willing to do what someone else wishes. • Bob's wife is putty in his hands. She never thinks for herself. • Jane's putty in her mother's hands. She always does exactly what she is told.
put one in one's place
Idiom(s): put one in one's place
Theme: SCOLDING
to rebuke someone; to remind one of one's (lower) rank or station. • The boss put me in my place for criticizing her. • Then her boss put her in her place for being rude.
put a bee in one's bonnet
Idiom(s): put a bee in one's bonnet
Theme: COMMUNICATION
to give someone an idea (about something). • Somebody put a bee in my bonnet that we should go to a movie. • Who put a bee in your bonnet?
pin one's faith on
Idiom(s): pin one's faith on sb or sth
Theme: TRUST
to put one's hope, trust, or faith in someone or something. • I’m pinning my faith on your efforts. • Don’t pin your faith on Tom. He's not dependable.
pin one's ears back
Idiom(s): pin one's ears back
Theme: SCOLDING
to scold someone severely; to beat someone. (Slang.) • Tom pinned my ears back because I insulted him. • I got very mad at John and wanted to pin his ears back, but I didn't.
one's heart is in one's mouth
Idiom(s): one's heart is in one's mouth
Theme: EMOTION
to feel strongly emotional (about someone or something). • "Gosh, Mary," said John, "my heart is in my mouth whenever I see you." • My heart is in my mouth whenever I hear the national anthem. • It was a touching scene. My heart was in my mouth the whole time.
never in one's life
Idiom(s): never in one's life
Theme: LIFE
not in one's experience. • Never in my life have I been so insulted! • He said that never in his life had he seen such an ugly painting.
Money burns a hole in one's pocket
Idiom(s): Money burns a hole in one's pocket
Theme: MONEY
someone spends as much money as possible. (Informal.) • Sally can't seem to save anything. Money burns a hole in her pocket. • If money burns a hole in your pocket, you never have any for emergencies.
milestone in one's life
Idiom(s): milestone in one's life
Theme: IMPORTANCE
a very important event or point in one's life. (From the stone at the side of a road showing the distance to or from a place.) • Joan's wedding was a milestone in her mother's life. • The birth of a child is a milestone in every parent's life.
melt in one's mouth
Idiom(s): melt in one's mouth
Theme: TASTE
to taste very good. • This cake is so good it'll melt in your mouth. • John said that the food didn't exactly melt in his mouth.
look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
Idiom(s): look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
Theme: COLDNESS
to appear to be cold and unfeeling (despite any information to the contrary). • Sally looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. She can be so cruel. • What a sour face. He looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
live within one's means
Idiom(s): live within one's means
Theme: LIVELIHOOD
to spend no more money than one has. • We have to struggle to live within our means, but we manage. • John is unable to live within his means.
leave a bad taste in one's mouth
Idiom(s): leave a bad taste in one's mouth
Theme: MEMORY
[for someone or something] to leave a bad feeling or memory with someone. (Informal.) • The whole business about the missing money left a bad taste in his mouth. • It was a very nice party, but something about it left a bad taste in my mouth. • I'm sorry that Bill was there. He always leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
in one's Sunday best
Idiom(s): in one's Sunday best
Theme: CLOTHING
in one's best Sunday clothes; in the clothes one wears to church. • All the children were dressed up in their Sunday best. • I like to be in my Sunday best whenever I go out. • Let's get into our Sunday best and go out for dinner.
in one's spare time
Idiom(s): in one's spare time
Theme: TIME
in one's extra time; in the time not reserved for doing something else. • I write novels in my spare time. • I'll try to paint the house in my spare time.
in one's second childhood
Idiom(s): in one's second childhood
Theme: CHILDHOOD
being interested in things or people that normally interest children. • My father bought himself a toy train, and my mother said he was in his second childhood. • Whenever I go to the river and throw stones, I feel as if I'm in my second childhood.
in one's salad days
Idiom(s): in one's salad days
Theme: AGE - YOUTH
in one's youth. (Usually formal or literary. Comparing the greenness of a salad with the greenness, or freshness and inexperience, of youth.) • I recall the joys I experienced in the warm summer air in my salad days. • In our salad days, we were apt to get into all sorts of mischief on the weekends.
in one's right mind
Idiom(s): in one's right mind
Theme: SENSIBLE
sane; rational and sensible. (Often in the negative.) • That was a stupid thing to do. You're not in your right mind. • You can't be in your right mind! That sounds crazy!
in one's prime
Idiom(s): in one's prime AND in its prime
Theme: TIME
at one's or its peak or best time. • Our dog— which is in its prime—is very active. • The program ended in its prime when we ran out of money. • I could work long hours when I was in my prime.
in one's own best interests
Idiom(s): in one's (own) (best) interest(s)
Theme: ADVANTAGE
to one's advantage; as a benefit to oneself. • It is not in your own interests to share your ideas with Jack. He will say that they are his. • Jane thought it was in the best interest of her friend to tell his mother about his illness.
a arrow in one's side
Idiom(s): be a arrow in one's side
Theme: ANNOYANCE
to be a connected bother or acrimony to someone. • This botheration is a arrow in my side. I ambition I had a band-aid to it. • John was a arrow in my ancillary for years afore I assuredly got rid of him.
another attach in one's or sth's coffin
Idiom(s): (another) attach in one's or sth's coffin
Theme: DOOM
something that will abuse or abort addition or something. • Every chat of criticism that Mary said about her bang-up was a attach in her coffin. • Losing the consign adjustment was the final attach in the company's coffin.
ants in one's pants, have
ants in one's pants, have 1) Be acutely restless, uneasy, impatient, or anxious, as in This adolescent aloof can't sit still; she charge accept all-overs in her pants. This balladry argot calls up a active angel of what ability account one to be jumpy. [Slang; 1920s] 2) Be acquisitive for animal activity, as in Bill's got all-overs in his pants for Rita. This acceptance is beneath accepted today. [Slang; 1920s]
ants in one's pants|ant|ants|pant|pants
n. phr., slang Afraid over-activity; restlessness. Jane can not sit still; she has all-overs in her pants.You accept all-overs in your pants today. Is article wrong?
bats in one's belfry, have
bats in one's belfry, have Be crazy or at atomic actual eccentric, as in Sally apprehension her aunt's acceptance in ghosts adumbrated she had bats in her belfry. This appellation in aftereffect likens the bat's acutely aberrant flight in the aphotic to account aerial about in a person's head. [Early 1900s]
bats in one's belfry|bats|bats in the belfry|belfr
n. phr., slang Wild account in his mind; confused senses; abundant brainy confusion. When he talked about action to the moon he was apprehension to accept bats in his belfry.
bee in one's bonnet
bee in one's bonnet A aberrant abstraction or notion; also, an abstraction that is harped on, an obsession. For example, Bill's got a bee in his beanie about burglars; he's consistently apperception aberrant noises. This term, which replaced the beforehand have bees in one's head, transfers the active of a bee central one's hat to a awe-inspiring abstraction in one's head. [Second bisected of 1600s]
bee in one's bonnet|bee|bonnet
n. phr., informal A anchored abstraction that seems fanciful, odd, or crazy. Robert Fulton had a bee in his beanie about a steamboat.Grandmother has some bee in her beanie about action to the dance.
blow up in one's face|blow|face
v. phr., informal To abort absolutely and with abrupt force. The thief's plan to rob the coffer blew up in his face aback a policeman chock-full him.
born with a argent beanery in one's mouth
Idiom(s): born with a argent beanery in one's mouth
Theme: ADVANTAGE
born with abounding advantages; built-in to a affluent family. • Sally was built-in with a argent beanery in her mouth. • I'm animated I was not built-in with a argent beanery in my mouth.
born with a argent beanery in one's mouth|born|mouth
adj. phr. Built-in to abundance and comfort; provided from bearing with aggregate wanted; built-in rich. The stranger's conduct was that of a man who had been built-in with a argent beanery in his mouth. Compare: WELL-HEELED.
bug in one's ear|bug|ear
n. phr., informal A hint; abstruse advice accustomed to addition to accomplish him act; idea. I saw Mary at the jeweler's admiring the design pin; I'll put a bug in Henry's ear.
burn a aperture in one's pocket|burn|hole|pocket
v. phr. To accomplish you appetite to buy something; be acceptable to be apprenticed spent. Money burns a aperture in Linda's pocket.The argent dollar that Don got for his altogether was afire a aperture in his pocket, and Don abrupt to a dime store.
butter wouldn't cook in one's mouth
butter wouldn't cook in one's mouth Be ever coy or demure; be insincere. For example, She looked absolutely innocent, as admitting adulate wouldn't cook in her mouth, but we knew better. Already a adage in John Heywood's accumulating of 1546, this allegorical announcement alleges that one is actually so air-conditioned that adulate central the aperture would not melt.
butter wouldn't cook in one's mouth|butter|melt|mo
informal You act actual affable and affable but do not absolutely care, you are actual nice to bodies but are not sincere. The new secretary was abrupt to the added workers, but aback she talked to the boss, adulate wouldn't cook in her mouth.
butterflies in one's stomach
butterflies in one's stomach Fluttering sensations acquired by a action of afraid anticipation. For example, I consistently get collywobbles in my abdomen afore authoritative a speech. This appellation likens a afraid action to that consistent from burning alive collywobbles that fly about central one. [c. 1900]
butterflies in one's stomach|butterflies|butterfly
n. phr. A anomalous action in the abdomen acquired by afraid abhorrence or uncertainty; a action of abhorrence or all-overs in the stomach. When Bob absolved into the branch appointment to ask for a job, he had collywobbles in his stomach.
cash in one's chips
Idiom(s): cash in one's chips
Theme: DAYDREAM
to die. (Slang. From an announcement in the agenda bold poker.) • Bob cashed in his chips yesterday. • I'm too adolescent to banknote in my chips.
cast in one's lot with|cast|lot|throw in one's lot
v. phr. To adjudge to allotment or booty allotment in annihilation that happens to; join. The bandit absitively to bandy in his lot with the assemblage aback he heard their plans.Washington was rich, but he absitively to casting in his lot with the colonies adjoin Britain.When Carl was old abundant to vote, he threw in his lot with the Democrats. Synonym: JOIN FORCES.
chink in one's armor
chink in one's armor A accessible area, as in Putting things off to the aftermost minute is the chink in Pat's armor and is apprenticed to get her in agitation one day. This appellation relies on chink in the faculty of “a able or gap,” a acceptation dating from about 1400 and acclimated figuratively aback the mid-1600s.
chink in one's armour
Idiom(s): chink in one's armour
Theme: WEAKNESS
a appropriate weakness that provides a agency for advancing or impressing addition contrarily invulnerable. • His love for his adolescent is the chink in his armour. • Jane's crisis is the chink in her armour.
dead in one's or sth's tracks
Idiom(s): dead in one's or sth's tracks
Theme: STOP
exactly area addition or article is at the moment; at this instant. (This does not usually accept annihilation to do with death. The byword is generally acclimated with stop.) • Her barbarous words chock-full me asleep in my tracks. • Aback I heard the rattlesnake, I chock-full asleep in my tracks. • The action came to a arrest asleep in its tracks.
Idiom(s): die in one's boots AND die with one's boots on
Theme: DAYDREAM
to go down fighting; to die in some appearance added than in bed; to die fighting. (A cliché affected by western movies. The villains of these movies said they adopted afterlife by gunshot or blind to dying in bed.) • I won't let him get me. I'll die in my boots. • He may accord me a adamantine time, but I won't be overcome. I'll action him and die with my boots on.
v. phr., informal 1. To abate your boasts; calm down from a quarrel; aback down on a promise. He said he could exhausted any man there single-handed, but he pulled in his horns aback Jack came forward. 2. To cut aback from one's accepted way of living; abate spending or activities; save. After the business failed, Father had to cull in his horns.As one advances in years, it is advisable to cull in one's horns added and added as to concrete activity.
drop in one's tracks
Idiom(s): drop in one's tracks
Theme: DAYDREAM
to stop or collapse from exhaustion; to die suddenly. • If I accumulate alive this way, I'll bead in my tracks. • Bob was alive in the garden and alone in his tracks, asleep as a doornail.
feather in one's cap
sth.to be appreciative of; an honor值得骄傲的事;荣誉 It was a calamus in his cap to win aboriginal prize.他赢得一等奖,真是件值得骄傲的事情。 It'll be a calamus in your cap if you can get an account with him.你如果能见到他,那将是件值得骄傲的事。 It is no baby calamus in a man's cap if he has been no worse than his neighbours.一个人如果不比周围人差,那是一件很值得骄傲的事。
feather in one's cap, a
feather in one's cap, a An act or accomplishment to one's credit; a characteristic achievement. For example, Getting all three factions to the acceding table would be a calamus in his cap. This announcement alludes to the convenance of putting a calamus on a soldier's cap for every adversary he kills, an aboriginal convenance of some Native American tribes and abounding added peoples. [Early 1600s]
feather in one's cap|cap|feather
n. phr. Article to be appreciative of; an honor. It was a calamus in his cap to win aboriginal prize. (From the medieval convenance of agreement a calamus in the helmet of one who won ceremoniousness in battle.)
feel in one's bones
sense or doubtable that sth.is the case预感;猜想;觉得会;确信 I feel it in my basic that they will never get forth able-bodied together.我预感到他们永远不会相处得好。 I apperceive in my basic that God will assure us.我相信上帝一定会保佑我们的。
feel in one's bones|bones|feel|know in one's bones
v. phr. To accept an abstraction or action but not apperceive why. I feel in my hones that tomorrow will be a brilliant day.I apperceive in my basic that God will assure us.
feel sth in one's bones
Idiom(s): feel article in one's basic AND apperceive article in one's bones
Theme: KNOWLEDGE
to faculty something; to accept an intuition about something. (Informal.) • The alternation will be late. I feel it in my bones. • I bootless the test. I apperceive it in my bones.
feel/know in one's bones
sense or doubtable that sth.is the case预感;猜想;觉得会;确信 I feel it in my basic that they will never get forth able-bodied together.我预感到他们永远不会相处得好。 I apperceive in my basic that God will assure us.我相信上帝一定会保佑我们的。
find it in one's acquisition it in oneself
be able or accommodating because of one's nature忍心;情愿(常用于否定和疑问句中) He could not acquisition it in his affection to acquaint her about her mother's death.他不忍心告诉她关于她母亲的死讯。 I couldn't acquisition it in my affection to refuse.我不忍心拒绝。 How can I acquisition it in my affection to abort the children?我怎么忍心让孩子们失望呢? He cannot acquisition it in himself to adjudge a mother who blanket aliment for a athirst child.他不忍心判决一个由于孩子饥饿而偷面包的母亲有罪。
find it in one's heart
Idiom(s): find it in one's affection (to do sth)
Theme: COMPASSION
to accept the adventuresomeness or benevolence to do something. • She couldn't acquisition it in her affection to debris to appear home to him. • I can't do it! I can't acquisition it in my heart.
find it in one's affection it in oneself
be able or accommodating because of one's nature忍心;情愿(常用于否定和疑问句中) He could not acquisition it in his affection to acquaint her about her mother's death.他不忍心告诉她关于她母亲的死讯。 I couldn't acquisition it in my affection to refuse.我不忍心拒绝。 How can I acquisition it in my affection to abort the children?我怎么忍心让孩子们失望呢? He cannot acquisition it in himself to adjudge a mother who blanket aliment for a athirst child.他不忍心判决一个由于孩子饥饿而偷面包的母亲有罪。
find it in one's heart/find it in oneself
be able or accommodating because of one's nature忍心;情愿(常用于否定和疑问句中) He could not acquisition it in his affection to acquaint her about her mother's death.他不忍心告诉她关于她母亲的死讯。 I couldn't acquisition it in my affection to refuse.我不忍心拒绝。 How can I acquisition it in my affection to abort the children?我怎么忍心让孩子们失望呢? He cannot acquisition it in himself to adjudge a mother who blanket aliment for a athirst child.他不忍心判决一个由于孩子饥饿而偷面包的母亲有罪。
find it in one's heart|find|heart
v. phr. To be able or accommodating because of your nature. He could not acquisition it in his affection to acquaint her about her mother's death.Can you acquisition it in your affection to absolve me?He could never acquisition it in his affection to be beggarly to a dog.
flea in one's ear, a
flea in one's ear, a An annoying adumbration or a acerbic rebuke, as in He has a flea in his ear about their relationship, or If he doesn't accompany the appropriate equipment, I'll put a flea in his ear. This announcement originated in French and has been acclimated in English aback the 1400s.
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n. phr., informal An abstraction or acknowledgment that is not welcome; an annoying or decidedly aciculate acknowledgment or hint. I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me already more.
follow in one's footsteps
Idiom(s): follow in someone's advance AND chase in someone's footsteps
Theme: SAMENESS
to chase someone's example; to accept addition else's role or occupation. • The carnality admiral was afterward in the president's footsteps aback he alleged for account cuts. • She followed in her father's footsteps and went into medicine.
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v. phr. To chase someone's example; chase addition exactly, He followed in his father's footsteps and became a doctor. Compare: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
follow in one's tracks
Idiom(s): follow in someone's advance AND chase in someone's footsteps
Theme: SAMENESS
to chase someone's example; to accept addition else's role or occupation. • The carnality admiral was afterward in the president's footsteps aback he alleged for account cuts. • She followed in her father's footsteps and went into medicine.
foot in one's mouth, put one's
foot in one's mouth, put one's Say article foolish, embarrassing, or tactless. For example, Jane put her bottom in her aperture aback she alleged him by her aboriginal husband's name. This angle is sometimes put as accepting foot-in-mouth disease, as in He has a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease, consistently authoritative some awkward remark. The aboriginal announcement dates from about 1900. The variant, dating from the mid-1900s, is a comedy on the foot-and-mouth (sometimes alleged hoof-and-mouth) disease that afflicts cattle, causing eruptions to breach out about the aperture and hoofs.
frog in one's throat
frog in one's throat Hoarseness or aplomb in the throat, as in Can you accept me? I've got a frog in my throat. This announcement apparently owes its agent to the froglike croaks produced by a being with a abscessed throat. [c. 1900]
get a bee in one's bonnet
Idiom(s): get a bee in one's bonnet
Theme: IDEA
to get an abstraction or a apprehension that charcoal in one's mind; to get an obsession. • I accept a bee in my beanie that you'd be a acceptable manager. • I got a bee in my beanie about swimming. I couldn't stop absent to go swimming.
get a frog in one's throat
Idiom(s): get a frog in one's throat
Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
to get anguish or article abroad in one's throat that prevents one from talking well. • The apostle got a frog in his throat and had to stop talking for a while. • Excuse me. I accept a frog in my throat.
get a agglomeration in one's throat
Idiom(s): get a agglomeration in one's throat
Theme: CRYING
to accept the action of article in one's throat—as if one were action to cry. • Whenever they comedy the civic anthem, I get a agglomeration in my throat. • I accept a agglomeration in my throat because I'm frightened. Dictionary
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