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Includes idiom's parts of speech, definitions and example sentenceshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/Learn-American-Idiomshttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesAmerican English Idioms are posted daily to this feed. The idioms and samples are taken from the original book by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner and J.E. Gates — "A Dictionary of American Idioms". Keep your eye on the feed and enjoy learning American English. If you prefer you can subscribe to get the updates via email. Note, that all copyrights belong to the original book authors. The content is provided for educational purposes only. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/IV49e85F6WM/1695-dander http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1695-dander American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [dander] See: GET ONE'S BACK UP, GET ONE'S DANDER UP or GET ONE'S IRISH UP. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1695-dander">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=1695-dander&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RZqE76pas_LdQVmHagFp6E5qxwQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RZqE76pas_LdQVmHagFp6E5qxwQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RZqE76pas_LdQVmHagFp6E5qxwQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RZqE76pas_LdQVmHagFp6E5qxwQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/IV49e85F6WM" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1695-dander http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/AEYMZViNS7k/4590-lay-ones-cards-on-the-table http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4590-lay-ones-cards-on-the-table American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [lay one's cards on the table] or [lay down one's cards] or [put one's cards on the table] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> To let someone know your position and interest openly; deal honestly; act without trickery or secrets. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /In talking about buying the property, Peterson laid his cards on the table about his plans for it./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Some of the graduates of the school were unfriendly toward the new superintendent, but he put his cards on the table and won their support./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4590-lay-ones-cards-on-the-table">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4590-lay-ones-cards-on-the-table&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zh4EYN2sW7v71Pwy95bNNqOpTn4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zh4EYN2sW7v71Pwy95bNNqOpTn4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zh4EYN2sW7v71Pwy95bNNqOpTn4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zh4EYN2sW7v71Pwy95bNNqOpTn4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/AEYMZViNS7k" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4590-lay-ones-cards-on-the-table http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/5hlQIZ8xyMo/5869-out-of-commission http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5869-out-of-commission American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [out of commission] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b> <br/>1. Retired from active military service; no longer on active duty. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When the war was over, many warships were placed out of commission./</i></span> <br/>Contrast: IN COMMISSION(1). <br/>2. Not in use or not working; so that it cannot work or be used. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The strike put the airline out of commission for a week./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /John will have to walk to the store. His bicycle is out of commission./</i></span> <br/>Compare: OUT OF ORDER. <br/>Contrast: IN COMMISSION(2). <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5869-out-of-commission">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5869-out-of-commission&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYLrO_PoP5rE_ynxxlK-oO28ZjM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYLrO_PoP5rE_ynxxlK-oO28ZjM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYLrO_PoP5rE_ynxxlK-oO28ZjM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYLrO_PoP5rE_ynxxlK-oO28ZjM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/5hlQIZ8xyMo" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5869-out-of-commission http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/P89CzWwDXIQ/6132-piece-out http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6132-piece-out American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [piece out] <b class="binline">{v.}</b> <br/>1. To put together from many different pieces; put together from odd parts; patch. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /They pieced out a meal from leftovers./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He pieced out the machine with scrap parts./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The detective pieced out the story from a stray fact here, a clue there, and a hint somewhere else./</i></span> <br/>2. To make larger or longer by adding one or more pieces. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The girl grew so fast that her mother had to piece out her dresses./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.%7D">{v.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6132-piece-out">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6132-piece-out&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ff0t0yUZak31n27UPwh7vnphdhA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ff0t0yUZak31n27UPwh7vnphdhA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ff0t0yUZak31n27UPwh7vnphdhA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ff0t0yUZak31n27UPwh7vnphdhA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/P89CzWwDXIQ" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6132-piece-out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/mWoniwsxNvI/8693-wait-on-table http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8693-wait-on-table American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [wait on table] See: WAIT AT TABLE. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8693-wait-on-table">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jXtCZ8J5CSDv8fgE_SIRn9_IYso/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jXtCZ8J5CSDv8fgE_SIRn9_IYso/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jXtCZ8J5CSDv8fgE_SIRn9_IYso/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jXtCZ8J5CSDv8fgE_SIRn9_IYso/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/mWoniwsxNvI" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8693-wait-on-table http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/nKXVen21u58/7900-take-it-into-ones-head http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/7900-take-it-into-ones-head American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [take it into one's head] or <b class="binline">{informal}</b> [take a notion] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To get a sudden idea; decide without thinking. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The boy suddenly took it into his head to leave school and get a job./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Grandmother keeps a bag packed so that she can go visiting whenever she takes a notion./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/7900-take-it-into-ones-head">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7900-take-it-into-ones-head&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUFTi9W-IDCceqBr-Hj_EOYVbAI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUFTi9W-IDCceqBr-Hj_EOYVbAI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUFTi9W-IDCceqBr-Hj_EOYVbAI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUFTi9W-IDCceqBr-Hj_EOYVbAI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/nKXVen21u58" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:41 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/7900-take-it-into-ones-head http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/7r2nUyNvni8/4649-leave-holding-the-bag http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4649-leave-holding-the-bag American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [leave holding the bag] or [leave holding the sack] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/> <br/>1. To cause (someone) not to have something needed; leave without anything, <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /In the rush for seats, Joe was left holding the bag./</i></span> <br/> <br/>2. To force (someone) to take the whole responsibility or blame for something that others should share. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When the ball hit the glass, the team scattered and left George holding the bag./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /After the party, the other girls on the clean-up committee went away with their dates, and left Mary holding the bag./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=blame">blame</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4649-leave-holding-the-bag">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4649-leave-holding-the-bag&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PTs7ryH3AvoSf3sCxHKNldklmcY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PTs7ryH3AvoSf3sCxHKNldklmcY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PTs7ryH3AvoSf3sCxHKNldklmcY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PTs7ryH3AvoSf3sCxHKNldklmcY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/7r2nUyNvni8" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:13:52 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4649-leave-holding-the-bag http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/4Hp_L4eQ8xA/5717-on-the-ball http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5717-on-the-ball American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [on the ball] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>1. Paying attention and doing things well. &mdash; Used after "is" or "get". <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Ben is really on the ball in school./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The coach told Jim he must get on the ball or he cannot stay on the team./</i></span> <br/>Compare: GET WITH IT, HEADS-UP, KEEP ONE'S EYE ON THE BALL. <br/>2. A skill or ability, making you good at things. &mdash; Used after "have". <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /John will succeed in life; he has a lot on the ball./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The coach was eager to try out his new team and see what they had on the ball./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5717-on-the-ball">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5717-on-the-ball&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlKgJUBr-sCXSuWcIYFP4Gx_83s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlKgJUBr-sCXSuWcIYFP4Gx_83s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlKgJUBr-sCXSuWcIYFP4Gx_83s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlKgJUBr-sCXSuWcIYFP4Gx_83s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/4Hp_L4eQ8xA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:09:21 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5717-on-the-ball http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/tXkhsdTzz4Q/747-boil-over http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/747-boil-over American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [boil over] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>1. To rise due to boiling and overflow down the sides of a pan or a pot. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /"Watch out!" Jane cried. "The milk is boiling over on the stove!"/</i></span> 2. To become enraged to the point of being unable to contain oneself. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /John took a lot of abuse from his boss, but after 25 minutes he suddenly boiled over and told him what he thought of him./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/747-boil-over">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=747-boil-over&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hMIjoZ-_dj8JmbIBM4Q9WTgTZvs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hMIjoZ-_dj8JmbIBM4Q9WTgTZvs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hMIjoZ-_dj8JmbIBM4Q9WTgTZvs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hMIjoZ-_dj8JmbIBM4Q9WTgTZvs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/tXkhsdTzz4Q" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/747-boil-over http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/3GTnBKGb28o/1121-carry-the-torch http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1121-carry-the-torch American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [carry the torch] See: CARRY A TORCH. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1121-carry-the-torch">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8JcrF_qB2Bm-8JNA3OPoNXaNWp0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8JcrF_qB2Bm-8JNA3OPoNXaNWp0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8JcrF_qB2Bm-8JNA3OPoNXaNWp0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8JcrF_qB2Bm-8JNA3OPoNXaNWp0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/3GTnBKGb28o" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1121-carry-the-torch http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/ML7ZzESC-3k/5973-pack-ones-bag http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/5973-pack-ones-bag American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [pack one's bag] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To leave a place out of anger, annoyance, or disagreement. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /"This place is beginning to irritate me," she said to her friend. "I want to pack my bags and get out of here."/</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=anger">anger</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=friends">friends</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/5973-pack-ones-bag">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5973-pack-ones-bag&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vmDsBUk5dy3CHyNrdCcARQkkbq4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vmDsBUk5dy3CHyNrdCcARQkkbq4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vmDsBUk5dy3CHyNrdCcARQkkbq4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vmDsBUk5dy3CHyNrdCcARQkkbq4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/ML7ZzESC-3k" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/5973-pack-ones-bag http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/acd1cjtdUiU/7119-shoplifter http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7119-shoplifter American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [shoplifter] <b class="binline">{n.}</b> <br/>A thief who steals things from a store. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The TV camera identified the shoplifter, who was then arrested and sentenced to jail./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7119-shoplifter">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7119-shoplifter&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8EiE7QcRkQLMhGuNnvf9hugIIIY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8EiE7QcRkQLMhGuNnvf9hugIIIY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8EiE7QcRkQLMhGuNnvf9hugIIIY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8EiE7QcRkQLMhGuNnvf9hugIIIY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/acd1cjtdUiU" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7119-shoplifter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/p_rTDjbtKaA/8518-turn-ones-stomach http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8518-turn-ones-stomach American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [turn one's stomach] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> To make you feel sick. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The smell of that cigar was enough to turn your stomach./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The sight of blood turns my stomach./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8518-turn-ones-stomach">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=8518-turn-ones-stomach&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yL-RM2fD0zrIwDpOVb0Np_B7wuU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yL-RM2fD0zrIwDpOVb0Np_B7wuU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yL-RM2fD0zrIwDpOVb0Np_B7wuU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yL-RM2fD0zrIwDpOVb0Np_B7wuU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/p_rTDjbtKaA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8518-turn-ones-stomach http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/2yLU1BJWcPI/919-bug-eyed http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/919-bug-eyed American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [bug-eyed] <b class="binline">{adj.}</b>, <b class="binline">{slang}</b> <br/>Wide-eyed with surprise. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He stood there bug-eyed when told that he had won the award./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.%7D">{adj.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bslang%7D">{slang}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/919-bug-eyed">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=919-bug-eyed&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x7xMtFOiXAegSH1sRCNICXKeRZM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x7xMtFOiXAegSH1sRCNICXKeRZM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x7xMtFOiXAegSH1sRCNICXKeRZM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/x7xMtFOiXAegSH1sRCNICXKeRZM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/2yLU1BJWcPI" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:53:16 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/919-bug-eyed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/Ty-JYoExV-M/5214-mind-you http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5214-mind-you American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [mind you] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>I want you to notice and understand. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Mind you, I am not blaming him./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5214-mind-you">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5214-mind-you&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D6en8eb9uBRfmkGOSQwcq2sZxic/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D6en8eb9uBRfmkGOSQwcq2sZxic/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D6en8eb9uBRfmkGOSQwcq2sZxic/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/D6en8eb9uBRfmkGOSQwcq2sZxic/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/Ty-JYoExV-M" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:36:06 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5214-mind-you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/S2wpZxhtE0Y/4013-in-mind http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/4013-in-mind American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [in mind] <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>1. In the center of your thought; in your close attention. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /You have to be home by 11 o'clock. Keep that in mind, Bob./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Mary is studying hard with a good grade in mind./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Bear in mind the rules of safety when you swim./</i></span> <br/>Compare: ON ONE'S MIND. <br/>2. See: PUT IN MIND OF. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+phr.%7D">{adv. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/4013-in-mind">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4013-in-mind&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTm-UleenwDHNCchSuzkbqjhkGc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTm-UleenwDHNCchSuzkbqjhkGc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTm-UleenwDHNCchSuzkbqjhkGc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTm-UleenwDHNCchSuzkbqjhkGc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/S2wpZxhtE0Y" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:35:40 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/4013-in-mind http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/b59nY5gkr58/476-bear-in-mind http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/476-bear-in-mind American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/476-bear-in-mind" target="_blank"> <img border="0" width="80" style="border:1px solid silver; margin:5px; margin-top:0px;" align="left" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/inline_image/476-bear-in-mind?w=80"\> </a> [bear in mind] <br/>See: IN MIND. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=bear">bear</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=mind">mind</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/476-bear-in-mind">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bf3ZTpI-x-8cSxqvbfHMcaMCfoA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bf3ZTpI-x-8cSxqvbfHMcaMCfoA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bf3ZTpI-x-8cSxqvbfHMcaMCfoA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bf3ZTpI-x-8cSxqvbfHMcaMCfoA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/b59nY5gkr58" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:34:26 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/476-bear-in-mind http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/ZpUpzFmg93w/3873-in-a-bad-frame-of-mind http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/3873-in-a-bad-frame-of-mind American Idioms A. 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Gates [in a bad frame of mind] <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>In an unhappy mood. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Make sure the boss is not in a bad frame of mind when you ask him for a raise./</i></span> <br/>Contrast: IN A GOOD FRAME OF MIND. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=mood">mood</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+phr.%7D">{adv. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/3873-in-a-bad-frame-of-mind">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=3873-in-a-bad-frame-of-mind&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/96GycLe0p1zLM3lUmHkpiI7jYK0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/96GycLe0p1zLM3lUmHkpiI7jYK0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/96GycLe0p1zLM3lUmHkpiI7jYK0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/96GycLe0p1zLM3lUmHkpiI7jYK0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/ZpUpzFmg93w" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:31:20 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/3873-in-a-bad-frame-of-mind http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/Y_Yf_4WnwWw/3888-in-a-good-frame-of-mind http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/3888-in-a-good-frame-of-mind American Idioms A. 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Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [in a good frame of mind] <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>In a happy mood. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /After a relaxing holiday in the Bahamas, the boss was in a very good frame of mind./</i></span> <br/>Contrast: IN A BAD FRAME OF MIND. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=mood">mood</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+phr.%7D">{adv. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/3888-in-a-good-frame-of-mind">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=3888-in-a-good-frame-of-mind&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fz6Y_ZyCUgshEVk9ERtd0oYUI8s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fz6Y_ZyCUgshEVk9ERtd0oYUI8s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fz6Y_ZyCUgshEVk9ERtd0oYUI8s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fz6Y_ZyCUgshEVk9ERtd0oYUI8s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/Y_Yf_4WnwWw" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:30:05 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/3888-in-a-good-frame-of-mind http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/x-p_MGdAB0s/105-all-in-one-piece http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/105-all-in-one-piece American Idioms A. 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Gates [all in one piece] <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>Safely; without damage or harm. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /John's father was terribly concerned when his son was sent to war as a pilot, but he came home all in one piece./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+phr.%7D">{adv. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/105-all-in-one-piece">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=105-all-in-one-piece&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J3HwhzW-8vanVlfUj6uEzOjZJMw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J3HwhzW-8vanVlfUj6uEzOjZJMw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J3HwhzW-8vanVlfUj6uEzOjZJMw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/J3HwhzW-8vanVlfUj6uEzOjZJMw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/x-p_MGdAB0s" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/105-all-in-one-piece http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/7iC7j5qA-ko/2564-for-the-most-part http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_f/2564-for-the-most-part American Idioms A. 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Gates [for the most part] <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>In general; mostly; most of the time; commonly; generally. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /European countries are, for the most part, tired of war./</i></span> <br/>Syn.: BY AND LARGE, ON THE WHOLE. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=time">time</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+phr.%7D">{adv. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_f/2564-for-the-most-part">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=2564-for-the-most-part&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oumYbomSHYJXSwfTs5fXBCXC7Mw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oumYbomSHYJXSwfTs5fXBCXC7Mw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oumYbomSHYJXSwfTs5fXBCXC7Mw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oumYbomSHYJXSwfTs5fXBCXC7Mw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/7iC7j5qA-ko" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_f/2564-for-the-most-part http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/wJD4ShmDUIw/2734-getaway-car http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/2734-getaway-car American Idioms A. 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Gates [getaway car] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>A vehicle parked near the scene of a crime in which the criminals escape. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The police intercepted the getaway car at a major crossroads./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/2734-getaway-car">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=2734-getaway-car&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6_YPlIrURJgDgPDXgVJS6IFVH-o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6_YPlIrURJgDgPDXgVJS6IFVH-o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6_YPlIrURJgDgPDXgVJS6IFVH-o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6_YPlIrURJgDgPDXgVJS6IFVH-o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/wJD4ShmDUIw" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/2734-getaway-car http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/V2rgx4DwyU8/8428-tough-shit http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8428-tough-shit American Idioms A. 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Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [tough shit] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{vulgar}</b>, <b class="binline">{avoidable}</b> <br/>See: HARD CHEESE, TOUGH LUCK. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=tough">tough</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bavoidable%7D">{avoidable}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bvulgar%7D">{vulgar}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8428-tough-shit">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=8428-tough-shit&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/InEkwjTdmUrOrdMOKHtovCNrZRk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/InEkwjTdmUrOrdMOKHtovCNrZRk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/InEkwjTdmUrOrdMOKHtovCNrZRk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/InEkwjTdmUrOrdMOKHtovCNrZRk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/V2rgx4DwyU8" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8428-tough-shit http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/r9zO0KVqWnY/250-as-the-crow-flies http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/250-as-the-crow-flies American Idioms A. 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Gates [as the crow flies] <b class="binline">{adv. clause}</b> <br/>By the most direct way; along a straight line between two places. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It is seven miles to the next town as the crow flies, but it is ten miles by the road, which goes around the mountain./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+clause%7D">{adv. clause}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/250-as-the-crow-flies">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=250-as-the-crow-flies&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TenHTLqrJaUbFx30jItdpiINWww/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TenHTLqrJaUbFx30jItdpiINWww/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TenHTLqrJaUbFx30jItdpiINWww/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TenHTLqrJaUbFx30jItdpiINWww/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/r9zO0KVqWnY" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:57:21 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/250-as-the-crow-flies http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/qPEV4B6Mp-0/242-as-luck-would-have-it http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/242-as-luck-would-have-it American Idioms A. 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Gates [as luck would have it] <b class="binline">{adv. clause}</b> <br/>As it happened; by chance; luckily or unluckily. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /As luck would have it, no one was in the building when the explosion occurred./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /As luck would have it, there was rain on the day of the picnic./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+clause%7D">{adv. clause}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/242-as-luck-would-have-it">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=242-as-luck-would-have-it&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hgfLCtkP4MzhhB7Dqqj5pv-IZcc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hgfLCtkP4MzhhB7Dqqj5pv-IZcc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hgfLCtkP4MzhhB7Dqqj5pv-IZcc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hgfLCtkP4MzhhB7Dqqj5pv-IZcc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/qPEV4B6Mp-0" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:53:54 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/242-as-luck-would-have-it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/-qRzacZ2SmE/7873-take-care-of http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/7873-take-care-of American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [take care of] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>1. To attend to; supply the needs of. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /She stayed home to take care of the baby./</i></span> <br/>Syn.: KEEP AN EYE ON(2), LOOK AFTER. <br/>Compare: IN CHARGE(2). <br/>2. <b class="binline">{informal}</b> To deal with; do what is needed with. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /I will take care of that letter./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The coach told Jim to take care of the opposing player./</i></span> <br/>Compare: SEE TO. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/7873-take-care-of">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7873-take-care-of&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mEq3XVkPMqld4TX1xyCbAIhr3yo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mEq3XVkPMqld4TX1xyCbAIhr3yo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mEq3XVkPMqld4TX1xyCbAIhr3yo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mEq3XVkPMqld4TX1xyCbAIhr3yo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/-qRzacZ2SmE" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:51:27 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/7873-take-care-of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/OKFffilHgjs/1468-come-upon http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1468-come-upon American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [come upon] See: COME ON(3). <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1468-come-upon">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-DuZ3wR5g6rUkP6RiFRh5lIKCDQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-DuZ3wR5g6rUkP6RiFRh5lIKCDQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-DuZ3wR5g6rUkP6RiFRh5lIKCDQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-DuZ3wR5g6rUkP6RiFRh5lIKCDQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/OKFffilHgjs" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1468-come-upon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/e3dbHmuIvog/1723-days-are-numbered http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1723-days-are-numbered American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [days are numbered] (Someone or something) does not have long to live or stay. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The days of the old school building are numbered./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When a man becomes ninety years old, his days are numbered./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1723-days-are-numbered">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=1723-days-are-numbered&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/68ysNaiya9GtM2nmjbOWz7ZGQNI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/68ysNaiya9GtM2nmjbOWz7ZGQNI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/68ysNaiya9GtM2nmjbOWz7ZGQNI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/68ysNaiya9GtM2nmjbOWz7ZGQNI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/e3dbHmuIvog" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1723-days-are-numbered http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/5y-ToH7Putk/6194-play http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6194-play American Idioms A. 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Gates [play] See: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY, DOUBLE PLAY, FAIR PLAY, FORCE PLAY, GAME AT WHICH TWO CAN PLAY, MAKE A PLAY FOR, TURN ABOUT IS FAIR PLAY. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6194-play">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6194-play&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oKh-UfbxtgaGlgYEuHllB_k2KPQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oKh-UfbxtgaGlgYEuHllB_k2KPQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oKh-UfbxtgaGlgYEuHllB_k2KPQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oKh-UfbxtgaGlgYEuHllB_k2KPQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/5y-ToH7Putk" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6194-play http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/gYpXRBMR1u4/6410-put-it-on-thick http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6410-put-it-on-thick American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [put it on thick] See: LAY IT ON. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6410-put-it-on-thick">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FFt41ICmLvZ-gVdVatWmLI2Kv34/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FFt41ICmLvZ-gVdVatWmLI2Kv34/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FFt41ICmLvZ-gVdVatWmLI2Kv34/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FFt41ICmLvZ-gVdVatWmLI2Kv34/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/gYpXRBMR1u4" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6410-put-it-on-thick http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/l3Qx9Qe6XT0/7772-swallow-up http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7772-swallow-up American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [swallow up] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To do away with; absorb; engulf. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /My expenses are so great that they swallow up my modest salary./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7772-swallow-up">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7772-swallow-up&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NPiKYYl4d6mXaTflSUPHGpfnOok/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NPiKYYl4d6mXaTflSUPHGpfnOok/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NPiKYYl4d6mXaTflSUPHGpfnOok/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NPiKYYl4d6mXaTflSUPHGpfnOok/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/l3Qx9Qe6XT0" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7772-swallow-up http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/WTYtvtyLlB0/35-act-up http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/35-act-up American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [act up] <b class="binline">{v.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>1. To behave badly; act rudely or impolitely. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The dog acted up as the postman came to the door./</i></span> <br/>2. To work or run poorly (as a after all machine); skip; miss. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Thе car acted up because the spark plugs were dirty./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=behave">behave</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.%7D">{v.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/35-act-up">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=35-act-up&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bR65TrOrXp255TwJ1qG4C9XfMnA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bR65TrOrXp255TwJ1qG4C9XfMnA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bR65TrOrXp255TwJ1qG4C9XfMnA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bR65TrOrXp255TwJ1qG4C9XfMnA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/WTYtvtyLlB0" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:50:42 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/35-act-up http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/TPIrRLirNIg/4390-keep-the-wolf--wolves--from-the-door http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_k/4390-keep-the-wolf--wolves--from-the-door American Idioms A. 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Gates [keep the wolf (wolves) from the door] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To avoid hunger, poverty, and/or creditors. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /"I don't like my job," Mike complained, "but I must do something to keep the wolves from the door."/</i></span> <br/>Compare: KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_k/4390-keep-the-wolf--wolves--from-the-door">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4390-keep-the-wolf--wolves--from-the-door&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Y0lIHlM13kxS-4xDXKfQT2Xje4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Y0lIHlM13kxS-4xDXKfQT2Xje4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Y0lIHlM13kxS-4xDXKfQT2Xje4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_Y0lIHlM13kxS-4xDXKfQT2Xje4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/TPIrRLirNIg" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:43:58 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_k/4390-keep-the-wolf--wolves--from-the-door http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/M5azMpIgRFM/5309-name-of-the-game http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_n/5309-name-of-the-game American Idioms A. 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Gates [name of the game] <b class="binline">{n.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>The crux of the matter; that which actually occurs under the disguise of something else. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Getting medium income families to support the rest of society &mdash; that's the name of the game!/</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_n/5309-name-of-the-game">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5309-name-of-the-game&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jhpb8qXvzu5Pii21gTqo3vZqwaw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jhpb8qXvzu5Pii21gTqo3vZqwaw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jhpb8qXvzu5Pii21gTqo3vZqwaw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jhpb8qXvzu5Pii21gTqo3vZqwaw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/M5azMpIgRFM" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:57:47 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_n/5309-name-of-the-game http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/GoQ7o-Y7qcI/6783-run-of-luck http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6783-run-of-luck American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [run of luck] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>A period of good luck. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /I had a run of luck last Saturday when I went fishing and caught seven big trout within one hour./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=time">time</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6783-run-of-luck">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6783-run-of-luck&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VVNdRi2D-su4GiRVN33MzcXBtqU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VVNdRi2D-su4GiRVN33MzcXBtqU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VVNdRi2D-su4GiRVN33MzcXBtqU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VVNdRi2D-su4GiRVN33MzcXBtqU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/GoQ7o-Y7qcI" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:53:18 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6783-run-of-luck http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/QZnceZb9OIA/7524-stage-fright http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7524-stage-fright American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [stage fright] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>The fear one feels before appearing in front of an audience. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Many famous actors and actresses admit that they often have stage fright before the curtain goes up./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7524-stage-fright">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7524-stage-fright&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NjoqtRWnR28j8YbdqGXfsTrCMIo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NjoqtRWnR28j8YbdqGXfsTrCMIo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NjoqtRWnR28j8YbdqGXfsTrCMIo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NjoqtRWnR28j8YbdqGXfsTrCMIo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/QZnceZb9OIA" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:50:36 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7524-stage-fright http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/VhQpRrXWA2c/3271-half-hearted http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3271-half-hearted American Idioms A. 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Gates [half-hearted] <b class="binline">{adj.}</b> <br/>Lacking enthusiasm or interest. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Phil made several half-hearted attempts to learn word processing, but we could see that he didn't really like it./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.%7D">{adj.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3271-half-hearted">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=3271-half-hearted&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c_uXaGgOaiyOB_dnw78ngM1znOQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c_uXaGgOaiyOB_dnw78ngM1znOQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c_uXaGgOaiyOB_dnw78ngM1znOQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c_uXaGgOaiyOB_dnw78ngM1znOQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/VhQpRrXWA2c" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3271-half-hearted http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/ALjhJ9Nsdtc/5750-on-the-level http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5750-on-the-level American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [on the level] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> Honest and fair; telling the whole truth. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Our teacher respects the students who are on the level with her./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Joyce wondered if the fortune-teller was on the level./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5750-on-the-level">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5750-on-the-level&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iEA1-Uzsojhm60_e8izmHaru9y4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iEA1-Uzsojhm60_e8izmHaru9y4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iEA1-Uzsojhm60_e8izmHaru9y4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iEA1-Uzsojhm60_e8izmHaru9y4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/ALjhJ9Nsdtc" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5750-on-the-level http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/nNhMIo4tUfU/6940-see-a-lot-of http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/6940-see-a-lot-of American Idioms A. 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Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [see a lot of] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To go out regularly with someone; have an affair with someone. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /They have been seeing a lot of each other lately./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/6940-see-a-lot-of">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6940-see-a-lot-of&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N_cj6yiDNo1l3bAi9q81uSUjZYg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N_cj6yiDNo1l3bAi9q81uSUjZYg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N_cj6yiDNo1l3bAi9q81uSUjZYg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N_cj6yiDNo1l3bAi9q81uSUjZYg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/nNhMIo4tUfU" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/6940-see-a-lot-of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/w6-sqYYICy4/8401-to-the-salt-mines http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8401-to-the-salt-mines American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [to the salt mines] See: BACK TO THE SALT MINES. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8401-to-the-salt-mines">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tFXs3P18o4EfvD3N7DENSP8Wi3U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tFXs3P18o4EfvD3N7DENSP8Wi3U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tFXs3P18o4EfvD3N7DENSP8Wi3U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tFXs3P18o4EfvD3N7DENSP8Wi3U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/w6-sqYYICy4" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8401-to-the-salt-mines http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/g5m0X_Mz9wI/7642-stock-in-trade http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7642-stock-in-trade American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [stock-in-trade] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>The materials which one customarily deals, sells, or offers. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Imported silk blouses from the Orient are the stock-in-trade of their small shop./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Anecdotes are often an after-dinner speaker's stock-in-trade./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7642-stock-in-trade">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7642-stock-in-trade&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1hlum8z0qYyhx_R7fdASWwlY8NI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1hlum8z0qYyhx_R7fdASWwlY8NI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1hlum8z0qYyhx_R7fdASWwlY8NI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1hlum8z0qYyhx_R7fdASWwlY8NI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/g5m0X_Mz9wI" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:41:34 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7642-stock-in-trade http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/69G_9c6oCkM/2940-give-one-an-inch--and-he-will-take-a-mile http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/2940-give-one-an-inch--and-he-will-take-a-mile American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [give one an inch, and he will take a mile] <br/>If you give some people a little or yield anything, they will want more and more; some people are never satisfied. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /I gave Billy a bite of candy and he wanted more and more. If you give him an inch, he'll take a mile./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The counselor said to Jack, "No, I can't let you get a haircut until Saturday. It's against the rules, and if I give an inch, someone will take a mile."/</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/2940-give-one-an-inch--and-he-will-take-a-mile">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=2940-give-one-an-inch--and-he-will-take-a-mile&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UVhQKiBgL1VBoTdouSR_h8D3mDg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UVhQKiBgL1VBoTdouSR_h8D3mDg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UVhQKiBgL1VBoTdouSR_h8D3mDg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UVhQKiBgL1VBoTdouSR_h8D3mDg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/69G_9c6oCkM" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/2940-give-one-an-inch--and-he-will-take-a-mile http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/_XaKYmQKRRM/107-all-manner-of http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/107-all-manner-of American Idioms A. 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Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [all manner of] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{formal}</b> <br/>Many different kinds of; all sorts of. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /In a five-and-ten-cent store you can buy all manner of things./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bformal%7D">{formal}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/107-all-manner-of">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=107-all-manner-of&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uKvqrkgNMK4rdshyWCREhnoi4oI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uKvqrkgNMK4rdshyWCREhnoi4oI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uKvqrkgNMK4rdshyWCREhnoi4oI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uKvqrkgNMK4rdshyWCREhnoi4oI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/_XaKYmQKRRM" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:33:11 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/107-all-manner-of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/o-3e2YtVSk0/6058-pay-as-one-goes http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6058-pay-as-one-goes American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [pay as one goes] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To pay cash; to pay at once; to avoid charging anything bought; to avoid debt entirely by paying cash. &mdash; Usually used with "you". <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It is best to pay as you go; then you will not have to worry about paying debts later./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6058-pay-as-one-goes">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6058-pay-as-one-goes&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yJa_Zi1EhhjHa4-YWcrNIOoFXKA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yJa_Zi1EhhjHa4-YWcrNIOoFXKA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yJa_Zi1EhhjHa4-YWcrNIOoFXKA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yJa_Zi1EhhjHa4-YWcrNIOoFXKA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/o-3e2YtVSk0" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:30:02 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6058-pay-as-one-goes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/10vmMgfhOe0/4795-line-of-fire http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4795-line-of-fire American Idioms A. 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Gates [line of fire] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>The path that something fired or thrown takes. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When the bandit and the police began to shoot, John was almost in their line of fire./</i></span> <br/>Compare: CROSS FIRE. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4795-line-of-fire">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4795-line-of-fire&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IM_dxfhHq35aLwBCRISIKJRn3e0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IM_dxfhHq35aLwBCRISIKJRn3e0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IM_dxfhHq35aLwBCRISIKJRn3e0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IM_dxfhHq35aLwBCRISIKJRn3e0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/10vmMgfhOe0" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4795-line-of-fire http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/XlVpMmScD5U/6699-root http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6699-root American Idioms A. 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Gates [root] See: TAKE ROOT. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6699-root">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xzk4-X-OK4NzzWcuHmU3L4Tp150/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xzk4-X-OK4NzzWcuHmU3L4Tp150/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xzk4-X-OK4NzzWcuHmU3L4Tp150/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xzk4-X-OK4NzzWcuHmU3L4Tp150/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/XlVpMmScD5U" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6699-root http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/BwlHxnS1AME/3139-go-stag http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/3139-go-stag American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [go stag] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>1. To go to a dance or party without a companion of the opposite sex. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When Sally turned him down, Tom decided to go stag to the college prom./</i></span> <br/>2. To participate in a party for men only. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Mrs. Smith's husband frequently goes stag, leaving her at home./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/3139-go-stag">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=3139-go-stag&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sTO5hrYmSg_lMYIGcFokVAHI5fM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sTO5hrYmSg_lMYIGcFokVAHI5fM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sTO5hrYmSg_lMYIGcFokVAHI5fM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/sTO5hrYmSg_lMYIGcFokVAHI5fM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/BwlHxnS1AME" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:53:59 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_g/3139-go-stag http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/riv1nGyEfvk/3604-hen-party http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3604-hen-party American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [hen party] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>A party to which only women or girls are invited. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The sorority gave a hen party for its members./</i></span> <br/>Contrast: STAG PARTY. See: GO STAG. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3604-hen-party">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=3604-hen-party&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ekUtYQzLHXmv3DRDxTVtqfSpq8Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ekUtYQzLHXmv3DRDxTVtqfSpq8Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ekUtYQzLHXmv3DRDxTVtqfSpq8Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ekUtYQzLHXmv3DRDxTVtqfSpq8Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/riv1nGyEfvk" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:39:55 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3604-hen-party http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/FXvtQNiGFK0/505-beat-the-----out-of http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/505-beat-the-----out-of American Idioms A. 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Gates [beat the --- out of] or <br/>[lick the --- out of] or <br/>[whale the --- out of] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>To beat hard; give a bad beating to. &mdash; Used with several words after "the", as "daylights", "living daylights", "tar". <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The big kid told Charlie that he would beat the daylights out of him if Charlie came in his yard again./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/505-beat-the-----out-of">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=505-beat-the-----out-of&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UuYNm3ljN6f-VqtrdZaRTkKuzXk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UuYNm3ljN6f-VqtrdZaRTkKuzXk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UuYNm3ljN6f-VqtrdZaRTkKuzXk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UuYNm3ljN6f-VqtrdZaRTkKuzXk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/FXvtQNiGFK0" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:35:24 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/505-beat-the-----out-of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/0_FBQNBtLnw/157-American-plan http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/157-American-plan American Idioms A. 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Gates [American plan] <b class="binline">{n.}</b> <br/>A system of hotel management in which meals are included with the room, as opposed to the European plan that does not include meals. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /American tourists in Europe sometimes expect that their meals will be included, because they are used to the American plan./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/157-American-plan">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=157-American-plan&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/837uzUoweATOm1DZQjW3Y3HyPUg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/837uzUoweATOm1DZQjW3Y3HyPUg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/837uzUoweATOm1DZQjW3Y3HyPUg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/837uzUoweATOm1DZQjW3Y3HyPUg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/0_FBQNBtLnw" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/157-American-plan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/ZHah38gegZc/6277-post http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6277-post American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [post] See: PROM PILLAR TO POST. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6277-post">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hPMi6dNP525BmeCJ0zv8vdioAoQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hPMi6dNP525BmeCJ0zv8vdioAoQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hPMi6dNP525BmeCJ0zv8vdioAoQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hPMi6dNP525BmeCJ0zv8vdioAoQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/ZHah38gegZc" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6277-post http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/Yjj5U1kk7kY/6328-psych-out http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6328-psych-out American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [psych out] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{slang}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>1. To find out the real motives of (someone). <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Sue sure has got Joe psyched out./</i></span> <br/>2. To go berserk; to lose one's nerve. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Joe says he doesn't ride his motorcycle on the highway anymore because he's psyched out./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Jim psyched out and robbed a liquor store, when he has all he needs and wants!/</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bslang%7D">{slang}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6328-psych-out">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6328-psych-out&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LG35sBmsNnuBs2453M1Ya6aLvbY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LG35sBmsNnuBs2453M1Ya6aLvbY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LG35sBmsNnuBs2453M1Ya6aLvbY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LG35sBmsNnuBs2453M1Ya6aLvbY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/Yjj5U1kk7kY" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6328-psych-out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/Glf0yaO6tKQ/6393-put-away http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6393-put-away American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [put away] <b class="binline">{v.}</b> <br/>1. To put in the right place or out of sight. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /She put away the towels./</i></span> <br/>2. To lay aside; stop thinking about. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He put his worries away for the weekend./</i></span> <br/>3. <b class="binline">{informal}</b> To eat or drink. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He put away a big supper and three cups of coffee./</i></span> <br/>Compare: STOW AWAY. 4. <b class="binline">{informal}</b> To put in a mental hospital. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He had to put his wife away when she became mentally ill./</i></span> <br/>5. To put to death for a reason; kill. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He had his dog put away when it became too old and unhappy./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=death">death</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.%7D">{v.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6393-put-away">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6393-put-away&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MBOJkl99Z9yKf3sUuftWzuYEaUY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MBOJkl99Z9yKf3sUuftWzuYEaUY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MBOJkl99Z9yKf3sUuftWzuYEaUY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MBOJkl99Z9yKf3sUuftWzuYEaUY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/Glf0yaO6tKQ" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6393-put-away http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/I6CcbOX-i_8/7611-sterling-character http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7611-sterling-character American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [sterling character] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>A person of irreproachable character; one of the highest professional standards. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The nominee for the Supreme Court must be a sterling character in every possible way./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7611-sterling-character">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7611-sterling-character&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JaXOH-FN7PXyGmf8pJmAUzvchzo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JaXOH-FN7PXyGmf8pJmAUzvchzo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JaXOH-FN7PXyGmf8pJmAUzvchzo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JaXOH-FN7PXyGmf8pJmAUzvchzo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/I6CcbOX-i_8" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7611-sterling-character http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/6rclxb46dPI/8950-without-batting-an-eye http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8950-without-batting-an-eye American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [without batting an eye] or [without batting an eyelash] See: BAT AN EYE. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8950-without-batting-an-eye">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=8950-without-batting-an-eye&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkGzBGxuwIxdztkOTFWp5nvDK_E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkGzBGxuwIxdztkOTFWp5nvDK_E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkGzBGxuwIxdztkOTFWp5nvDK_E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pkGzBGxuwIxdztkOTFWp5nvDK_E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/6rclxb46dPI" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8950-without-batting-an-eye http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/H7SVpxUXcdA/7567-start-out http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7567-start-out American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [start out] <b class="binline">{v.}</b> <br/>1. To begin to go somewhere. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Bill started out for school on his bicycle./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Art started out on a voyage around the world./</i></span> <br/>Compare: SET OUT. <br/>2. To begin a career or life. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Harry started out as an errand boy in a business office./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /We all start out in life as helpless infants./</i></span> <br/>Syn.: START IN. <br/>3. <b class="binline">{informal}</b> To give one a first job. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The garage man started Pete out as a grease rack man./</i></span> <br/>Syn.: START IN(3). <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=career">career</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.%7D">{v.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7567-start-out">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7567-start-out&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/e9o7AEjzNUEzTOI7T2dlGBDac2w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/e9o7AEjzNUEzTOI7T2dlGBDac2w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/e9o7AEjzNUEzTOI7T2dlGBDac2w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/e9o7AEjzNUEzTOI7T2dlGBDac2w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/H7SVpxUXcdA" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:40:37 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7567-start-out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/LczpJKphhL0/6347-pull-ones-leg http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6347-pull-ones-leg American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [pull one's leg] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>To get someone to accept a ridiculous story as true; fool someone with a humorous account of something; trick. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /For a moment, I actually believed that his wife had royal blood. Then I realized he was pulling my leg./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Western cowboys loved to pull a stranger's leg./</i></span> <br/>Compare: STRING ALONG. <br/>- [leg-pulling] <b class="binline">{n.}</b> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Strangers were often fooled by the cowboys' leg-pulling./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6347-pull-ones-leg">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6347-pull-ones-leg&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZeVv1n4eeCQpi5fieqOcGrema3A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZeVv1n4eeCQpi5fieqOcGrema3A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZeVv1n4eeCQpi5fieqOcGrema3A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZeVv1n4eeCQpi5fieqOcGrema3A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/LczpJKphhL0" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:28:46 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6347-pull-ones-leg http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/EUoqaw8ttAU/161-----and---- http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/161-----and---- American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [--- and ---] <br/> <br/>1. &mdash; And is used between repeated words to show continuation or emphasis. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When the children saw the beautiful Christmas tree they looked and looked./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Old Mr, Bryan has known Grandfather for years and years, since they were boys./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Billy dived to the bottom of the lake again and again, looking for the lost watch./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Everyone wished the speaker would stop, but he talked on and on./</i></span> <br/>Compare: THROUGH AND THROUGH. <br/> <br/>2. &mdash; When "and" is used between words with opposite meaning, it often emphasizes how much you mean. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Mr. Jones worked early and late to earn enough to live./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The parents hunted high and low for the lost child./</i></span> <br/>Compare: DAY AND NIGHT, FROM -- TO, INSIDE AND OUT. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=emphasis">emphasis</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/161-----and----">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=161-----and----&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GszTPEwYz0m-H8wrokeeYZzG7SI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GszTPEwYz0m-H8wrokeeYZzG7SI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GszTPEwYz0m-H8wrokeeYZzG7SI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GszTPEwYz0m-H8wrokeeYZzG7SI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/EUoqaw8ttAU" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:25:47 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/161-----and---- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/3RHtwgEjE7I/118-all-right-1- http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/118-all-right-1- American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [all right (1)] <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>1. Well enough. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The new machine is running all right./</i></span> <br/>2. <b class="binline">{informal}</b> I am willing; yes. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /"Shall we watch television?" "All right."/</i></span> <br/>Compare: VERY WELL. <br/>3. <b class="binline">{informal}</b> Beyond question, certainly. &mdash; Used for emphasis and placed after the word it modifies. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It's time to leave, all right, but the bus hasn't come./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=emphasis">emphasis</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+phr.%7D">{adv. phr.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/118-all-right-1-">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=118-all-right-1-&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNlXI3pGOHnULrTgDPlWfmJpuvY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNlXI3pGOHnULrTgDPlWfmJpuvY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNlXI3pGOHnULrTgDPlWfmJpuvY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xNlXI3pGOHnULrTgDPlWfmJpuvY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/3RHtwgEjE7I" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/118-all-right-1- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/0MVdnhAXZ_w/6775-run-in-the-blood http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6775-run-in-the-blood American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [run in the blood] or [run in the family] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To be a common family characteristic; be learned or inherited from your family. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /A great interest in gardening runs in his family./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Red hair runs in the family./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=blood">blood</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6775-run-in-the-blood">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6775-run-in-the-blood&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2EAfg65vb4ZnIJzn6qSFlj6Xtg4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2EAfg65vb4ZnIJzn6qSFlj6Xtg4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2EAfg65vb4ZnIJzn6qSFlj6Xtg4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2EAfg65vb4ZnIJzn6qSFlj6Xtg4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/0MVdnhAXZ_w" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:14:35 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6775-run-in-the-blood http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/sYhhdRVxi2A/5999-pant-for http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/5999-pant-for American Idioms A. 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Gates [pant for] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To desire something very deeply. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He is panting for his girlfriend, who went out of town to see her family./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=desire">desire</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/5999-pant-for">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5999-pant-for&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nKr6r1XqqMiyjJEIJHMTCScqESQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nKr6r1XqqMiyjJEIJHMTCScqESQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nKr6r1XqqMiyjJEIJHMTCScqESQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nKr6r1XqqMiyjJEIJHMTCScqESQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/sYhhdRVxi2A" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:13:29 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/5999-pant-for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/-wzZ9KYcSP0/4542-later-on http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4542-later-on American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [later on] <b class="binline">{adv.}</b> <br/>Later; not now. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Finish your lessons. Later on, we may have a surprise./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Bill couldn't stand on his head when school started, but later on he learned how./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.%7D">{adv.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4542-later-on">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4542-later-on&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C7rGQtBUTFxlfgQL7Zvu2Gz01hI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C7rGQtBUTFxlfgQL7Zvu2Gz01hI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C7rGQtBUTFxlfgQL7Zvu2Gz01hI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C7rGQtBUTFxlfgQL7Zvu2Gz01hI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/-wzZ9KYcSP0" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4542-later-on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/7ZDzJrV3GRA/4636-learn-ones-way-around http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4636-learn-ones-way-around American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [learn one's way around] See: KNOW ONE'S WAY AROUND. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4636-learn-ones-way-around">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n0RhMMAR0m0sr9C4C5Zjs-gx_1c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n0RhMMAR0m0sr9C4C5Zjs-gx_1c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n0RhMMAR0m0sr9C4C5Zjs-gx_1c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/n0RhMMAR0m0sr9C4C5Zjs-gx_1c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/7ZDzJrV3GRA" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4636-learn-ones-way-around http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/QB0eRHHCjZs/4648-leave-high-and-dry http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4648-leave-high-and-dry American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [leave high and dry] See: HIGH AND DRY. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4648-leave-high-and-dry">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jAF3mszdDIfPsnzLnETtvVpVHhU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jAF3mszdDIfPsnzLnETtvVpVHhU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jAF3mszdDIfPsnzLnETtvVpVHhU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jAF3mszdDIfPsnzLnETtvVpVHhU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/QB0eRHHCjZs" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4648-leave-high-and-dry http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/ZBJ1bPdvL48/4730-let-up http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4730-let-up American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [let up] <b class="binline">{v.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/> <br/>1. To become less, weaker, or quiet; become slower or stop. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It's raining as hard as ever. It's not letting up at all./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It snowed for three days before it let up and we could go outdoors./</i></span> <br/> <br/>2. To do less or go slower or stop; relax; stop working or working hard. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Grandfather has been working all his life. When is he going to let up?/</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Let up for a minute. You can't work hard all day./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Jim ran all the way home without letting up once./</i></span> <br/>Compare: SLOW DOWN. <br/>Contrast: BEAR DOWN. <br/> <br/>3. To become easier, kinder, or less strict. &mdash; Usually used with "on". <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Let up on Jane. She is sick./</i></span> <br/>Syn.: EASE UP. <br/> <br/>4. or [change up] To pitch a ball at less than full speed in baseball. &mdash; Usually used with "on". <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /John pitched a ball that was very fast and the batter missed it. Then he let up on the next pitch and the batter was badly fooled./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.%7D">{v.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4730-let-up">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4730-let-up&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qfgUXBK-RlC_5VWm4KwsBUEPTvM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qfgUXBK-RlC_5VWm4KwsBUEPTvM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qfgUXBK-RlC_5VWm4KwsBUEPTvM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qfgUXBK-RlC_5VWm4KwsBUEPTvM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/ZBJ1bPdvL48" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_l/4730-let-up http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/t_QGno5n-vw/6379-pushover http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6379-pushover American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [pushover] <b class="binline">{n.}</b> <br/>1. Something easy to accomplish or overcome. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /For Howard steering a boat is a pushover as he was raised on a tropical island./</i></span> <br/>2. A person easily seduced. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It is rumored that she is a pushover when she has a bit to drink./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6379-pushover">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6379-pushover&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Yq3U56qNy9kZ9iFIg1MHzKy-Kmw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Yq3U56qNy9kZ9iFIg1MHzKy-Kmw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Yq3U56qNy9kZ9iFIg1MHzKy-Kmw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Yq3U56qNy9kZ9iFIg1MHzKy-Kmw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/t_QGno5n-vw" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6379-pushover http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/0tyL5bjhJi0/6297-powder-room http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6297-powder-room American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [powder room] <b class="binline">{n.}</b> <br/>The ladies' rest room. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When they got to the restaurant, Mary went to the powder room to wash up./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6297-powder-room">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6297-powder-room&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o0DN3MPJB6PmVklGeYpoh7_lVl8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o0DN3MPJB6PmVklGeYpoh7_lVl8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o0DN3MPJB6PmVklGeYpoh7_lVl8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o0DN3MPJB6PmVklGeYpoh7_lVl8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/0tyL5bjhJi0" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:24:58 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6297-powder-room http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/ZTS_9N2vN24/3399-hate-ones-guts http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3399-hate-ones-guts American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [hate one's guts] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{slang}</b> <br/>To feel a very strong dislike for someone. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Dick said that he hated Fred's guts because Fred had been very mean to him./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=hate">hate</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bslang%7D">{slang}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3399-hate-ones-guts">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=3399-hate-ones-guts&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9_7tgbD8JOjnuTjS96Joz0MnWSI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9_7tgbD8JOjnuTjS96Joz0MnWSI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9_7tgbD8JOjnuTjS96Joz0MnWSI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9_7tgbD8JOjnuTjS96Joz0MnWSI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/ZTS_9N2vN24" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:58:08 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3399-hate-ones-guts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/60trJo-kzyc/5185-mess-up http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5185-mess-up American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [mess up] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{slang}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>1. To cause trouble; to spoil something. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /What did you have to mess up my accounts for?/</i></span> <br/>2. To cause someone emotional trauma. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Sue will never get married; she got messed up when she was a teenager./</i></span> <br/>3. To beat up someone physically. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When Joe came in after the fight with the boys, he was all messed up./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bslang%7D">{slang}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5185-mess-up">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5185-mess-up&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/io_1Sp92gj_12W6gFmS7mWn1VFo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/io_1Sp92gj_12W6gFmS7mWn1VFo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/io_1Sp92gj_12W6gFmS7mWn1VFo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/io_1Sp92gj_12W6gFmS7mWn1VFo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/60trJo-kzyc" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:49:43 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5185-mess-up http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/zV4kt3pyvLE/605-better-than http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/605-better-than American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [better than] <b class="binline">{prep. phr.}</b> <br/>More than; greater than; at a greater rate than. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The car was doing better than eighty miles an hour./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It is better than three miles to the station./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bprep.+phr.%7D">{prep. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/605-better-than">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=605-better-than&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wtf9UZ7-xCM5CCOjRXjkZwwSJ1Q/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wtf9UZ7-xCM5CCOjRXjkZwwSJ1Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wtf9UZ7-xCM5CCOjRXjkZwwSJ1Q/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wtf9UZ7-xCM5CCOjRXjkZwwSJ1Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/zV4kt3pyvLE" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/605-better-than http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/R9cFD2PKV_E/2161-eye-teeth http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_e/2161-eye-teeth American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [eye teeth] See: CUT ONE'S EYE TEETH ON at CUT TEETH(2). <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_e/2161-eye-teeth">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mACHThA3BzxjSlDp81raNvj5izs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mACHThA3BzxjSlDp81raNvj5izs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mACHThA3BzxjSlDp81raNvj5izs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mACHThA3BzxjSlDp81raNvj5izs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/R9cFD2PKV_E" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_e/2161-eye-teeth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/3nSe0vDkKrA/6294-pour-oil-on-troubled-waters http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6294-pour-oil-on-troubled-waters American Idioms A. 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Gates [pour oil on troubled waters] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To quiet a quarrel; say something to lessen anger and bring peace. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The troops were nearing a bitter quarrel until the leader poured oil on the troubled waters./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=anger">anger</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6294-pour-oil-on-troubled-waters">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6294-pour-oil-on-troubled-waters&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CwGnm2mrAksi8MgtCVetiVtnMgk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CwGnm2mrAksi8MgtCVetiVtnMgk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CwGnm2mrAksi8MgtCVetiVtnMgk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CwGnm2mrAksi8MgtCVetiVtnMgk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/3nSe0vDkKrA" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6294-pour-oil-on-troubled-waters http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/PO_JOpLolAQ/6883-scot-free http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/6883-scot-free American Idioms A. 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Gates [scot-free] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b> <br/>Without punishment; completely free. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /In spite of his obvious guilt, the jury acquitted him and he got off scot-free./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/6883-scot-free">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6883-scot-free&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-GDydwBanaCVvj2BJXDQaAYFHtk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-GDydwBanaCVvj2BJXDQaAYFHtk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-GDydwBanaCVvj2BJXDQaAYFHtk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-GDydwBanaCVvj2BJXDQaAYFHtk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/PO_JOpLolAQ" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/6883-scot-free http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/eNh9iLR0IXc/256-as-well-as http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/256-as-well-as American Idioms A. 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Gates [as well as] <b class="binline">{conj.}</b> <br/>In addition to; and also; besides. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Hiking is good exercise as well as fun./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He was my friend as well as my doctor./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The book tells about the author's life as well as about his writings./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=friends">friends</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=life">life</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bconj.%7D">{conj.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/256-as-well-as">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=256-as-well-as&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1QvvldkwsQxQvaQDYHnTMSYmQwU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1QvvldkwsQxQvaQDYHnTMSYmQwU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1QvvldkwsQxQvaQDYHnTMSYmQwU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1QvvldkwsQxQvaQDYHnTMSYmQwU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/eNh9iLR0IXc" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:24:26 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/256-as-well-as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/Env1EGRIejc/4283-joking-aside http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_j/4283-joking-aside American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [joking aside] or [joking apart] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>No fooling; without exaggerating: seriously. <br/> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Joking aside, although the conditions were not very comfortable, we had a wonderful time./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Joking apart, there must have been over a hundred people in the room./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_j/4283-joking-aside">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4283-joking-aside&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bVmpk_W7SfeGMPSkungvZKZn3-0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bVmpk_W7SfeGMPSkungvZKZn3-0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bVmpk_W7SfeGMPSkungvZKZn3-0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bVmpk_W7SfeGMPSkungvZKZn3-0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/Env1EGRIejc" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:33:23 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_j/4283-joking-aside http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/mY2kU3x9iaE/1474-coming-out-party http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1474-coming-out-party American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [coming out party] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>A debutante party in which a young girl is formally introduced to society. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Coming out parties used to be more popular in the early twentieth century than nowadays, primarily because they cost a lot of money./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1474-coming-out-party">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=1474-coming-out-party&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OvViK0hrSwbUIBaYics4t-qCJeQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OvViK0hrSwbUIBaYics4t-qCJeQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OvViK0hrSwbUIBaYics4t-qCJeQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OvViK0hrSwbUIBaYics4t-qCJeQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/mY2kU3x9iaE" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:32:13 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_c/1474-coming-out-party http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/s4QV9zo_VKs/557-belabor-the-point http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/557-belabor-the-point American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [belabor the point] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b> <br/>To overexplain something to the point of obviousness, resulting in ridicule. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /"Lest I belabor the point," the teacher said, "I must repeat the importance of teaching good grammar in class."/</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/557-belabor-the-point">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=557-belabor-the-point&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xBBbPolwCsMNMMolu5Nr7skzVzw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xBBbPolwCsMNMMolu5Nr7skzVzw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xBBbPolwCsMNMMolu5Nr7skzVzw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xBBbPolwCsMNMMolu5Nr7skzVzw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/s4QV9zo_VKs" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:19:20 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/557-belabor-the-point http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/XMHe8o-RYFs/1692-damned-if-one-does--damned-if-one-doesnt http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1692-damned-if-one-does--damned-if-one-doesnt American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [damned if one does, damned if one doesn't] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b> <br/>No matter what one does, someone is likely to criticize one. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /No matter what decisions I make, there are always some people who will approve them and those who won't. It is a classical case of "damned if I do, damned if I don't."/</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1692-damned-if-one-does--damned-if-one-doesnt">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=1692-damned-if-one-does--damned-if-one-doesnt&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JoQSye2YIyarwzuOYJur2tZ8kMk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JoQSye2YIyarwzuOYJur2tZ8kMk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JoQSye2YIyarwzuOYJur2tZ8kMk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JoQSye2YIyarwzuOYJur2tZ8kMk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/XMHe8o-RYFs" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:15:04 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1692-damned-if-one-does--damned-if-one-doesnt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/m5Uwxgqzuyo/5143-matter-of-fact http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5143-matter-of-fact American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [matter of fact] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>Something that is really true; something that can be proved. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The town records showed that it was a matter of fact that the two boys were brothers./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It is a matter of fact that the American war against England was successful./</i></span> <br/>- Often used for emphasis in the phrase "as a matter of fact". <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /I didn't go yesterday, and as a matter of fact, I didn't go all week./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Mary wasn't wearing a blue dress. As a matter of fact, she hasn't got a blue dress./</i></span> <br/>Compare: FOR THAT MATTER, IN FACT. <br/>Contrast: MATTER OF OPINION. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=emphasis">emphasis</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5143-matter-of-fact">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5143-matter-of-fact&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rv3ISgYRzPZ_VhPXd4WfVswTros/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rv3ISgYRzPZ_VhPXd4WfVswTros/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rv3ISgYRzPZ_VhPXd4WfVswTros/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Rv3ISgYRzPZ_VhPXd4WfVswTros/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/m5Uwxgqzuyo" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:13:49 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/5143-matter-of-fact http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/3vO9LkpREqs/5628-once-in-a-blue-moon http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5628-once-in-a-blue-moon American Idioms A. 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Gates [once in a blue moon] <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>Very rarely; very seldom; almost never. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Coin collecting is interesting, hut you find a valuable coin only once in a blue moon./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Once in a blue moon someone grows a very pale marigold, but no truly white marigolds have been raised./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+phr.%7D">{adv. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5628-once-in-a-blue-moon">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=5628-once-in-a-blue-moon&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/92jj96bELxMFYO0JZTVfjmbmnFI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/92jj96bELxMFYO0JZTVfjmbmnFI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/92jj96bELxMFYO0JZTVfjmbmnFI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/92jj96bELxMFYO0JZTVfjmbmnFI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/3vO9LkpREqs" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:12:26 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_o/5628-once-in-a-blue-moon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/W66Rtw6MQ10/3368-hardly-ever http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3368-hardly-ever American Idioms A. 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Gates [hardly ever] or [scarcely ever] <b class="binline">{adv. phr.}</b> <br/>Very rarely; almost never; seldom. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /It hardly ever snows in Florida./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Johnny hardly ever reads a book./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badv.+phr.%7D">{adv. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3368-hardly-ever">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=3368-hardly-ever&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V1pieoq5TAReIJuvtkz2WieDTEQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V1pieoq5TAReIJuvtkz2WieDTEQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V1pieoq5TAReIJuvtkz2WieDTEQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/V1pieoq5TAReIJuvtkz2WieDTEQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/W66Rtw6MQ10" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:51:48 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3368-hardly-ever http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/2rrbQmnxejY/100-all-in http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/100-all-in American Idioms A. 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Gates [all in] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> <br/>Very tired; exhausted. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The players were all in after their first afternoon of practice./</i></span> <br/>Syn.: PLAYED OUT, WORN OUT. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/100-all-in">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=100-all-in&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rZW3LNqFx96U3q5E0JaTAe3sLyo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rZW3LNqFx96U3q5E0JaTAe3sLyo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rZW3LNqFx96U3q5E0JaTAe3sLyo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rZW3LNqFx96U3q5E0JaTAe3sLyo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/2rrbQmnxejY" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:53:41 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_a/100-all-in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/szGoZ65ZIPc/1893-double-duty http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1893-double-duty American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [double duty] <b class="binline">{n.}</b> <br/>Two uses or jobs; two purposes or duties. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Matthew does double duty. He's the janitor in the morning and gardener in the afternoon./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Our new washer does double duty; it washes the clothes and also dries them./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=clothes">clothes</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1893-double-duty">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=1893-double-duty&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SFAhMeLd_0cFZiL49junHg6hV9U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SFAhMeLd_0cFZiL49junHg6hV9U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SFAhMeLd_0cFZiL49junHg6hV9U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SFAhMeLd_0cFZiL49junHg6hV9U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/szGoZ65ZIPc" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1893-double-duty http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/m96rqc9i36w/6021-party http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6021-party American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [party] See: HEN PARTY, LIFE OF THE PARTY, NECK-TIE PARTY, THROW A PARTY. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6021-party">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6021-party&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r5tmz6Qh6HX3b9rkzXQo_LGeTH0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r5tmz6Qh6HX3b9rkzXQo_LGeTH0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r5tmz6Qh6HX3b9rkzXQo_LGeTH0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/r5tmz6Qh6HX3b9rkzXQo_LGeTH0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/m96rqc9i36w" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6021-party http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/AS3V7E3Y9Ys/6173-pitch http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6173-pitch American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [pitch] See: WILD PITCH. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6173-pitch">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7dOqTRq8PVgIJGMV1EX5lj6NbYU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7dOqTRq8PVgIJGMV1EX5lj6NbYU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7dOqTRq8PVgIJGMV1EX5lj6NbYU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7dOqTRq8PVgIJGMV1EX5lj6NbYU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/AS3V7E3Y9Ys" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6173-pitch http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/ZGktli-WdVA/6299-practice http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6299-practice American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [practice] See: IN PRACTICE also INTO PRACTICE, MAKE A PRACTICE OF, OUT OF PRACTICE. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6299-practice">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6299-practice&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h96FrnZfqmxn0ifLrzZdTnrvcRI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h96FrnZfqmxn0ifLrzZdTnrvcRI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h96FrnZfqmxn0ifLrzZdTnrvcRI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/h96FrnZfqmxn0ifLrzZdTnrvcRI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/ZGktli-WdVA" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6299-practice http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/o-XV-qtJquc/6400-put-in http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6400-put-in American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [put in] <b class="binline">{v.}</b> <br/>1. To add to what has been said; say (something) in addition to what others say. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /While the boys were discussing the car accident, Ben put in that the road was icy./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /My father put in a word for me and I got the job./</i></span> <br/>2. To buy and keep in a store to sell. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He put in a full stock of drugs./</i></span> <br/>3. To spend (time). <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He put in many years as a printer./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He put in an hour a day reading./</i></span> <br/>4. To plant. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /He put in a row of radishes./</i></span> <br/>5. To stop at a port on a journey by water. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /After the fire, the ship put in for repairs./</i></span> <br/>6. To apply; ask. &mdash; Used with "for". <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When a better job was open, he put in for it./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The sailor put in for time to visit his family before the ship went to sea./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=time">time</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.%7D">{v.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6400-put-in">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6400-put-in&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yQBExmsuOo3zkca1sOggGyZLoUs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yQBExmsuOo3zkca1sOggGyZLoUs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yQBExmsuOo3zkca1sOggGyZLoUs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yQBExmsuOo3zkca1sOggGyZLoUs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/o-XV-qtJquc" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6400-put-in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/3iwU5T-NJVA/8007-talk-out http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8007-talk-out American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [talk out] <b class="binline">{v.}</b> <br/>To talk all about and leave nothing out; discuss until everything is agreed on; settle. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /After their quarrel, Jill and John talked things out and reached full agreement./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.%7D">{v.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8007-talk-out">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=8007-talk-out&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bHcq0xddw6FIpk6rVgmyVp89Q78/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bHcq0xddw6FIpk6rVgmyVp89Q78/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bHcq0xddw6FIpk6rVgmyVp89Q78/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bHcq0xddw6FIpk6rVgmyVp89Q78/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/3iwU5T-NJVA" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_t/8007-talk-out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/H9MX5VeczAc/4961-made-to-order http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/4961-made-to-order American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [made to order] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b> <br/>1. Made specially in the way the buyer wants instead of all the same in large amounts; made especially for the buyer. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Mr. Black's clothes were all made to order./</i></span> <br/>Compare: MADE-TO-MEASURE. <br/>2. Just right. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The weather was made to order for the hike./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=clothes">clothes</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/4961-made-to-order">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4961-made-to-order&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xiUHtRQWrY2kVMt3okqpcNx61Lc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xiUHtRQWrY2kVMt3okqpcNx61Lc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xiUHtRQWrY2kVMt3okqpcNx61Lc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xiUHtRQWrY2kVMt3okqpcNx61Lc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/H9MX5VeczAc" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:32:23 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/4961-made-to-order http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/1k7NzUVDbmU/4960-made-to-measure http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/4960-made-to-measure American Idioms A. 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Gates [made-to-measure] or [tailor-made] <b class="binline">{adj.}</b> <br/>Made to fit a special set of measurements or needs. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /John has a new made-to-measure suit./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The club is tailor-made for Jane./</i></span> <br/>Syn.: MADE TO ORDER. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.%7D">{adj.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/4960-made-to-measure">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4960-made-to-measure&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g7qHmyp2Xua-FDwk_lp9rPDVRLo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g7qHmyp2Xua-FDwk_lp9rPDVRLo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g7qHmyp2Xua-FDwk_lp9rPDVRLo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g7qHmyp2Xua-FDwk_lp9rPDVRLo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/1k7NzUVDbmU" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:24:45 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_m/4960-made-to-measure http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/BJSOrRwj8sc/1016-by-means-of http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/1016-by-means-of American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [by means of] <b class="binline">{prep.}</b> <br/>By the use of; with the help of. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The fisherman saved himself by means of a floating log./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /By means of monthly payments, people can buy more than in the past./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bprep.%7D">{prep.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/1016-by-means-of">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=1016-by-means-of&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qu847znL7B3JWkRE_hCLcD5glHw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qu847znL7B3JWkRE_hCLcD5glHw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qu847znL7B3JWkRE_hCLcD5glHw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qu847znL7B3JWkRE_hCLcD5glHw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/BJSOrRwj8sc" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/1016-by-means-of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/tg6R7mY5UuA/1880-do-the-business http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1880-do-the-business American Idioms A. 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Gates [do the business] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> To do what is needed or wanted; get the job done; take proper action. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /The boys had trouble in rolling the stone, but four of them did the business./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When the little boy cut his finger a bandage did the business./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=business">business</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1880-do-the-business">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=1880-do-the-business&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q2DIexoTOlmUhqaZ5jvjeBiUa4A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q2DIexoTOlmUhqaZ5jvjeBiUa4A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q2DIexoTOlmUhqaZ5jvjeBiUa4A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q2DIexoTOlmUhqaZ5jvjeBiUa4A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/tg6R7mY5UuA" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_d/1880-do-the-business http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/q7gKHnIyWY8/6513-rain-on http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6513-rain-on American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [rain on] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{slang}</b> <br/>To bring misfortune to (someone); to complain to (someone) about one's bad luck. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Don't rain on me./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bslang%7D">{slang}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6513-rain-on">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6513-rain-on&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yrqKfOHZfJpiLspZ-papHVVQNxY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yrqKfOHZfJpiLspZ-papHVVQNxY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yrqKfOHZfJpiLspZ-papHVVQNxY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yrqKfOHZfJpiLspZ-papHVVQNxY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/q7gKHnIyWY8" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_r/6513-rain-on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/vdyxMtfviEg/8810-whack http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8810-whack American Idioms A. 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Gates [whack] See: OUT OF WHACK. <div align="left"><small>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8810-whack">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/znXKcO3ZwXj3C2jAdW5vscJh0g0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/znXKcO3ZwXj3C2jAdW5vscJh0g0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/znXKcO3ZwXj3C2jAdW5vscJh0g0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/znXKcO3ZwXj3C2jAdW5vscJh0g0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/vdyxMtfviEg" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_w/8810-whack http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/62_H_HqX0Qo/933-bull-session http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/933-bull-session American Idioms A. 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Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [bull session] <b class="binline">{n.}</b>, <b class="binline">{slang}</b> A long informal talk about something by a group of persons. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /After the game the boys in the dormitory had a bull session until the lights went out./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bslang%7D">{slang}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/933-bull-session">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=933-bull-session&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jXxoe4BMZMNAFYfHZkuNh6YWmH8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jXxoe4BMZMNAFYfHZkuNh6YWmH8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jXxoe4BMZMNAFYfHZkuNh6YWmH8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jXxoe4BMZMNAFYfHZkuNh6YWmH8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/62_H_HqX0Qo" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_b/933-bull-session http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/k3o7qWgAY1E/3666-hit-it-off http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3666-hit-it-off American Idioms A. 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Gates [hit it off] <b class="binline">{v. phr.}</b>, <b class="binline">{informal}</b> To enjoy one another's company; be happy and comfortable in each other's presence. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Tom and Fred hit it off well with each other./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Mary and Jane hit it off from the first./</i></span> <br/>Syn.: GET ALONG. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Binformal%7D">{informal}</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.+phr.%7D">{v. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3666-hit-it-off">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=3666-hit-it-off&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KSkvSnLvbhEkrXYiz3tS_lPlY1M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KSkvSnLvbhEkrXYiz3tS_lPlY1M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KSkvSnLvbhEkrXYiz3tS_lPlY1M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KSkvSnLvbhEkrXYiz3tS_lPlY1M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/k3o7qWgAY1E" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_h/3666-hit-it-off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/oeetM4k3a8E/4167-in-the-right http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/4167-in-the-right American Idioms A. 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Gates [in the right] <b class="binline">{adj. phr.}</b> <br/>With moral or legal right or truth on your side; in agreement with justice, truth, or fact; correct. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When the cars collided, John was clearly in the right./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /In going before his wife down the stairs, Mr. Franklin was in the right./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /In many disputes, it is hard to say who is in the right./</i></span> <br/>Contrast: IN THE WRONG. <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Badj.+phr.%7D">{adj. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/4167-in-the-right">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=4167-in-the-right&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mGg8mxKZs2HtJM2gaAaov0e3FJQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mGg8mxKZs2HtJM2gaAaov0e3FJQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mGg8mxKZs2HtJM2gaAaov0e3FJQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mGg8mxKZs2HtJM2gaAaov0e3FJQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/oeetM4k3a8E" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_i/4167-in-the-right http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/_IdeChmGtjw/6140-pig-in-a-poke http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6140-pig-in-a-poke American Idioms A. 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Gates [pig in a poke] <b class="binline">{n. phr.}</b> <br/>An unseen bargain; something accepted or bought without looking at it carefully. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Buying land by mail is buying a pig in a poke: sometimes the land turns out to be under water./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.+phr.%7D">{n. phr.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6140-pig-in-a-poke">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6140-pig-in-a-poke&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Da79VTbNIHm9sjea_i90pQimnhc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Da79VTbNIHm9sjea_i90pQimnhc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Da79VTbNIHm9sjea_i90pQimnhc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Da79VTbNIHm9sjea_i90pQimnhc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/_IdeChmGtjw" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6140-pig-in-a-poke http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/ZZ-cB3lebZ8/6362-pull-together http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6362-pull-together American Idioms A. 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Gates <div align="right"><small><a title="Subscribe to" href="http://feeds.sky-net-eye.com/Learn-American-Idioms"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/rss/021.png" alt="Subscribe to">&nbsp;American Idioms</a></small></div> [pull together] <b class="binline">{v.}</b> <br/>To join your efforts with those of others; work on a task together; cooperate. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Many men must pull together if a large business is to succeed./</i></span> <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Tim was a good football captain because he always got his teammates to pull together./</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=business">business</a> <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bv.%7D">{v.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6362-pull-together">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=6362-pull-together&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CJO-SnhDg_DCaGKijPjCbIaiibk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CJO-SnhDg_DCaGKijPjCbIaiibk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CJO-SnhDg_DCaGKijPjCbIaiibk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CJO-SnhDg_DCaGKijPjCbIaiibk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/ZZ-cB3lebZ8" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_p/6362-pull-together http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~3/wV46iUToz8I/7728-stuff-and-nonsense http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7728-stuff-and-nonsense American Idioms A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates [stuff and nonsense] <b class="binline">{n.}</b> <br/>Foolish or empty writing or talk; nonsense. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /Fred told a long story about his adventures in Africa, but it was all stuff and nonsense./</i></span> <br/>Often used as an interjection. <br/><img src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/style/bul_green.gif" width="9" height="6"><span class="comment"><i> /When Jane said she was too sick to go to school, her mother answered, "Stuff and nonsense! I know there's a test today."/</i></span> <div align="left"><small>Tags: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/search?page_num=0&context=TagSearchContext&keywords=%7Bn.%7D">{n.}</a> <br>Source: <a href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7728-stuff-and-nonsense">http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american</a></small><br><div align="right"><a target="_blank" title="Discuss" href="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/pieces/comment_form.htm?submit_for=7728-stuff-and-nonsense&lang=en"><img border="0" src="http://www.sky-net-eye.com/images/icon/16/028.png"> Leave comments</a></div> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0PeLIzI2SeKgDRPP16thjow0hrE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0PeLIzI2SeKgDRPP16thjow0hrE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0PeLIzI2SeKgDRPP16thjow0hrE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0PeLIzI2SeKgDRPP16thjow0hrE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Learn-American-Idioms/~4/wV46iUToz8I" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:30:01 +0300 http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/american/i_s/7728-stuff-and-nonsense nonadult