NTC’S American IDIOMS Dictionary phần 5 pptx

... they were. (Literal in reference to aiming a weapon.) ᮀ Even though you get lower one’s sights 255 Please make a check out to John Jones. T Do you want cash, or should I make out a check? make ... ᮀ We don’t like living here, but we have to make a go of it. make a clean breast of something 258 mad about someone or something Go to crazy about someone or something . mad as a hatter Go...

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... a candidate. ᮀ I think you should put someone else up. T We’re putting up Ann for treasurer. 5. [with something] to build a building, a sign, a fence, a wall, etc. ᮀ We’ll put a garage up next ... the earth the most worthy of people; a very good or worthy person. (A biblical reference, Matthew 5: 13.) ᮀ Mrs. Jones is the salt of the earth. She is the first to help anyone in trouble. ᮀ...

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... ᮀ You’ve got nothing on me! Let me go! 2. to have no information about someone or something. ᮀ The dictionary had nothing on the word I looked up. ᮀ The librarian said that the library has nothing

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... get something out of one’s system systems all systems (are) go T done to a T NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 58 8 up wrapped up in someone or something up wrap something up up write someone ... up to something to burned to a cinder to burn someone or something to a crisp NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 59 6 shot (all) shot to hell shot give something a shot shot gi...

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... someone off beg off (on something ) off be off off better off ( doing something ) NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 55 0 give give someone a reputation (for doing something ) give give someone a ... rein on someone or something Keep Keep at it! keep keep at someone or something NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 52 6 It It never rains but it pours. It It (only) stands to...

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... windmills at tip the scales at something at try one’s hand (at something ) NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 458 as happy as a lark as happy as can be as hard as a rock as hard as nails as ... tight as Dick’s hatband as tough as an old boot as true as steel as ugly as a toad NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 456 with impunity without risk of punish- ment; with immunity from...

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... know, drunk. thrill someone to death Go to thrill someone to pieces. thrill someone to death 4 05 strike out 1. [for a baseball batter] to be declared “out” after three strikes. (See also strike ... in jail for a day once. That’s our family’s skeleton in the closet. a skeleton in the closet 3 65 no need to sink into despair. Everything is going to be all right. sink one’s teeth into s...

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... someone a blank check.) ᮀ He’s been given carte blanche with the re- give someone carte blanche 155 fire, suddenly burning brighter or with more vigor.) ᮀ Just when we thought we had put the fire ... stock market, and that really gives me a run for my money. give birth to someone or some creature 152 when I’ll get over it. ᮀ It was a serious ill- ness. It took two weeks to get over it...

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... some- thing fifty-fifty to divide something into two equal parts. (Informal. Each fifty means 50 percent.) ᮀ Tommy and Billy divided the candy fifty-fifty. ᮀ The rob- bers split the money ... month. by themselves 1. with help from no one else. ᮀ Do you think they can do it by by themselves 57 call a meeting to ask that people assem- ble for a meeting; to request that a meet- ing be hel...

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... the dictionary. The compiler has included idiomatic phrases drawn from or suggested by Anne Bertram in NTC’s Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, and NTC’s Dictionary ... Dictionary of Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings and Eliza- beth Kirkpatrick in NTC’s English Idioms Dictionary. About This Dictionary xiii amount of salt called for in...

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