Idioms: 'at a boy (that a boy) 'at a girl (that a girl) Wayne Magnuson: English Idioms Idioms: 'at a boy (that a boy) 'at a girl (that a girl) Idiom 'at a boy (that a boy) Meaning good work, well done, attaboy 'at a girl (that a girl) good work, well done, attagirl Example Whenever I win, Don says, " 'at a boy! Good game!" When Judy gets good grades, her mom says, " 'at a girl, Judy!" Next page Idiom Home Legend: [B] bad language Be interactive: Comment on this idiom Contribute an idiom or an expression Make us aware of a technical problem with this site The small print: Copyright ©1995-2003 Wayne Magnuson The contents of this page are free for personal and non-commercial use, provided this copyright notice is kept intact All further rights, including the rights of publication in any form, have to be obtained by written permission from the publisher: Prairie House Books Box 84007 Market Mall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3A 5C4, Phone +1 403 202-5438, FAX +1 403 202-5437, Email phbooks@telusplanet.net A printed version of these idioms is available as ISBN 1-895012-09-0 (New: 4th printing now available) and a CD-ROM version as ISBN 1-895012-19-8 Get the book at file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iD1.htm[24.06.2011 9:13:00] Idioms: a close shave a cut-up Wayne Magnuson: English Idioms Idioms: a close shave a cut-up Idiom a close shave a clutch hitter (baseball) a common thread a contract out on a coon's age a crash course Meaning very close to serious injury or death a batter who hits when runners are on base an idea or theme that is similar to others a contract that pays to have someone killed many years, a dog's age a crying shame a short course that has the main facts and skills sudden feeling of love or romance a sad event, it is too bad a cut above superior, better a cut-up a joker, a person who tells jokes and has fun a crush on Example The old man described his fight with the bear as a close shave Joe's a clutch hitter He's batting 431 with runners on base There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories There's a contract out on Mike The boss doesn't like him We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age It's been years He took a crash course in cooking and bought a cafe Judy has a crush on Tim See the way she looks at him It's a crying shame that they didn't have fire insurance A scholar's work is a cut above It's superior to the others When Marsha goes to a party she's a real cutup - a lot of fun Previous page Next page Idiom Home Legend: [B] bad language Be interactive: Comment on this idiom Contribute an idiom or an expression Make us aware of a technical problem with this site The small print: Copyright ©1995-2003 Wayne Magnuson The contents of this page are free for personal and non-commercial use, provided this copyright notice is kept intact All further rights, including the rights of publication in any form, have to be obtained by written permission from the publisher: Prairie House Books Box 84007 Market Mall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3A 5C4, Phone +1 403 202-5438, FAX +1 403 202-5437, Email phbooks@telusplanet.net A printed version of these idioms is available as ISBN 1-895012-09-0 (New: 4th printing now available) and a CD-ROM version as ISBN 1-895012-19-8 file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iD10.htm[24.06.2011 9:13:00] Idioms: a close shave a cut-up Get the book at file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iD10.htm[24.06.2011 9:13:00] Idioms: butter up buy time Wayne Magnuson: English Idioms Idioms: butter up buy time Idiom butter up butter wouldn't melt in his mouth button your lip buttonhole you buy a round buy into buy out buy that buy the farm buy time Meaning be nice to, suck up to he is very calm and clear, he has an air of innocence, cool, smooth talker not tell anyone, on the QT Example Butter him up before you ask to borrow his car When he's talking to voters, butter wouldn't melt in his mouth Button your lip about the speeding ticket Don't tell Dad stop you and talk to you, corner At the meeting, Al buttonholed me and asked you and bore you me to vote Reform buy a drink for everyone at the When Gina was born, I bought a round for the table, this one is on me team Every player had a drink to honor our baby believe and support, agree to He will buy into our plan if the money goes to support, come onside needy children buy a business and all the We knew his business was in debt, so we inventory offered to buy him out believe that, eat that He says he went to see his friends at the park I can buy that die, kick the bucket, pass away "Where's Henry?" "Oh, he bought the farm years ago - died of cancer, eh." request time to plan, ask for If we can just buy a little time, maybe the price extra time will go down Previous page Next page Idiom Home Legend: [B] bad language Be interactive: Comment on this idiom Contribute an idiom or an expression Make us aware of a technical problem with this site The small print: Copyright ©1995-2003 Wayne Magnuson The contents of this page are free for personal and non-commercial use, provided this copyright notice is kept intact All further rights, including the rights of publication in any form, have to be obtained by written permission from the publisher: Prairie House Books Box 84007 Market Mall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3A 5C4, Phone +1 403 202-5438, FAX +1 403 202-5437, Email phbooks@telusplanet.net A printed version of these idioms is available as ISBN 1-895012-09-0 (New: 4th printing now available) and a CD-ROM version file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iD100.htm[24.06.2011 9:13:01] Idioms: butter up buy time as ISBN 1-895012-19-8 Get the book at file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iD100.htm[24.06.2011 9:13:01] Idioms: buy up by and large Wayne Magnuson: English Idioms Idioms: buy up by and large Idiom buy up buzz off Meaning buy all of a product or all the shares in a company a time when prices are low, soft market a person who stops the fun, party-pooper go away, beat it, get lost buzzed slightly intoxicated, tipsy buzzword new word or expression, the latest jargon, catch phrase by a long distance, by a wide margin (See not by a long shot) yes, please it buyer's market buzz-kill by a country mile by a long shot by all means by and large Example At closing time, Abe comes in and buys up the last shares The price of gold is low It's a buyer's market in precious metals You buzz-kill! Don't talk about air disasters when I'm flying to Rome Next time he asks to borrow something, tell him to buzz off Jane got buzzed on fermented coconut juice She was happy! Internet, zero tolerance - these were buzzwords of the 1990s Black Beauty won the race by a country mile She was far ahead By all means, come to the Learning Skills Centre mostly, mainly, most of the time By and large, chocolate is the favorite flavor Previous page Next page Idiom Home Legend: [B] bad language Be interactive: Comment on this idiom Contribute an idiom or an expression Make us aware of a technical problem with this site The small print: Copyright ©1995-2003 Wayne Magnuson The contents of this page are free for personal and non-commercial use, provided this copyright notice is kept intact All further rights, including the rights of publication in any form, have to be obtained by written permission from the publisher: Prairie House Books Box 84007 Market Mall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3A 5C4, Phone +1 403 202-5438, FAX +1 403 202-5437, Email phbooks@telusplanet.net A printed version of these idioms is available as ISBN 1-895012-09-0 (New: 4th printing now available) and a CD-ROM version as ISBN 1-895012-19-8 Get the book at file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iD101.htm[24.06.2011 9:13:01] Idioms: buy up by and large file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iD101.htm[24.06.2011 9:13:01] Idioms T Wayne Magnuson: English Idioms Idioms T Each of the following is a link to a page containing ten idioms: tail between his legs take a dive take a load off your feet take a round out of take advantage of take charge take in take it like a man take my hat off to take on a new light take sides take the pulse take up the slack take your pulse takes one to know one talk it up tangle with tear a strip off tell him off test drive that a boy/that a girl that's life the apple doesn't fall far from the tree The Big Apple the breaking point the cart before the horse the devil makes work for idle hands the eye of the storm the gloves are off The Grim Reaper the inside track the last word the long arm of the law the moment of truth file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iDTiTT.htm[24.06.2011 9:20:06] Idioms T the one that got away the powers that be The Rock the sin bin (hockey) the take the upper hand the whole works there's more than meets the eye there's something rotten in the state of Denmark think straight threads throw a game throw good money after bad throw up tickled pink tied up time flies when you're having fun time's a wasting tip the scales at to a fault to go toast tons toodles/toodle-oo top secret touch it with a ten-foot pole tough act to follow tough times tranny trifle with me try your darndest tune me out turn in turn the air blue turn you on twig to that two cents' worth ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Idiom Home Legend: [B] bad language file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iDTiTT.htm[24.06.2011 9:20:06] Idioms T Be interactive: Comment on this idiom Contribute an idiom or an expression Make us aware of a technical problem with this site The small print: Copyright ©1995-2003 Wayne Magnuson The contents of this page are free for personal and non-commercial use, provided this copyright notice is kept intact All further rights, including the rights of publication in any form, have to be obtained by written permission from the publisher: Prairie House Books Box 84007 Market Mall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3A 5C4, Phone +1 403 202-5438, FAX +1 403 202-5437, Email phbooks@telusplanet.net A printed version of these idioms is available as ISBN 1-895012-09-0 (New: 4th printing now available) and a CD-ROM version as ISBN 1-895012-19-8 Get the book at file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iDTiTT.htm[24.06.2011 9:20:06] Idioms U Wayne Magnuson: English Idioms Idioms U Each of the following is a link to a page containing ten idioms: U-turn under my care under way up and coming up shit creek [B] up to par upchuck use up ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Idiom Home Legend: [B] bad language Be interactive: Comment on this idiom Contribute 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oyster wouldn't be caught dead wreak havoc ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Idiom Home Legend: file:///F|/books/English%20Idioms%20Sayings%20and%20Slang/iDTiTW.htm[24.06.2011 9:20:07] Idioms W [B] bad language Be interactive: Comment on this idiom Contribute an idiom or an expression Make us aware of a technical problem with this site The small print: Copyright ©1995-2003 Wayne Magnuson The contents of this page are free for personal and non-commercial use, provided this copyright notice is kept intact All further rights, including the rights of publication in any form, have to be obtained by written permission from the publisher: Prairie House Books Box 84007 Market Mall, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3A 5C4, Phone +1 403 202-5438, FAX +1 403 202-5437, Email phbooks@telusplanet.net A printed version of these idioms is available as ISBN 1-895012-09-0 (New: 4th printing now available) and a CD-ROM version as ISBN 1-895012-19-8 Get the book at 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