含义: agger

[醫] 堤, 丘

agg 成语

a gaggle of geese

a flock of geese, a bunch of geese A gaggle of geese met us as we drove into the farmyard.

a three-bagger

a person who needs three bags over his head because he looks so scary """What did he look like?"" ""He was at least a three-bagger. He also needed a bath."""

a three-bagger (baseball)

a hit that allows the batter to run to third base Molitor hit a three-bagger in the sixth game of the World Series.

bag and baggage

everything you own, all of one's possessions The next day, he moved into her apartment - bag and baggage.

dragged through a...

(See look like he was dragged through a knothole)

fag/faggot

gay or homosexual man "Sean is a fag; he admits it."

look daggers

look angry, look with hateful eyes Ginny looked daggers at me when I kissed her boyfriend.

look like he was dragged through a knothole

appear to be very tired, burn out, run down After a divorce and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been dragged through a knothole.

run ragged

be tired or exhausted She has been run ragged by her three children.

run you ragged

make you feel tired, wear you out Grade 8 students use up all your energy. They run you ragged.

shagging wagon

a van designed for relaxing and having sex Tony's van has a bar and a bed. It's his shaggin' wagon.

tail wagging the dog

(See the tail wagging the dog)

the tail wagging the dog

minority controlling the majority If criminals get more rights, the tail will be wagging the dog.

three-bagger

(See a three-bagger)

aggro

1. aggressive troublemaking, violence, aggression. Abb. of aggravation
2. aggravated or upset
3. wild almost to the point of losing control, but effective:"When you got up on the table and started lecturing us, that was pretty aggro!"

bagging

a snack or food taken between meals. Heard pronounced as baggin [Lancs use]

be raggin' it

having one's menstrual period:"She's pretty grumpy. She must be raggin' it"

daggy

gross; beaten up; in a poor state of repair. This is often used to refer to a trampy, greasy-looking person:"What a dog! Ewwww, he's soooo daggy!"

dragged

highly intoxicated:"After 3 pitchers I was dragged"

dragger

someone who is so drunk that they constantly need to be carried or dragged back to their room:"We had a bunch of draggers left after the party"

ragged out

wearing your finest clothes

sagging deuce

a lowered Cadillac car

tagger

a person who writes graffiti

set tongues awagging

Idiom(s): set tongues (a)wagging

Theme: GOSSIP

to cause people to start gossiping.
• The affair between the boss and her accountant set tongues awagging.
• If you don’t get the lawn mowed soon, you will set tongues wagging in the neighborhood.

run sb ragged

Idiom(s): run sb ragged

Theme: CONTROL

to run someone hard and fast; to keep someone very busy. (Informal.)
• This busy season is running us all ragged at the store.
• What a busy day. I ran myself ragged.

look like sth the cat dragged in

Idiom(s): look like sth the cat dragged in

Theme: DISORDER

to look very shabby, worn, exhausted, or abused. (Informal. Sometimes with drug.)
• That new sofa of theirs looks like something the cat dragged in.
• Poor Dave looks like something the cat drug in. He must have been out late last night.

look daggers at

Idiom(s): look daggers at sb

Theme: ENMITY

to give someone a dirty look.
• Tom must have been mad at Ann from the way he was looking daggers at her.
• Don't you dare look daggers at me! Don't even look cross-eyed at me!

feel dragged out

Idiom(s): feel dragged out

Theme: EXHAUSTION

to feel exhausted. (Informal.)
• What a day! I really feel dragged out.
• If he runs too much, he ends up feeling dragged out.

cloak-and-dagger

Idiom(s): cloak-and-dagger

Theme: SECRECY

involving secrecy and plotting. (Fixed order.)
• A great deal of cloak-and-dagger stuff goes on in political circles.
• A lot of cloak-and-dagger activity was involved in the appointment of the director.

At daggers drawn

If people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry and close to violence.

Carpetbagger

A carpetbagger is an opportunist without any scruples or ethics, or a politican who wants to represent a place they have no connection with.

Look what the cat dragged in

This idiom is used when someone arrives somewhere looking a mess or flustered and bothered.

Ragged blue line

(USA) This term was used to signify the Union forces (who wore blue uniforms) in the American Civil war .

Shaggy dog story

A shaggy dog story is a joke which is a long story with a silly end.

Zigged before you zagged

If you did things in the wrong order, you zigged before you zagged.

cloak and dagger

mysterious: "Who's arranging the party? I don't know - it's all very cloak and dagger at the moment."

bag and baggage|bag|baggage

adv., informal With all your clothes and other personal belongings, especially movable possessions; completely. If they don't pay their hotel bill they will be put out bag and baggage.

brown-bagger|bagger|brown

n., slang, informal A person who does not go to the cafeteria or to a restaurant for lunch at work, but who brings his homemade lunch to work in order to save money. John became a brown-bagger not because he can't afford the restaurant, but because he is too busy to go there.

cloak-and-dagger|cloak|dagger

adj. Of or about spies and secret agents. It was a cloak-and-dagger story about some spies who tried to steal atomic secrets. The book was written by a retired colonel who used to take part in cloak-and-dagger plots. (From the wearing of cloaks and daggers by people in old adventure stories.)
Compare: BLOOD AND THUNDER.

look daggers|dagger|daggers|look

v. phr. To show anger with a look; express hate or enmity by a look or stare; look fiercely. The other driver looked daggers at Morris for turning in before him. Mary did not dare talk back to her father, but she looked daggers.

run ragged|ragged|run

v. phr. To tire out; make nervous by too much worry or work. Trying to keep up with too many clubs, sports, and activities in addition to his homework ran Tom ragged. On a rainy day the children sometimes ran Mother ragged.
Compare: WEAR OUT.

shaggy dog (story)|dog|shaggy|shaggy dog|shaggy do

n. phr. A special kind of joke whose long and often convoluted introduction and development delay the effect of the punch line. Uncle Joe only seems to bore his audiences with his long shaggy dog jokes, for when he comes to the long-awaited punch line, he gets very few laughs.

aggregate

aggregate
in the aggregate
taken all together

brown bagger

brown bagger
A person who brings his or her own supplies, as in The architects of the new office designed a space for brown baggers to eat lunch. The term originated in the 1930s in Britain for very serious students who carried their books about with them in brown briefcases or bags. That usage crossed the Atlantic within a few decades. However, in America from the 1960s on, it has primarily been used for persons who brought their own liquor in a brown paper bag, either legitimately or surreptitiously, to a public place or restaurant not licensed to sell it, or for those who took their lunch to work.

dagger

dagger
In addition to the idiom beginning with daggers, also see look daggers.

daggers drawn, at

daggers drawn, at
Also, with daggers drawn. About to or ready to fight, as in Are Felix and Oscar still at daggers drawn over the rent? Although daggers today are rarely if ever used to avenge an insult or issue a challenge to a duel, this idiom remains current. Its figurative use dates from about 1800.

in the aggregate

in the aggregate
Considered as a whole, as in Our profits in the aggregate have been slightly higher. [Late 1700s]

like something the cat dragged in

like something the cat dragged in
see look like something the cat dragged in.

look like something the cat dragged in

look like something the cat dragged in
Appear completely bedraggled, as in After running around in the rain for hours, I looked like something the cat dragged in. This expression alludes to a cat's bringing home birds or mice it has killed or savaged. [c. 1920]

ragged

ragged
see run one ragged.