back ender 成语

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fender bender

minor car accident, collision I had a little fender bender with your car, Dad - just a scratch.

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tender age of

(See the tender age of)

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the tender age of

the young age of, still wet behind the ears He was the tender age of three when his mother died.

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bender

1. an excessive bout of drinking, but more recently also inclusive of a drug taking spree
2. a homosexual. Possibly derived from gender bender, or from being the passive partner, bending over to receive sex, as opposed to being the thruster

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deuce of benders

knees

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Stenders

abb. of Eastenders, the British TV soap. See Brooky and Corry

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Belt and suspenders

(USA) Someone who wears belt and suspenders is very cautious and takes no risks.

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lay out|laid|laid out|lavender|lay|lay out in lave

v. phr. 1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial. The corpse was laid out by the undertaker. 2. slang To knock down flat; to hit unconscious. A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round. 3. To plan. Come here, Fred, I have a job laid out for you. 4. To mark or show where work is to be done. The foreman laid out the job for the new machinist. 5. To plan the building or arrangement of; design. The architect laid out the interior of the building. The early colonists laid out towns in the wilderness.
Compare: LAY OFF¹. 6. slang To spend; pay. How much did you have to lay out for your new car? 7. or lay out in lavender slang To scold; lecture. He was laid out in lavender for arriving an hour late for the dance.
Compare: JUMP ON, LAY INTO², LET HAVE IT(1c).

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gender gap

gender gap
A broad difference between men and women, as in There is still an enormous gender gap in the wages of unskilled labor. This expression at first referred to the difference between men and women in voting preferences. It has since been extended to other areas. [1970s]

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leave to someone's tender mercies

leave to someone's tender mercies
Submit to another's power or discretion, especially to an unsympathetic individual. Today this expression is always used ironically, as in We left him to the tender mercies of that stiff-necked, arrogant nurse. It alludes to a biblical passage (Proverbs 12:10): “A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”

back-ender

A car blow in which one car hits the aback of the car in advanced of it. I heard that a lot of bodies had back-enders during that snowstorm aftermost week.

back-ender

verbSee rear-ender

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