itching 成语

itching palm

a wish for money, greed The guard at the border crossing has an itching palm so be careful of him.

in there pitching

Idiom(s): in there pitching

Theme: TRYING

trying very hard. (Informal.)
• Bob is always in there pitching.
• Just stay in there pitching. You’ll make some progress eventually.

have an itching palm

Idiom(s): have an itchy palm AND have an itching palm

Theme: MONEY

to be in need of a tip; to tend to ask for tips. (As if placing money in the palm would stop the itching.)
• All the waiters at that restaurant have itchy palms.
• The cabdriver was troubled by an itching palm. Since he refused to carry my hags, I gave him nothing.

be itching to|itch|itching

v. phr. To have a very strong desire to do something. Jack is itching to travel abroad.

itching palm|itching|palm

n., slang A wish for money; greed. He was born with an itching palm. The bellboys in that hotel seem always to have itching palms.

witching hour

witching hour
Midnight, as in They arrived just at the witching hour. This term alludes to older superstitions concerning a time appropriate to witchcraft and other supernatural occurrences. Shakespeare and others wrote of “the witching time of night.” The precise phrase was first recorded in 1835.