musc 成语

muscle in

force yourself between two people He didn't want to go to the end of the line, so he tried to muscle in.

pull a muscle

injure a muscle, strain a muscle One of our best players pulled a muscle and can't play tonight.

move a muscle

move a little挪动一点
The girls were so startled that they did not move a muscle．女孩子们惊讶之极，在那儿一动也不动。
The robber said he would shoot the bank worker if he moved a muscle．强盗说银行职员若敢动一下，他就开枪。

not move a muscle

Idiom(s): not move a muscle

Theme: MOVEMENT - LACKING

to remain perfectly motionless.
• Be quiet. Sit there and don't move a muscle.
• I was so tired I couldn't move a muscle.

move a muscle|move|muscle

v. phr. To move even a very little.

Used in negative sentences and questions and with "if". The deer stood without moving a muscle until the hunter was gone. The girls were so startled that they did not move a muscle. You're sitting right where you were when I left! Have you moved a muscle? The robber said he would shoot the bank worker if he moved a muscle.

muscle in on|chisel|muscle in

v. phr. To intrude; penetrate; force oneself into another's business or territory. The eastern Mafia muscled in on the western Mafia's turf and a shooting war was started.

muscle-bound|muscle

adj. Having your muscles large, hard, and tight from too much exercising; having muscles so developed that you can hardly move. Bob was big and strong, but he was muscle-bound, and Bill could beat him. An athlete must train properly so as not to become muscle-hound.

flex one's muscles

flex one's muscles
Show off one's strength or power, as in The boys love flexing their muscles, or The new department head has decided to flex her muscles. [Early 1900s]

muscle

muscle
In addition to the idiom beginning with muscle, also see flex one's muscles; move a muscle.