含义: a son of dripping

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ping 成语

a helping hand

help with a job or task, lend a hand May was always ready with a helping hand.

chomping at the bit

eager to go, anxious to leave If you mention camping, the kids will be chomping at the bit.

flipping

consarned, darn, friggin, If you don't like the flippin' rules, you don't have to play.

helping hand

(See a helping hand)

hopping mad

very angry, hot She was hopping mad when you laughed at her wig.

in keeping with

going well together, agreeing, similar In keeping with our tradition of letting the visiting team kick first we will do it for this game as well.

jumping Jehosephat

holy cow, jimminy crickets, wow """Your VISA balance is $63,756."" ""Jumping Jehosephat! Is it?"""

jumping-off place

the starting place of a long trip We gathered early in the morning at the jumping-off place for our trip to the mountains.

let sleeping dogs lie

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peeping Tom

someone who looks in people

stamping grounds

a place where a person spends much of his time He went back to his old stamping grounds which he remembered as a teenager.

aerial ping-pong

Australian slang for Australian Rules Football

set tripping

1. killing someone in your own gang, but who is in a different set. i.e. a different street but in the same gang
2. switching from one gang to another; to get one click to go against, jump, or fight a rival click or gang

slipping

1. on the downward trend, losing the edge
2. not paying attention;"Yeah I caught that fool slippin' and I smoked him" -- ?? (??? [??])

tripping

1. literally to make a misstep, figuratively doing something wrong
2. to respond to the effects of narcotics
3. to freak for any reason:"Don't start tripping, or we'll go toe to toe"

out of keeping

not proper不协调；不合适
Loud talk is out of keeping in the library．高声交谈不符合图书馆的规定。
These actions are out of keeping with his character．这些行为同他的性格不符。

What's keeping you?

Idiom(s): What's keeping you?

Theme: TIME

What is taking you so long?; Why are you still there and not here?
• Dinner is ready, and you are still at work. I telephoned to ask what's keeping you.
• What's keeping you? I am ready to go and you are still in there dressing.

shipping and handling

Idiom(s): shipping and handling

Theme: COMMERCE

the costs of handling a product and transporting it.
• Shipping and handling charges were included in the price.
• The cost of the goods is low and shipping and handling added only a few cents.

out of keeping with

Idiom(s): out of keeping (with sth)

Theme: OBEDIENCE

not following the rules of something; out of accord with something.
• The length of this report is out of keeping with your request.
• I didn't even read it because it was so much out of keeping.

one's old stamping ground

Idiom(s): one's old stamping ground

Theme: NOSTALGIA

the place where one was raised or where one has spent a lot of time. (Folksy. There are variants with stomping and grounds.)
• Ann should know about that place. It's near her old stamping ground.
• I can't wait to get back to my old stomping grounds.

jumping-off point

Idiom(s): jumping-off point AND jumping-off place

Theme: DEPART

a point or place from which to begin something.
• The local library is a good jumping-off point for your research.
• The office job in that company would be a good jumping-off place for a job in advertising.

go window-shopping

Idiom(s): go window-shopping

Theme: SHOPPING

to go about looking at goods in store windows without actually buying anything.
• The clerks do a lot of window-shopping in their lunch hour, looking for things to buy when they get paid.
• Joan said she was just window-shopping, but she bought a new coat.

catch sb napping

Idiom(s): catch sb napping

Theme: CATCHING

to find someone unprepared.
• The enemy soldiers caught our army napping.
• The thieves caught the security guard napping.

Jumping Judas!

An expression of surprise or shock.

Piping hot

If food is piping hot, it is very hot indeed.

Queue jumping

Someone who goes to the front of a queue instead of waiting is jumping the queue.

Scraping the barrel

When all the best people, things or ideas and so on are used up and people try to make do with what they have left, they are scraping the barrel.

Tipping point

Small changes may have little effect until they build up to critical mass, then the next small change may suddenly change everything. this is the tipping point.

You can't have cake and the topping, too

(USA) This idiom means that you can't have everything the way you want it, especially if your desires are contradictory.

Dropping Like Flies

A large number of people either falling ill or dying.

in keeping|keeping

adj. phr. Going well together; agreeing; similar. Mary's hair style was in keeping with the latest fashion. Having an assembly on Friday morning was in keeping with the school program.
Antonym: OUT OF KEEPING.

jumping-off place|jump|jumping|place

n. phr. 1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world. Columbus' sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping-off place if they sailed farther west. So you visited Little America? That sounds like the jumping-off place! 2. The starting place of a long, hard trip or of something difficult or dangerous. The jumping-off place for the explorer's trip through the jungle was a little village.

let sleeping dogs lie|dog|dogs|let|lie|sleeping|sl

Do not make (someone) angry and cause trouble or danger; do not make trouble if you do not have to.

A proverb. Don't tell Father that you broke the window. Let sleeping dogs lie.

light housekeeping|housekeeping|light

n., slang An arrangement in which an unmarried couple live together. Are Joe and Sue married? Oh, no, it's just a case of light housekeeping. See: SHACK UP WITH.

out of keeping|keeping|out

adj. phr. Not going well together; not agreeing; not proper. Loud talk was out of keeping in the library. It was out of keeping for the kind man to kick the dog.
Antonym: IN KEEPING.

peeping Tom|Tom|peeping

n. A man or boy who likes sly peeping. He was picked up by the police as a peeping Tom.

shopping center|center|shopping

n. A place usually for neighborhood shopping, where there is a group of stores and shops inside of a large parking lot. There is a bowling alley at the nearest shopping center. All the stores in our shopping center stay open until nine o'clock on Friday evenings.

stamping ground|ground|stamping

n., informal A place where a person spends much of his time. Pete's soda fountain is an afterschool stamping ground. When John returned to his hometown many years later, he visited all of his old stamping grounds.

whipping boy|boy|whipping

n. phr. The person who gets punished for someone else's mistake. "I used to be the whipping boy during my early days at the company," he musingly remembered.

catch napping

catch napping
Surprise, take unawares. This term is often used in the passive, as in The United States was really caught napping the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. It originated in the mid-1500s as to be taken napping. Also see under off guard.

keeping

keeping
in keeping with
in conformity or accord with

keeping up with the Joneses

keeping up with the Joneses
see keep up, def. 1.

napping

napping
see catch napping.

old stamping ground

old stamping ground
see stamping ground.

piping

piping
piping hot
so hot as to hiss or sizzle; very hot

set up housekeeping

set up housekeeping
Move in together, as in Couples today often set up housekeeping long before they marry. [Mid-1800s]

stamping ground

stamping ground
Also, old stamping ground. A habitual or favorite haunt, as in Whenever we visit, we go back to our old stamping ground, the drugstore nearest the high school. This term alludes to a traditional gathering place for horses or cattle, which stamp down the ground with their hooves. [Early 1800s]

whipping boy

whipping boy
A scapegoat, as in This department's always been the whipping boy when things don't go well. This expression alludes to the former practice of keeping a boy to be whipped in place of a prince who was to be punished. [Early 1900s]

More Idioms/Phrases

which way the wind blows while while back while there's life there's hope whim-wham whipping boy whirl whirlwind whisker whisper whispering campaign whistle whistle Dixie

English Vocalbulary

a son of Momus a son of the soil a song and dance a sop in the pan a sound mind in a sound body a spent bullet a square yard a stab in the back a stage a stand of colors a standing joke a state of siege a stiff neck A stitch in time saves nine a stool of repentance a storm in a teacup a straight fight a straight race antonim ping