quea 成语

pip-squeak

a small, unimportant person He called his friend a pip-squeak which made him very angry.

pipsqueak

tiny person, weak man, potlicker, wimp Keith was a pipsqueak until he started lifting weights.

squeaky clean

very clean, innocent I've checked Todd's record. He's clean - squeaky clean.

squeal

tell the police, rat on Robbie won't squeal on us. He'll never tell what we did.

squealer

one who tells the police or authorities, canary Jason, you squealer! You told the teacher I copied your work.

the squeaky wheel gets the grease

the person who complains loudest gets service Our clerks put up this sign: The squeaky wheel gets the grease!

squeak by

Idiom(s): squeak by (sb or sth)

Theme: MOVEMENT

just to get by someone or something. (Informal.)
• The guard was almost asleep, so I squeaked by him.
• I wasn't very well prepared for the test, and I just squeaked by.

Squeaky wheel gets the grease

(USA) When people say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, they mean that the person who complains or protests the loudest attracts attention and service.

Till the pips squeak

If someone will do something till the pips squeak, they will do it to the limit, even though it will make other people suffer.

pip-squeak|pip|squeak

n., informal A small, unimportant person. If the club is really democratic, then every little pip-squeak has the right to say what he thinks. When the smallest boy was chosen to be the monitor, the class bully said he would not obey a little pip-squeak.

squeak by|squeak

v. phr. 1. To barely succeed. He was so poorly prepared for his bar exam that he barely squeaked by. 2. To clear with difficulty. The entrance to the corridor in the old Italian castle was so narrow that I barely managed to squeak by it.

squeak through|squeak

v., informal To be successful but almost fail; win by a small score. Susan squeaked through the history examination. The football team squeaked through 7-6.
Compare: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH.

squeak

squeak
1.
narrow squeak
or close squeak or near squeak
Informal a narrow escape
2.
squeak through
or squeak by
Informal to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty