含义: a queen of hearts

美人

quee 成语

budget squeeze/crunch

a situation where there is not enough money in the budget We have been going through a severe budget squeeze at our company and must begin to stop spending money in a wasteful manner.

on queer street

dizzy or stunned, not acting normal After he hit me I felt like I was on queer street - I was dazed.

tight squeeze

difficult financial situation The company is in a tight squeeze now that sales are down from last year.

curry queen

a gay male who is attracted to asian homosexuals. See dinge queen and scat queen

dinge queen

a gay male attracted to black homosexuals. Essentially offensive term due to the use of 'dinge', meaning black. See curry queen, scat queen

dizzy queen

a giddy and flamboyant gay male

pissy queen

a fastidious over fussy gay male

prissy queen

a prim and snooty gay male; can mean the same as "pissy queen" See "dizzy queen, scat queen, curry queen, etc.

scat queen

a gay male who indulges in sexual acts involving faeces. Scat is derived from scatology; see also "curry queen", "pissy queen" and "dinge queen"

squeeze the trigger

to shoot a gun

put the squeeze on

Idiom(s): put the heat on (someone) AND put the screws on (someone); put the squeeze on (someone)

Theme: CONTROL

to put pressure on someone (to do something); to coerce someone.(Slang.)
• John wouldn't talk, so the police were putting the heat on him to confess.
• When they put the screws on, they can be very unpleasant.
• The police know how to put the squeeze on.

Queen bee

The queen bee is a woman who holds the most important position in a place.

Queen of Hearts

A woman who is pre-eminent in her area is a Queen of Hearts.

Queer fish

(UK) A strange person is a queer fish.

Queer Street

If someone is in a lot of trouble, especially financial, they are in Queer Street.

Queer your pitch

If someone queers your pitch, they interfere in your affairs and spoil things.

Squeeze blood out of a turnip

(USA) When people say that you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, it means that you cannot get something from a person, especially money, that they don't have.

Queer the pitch

Destroy or ruin a plan.

main squeeze|main|squeeze

n., slang 1. The top ranking person in an organization or in a neighborhood; an important person, such as one's boss. Mr. Bronchard is the main squeeze in this office. 2. The top person in charge of an illegal operation, such as drug sales, etc. Before we can clean up this part of town, we must arrest the main squeeze. 3. One's principal romantic or sexual partner. The singer's main squeeze is a member of the band.

queer fish|fish|queer

n. A strange or unusual person who does odd things. Uncle Algernon dresses in heavy furs in the summer and short-sleeved shirts in the winter. No wonder everyone considers him a queer fish.

queer oneself|queer

v. phr. To act in such a manner as to offend others and thus one's own chances or position. Phil has queered himself with many girls by his erratic behavior.

squeeze out of|squeeze

v. phr. To apply pressure to someone in order to obtain what one desires. The police were interrogating the suspect to squeeze information out of him.

tight squeeze|squeeze|tight

n. phr. A difficult situation; financial troubles. The Browns aren't going out to dinner these days; they are in a tight squeeze.

to the queen's taste|king|queen|taste|to|to the ki

adv. phr. Perfectly; just as anyone could want it; very satisfactorily. The rooms in her new home were painted and decorated to the queen's taste. The soldiers dressed and marched to the king's taste.

drag queen

drag queen
A male transvestite; also, a female impersonator. For example, He was surprised to find out that Roxanne was actually a drag queen. This term uses the slang noun drag in the sense of “female attire worn by a man” (a usage dating from about 1870; also see in drag). [Offensive slang; c. 1940]

main squeeze

main squeeze
1) One's boss, the highest authority, an important person. For example, Who's the main squeeze in this company? This slangy term was first recorded in 1896, and the precise allusion is unclear.
2) One's sweetheart, as in Nancy is his main squeeze. This slangy usage, first recorded in 1970, alludes to the “squeeze” of a hug.

queen

queen
queen it
to act like a queen; domineer

queen it

queen it
Act like a queen, domineer, as in She queened it over the family, treating her siblings like servants. This female counterpart of lord it over was used by Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale (4:4). [c. 1600]

queer

queer
be queer for
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Slang to have a strong liking for; be obsessed with

squeeze

squeeze
In addition to the idioms beginning with squeeze, also see main squeeze; put the arm on; tight squeeze.
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- squeeze off
- squeeze play
- squeeze through

squeeze off

squeeze off
Fire a gun, as in He squeezed off one shot after another but didn't bring down a single crow. The idiom alludes to squeezing the trigger. [Mid-1900s]

squeeze play

squeeze play
A situation in which pressure exerted to obtain a concession or achieve a goal, as in Workers sometimes feel caught in a squeeze play between union and management. This expression, dating from about 1900, originated in baseball, where it refers to a prearranged play in which the runner on third base breaks for home plate on the pitch, and the batter bunts. [c. 1915]

squeeze through

squeeze through
Also, squeeze by. Manage to pass, win, or survive by a narrow margin, as in We squeezed through the second round of playoffs, or There was just enough food stored in the cabin for us to squeeze by until the hurricane ended. This idiom uses squeeze in the sense of “succeed by means of compression.” [c. 1700] Also see squeak by.