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a screw loose

a little bit crazy, one brick short... Sometimes I think he has a screw loose - like when he eats paper.

discretion is the better part of valor

"be sensible when you are brave; be courageous but not reckless" In all your battles, be brave but not foolish. Discretion is the better part of valor.

get screwed

receive unfair treatment, ripped off, taken in I got screwed when I bought this condo. I paid too much for it.

have a screw loose

act in a strange way, be foolish He is a really strange person. I think that he has a screw loose somewhere.

put the screws to someone

try to force someone to do or say what you want The police were putting the screws to the criminal to try and get some information.

screech

homemade liquor, hooch, moonshine We can't afford a bottle of gin, so I bought a jug of screech.

screw

cheat, shaft, get an unfair advantage (also see get screwed) Twice I tried to strike a deal with him and twice he screwed me.have sex with, make love When he heard the bed squeaking he knew they were screwing.

screw around

loaf about, hang around without doing anything I spent the morning screwing around and didn

screw loose

(See a screw loose)

screw-up

a careless mistake, a bungled job Those screw-ups were his fault. He forgot to order materials.

screw you

the worst to you, up yours "After I defeated him, he said, ""Screw you."" He hates to lose."

screw up one's courage

Idiom(s): screw up one's courage

Theme: COURAGE

to build up one's courage.
• I guess I have to screw up my courage and go to the dentist.
• I spent all morning screwing up my courage to take my driver's test.

screw up

Idiom(s): screw sb or sth up

Theme: TROUBLE

to cause trouble for someone or something. (Slang.)
• Your advice about making a lot of money really screwed me up. Now I'm broke.
• Your efforts screwed up the entire project.

scream bloody murder

Idiom(s): scream bloody murder

Theme: COMPLAINT

to complain bitterly; to complain unduly. (Slang.)
• When we put him in an office without a window, he screamed bloody murder.
• There is something wrong next door. Everyone is screaming bloody murder.

put the screws 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.

Discretion is the better part of valour

It is useless to take unnecessary risks.

Scream blue murder

If someone shouts very loudly in anger, or fear, they scream blue murder.

Screwed if you do, screwed if you don't

This means that no matter what you decide or do in a situation, there will be negative consequences.

Silver screen

The silver screen is the cinema.

discretion is the better part of valor|discretion|

literary When you are in danger or trouble, good sense helps more than foolish risks; it is better to be careful than to be foolishly brave.

A proverb. When you are facing a man with a knife, discretion is the better part of valor.

have a screw loose|have|screw|screw loose

v. phr,, slang To act in a strange way; to be foolish. Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time. He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd.

have one's head screwed on backwards|have|head|scr

v. phr. To lack common sense; behave in strange and irrational ways. Henry seems to have his head screwed on backwards; he thinks the best time to get a suntan is when it is raining and to sleep with his shoes on.

scream bloody murder|bloody|murder|scream

v. phr., informal To yell or protest as strongly as one can. When the thief grabbed her purse, the woman screamed bloody murder. When the city doubled property taxes, home owners screamed bloody murder.

screen test|screen|test

n. A short movie made to see if an actor or actress is good enough or the right one to play a part. Ellen acted well on the stage, but she failed her screen test.

screw around|screw

v. phr., vulgar, avoidable To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around. You guys are no longer welcome here; all you do is screw around all day.

screw up|screw

v. phr., slang, semi-vulgar, best avoided 1. To make a mess of, to make an error which causes confusion. The treasurer screwed up the accounts of the Society so badly that he had to be fired. 2. To cause someone to be neurotic or maladjusted. Her divorce screwed her up so badly that she had to go to a shrink.

screw up one's courage|courage|pluck|pluck up|pluc

v. phr. To force yourself to be brave. The small boy screwed up his courage and went upstairs in the dark. When his father came home in a bad mood, it took Pete some time to screw up his courage and ask him for a dollar.
Compare: WHISTLE IN THE DARK.

screw-up|screw

n. A mistake; an error; a confusing mess. "What a screw-up!" the manager cried, when he realized that the bills were sent to the wrong customers.

smoke screen|screen|smoke

n. phr. A camouflage; a veil; something used to cover or hide something. June hides her commercial interests behind a smoke screen of religious piety.

throw caution to the winds|caution|discretion|thro

v. phr. To be daring; make a bold or risky move. Hearing that Apaches were planning to start a war, the whites decided to throw caution to the winds and attack the Apaches first.

tighten the screws|screw|screws|tighten

v. phr. To try to make someone do something by making it more and more difficult not to do it; apply pressure. When many students still missed class after he began giving daily quizzes, the teacher tightened the screws by failing anyone absent four times.

discretion

discretion
In addition to the idiom beginning with discretion, also see throw caution to the winds.

have one's head screwed on right

have one's head screwed on right
see under have a screw loose.

screw someone out of

screw someone out of
Cheat, deceive, or defraud someone, as in They screwed me out of my overtime pay again. It is often rendered in the passive, be or get screwed, meaning “be cheated, deceived, or defrauded.” For example, We're getting screwed by this new income tax regulation. [Slang; c. 1900]

tighten the screws

tighten the screws
see under turn up the heat on.