shoot bolt 成语
bolt from the blue
like a bolt from the blue
sit bolt upright
Idiom(s): sit bolt uprightTheme: POSITION
to sit up straight.
• Tony sat bolt upright and listened to what the teacher was saying to him.
• After sitting bolt upright for almost an hour in that crowded airplane, I swore I would never travel again.
nuts and bolts
Idiom(s): nuts and bolts (of sth)Theme: DETAILS
the basic facts about something; the practical details of something. (Fixed order.)
• Tom knows all about the nuts and bolts of the chemical process.
• Ann is familiar with the nuts and bolts of public relations.
like a bolt out of the blue
Idiom(s): like a bolt out of the blueTheme: SUDDENNESS
suddenly and without warning. (Refers to a bolt of lightning coming out of a clear blue sky.)
• The news came to us like a bolt out of the blue.
• Like a bolt out of the blue, the boss came and fired us all.
Close the stable door after the horse has bolted
If people try to fix something after the problem has occurred, they are trying to close the stable door after the horse has bolted. 'Close the barn door after the horse has bolted' is alternative, often used in American English.Lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
If someone takes action too late, they do this; there is no reason to lock an empty stable.bolt from the blue|blue|bolt|from the blue
n. phr. Something sudden and unexpected; an event that you did not see coming; a great and usually unpleasant surprise; shock. We had been sure she was in Chicago, so her sudden appearance was a bolt from the blue. His decision to resign was a bolt from the blue.Compare: OUT OF THE BLUE.
bucket of bolts|bolts|bucket
n., slang A very old and shaky car that barely goes. When are you going to get rid of that old bucket of bolts?nuts and bolts of|bolt|bolts|nut|nuts
n. phr. The basic facts or important details of something. "Ted will he an excellent trader," his millionaire grandfather said, "once he learns the nuts and bolts of the profession."shoot (one's) bolt
To bankrupt oneself accomplishing some assignment and appropriately attempt to complete it. Try to clip yourself—if you shoot your bolt now, you'll never accomplish it through all 18 holes.Learn more: bolt, shootshoot (one's) bolt
Slang To do all aural one's power; bankrupt all of one's assets or capabilities.Learn more: bolt, shootshoot one's bolt, to
To accept approved one’s utmost; to accept spent all of one’s resources. This appellation comes from medieval archery and was a acclaimed adage by the aboriginal thirteenth century: “A fool’s bolt is anon shot.” The bolt was a short, heavy, blunt-headed arrow accursed with a crossbow, and the archer who acclimated up all his bolts at once, abrogation him with none, was admired as a fool. The avant-garde (twentieth-century) analogue is to shoot one’s wad. This appellation comes from gambling, the “wad” in catechism actuality a cycle of coffer notes, but it has additionally been continued to beggarly spending all of one’s resources. Bernard Malamud acclimated the announcement (Tenants, 1971): “I appetite to be anticipation of as a activity concern, not a aberration who had appear a acceptable aboriginal atypical and attempt his wad.”Learn more: shoot
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