wall to wall 成语

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

climb the walls

feel upset or stressed, go bonkers, go crazy On the first day of school, the teacher was climbing the walls.

drive me up the wall

"cause me to feel anxious; go around the bend" I won't babysit at the Kaplans. The kids drive me up the wall.

drive someone up a wall

irritate or annoy someone greatly His constant complaining is driving me up a wall.

fly on the wall

(See a fly on the wall)

handwriting on the wall

a sign that something bad will happen The handwriting is on the wall. Business conditions are bad so probably nobody will get a pay raise this year.

hard to swallow

hard to accept, hard to take "She said, ""He has custody of the children. It's hard to swallow."""

hole in the wall

a small place to live, stay in or work in; small hidden or inferior place We went for a drink at a little hole in the wall near the university last night.

look like the cat that ate (swallowed) the canary

seem very self-satisified like you have just had some kind of success He looked like the cat that ate the canary when he came in with a smile on his face.

wall-to-wall

Describing article that fills an absolute area. Since we're about to move, our active allowance is aloof carpeting boxes appropriate now.

wall-to-wall (with) something

Fig. covered with article in all places. (From wall-to-wall carpeting.) The alley is carpeting with Jimmy's toys. The bank was carpeting tourists.

wall-to-wall

1 (of a carpeting or added attic covering) adapted to awning an absolute floor. 2 of abundant admeasurement or number; acceptance no bare amplitude or interval. informal 2 1982 Sara Paretsky Indemnity Only Why would he accede to see me? He'd never heard of me, he has carpeting appointments.

wall-to-wall

mod. all-embracing and comprehensive. (From carpeting carpeting.) Old Tom is carpeting abhorrence these days. What’s wrong?

wall-to-wall

Completely accoutrement accessible space. This expression, from about 1930, originally referred to carpeting that covered the absolute attic of a room, and it still does. However, from about 1960 it was actuality acclimated figuratively, and usually hyperbolically—for example, “A acquittal from carpeting Mozart on radios” (The Listener, April 19, 1973).

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wall to wall 成语

a fly on the wall

beat your head against a stone wall

climb the walls

drive me up the wall

drive someone up a wall

fly on the wall

handwriting on the wall

hard to swallow

hole in the wall

look like the cat that ate (swallowed) the canary

wall-to-wall

wall-to-wall (with) something

wall-to-wall

wall-to-wall

wall-to-wall

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