Bedeutung: beat

Runde {f}, Takt {m}, Schlag {m}

beat Idiom

beat

" exhausted; very tired (adj.)."

beat a dead horse

continue to ask or try when there is no hope They won't refund your money. You're beating a dead horse.

beat a hasty retreat

run away from, leave quickly When the boys heard the siren they beat a hasty retreat.

beat around the bush

speak indirectly or evasively Stop beating around the bush and give us your final decision.

beat into one

teach by telling again and again, drill I have been trying to beat the history material into the student's head.

beat it

go, get lost Beat it, kid! Get going! Leave!

beat one

tire oneself out by thinking I have been beating my brains out all day trying to remember who we should invite to the party.struggle uselessly against something, not succeed after trying very hard You are beating your head against the wall trying to figure out what the new boss wants.

beat one's brains out

try very hard to understand or do something.

beat someone to the punch (draw)

do something before others He beat me to the punch and arrived at the interview first.

beat the pants off

defeat by a large score, blow you away "Ho plays table tennis very well; she'll beat the pants off you."

beat the rap

have the charges removed or dropped, get off Every time the burgler was caught he was able to beat the rap.

beat up

hit and injure, defeat badly She cared for him when he got beat up, trying to ease his pain.

beat up on

hit and injure, defeat in a fight """Why does he beat up on people?"" ""Because his dad beat up on him."""

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.

beat your time

take away your girlfriend or boyfriend I can't believe that your friend would beat your time.

beater

a car that is in poor condition, clunker Why does he drive that old beater? He could buy a new car.

Beats me

I have no idea.

browbeat

force you to work, harass, hound, on my case "He browbeats his employees. He shouts, ""You! Get to work!"""

deadbeat

a person who never pays his debts There is a policy to penalize deadbeat fathers by the local government.

heart skip a beat

be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when the truck almost hit us last night.

heart skips a beat

be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when I saw my name on the television screen.

if that doesn't beat all

that is the best/biggest/ worst I have ever seen Fifty people in a phone booth - if that doesn't beat all!

off-beat

different, unusual His condo has an off-beat design. There's a shower in the kitchen.

off the beaten track

not on the main road, out of the way I like to explore places that are off the beaten track - wild places.

offbeat

nonconventional, different from the usual The movie was very offbeat which is just the kind of movie that I like.

take a beating

lose money My friend took a beating on the stock market and now he never has to work.

to beat the band

with lots of energy, like crazy, like mad Aunt Jemima was making pancakes to beat the band.

world beater

a person who tries to be the best in the world, set the world on fire "My coach said, ""You don't have to be a world beater. Just be the best you can be."""

beat fo the yolk

short on cash

beat seven shades of shit out of someone

to thoroughly beat up

beat the shit out of

to beat or kick someone very violently

beat those

to have sex

beat up tank

in the state of being highly intoxicated:"Brian's a beat up tank tonight"

beat your hog

to jack off, to masturbate

beat your meat

to jack off, to masturbate

breakbeat

1. a style of drum patterns originating from jazz
2. a dance music genre epitomised by speedy samples of breakbeats; originally rave specific but developed into "jungle" and "drum and bass"

deuce of nods on the backbeat

two nights ago

wife-beater

a sleeveless undershirt

beat about/around the bush

refuse to come to the point when speaking about a subject讲话绕圈子；不着正题
Don't beat about the bush． Come straight to the point．不要绕圈子，直截了当地说吧。
Instead of answering my question he began to beat about the bush．他不回答我的问题而是在不着边际地兜圈子。

beat about the bush

beat down

1．force or persuade sb． to lower his price迫使或劝说（某人）降价；还价
At first he asked for fifty pounds，but I beat him down to fortyfive．起初他要50镑，后来我把价杀到45镑。
Can we beat down the price？我们能还价吗？
2．crush；pour down摧毁；倾泻于；照射
All their defenses were beaten down by the tanks．他们所有的防御工事都被坦克摧毁了。
The heavy rain beat down the crops．大雨倾盆，猛打着庄稼。
3．shine brightly or hotly烈日照射
In summer the sun beats down on the roof，so that the upper rooms become unbearably hot．夏天烈日直射屋顶，因此楼上的房间酷热难忍。
The crowds stood there for over an hour， with the sun beating down on them．群众站在那里一个多小时，烈日一直照在他们身上。
4．deject使沮丧
He was thoroughly beaten down and wretched．他十分沮丧和痛苦。

pound a beat

Idiom(s): pound a beat

Theme: MOVEMENT

to walk a route. (Informal. Usually said of a police patrol officer.)
• Officer Smith pounded the same beat for years and years.
• I don't want to pound a beat all my life.

beat the living daylights out of

Idiom(s): beat the living daylights out of sb AND beat the stuffing out of sb beat the tar out of sb whale the tar out of sb

Theme: ATTACK

to beat or spank someone, probably a child. (Folksy.)
• If you do that again, I'll beat the living daylights out of you.
• The last time Bobby put the cat in the refrigerator, his mother beat the living daylights out of him.
• If you continue to act that way, I'll beat the tar out of you.
• He wouldn't stop, so I beat the stuffing out of him.
• He threatened to whale the tar out of each of them.

beat the gun

Idiom(s): beat the gun

Theme: EARLY

to manage to do something before the ending signal. (Originally from sports, referring to making a goal in the last seconds of a game.)
• The ball beat the gun and dropped through the hoop just in time.
• Tom tried to beat the gun, but he was one second too slow.

beat the clock

Idiom(s): beat the clock

Theme: TIME

to do something before a deadline; to finish before the time is up.
• Sam beat the clock, arriving a few minutes before the doors were locked.
• They were afraid they would be late and hurried in order to beat the clock.

beat the band

Idiom(s): beat the band

Theme: AMOUNT - LARGE

very much; very fast.
• The carpenter sawed and hammered to beat the band.
• They baked cookies and pies to beat the band.

beat sth into one's head

Idiom(s): beat sth into one's head

Theme: VIOLENCE

to force someone to learn something, possibly through violence. (This can be a threat of violence and should not be used casually.)
• I studied for hours. I have never beat so much stuff into my head in such a short time.
• You're going to learn this math if I have to beat it into your head.

beat one's head against the wall

Idiom(s): beat one's head against the wall AND bang one's head against a brick wall

Theme: FRUSTRATION

to waste one's time trying to accomplish something that is completely hopeless.
• You're wasting your time trying to fix up this house. You're just beating your head against the wall.
• You're banging your head against a brick wall trying to get that dog to behave properly.

beat sb up

Idiom(s): beat sb up

Theme: ATTACK

to harm or subdue a person by beating and striking.
• The robber beat me up and took my money.
• I really want to beat up that robber.

beat sb to the punch

Idiom(s): beat someone to the punch AND beat someone to the draw

Theme: EARLY

to do something before someone else does it.
• I wanted to have the first new car, but Sally beat me to the punch.
• I planned to write a book about computers, but someone else beat me to the draw.