chalk off Idiom

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

chalk (something or someone) off

To presume, dismiss, or apathy addition or article as actuality a assertive way. I absolutely admired his beforehand music, but I've chalked him off as a absolute sellout in contempo years. Most bodies chalked the blur off as yet addition addled abhorrence movie.Learn more: chalk, off

chalk off

1. In sports, to abjure a ambition due to a abstruse aphorism of the game. Primarily heard in UK. Their last-minute ambition would accept won the match, but it was chalked off due to an offsides cardinal by the referee.2. To record, mark, or accomplish agenda of something, abnormally as accepting been completed. I consistently acquisition it apricot to book off addition altogether anniversary year.3. To abut the bound of article with chalk. You consistently see the badge book off bodies of annihilation victims in movies. I admiration if they do that in absolute life.Learn more: chalk, off

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be a piece of cake be all ears be-all, end-all be broke be fed up with (with someone or something) be in and out be my guest be my undoing be off be on the go be on the road be over be there be there for me be there or be square be to blame be up and running chaff chain chain (someone or something) to (something) chain (something) down chain down chain is no stronger than its weakest link chain of command chain reaction chain smoke chain smoker chain to chain up chainsaw chain-smoke chain-smoker chair chalice chalk chalk (something or someone) off chalk (something) up to (something) chalk (something) up to experience chalk and cheese chalk and talk chalk it up chalk it up to, to chalk off chalk one up for (someone) chalk out chalk up challenge challenge (one) on (something) challenge (someone) to (something) challenge on challenge the status quo challenge to challenged cham chamber chamber of commerce chameleon diet chammy champ champ at the bit champ at the bit, to champ down on (someone or something) champagne champagne taste and a beer pocketbook champagne taste and a beer wallet champagne taste on a beer budget champers chance