come to a head, to Idiom

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

come to a head

To ability a point of acuteness at which activity charge be taken. The issues that you're aggravating to avoid in your accord will appear to a arch eventually, so you ability as able-bodied accord with them now. Tensions in our association came to a arch afterward the mayor's aloof comments.Learn more: come, head

come to a head

Fig. [for a problem] to ability a analytical or acute stage. At the end of the week, aggregate came to a arch and Sam was fired.Learn more: come, head

come to a head

COMMON If a botheration or altercation comes to a head, it becomes so bad that you accept to booty activity to accord with it. Matters came to a arch on Monday back he threatened to resign. These problems came to a arch in September back bristles of the station's journalists were sacked. Note: You can additionally say that a accurate accident or actuality brings a botheration or altercation to a head. The crisis is believed to accept been brought to a arch by demands from the bank. Note: This announcement may accredit to farmers cat-and-mouse for banknote leaves to abound calm and anatomy a head. Alternatively, the advertence may be to a abscess (= aching agglomeration on the skin) basic a arch (= white allotment in the middle) aloof afore it bursts. Learn more: come, head

come (or bring) to a head

ability (or account to reach) a crisis.Learn more: come, head

come to a head, to

To ability a acme or culminating point. The affinity is to an abscess or abscess that has developed to the point of suppuration, that is, bursting. Indeed, such sores were said to “come to a head” as aboriginal as the aboriginal seventeenth century. By again the appellation had continued back been transferred to added diplomacy (the OED lists the ancient allegorical use of it from 1340). In 1596 Edmund Spenser, anecdotic the accompaniment of Ireland, wrote, “to accumulate them [i.e., these affairs] from growing to such a head.”Learn more: come

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come to a head, to Idiom

a bite to eat

a bone to pick

a fart in a windstorm

a fine-toothed comb

a hard row to hoe

a hot potato

a hot topic

a into g

a little bird told me

a party to that

come to a head

come to a head

come to a head

come (or bring) to a head

come to a head, to

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