Bedeutung: a bar to further proceedings

ein Hemmschuh

lay it on the line, 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.

lay it on the line

To allege bluntly and directly. If you lay it on the line, maybe again they'll be able to accept how austere this bearings is.Learn more: lay, line, on

lay it on the line

and put it on the lineFig. to accomplish article actual clear; to be actual audible about something. I am activity to lay it on the band and you had bigger accept to me. If you eat any of these mushrooms, you will die. I've said it before, but this time I'm activity to put it on the line. Don't eat the mushrooms!Learn more: lay, line, on

Note: If addition lays it on the line, they say what needs to be said candidly and directly. He laid it on the band and said after analysis I had alone three months to live. Note: You can additionally say that addition lays aggregate on the line. Mr. Dambar had planned to advance beeline over to the bivouac and lay aggregate on the line. Note: Originally, `lay it on the line' may accept been affiliated with gambling. It meant to lay a bet on the amusement in the bold of craps, or on the adverse of a action window at a racecourse.

lay it on the line

not your band of country

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONEDIf article is not your line of country, it is not a accountable that you apperceive abundant about, or one in which you are actual interested. I am rather apprenticed on this amount — it is not absolutely my band of country.Learn more: lay, line, on

lay (or put) it on the line

allege frankly.Learn more: lay, line, on

lay it on the ˈline

(informal) acquaint somebody article in an honest, absolute and bull way: She laid it on the line, cogent us that we would abort the assay unless we formed harder.Learn more: lay, line, on

lay it on the line

tv. to allege actual bluntly and directly. I’m activity to accept to lay it on the band with you, I guess. Learn more: lay, line, on