on the bounce Idiom

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bounce back

recover from failure or sickness, try again Lana has the flu, but she bounces back quickly.

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dead-cat bounce

very little recovery after a loss, not coming up again "The broker said, ""It was a dead-cat bounce. Stocks remain low."""

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that's the way the ball bounces

that is fate, that's life If Jon got the job, good for him. That's the way the ball bounces.

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bounce

1. form of music from New Orleans. Check Mystikal's album for a song called "Neva gonna bounce"
2. a reference to the Bankhead Bounce, a dance made famous in Atlanta rap music
3. to leave, to get up, to break
4. of a man, to have sexual intercourse
5. to leave
6. to kill

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bouncer

1. a person employed to eject troublemakers from clubs or events. These days they prefer the title of security
2. a liar

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bouncers

the female breasts

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Bounce ideas

If you bounce ideas off someone, you share your ideas with them to know whether they think they would work.

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Bounce off the walls

If someone's bouncing off the walls, they are very excited about something.

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That's the way the ball bounces!|ball|bounce|bounc

Nothing unusual about that. Said of unpleasant things. "Susan left me for a heavyweight boxer, and then I got drunk and wrecked my car," Bob bitterly complained. "Well, that's the way the cookie crumbles," Pam answered philosophically.

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get the bounce|bounce|get|get the air|get the gate

v. phr., slang 1. or get the air To lose one's sweetheart; not be kept for a friend or lover. Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl. Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her boyfriend if she went out with other boys while he was away. 2. or get the sack|get the hook To be fired; lose a job. Uncle Willie can't keep a job; he got the sack today for sleeping on the job. You're likely to get the bounce if you are absent from work too much.
Antonym: GIVE THE BOUNCE.

on the bounce

In continuous, consecutive, ceaseless succession. (Used primarily in advertence to antic outcomes.) Primarily heard in UK. After six losses on the bounce, the new administrator of the football aggregation is already actuality replaced. They had 10 beeline wins on the animation branch into this tournament, but they were outclassed and alone in the actual aboriginal round.Learn more: bounce, on

on the bounce

1 as article rebounds. 2 in quick succession. informal 2 2001 Greyhound Star He has now won twelve contest on the bounce, including three big competitions. Learn more: bounce, on

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