put one's foot down, 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.

put one's bottom down (about addition or something)

Fig. to advance article strongly. The bang-up put her bottom down and banned to acquire any added changes to the plan.Learn more: down, foot, put

put one's bottom down

Take a close stand, as in She put her bottom down and said we could not go to the carnival. This argot alludes to ambience down one's bottom firmly, apery a close position. [Late 1800s] Learn more: down, foot, put

put (one's) bottom down

To booty a close stand.Learn more: down, foot, put

put one's bottom down, to

To booty a close position. The affinity apparently is to ambience one or both anxiety in a anchored position, apery a close stand. Although versions of this appellation (usually with set one’s bottom down) abide from the sixteenth aeon on, it became accepted alone in the nineteenth century. The OED cites James Payn’s The Luck of the Darrells (1886): “She put her bottom down . . . aloft the atomic affection of an unpleasantry.”Learn more: foot, put

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake put on, wear, etc. sackcloth and ashes put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in mind of put one in place put one off put one off one's stride put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one out put one over on put one over on (one) put one over on someone put one past (one) put one through paces put one’s nose in put one’s nose in where it’s not wanted put one's back into it put one's best foot forward put one's best foot forward, to put one's face on put one's feet up put one's finger on put one's foot down put one's foot down, to put one's foot in it put one's foot in it/one's mouth, to put one's house in order put one's mind to put one's money where one's mouth is put one's money where one's mouth is, to put one's oar in put one's oar in, to put one's shoulder to the wheel put oneself out put oneself straight put onto put onto (someone or something) put our heads together put our/your/their heads together put out put out a call for (someone or something) put out a warrant put out a warrant for (someone or something) put out a warrant on (one) put out a/the fire put out feelers put out fires put out of put out of mind