Bedeutung: action spring

Verschlussfeder {f}

spr Idiom

all spruced up

clean and dressed in your best clothes, dressed up The young farmers got all spruced up for the dance.

spread like wildfire

spread quickly, go public News of the assassination spread like wildfire.

spread oneself too thin

try to do too many things at one time She has been spreading herself too thin lately and is not accomplishing very much of anything.

spread out

lie down with your arms and legs apart When you spread out on the sofa, there's no room for me.

spread the word

tell everybody, get the word out The teacher asked us to spread the word about the school concert.

spring chicken

a young person (usually negative) She is no spring chicken. She is almost 96 years old.

spring for

pay for, pay the shot """Who will spring for the pizza?"" ""Jack will. He just got paid."""

spruce up

clean, redecorate They spruced up the community center for the summer holidays.

spruced up

(See all spruced up)

spray

to fire a round of bullets

sprinkle

sprinkle me: give me some

sprung

1. erected
2. obsessed with something
3. released on bail by someone else

spring from

1．appear suddenly from（somewhere）突然从（某处）出现
He wasn't here a minute ago．Where on earth did he spring from？刚才他还不在这儿，他是从哪儿冒出来的？
2．be the result or outcome of由…造成；出于
Her happiness springs from the love of her family．她的幸福源于对家庭的爱。
He springs from a peasant's family．他出身于农民家庭。
What unhappiness can spring from the love of money！贪财会造成多大的不幸啊！

spring on

tell sth．to sb．so that he is surprised by it突然提出
He sprang the news on us without a warning．没有任何暗示，他突然告诉了我们这一消息。
Just as we sat down to dinner，they sprang the news on me that I was scheduled to make a speech．我们刚坐上宴席，他们突然告诉我，已经排定我讲话了。

spring to one's feet

rise quickly，as from a sitting position很快站起身来
The whole crowd sprang to their feet and cheered the victorious team．整个人群都霍然站起来为获胜队欢呼。

spring up

suddenly appear，arise，or develop涌现；发生；迅速长出；迸发
New factories are springing up like mushrooms．新工厂如雨后春笋般地涌现。
Doubts sprang up in his mind．他心中开始产生怀疑。
A breeze suddenly sprang up．突然吹起一阵微风。
A new custom has sprung up．一种新的风尚出现了。

spruce sth up

Idiom(s): spruce sth up

Theme: CLEANING

to make someone or something clean and orderly.
• I'll be ready to go as soon as I spruce myself up a bit.
• I have to spruce up the house for the party.

spring sth on

Idiom(s): spring sth on sb

Theme: SURPRISE

to surprise someone with something. (Informal.)
• I'm glad you told me now, rather than springing it on me at the last minute.
• I sprang the news on my parents last night. They were not glad to hear it.

no spring chicken

Idiom(s): no spring chicken

Theme: AGE - OLD

not young (anymore). (Informal.)
• I don't get around very well anymore. I'm no spring chicken, you know.
• Even though John is no spring chicken, he still plays tennis twice a week.

spread it on thick

Idiom(s): lay it on thick AND lay it on with a trowel; pour it on thick; spread it on thick

Theme: FLATTERY

to exaggerate praise, excuses, or blame.
• Sally was laying it on thick when she said that Tom was the best singer she had ever heard.
• After Bob finished making his excuses, Sally said that he was pouring it on thick.
• Bob always spreads it on thick.

Full of the joys of spring

If you are full of the joys of spring, you are very happy and full of energy.

Sprat to catch a mackerel

If you use a sprat to catch a mackerel, you make a small expenditure or take a small risk in the hope of a much greater gain.

Spring to mind

If something springs to mind, it appears suddenly and unexpectedly in your thoughts.

no spring chicken|chicken|spring|spring chicken

n. phr. A person who is no longer young. Even though she is no spring chicken anymore, men still turn their heads to look at her.

spread like wildfire|spread|wildfire

v. phr. To spread uncontrollably and rapidly. Bad news has a tendency to spread like wildfire.

spread oneself too thin|spread|thin|too thin

v. phr. To try to do too many things at one time. As the owner, chef, waiter, and dishwasher of his restaurant, Pierre was spreading himself too thin.

spring a leak|leak|spring

v. phr. 1. To develop a hole (said of boats) through which water can enter, threatening the boat to sink. When our small boat sprang a leak, we rapidly returned to shore to fix it. 2. To be threatened by some oncoming danger. Our firm sprang a leak when the vice president suddenly died of a heart attack.

spring chicken|chicken|spring

n., slang A young person.

Usually used with "no". Mr. Brown is no spring chicken, but he can still play tennis well. The coach is no spring chicken, but he can show the players what to do.

spring on one|spring

v. phr. To approach someone unexpectedly with an unpleasant idea or project. Our firm was merely six weeks old when they sprang the news on me that I had to go to Algiers to open a new branch there.

spring up|spring

v. phr. To arise suddenly. Small purple flowers were springing up all over our backyard.

sprout wings|sprout|wings

v. phr. 1. To enter the stage after a period of development when wings appear (said of larvae that turn into butterflies). The dragonflies suddenly sprouted wings and are flying all about in the park. 2. To become good and virtuous (as if airborne). Joe has helped many colleagues in need; he seems to have sprouted wings.

spruce up|spruce

v., informal To make clean or neat. Mary spruced up the house before her company came. John spruced himself up before he went out on his date.

hope springs eternal

hope springs eternal
People will keep on hoping, no matter what the odds. For example, I keep buying lottery tickets—hope springs eternal. This expression was coined by Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man, 1732) and quickly became proverbial.

spread

spread
spread oneself thin
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to try to do too many things at once

spring

spring
spring a leak
â to begin to leak suddenly

spring on someone

spring on someone
Present or make known unexpectedly, as in They sprung the news of their engagement on the family last night. This idiom uses spring in the sense of “make a sudden move.” Mark Twain used it in Tom Sawyer (1876): “Old Mr. Jones is going to try to spring something on the people here tonight.”