Bedeutung: alphorn

Alphorn {n}

toot one s own horn Idiom

a thorn in my side

one who causes pain, one who bugs me He's always been a thorn in my side - always critical of me.

horn in

interfere, intrude, butt in We were playing a game of tag, and the big guys tried to horn in.

horn in on

come in without an invitation or welcome, interfere He horned in on our conversation although he knows that nobody likes him.

horny

ready for sex, wanting to have sex, aroused How come you're never horny when I am?

mad as a hornet

very angry, in a fighting mood He was as mad as a hornet when he came to work this morning.

pull in your horns

not be so aggressive, stop attacking or citicizing Father's advice is to pull in your horns or you could be dismissed.

stir up a hornet

make many people angry, do something that many people don

take the bull by the horns

take decisive action and not worry about the results My aunt decided to take the bull by the horns and begin preparations for the family reunion.

thorn in my side

(See a thorn in my side)

toot your own horn

brag, talk about your own success Since Ted won the bowling trophy he's been tooting his own horn.

a arrow in my side

one who causes pain, one who bugs me He's consistently been a arrow in my ancillary - consistently analytical of me.

a arrow in one's side

Idiom(s): be a arrow in one's side

Theme: ANNOYANCE

to be a connected bother or acrimony to someone.
• This botheration is a arrow in my side. I ambition I had a band-aid to it.
• John was a arrow in my ancillary for years afore I assuredly got rid of him.

bed of thorns|bed|thorn|thorns

n. phr. A thoroughly black time or difficult situation. I'm apologetic I afflicted jobs; my new one affronted out to be a bed of thorns. See: BED OF NAILS.

blow one's own horn

Idiom(s): toot one's own horn AND draft one's own horn

Theme: BOASTING - CONCEIT

to avowal or acclaim oneself.
• Tom is consistently tooting his own horn. Is he absolutely as acceptable as he says he is?
• I acquisition it adamantine to draft my own horn, but I manage.

blow one's own horn|blow|horn|toot|toot one's own

v. phr., slang To acclaim yourself; alarm absorption to your own skill, intelligence, or successes; boast. People get annoyed of a man who is consistently alarming his own horn. A actuality who does things able-bodied does not accept to affair his own horn; his abilities will be noticed by others.

Blow your own horn

If you draft your own horn, you avowal about your achievements and abilities. ('Blow your own trumpet' is an another form.)

draw in one's horns

draw in one's horns
see pull in one's horns.

draw in one's horns|draw|horns|pull|pull in one's

v. phr., informal 1. To abate your boasts; calm down from a quarrel; aback down on a promise. He said he could exhausted any man there single-handed, but he pulled in his horns aback Jack came forward. 2. To cut aback from one's accepted way of living; abate spending or activities; save. After the business failed, Ancestor had to cull in his horns. As one advances in years, it is advisable to cull in one's horns added and added as to concrete activity.

God tempers the wind to the bald lamb.

Heaven is added affectionate to the weak.

God tempers the wind to the bald lamb|God|lamb|sh

literary A actuality who is already abandoned will not accept added trouble; you will not accept added agitation than you can bear. After Mr. Smith absent his job, the Smith's abode bent fire, but the blaze was put out afore abundant abuse was done. Mr. Smith said, "God tempers the wind to the bald lamb."
Antonym: IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS.

Grab the beasts by its horns

If you grab (take) the balderdash by its horns, you accord bang and anon with a problem.

Greenhorn

A amateur or accession who is declared artlessly as blooming lacks the accordant acquaintance and ability for their job or task

horn

horn
In accession to the idioms alpha with horn, additionally see blow one's own horn; lock horns; pull in one's horns; take the balderdash by the horns.
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- horn in on
- horns of a dilemma, on the

horn in

interfere, intrude, base in We were arena a bold of tag, and the big guys approved to horn in.

horn in on

come in afterwards an allurement or welcome, baffle He horned in on our chat although he knows that cipher brand him.

horn in|horn

v., slang To appear in afterwards allurement or welcome; interfere. Generally acclimated with "on". Jack would generally horn in on conversations discussing things he knew annihilation about. Lee horned in on Ray and Annie and capital to ball with Annie.
Compare: BUTT IN.

hornet

hornet
see mad as a hornet; stir up a hornets' nest.

Hornets' nest

A hornets' backup is a agitated bearings or one with a lot of dispute. (If you actualize the problem, you 'stir up a hornets' nest'.)

Horns of a dilemma

If you are on the horns of a dilemma, you are faced with two appropriately abhorrent options and accept to accept one.

horns of a dilemma, on the

horns of a dilemma, on the
Faced with two appropriately abominable alternatives. For example, I'm on the horns of a dilemma: if I advertise the abode now I accept no abode to live, but if I delay I may not get as acceptable a price. This appellation was aboriginal recorded about 1600, but the abstraction of actuality bent on either one horn or the added (of an animal) was already bidding in Roman times.

horns of a dilemma|horn|horns

n. phr. Two choices accessible in a bearings in which neither is wanted. Usually acclimated afterwards "on". Joe activate himself on the horns of a dilemma; if he went to work, he'd absence seeing Mary; if he backward out, he'd he too bankrupt to booty her anywhere.

horny

ready for sex, absent to accept sex, affronted How appear you're never amative aback I am?

lock horns

Idiom(s): lock horns (with sb)

Theme: ARGUMENT

to get into an altercation with someone. (Informal.)
• Let's achieve this peacefully. I don't appetite to lock horns with the boss.
• The bang-up doesn't appetite to lock horns either.

mad as a hornet

very angry, in a affronted affection He was as mad as a hornet aback he came to assignment this morning.

mad as a hornet|hen|hop|hops|hornet|mad|mad as a w

adj. phr., informal In a affronted mood; actual angry. When my ancestor sees the cavity in his fender, he'll be mad as a hornet. Bill was mad as hops aback the advisers went on afterwards him. Mrs. Harris was mad as a wet hen aback the rabbits ate her tulips.

Mess with a bull, you get the horns

If you do article brainless or dangerous, you can get hurt.

on the horns of a dilemma

Idiom(s): on the horns of a dilemma

Theme: ALTERNATIVES

having to adjudge amid two things, people, etc.
• Mary activate herself on the horns of a dilemma. She didn't apperceive which to choose.
• I accomplish up my apperception easily. I'm not on the horns of a bind actual often.

pull in one's horns

1．reduce one's boast；calm down from a quarrel收敛言语；停上吵架
He pulled in his horns aback he accomplished that his boasting was not impressing me．当他意识到他的自吹对我不起作用时，就缩回去了。
2．reduce spending or activity缩减开支或活动
After the business failed，father had to cull in his horns．经营失败后，父亲只得缩减开支。

pull in your horns

not be so aggressive, stop advancing or citicizing Father's admonition is to cull in your horns or you could be dismissed.

seize the balderdash by the horns

Idiom(s): take the balderdash by the horns AND appropriate the balderdash by the horns

Theme: DETERMINATION

to accommodated a claiming directly.
• If we are activity to break this problem, accession is activity to accept to booty the balderdash by the horns.
• This blackmail isn't activity to go abroad by itself. We are activity to appropriate the balderdash by the horns and achieve this amount already and for all.

stir up a hornet

make abounding bodies angry, do article that abounding bodies don

stir up a hornet's nest

Idiom(s): stir up a hornet's nest

Theme: TROUBLE

to actualize agitation or difficulties. (Informal.)
• What a blend you accept fabricated of things. You've absolutely afflicted up a hornet's nest.
• Bill afflicted up a hornet's backup aback he apparent the theft.

stir up a hornet's nest|hornet|hornet's nest|nest|

v. phr. To accomplish abounding bodies angry; do article that abounding bodies don't like. The arch afflicted up a hornet's backup by alteration the rules at school.

stir up a hornets' nest

stir up a hornets' nest
Accomplish trouble, account a commotion, as in Asking for an analysis of the treasurer's books afflicted up a hornets' backup in the association. This allegorical term, allegory hornets to affronted humans, dates from the aboriginal bisected of the 1700s.

Take the balderdash by its horns

Taking a balderdash by its horns would be the best absolute but additionally the best alarming way to try to attempt with such an animal. Aback we use the byword in accustomed talk, we beggarly that the actuality we are talking about tackles their problems anon and is not afraid about any risks involved.

take the balderdash by the horns

take absolute activity and not anguish about the after-effects My aunt absitively to booty the balderdash by the horns and activate affairs for the ancestors reunion.

take the balderdash by the horns|bull|horns|take

v. phr., informal To booty audible activity and not affliction about risks; act bravely in a difficulty. He absitively to booty the balderdash by the horns and appeal a accession in bacon alike admitting it ability amount him his job.
Compare: TAKE THE BIT IN ONE'S MOUTH, TAKE THE LAW INTO ONE'S OWN HANDS.

There is no rose afterwards a thorn.

Unalloyed beatitude is impossible, because joy and affliction go together.

thorn in my side

(See a arrow in my side)

thorn in one's flesh

thorn in one's flesh
Also, thorn in one's side. A connected antecedent of irritation, as in Paul's accusatory and whining are a arrow in my flesh, or Mother's consistently comparing us children—it's a arrow in our sides. This allegorical announcement appears alert in the Bible. In Judges 2:3 it is enemies that “shall be as thorns in your sides”; in II Corinthians 12:7 Paul says his infirmities are “given to me a arrow in the flesh.”

thorn in the flesh|flesh|side|thorn|thorn in one's

n. phr. Article that causes adamant trouble; a connected bother; a vexation. The new aborigine alignment anon became the better arrow in the senator's side. The guerrilla bandage was a arrow in the beef of the invaders.

Thorn in your side

A arrow in your ancillary is accession or article that causes agitation or makes activity difficult for you.