Meaning: aching

'eɪkɪŋn.
a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
adj.
causing a dull and steady paineɪk
n.
a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
v.
feel physical painhave a desire for something or someone who is not presentbe the source of pain

Chin Idiom, Proverb

a bull in a China shop

"a big, reckless person in a room full of fragile things; cramp your style" Imagine a 300-pound football player at a tea party, and you have a bull in a China shop.

a chin wag

a conversation, a visit The grandmothers were talking happily - having a chin wag.

all the tea in China

(See not for all the tea in China)

bull in a China shop

(See a bull in a China shop)

chin wag

(See a chin wag)

chintzy

unwilling to spend, cheap, tight Don't be so chintzy with your time. Volunteer to visit seniors.

for all the tea in China

(See not for all the tea in China)

itching palm

a wish for money, greed The guard at the border crossing has an itching palm so be careful of him.

monkey wrenching

trying to ruin a project, sabotaging, throw a monkey wrench into... The members of Green Peace were accused of monkey wrenching the whale hunt. They tried to stop it.

not for all the tea in China

"no; never; not if you gave me all the tea in China" """Would you like to live in space?"" ""No. Not for all the tea in China!"""

stretching it

saying it was bigger or better than it was To say the mosquitoes are as big as starlings is stretching it.

take it on the chin

be badly beaten or hurt, get into trouble He was forced to take it on the chin when he got into the fight with the man at the store.

that's stretching it

that is adding to the story, stretching it Did he say there were fifty flying saucers? That's stretching it.

up to the chin in

very busy with, working hard at, having very much or many of She has been up to her chin all morning in work to try and get ready for the party.

arching for it

(like a cat on heat) a term sometimes used to describe a young lady who is sexually fired up

Bolivian marching powder

cocaine

chin

to hit someone on the chin

chin check

a hit in the jaw; a fight;"He got a chin check when he called her a skank"

chin-wag

1. a conversation or chat
2. to chat, talk

china

mate, a friendly term of address; derived from the cockney rhyming slang china plate

china white

cocaine

ching

money

chingasos

fighting

chingate

fuck yourself

Chinky

1. offensive term for a Chinese person
2. a Chinese restaurant or takeaway
3. Chinese food, often a takeaway meal
4. Chinese in nature

chinless wonder

a person of the wealthy upper classes, who lacks depth of character and/or intelligence

Moschino

clothing label

watching Andy Griffith

refers to masturbating

wag one's chin

Idiom(s): wag one's chin

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to chatter or chat with someone. (Slang.)
• We stood around and wagged our chins for almost an hour.
• Don't just wag your chin. Stop talking and get to work!

take sth on the chin

Idiom(s): take sth on the chin

Theme: SURVIVAL

to experience and endure a direct (figurative or literal) blow or assault.
• The bad news was a real shock, but John took it on the chin.
• The worst luck comes my way, and I always end up taking it on the chin.

make chin music

Idiom(s): make chin music

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to talk or chatter. (Slang.)
• We sat around all evening making chin music.
• You were making chin music when you should have been listening.

keep one's chin up

Idiom(s): keep one's chin up

Theme: COURAGE

to keep one's spirits high; to act brave and confident. (Informal.)
• Keep your chin up, John. Things will get better.
• Just keep your chin up and tell the judge exactly what happened.

in there pitching

Idiom(s): in there pitching

Theme: TRYING

trying very hard. (Informal.)
• Bob is always in there pitching.
• Just stay in there pitching. You’ll make some progress eventually.

chink in one's armour

Idiom(s): chink in one's armour

Theme: WEAKNESS

a special weakness that provides a means for attacking or impressing someone otherwise invulnerable.
• His love for his child is the chink in his armour.
• Jane's insecurity is the chink in her armour.

bear watching

Idiom(s): bear watching

Theme: MONITORING

to need watching; to deserve observation or monitoring.
• This problem will bear watching.
• This is a very serious disease, and it will bear watching for further developments.

have an itching palm

Idiom(s): have an itchy palm AND have an itching palm

Theme: MONEY

to be in need of a tip; to tend to ask for tips. (As if placing money in the palm would stop the itching.)
• All the waiters at that restaurant have itchy palms.
• The cabdriver was troubled by an itching palm. Since he refused to carry my hags, I gave him nothing.

Chinese walls

Chinese walls are regulatory information barriers that aim to stop the flow of information that could be misused, especially in financial corporations.

Chinese whispers

(UK) When a story is told from person to person, especially if it is gossip or scandal, it inevitably gets distorted and exaggerated. This process is called Chinese whispers.

Keep your chin up

(UK) This expression is used to tell someone to have confidence.

Lead with the chin

If someone leads with their chin, they speak or behave without fear of the consequences.

Like Chinese arithmetic

If something is complicated and hard to understand, it's like Chinese arithmetic.

Like watching sausage getting made

If something is like watching sausages getting made, unpleasant truths about it emerge that make it much less appealing. The idea is that if people watched sausages getting made, they would probably be less fond of them.

Preaching to the choir

If someone preaches to the choir, they talking about a subject or issue with which their audience already agrees. ('Preaching to the converted' is an alternative form.)

Punching bag

A punching bag (or punch bag) is a person who gets a lot of unfair criticism.

Searching question

A searching question goes straight to the heart of the subject matter, possibly requiring an answer with a degree of honesty that the other person finds uncomfortable.

Slow boat to China

This idiom is used to describe something that is very slow and takes a long time.

Watching paint dry

If something is like watching paint dry, it is really boring.

Well-oiled machine

Something that functions very well is a well-oiled machine.

give someone their marching orders

fire someone: "After the argument, he was given his marching orders."
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get your feet under the table
get settled in: "It only took him a week to get his feet under the table, then he started to make changes."

China syndrome|China|syndrome

n., informal From the title of the movie with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon. The possibility that an industrial nuclear reactor might explode, literally affecting the other side of the planet (as if by eating a hole through the earth all the way to China.) Antinuclear demonstrators are greatly worried about the China syndrome.