Meaning: acquaintanceships

n.
a relationship less intimate than friendship

IPs Idiom, Proverb

at your fingertips

easy to find, ready to use When I repair a car, I like to have all my tools at my fingertips.

chips are down

(See when the chips are down)

come to grips with

accept the truth, face facts I am finally coming to grips with my divorce. I'm accepting it.

dipstick

a person who seems to be stupid, dimwit When Todd is nervous, he acts like a dipstick - like a fool.

heart skips a beat

be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when I saw my name on the television screen.

let the chips fall where they may

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lips are sealed

will not talk about it, mum's the word I won't tell anybody you love the coach. My lips are sealed.

pipsqueak

tiny person, weak man, potlicker, wimp Keith was a pipsqueak until he started lifting weights.

read my lips

my lips are saying what you are hearing, believe it "Edie said, ""Read my lips, people. We have no more money."""

rented lips

lips that mispronounce, lips that say strange words Did I say ossifer? I meant officer! Excuse my rented lips!

tipsy

a little bit drunk, slightly drunk, buzzed After her third glass of sherry, Mona was a little tipsy.

when the chips are down

when the right decision must be made, when you must win When the chips are down - when we are losing - we play better. We need to be challenged.

burnips

very cold

chips

money

crips

1. very high quality marijuana."Get a pull of some of dis crips!!"
2. a gang in Los Angeles

get a little tipsy in

to get drunk

Tragniew Park Crips

Compton crip set, associated with MC Eiht."Tragniew Park you say..." -- DJ Quik (Dollaz & Sense [1994])

zips

ounces of any drugs

ships that pass in the night

Idiom(s): ships that pass in the night

Theme: ENCOUNTER

people who meet each other briefly by chance and who are unlikely to meet again.
• Mary wanted to see Jim again, but to him, they were ships that passed in the night.
• When you travel a lot on business, you meet many ships that pass in the night.

lick one's lips

Idiom(s): lick one's lips

Theme: DRYNESS

to show eagerness or pleasure about a future event. (Informal. From the habit of people licking their lips when they are about to enjoy eating something.)
• The author's readers were licking their lips in anticipation of her new novel.
• The journalist was licking his lips when he went off to interview the disgraced politician.

in the chips

Idiom(s): in the chips

Theme: WEALTH

wealthy; with much money.
• John is a stock trader, and occasionally he's in the chips.
• Bill really came into the chips when his uncle died.

have sth at one's fingertips

Idiom(s): have something at one's fingertips AND have something at hand

Theme: PROXIMITY

to have something within (one's) reach. (Have can be replaced with keep.)
• I have a dictionary at my fingertips.
• I try to have everything I need at hand.
• I keep my medicine at my fingertips.

cash in one's chips

Idiom(s): cash in one's chips

Theme: DAYDREAM

to die. (Slang. From an expression in the card game poker.)
• Bob cashed in his chips yesterday.
• I'm too young to cash in my chips.

button one's lips

Idiom(s): button one's lip(s)

Theme: SILENCE

to get quiet and stay quiet. (Often used with children.)
• All right now, let's button our lips and listen to the story.
• Button your lip, Tom! I'll tell you when you can talk.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

No amount of talking can replace action.

Loose lips sink ships.

Disclosing important information ( to the enemy or a competitor) could result in large losses.

Cash in your chips

If you cash in your chips, you sell something to get what profit you can because you think its value is going to fall. It can also mean 'to die'.

Cheap as chips

(UK) If something is very inexpensive, it is as cheap as chips.

Come to grips

If you come to grips with a problem or issue, you face up to it and deal with it.

Fine words butter no parsnips

This idiom means that it's easy to talk, but talk is not action.

Get to grips

If you get to grips with something, you take control and do it properly.

Loose lips sink ships

To have loose lips means to have a big mouth, susceptible to talking about everything and everyone. Sinking ships refers to anything from small acquaintances to long and hearty relationships (with friends or a significant other). So when one says loose lips sink ships, one is basically saying if you can't shut up you are going to end hurting people, usually psychologically or emotionally.Loose lips sink ships comes from World War I and/or WWII, when sailors on leave from their ships might talk about what ship they sailed on or where it had come from, or where it was going. If they talked too much (had 'loose lips') they might accidentally provide the enemy with anecdotal information that might later cause their ship to be tracked, and bombed and sunk, hence 'Loose lips sink ships.' Later, it came to mean any excessive talk might sabotage a project.

Put lipstick on a pig

If people put lipstick on a pig, they make superficial or cosmetic changes, hoping that it will make the product more attractive.

Shipshape and Bristol fashion

If things are shipshape and Bristol fashion, they are in perfect working order.

Till the pips squeak

If someone will do something till the pips squeak, they will do it to the limit, even though it will make other people suffer.

at one's fingertips|fingertip|fingertips

adv. phr. 1. Within easy reach; quickly touched; nearby. Seated in the cockpit, the pilot of a plane has many controls at his fingertips. 2. Readily usable as knowledge or skill; familiar. He had several languages at his fingertips. He had the whole design of the machine at his fingertips.

bite one's lips|bite|lip|lips

v. phr. To force oneself to remain silent and not to reveal one's feelings. I had to bite my lips when I heard my boss give the wrong orders.

come to grips with|come|grips

v. phr. 1. To get hold of (another wrestler) in close fighting. After circling around for a minute, the two wrestlers came to grips with each other. 2. To struggle seriously with (an idea or problem). Mr. Blake's leaching helps students come to grips with the important ideas in the history lesson. Harry cannot be a leader, because he never quite comes to grips with a problem.
Compare: COME TO TERMS².

fish-and-chips|chips|fish

n. phr. Fried fish and french fried potatoes. The family went to a drive-in restaurant and had fish-and-chips.

hang on the words of|hang|hang on the lips of|lip|

v. phr. To listen very attentively to. Ann hangs on every word of her history teacher and takes very careful notes. As he went on with his speech, his auditors, deeply interested, hung on his lips.

in the chips|chips

slang or informal

let the chips fall where they may|chip|chips|fall|

v. phr. To pay no attention to the displeasure caused others by your actions. The senator decided to vote against the bill and let the chips fall where they may. The police chief told his men to give tickets to all speeders and let the chips fall where they may.
Compare: COME WHAT MAY.

my lips are sealed|lip|lips|seal|sealed

informal sentence A promise that one will not give away a secret. "You can tell me what happened, " Helen said. "My lips are sealed."

shipshape

adj. In perfect condition; in good order. After we left the islands, we left the rented car shipshape for the next driver.

smack one's lips|lip|lips|smack

v. phr. To reveal an appetite for; show enjoyment of. Eleanor smacked her lips over the dessert of strawberries and whipped cream.

when the chips are down|chips|down|when

adv. cl., informal When the winner and loser of a bet or a game are decided; at the most important or dangerous time. Tom hit a home run in the last inning of the game when the chips were down. When the chips were down, the two countries decided not to have war. (From the fact that in gambling games, a person puts chips or money down in front of him to show that he is willing to risk an amount in a bet.)

at one's fingertips

at one's fingertips
Ready at hand, immediately available. This idiom is used both literally, as in This new dashboard design keeps all the important controls at the driver's fingertips, and figuratively, as in Tom was so familiar with the proposal that he had all the details at his fingertips. [Second half of 1800s]

fingertips

fingertips
see at one's fingertips.

lips are sealed, one's

lips are sealed, one's
One will reveal nothing, especially about a secret. For example, You can trust me with the details of the lawsuit—my lips are sealed. [Early 1900s]

pass one's lips

pass one's lips
Speak, utter, as in Not a word of it will pass my lips, I promise. [Mid-1700s]