Meaning: appoggiatura

n.
an embellishing note usually written in smaller size

OGG Idiom, Proverb

at loggerheads

not agreeing, opposed to each other They're at loggerheads over who owns the farm. They don't agree.

boggle the mind

stop the normal thinking process by being fantastic or incredible, unbelievable It really boggles the mind when you think how quickly the Internet began to have a major impact on people's lives.

boggle your mind

confuse you, make your head spin These numbers boggle my mind. I don't understand them.

doggone

extremely annoying, god-damn, blasted I can't find any scissors again. This house must eat them - doggone!

mind boggling

too many to count, more than you can imagine The potential for profit is mind boggling - too large to believe.

boggin

unpleasent, vile, ugly [Scottish]

dogg

a person; usually used in place of a name:"Sup, dogg!"

get at me dogg

an expression of goodbye; a way of letting the group know that you are leaving

soggy indo

a joint (see marijuana) that has been dipped in PCP or something

boggle one's mind

Idiom(s): boggle one's mind

Theme: CONFUSION

to confuse someone; to overwhelm someone.
• The size of the house boggles my mind.
• She said that his arrogance boggled her mind.

use one's noggin

Idiom(s): use one's head AND use one's noggin; use one's noodle

Theme: INTELLIGENCE

to use one's own intelligence. (The words noggin and noodle are slang terms for "head.")
• You can do better in math if you'll just use your head.
• Jane uses her noggin and gets things done correctly and on time.
• Yes, she sure knows how to use her noodle.

Doggy bag

If you ask for a doggy bag in a restaurant, they will pack the food you haven't eaten for you to take home.

Flogging a dead horse

(UK) If someone is trying to convince people to do or feel something without any hope of succeeding, they're flogging a dead horse. This is used when someone is trying to raise interest in an issue that no-one supports anymore; beating a dead horse will not make it do any more work.

be at loggerheads

to disagree strongly: "Charles and Henry are at loggerheads over the new policy."

at loggerheads|loggerhead|loggerheads

adj. or adv. phr. In a quarrel; in a fight; opposing each other. The two senators had long been at loggerheads on foreign aid. Because of their barking dog, the Morrises lived at loggerheads with their neighbors.
Compare: AT ODDS.

bog down(2)|bog|bog down|bogged|bogged down|to get

v. phr., mostly intransitive or passive 1. To stop progressing; to slow to a halt. Work on the new building bogged down, because the contractor didn't deliver the needed concrete blocks. 2. To become entangled with a variety of obstacles making your efforts unproductive or unsatisfying. The novelist wrote tittle last summer because she got bogged down in housework.

boggle the mind|boggle|mind

v. phr., informal To stop the rational thinking process by virtue of being too fantastic or incredible. It boggles the mind that John should have been inside a flying saucer!

foggy bottom|bottom|fog|foggy

n., slang An area in downtown Washington, D.C. where many offices of the Department of State are located; hence figuratively, the U.S. Department of State. The press secretary gave us a lot of foggy bottom double-talk about the hostage crisis in the Near East.

loggerhead

loggerhead
at loggerheads
in disagreement; quarreling

loggerheads

loggerheads
see at loggerheads.