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

ching Idiom, Proverb

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.

stretching it

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

that's stretching it

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

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

ching

money

chingasos

fighting

chingate

fuck yourself

watching Andy Griffith

refers to masturbating

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.

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.

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.

Watching paint dry

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

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."

be itching to|itch|itching

v. phr. To have a very strong desire to do something. Jack is itching to travel abroad.

bear watching|bear

v. phr. 1. To be worth watching or paying attention to; have a promising future. That young ball player will bear watching. 2. To be dangerous or untrustworthy. Those tires look badly worn; they will bear watching.
Compare: KEEP AN EYE ON.

itching palm|itching|palm

n., slang A wish for money; greed. He was born with an itching palm. The bellboys in that hotel seem always to have itching palms.

penny-pinching|penny|pinching

adj. or n., informal Bob saved enough money by penny-pinching to buy a bicycle.

search one's heart|heart|heart-searching|search|se

v. phr., formal To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest. The teacher searched his heart trying to decide if he had been unfair in failing Tom. -

marching orders, get one's

marching orders, get one's
Be ordered to move on or proceed; also, be dismissed from a job. For example, The sales force got their marching orders yesterday, so now they'll be on the road with the new product, or It's too bad about Jack—the boss gave him his marching orders Friday. This expression originally alluded to a military command. [Colloquial; late 1700s]

witching hour

witching hour
Midnight, as in They arrived just at the witching hour. This term alludes to older superstitions concerning a time appropriate to witchcraft and other supernatural occurrences. Shakespeare and others wrote of “the witching time of night.” The precise phrase was first recorded in 1835.