Meaning: abiding

-dɪŋadj.
unceasingə'baɪd
v.
dwellput up with something or somebody unpleasant

ding Idiom, Proverb

a budding genius

a child who appears to be very intelligent "The newspaper described Pam as ""a budding genius"" on the violin."

a humdinger

a beautiful car etc. a well-designed product Dad, you should see this coupe. It's a humdinger!

a sick building

a building with polluted air or insufficient oxygen This is a sick building. The air contains toxic fumes.

according to Hoyle

according to the rules, if we follow the rules According to Hoyle, it's your turn to deal the cards.

bleeding heart

one who begs for sympathy for victims, have a soft spot... "Hector is a bleeding heart for wolves. ""Save the wolves,"" he tells people in his speeches."

blind leading the blind

someone who doesn

boarding (hockey)

checking into the boards, chairman of the boards Boarding causes serious injuries to hockey players.

budding genius

(See a budding genius)

ding-a-ling

fool, an airhead, jerk What a ding-a-ling! She expects me to pay for a phone book!

dingbat/ding-dong

strange person, nerd, weirdo That dingbat wanted me to take off my clothes!

dingbusted

damn, blasted, consarned, darn I couldn't reach the dingbusted switch to turn on the light.

dingle you

phone you, call you, give me a ring I'll dingle you when I get back from Chicago.

give me a dingle

phone me, call me, give me a ring Give me a dingle sometime. My number's in the phone book.

grinding halt

unplanned stop, forced stop When Andy lost his job, their marriage came to a grinding halt.

holding the bag

left alone to finish the work or be responsible Mom says we leave her holding the bag - to finish jobs alone.

humdinger

(See a humdinger)

leave (someone) holding the bag

leave someone else to take the blame He left me holding the bag when he ran away from the accident.

leave you holding the bag

leave you to do the work or finish a difficult job He left me holding the bag. I had to finish the work by myself.

left holding the bag

(See leave you holding the bag)

no kidding

I am serious, I am not joking Keith's my brother. No kidding. I'm telling you the truth.

proof of the pudding...

(See the proof of the pudding is in the eating)

riding high

feeling great, on cloud nine Jane is riding high after getting an A in math.

sick building

(See a sick building)

sounding board

a person who listens to ideas or plans Cliff used Linda as a sounding board for his business plans.

spending money

extra money, money for fun, pin money Wayne earns spending money by washing the neighbors' cars.

the blind leading the blind

the leader is ignorant or incompetent With Filbert as President, it's the blind leading the blind.

the proof of the pudding is in the eating

do not judge until you test the finished product, do not jump to conclusions She drew a cartoon of a boy with a plum on his thumb. Then she wrote The proof of the pudding...

tough sledding

hard work, slow progress, heavy going, rough going We've had tough sledding on our building projects. Rainy weather has caused a lot of problems.

wingding

wild party, bash We went to Happy Harry's wingding. It was a great party.

you're kidding

you are joking, you are not serious You're kidding. Jen wouldn't take off her clothes and climb a tree.

you're not kidding/ you aren't kidding

you are right, you are not joking """It's really cold today,"" Jen said. ""You aren't kidding!"" he replied."

You've got to be kidding!

You can't be serious! (What you said can't be true.

you've got to be kidding

you must be telling me a joke, get out of town, you're kidding """The manager wants me to give him a massage every afternoon."" ""You've got to be kidding!"""

bastarding

an intensifier:"I'm sorry I'm late, I missed the bastarding bus again"

bleeding

used as an intensive: "That bleeding idiot from next door is drunk again"

blinding

excellent, wonderful: "We had a blinding time last night"

buckwilding

to get buckwild means to have sex, see also wilding. A "buck" is a young, unbroken horse that cowboys try to master at a rodeo

ding

1. derogatory Australian slang for an Italian or Greek immigrant
2. Australian slang for a party

ding dong

London Cockney rhyming slang for song

ding dong bell

London Cockney rhyming slang for hell

dingbat

1. an unamed object
2. crazy or stupid person

dinge

derogatory term for a black person

dinge queen

a gay male attracted to black homosexuals. Essentially offensive term due to the use of 'dinge', meaning black. See curry queen, scat queen

dingo

a cheat, a coward

dingy

dirty:"Who is dat dingy dude that keep walking up and down our block?!"

lowriding

adjusting the suspension of a car to get it closer to the ground; since it is illegal to drive that way, people have hydraulic systems to adjust the height of the car while driving, making it bounce

wilding

to act without without rational thought. Wilding was a term not used until the Central park jogger attack in 1989. The victim in this case was raped, and, upon being questioned, kids in the neighborhood of the attackers had said that they had done the "Wild Thing" (after the Tone Loc release). Misinterpreted by reporters not accustomed to the slurred speech of the attackers, the term wilding was born out of the NYC media's lust for a catch phrase. (Info from: "Black Studies, Rap and the Academy" by Houston Baker Jr.)"Across the street you was wilding" -- Nas (?? [1996])

according as

in a manner that depends upon依照；根据（后接从句）
You may take an oral or written exam according as you prefer．你可根据你的喜爱进行口头或笔头考试。
One may succeed according as one has ideal and will power．人的成功全在于理想和意志。

according to

1．in accordance with根据
According to his uncle，the boy is a goodfornothing．据男孩的叔父说，他是个无用之人。
2．in agreement with；corresponding to依据；依照；与…相符（后接名词）
We must be prepared to modify our plans according to any new circumstances that may arise．我们务必准备根据可能出现的新情况改变计划。

shotgun wedding

Idiom(s): shotgun wedding

Theme: MARRIAGE

a forced wedding. (Informal. From imagery of the bride's father having threatened the bridegroom with a shotgun to force him to marry.)
• Mary was six months pregnant when she married Bill. It was a real shotgun wedding.
• Bob would never have married Jane if she hadn't been pregnant. Jane's father saw to it that it was a shotgun wedding.