hit the gas Idiom, Proverb

gas up

fill up a gas tank We should gas up tonight before we leave on our holiday tomorrow.

gash

girls, broads, chicks, lovelies We can't have a party without gash. Let's phone some girls.

step on the gas

go faster, hurry I decided to step on the gas in order to get to work on time.

chingasos

fighting

cook with gas

to succeed, to proceed well:"After a beer, the work went well. We were cooking with gas"

gasface

1. to show someone a sign of disrespect
2. to make stupid face towards someone you don't like

run out of gas

Idiom(s): run out of gas

Theme: GASOLINE

to use up all the gasoline available.
• I hope we don’t run out of gas.
• I am sorry I am late. I ran out of gas.

out of gas

Idiom(s): out of gas

Theme: EXHAUSTION

tired; exhausted; worn out. (Informal.)
• What a day! I've been working since morning, and I’m really out of gas.
• This electric clock is out of gas. I'll have to get a new one.

cooking with gas

Idiom(s): cooking with gas

Theme: CORRECTNESS

doing things the right way. (Informal. From an advertising slogan.)
• That's great. Now you're cooking with gas.
• Things are moving along nicely with the project. The entire staff is really cooking with gas.

blow a gasket

Idiom(s): blow a gasket AND blow a fuse; blow one's cork; blow one's top; blow one's stack

Theme: ANGER - RELEASE

to become very angry; to lose one's temper. (Slang.)
• I was so mad I almost blew a gasket.
• I've never heard such a thing. I'm going to blow a fuse.
• I blew my cork when he hit me.
• I was so mad I could have blown my top.
• I makes me so mad I could blow my stack.

hit the gas

To move quickly; to advance or go faster. Used abnormally while benumbed in an automobile. We'll charge to hit the gas if we appetite to accomplish it to the cine on time.Learn more: gas, hit

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blow sth out of all proportion blow one's mind blow one's lunch blow one's cover blow hot and cold blow a gasket bloody but unbowed blood, sweat, and tears blind as a bat bleep sth out blaze a trail hit someone for something hit someone in the eye hit someone up for something hit someone with something hit speeds of hit speeds of (some amount) hit stores hit stride hit the hit the (broad) side of a barn hit the big one hit the big time hit the books hit the booze hit the bottle hit the brakes hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the bull’s-eye hit the bull's-eye hit the ceiling hit the ceiling, to hit the deck hit the dirt hit the fan hit the gas hit the ground hit the ground running hit the ground running, to hit the hay hit the hay/sack, to hit the headlines hit the high hit the high points hit the high spots hit the high spots, to hit the jackpot hit the jackpot, to hit the john hit the mark hit the nail (right) on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head, to hit the panic button hit the pavement hit the right chord hit the right note hit the road hit the rock hit the rocks hit the roof