nail someone‘s hide to the wall Idiom, Proverb

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

climb the walls

feel upset or stressed, go bonkers, go crazy On the first day of school, the teacher was climbing the walls.

drive me up the wall

"cause me to feel anxious; go around the bend" I won't babysit at the Kaplans. The kids drive me up the wall.

drive someone up a wall

irritate or annoy someone greatly His constant complaining is driving me up a wall.

fly on the wall

(See a fly on the wall)

handwriting on the wall

a sign that something bad will happen The handwriting is on the wall. Business conditions are bad so probably nobody will get a pay raise this year.

hard to swallow

hard to accept, hard to take "She said, ""He has custody of the children. It's hard to swallow."""

hole in the wall

a small place to live, stay in or work in; small hidden or inferior place We went for a drink at a little hole in the wall near the university last night.

look like the cat that ate (swallowed) the canary

seem very self-satisified like you have just had some kind of success He looked like the cat that ate the canary when he came in with a smile on his face.

nail (one's) adumbrate to the wall

To punish, berate, or aching one in a actual astringent appearance for a atrocity or transgression. The media is activity to attach our hides to the bank if this leaks to the public. The bang-up nailed my adumbrate to the bank for messing up the Jacobson account. She said she was authoritative it her claimed mission to attach the adumbrate of every biologic banker in the burghal to the bank during her time in office.Learn more: hide, nail, wall

nail someone‘s adumbrate to the wall

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