neck of the woods, this Idiom, Proverb

at this point in time

now, at this time At this point in time, ten cases of AIDS have been reported.

blow this joint

leave this building, quit this place I'm sick of playing billiards. Let's blow this joint.

blow this popsicle stand

leave this place, quit this place What a boring town! Let's blow this popsicle stand!

crack this case

solve a crime, discover who is guilty "David will crack this case; he's a thorough investigator."

get this monkey off my back

stop a bad habit, be rid of a problem or hang-up I have to get this monkey off my back. I have to stop gambling.

get this show on the road

begin to do something, get down to business, get rolling "After a lot of talk about how to drill a well, the boss said, ""Let's get this show on the road."""

get this straight

understand what is said, get the picture Let me get this straight. You say there's a moose in your bathtub?

not long for this world

soon will die, do not have long to live "When Lee had the flu, he said, ""I'm not long for this world."""

out of this world

wonderful, fantastic The new dessert that she made last weekend was right out of this world.

quit this place

leave, go away from here, blow this joint I'm bored. Let's quit this place. Let's get out of here.

neck of the woods

A adjacency or adjacent area; the breadth about breadth one lives. Next time you acquisition yourself in my close of the woods, accord me a alarm and I'll appearance you around.Learn more: neck, of, wood

neck of the woods

A adjacency or region, as in He's one of the wealthiest men in our close of the woods. Originally (mid-1800s) alluding to a backwoods settlement, this chatty appellation is now acclimated added loosely, for burghal as able-bodied as rural locales. Learn more: neck, of, wood

neck of the woods

a accurate baby bounded breadth or community. Neck in the faculty of ‘narrow band of woodland’ is recorded from the backward 18th century. 1998 Spectator Both [letters] appear from the aforementioned close of the woods, both are on the aforementioned accountable and both are cries for advice which are actuality ignored. Learn more: neck, of, wood

neck of the woods, this

This accurate arena or neighborhood. An Americanism already acceptation a backwoods settlement, this appellation appeared in book in the 1850s. “She is acceptable to the hospitalities of this close of the wood,” wrote Alice Cary (Married, Not Mated, 1856).Learn more: neck, of, this

Learn more:

Dictionary

More Idioms/Phrases

quick and dirty quick buck quick like a bunny quick on the draw quick one quick study quicker than you can say Jack Robinson quickie quit this place quit while you're ahead quite a few R and R rabbit died rabbit food rabble rouser rack my brain rack one nearest and dearest nearly nearly fall off (one's) chair nearly fall out of (one's) chair nearly jump out of (one's) skin neat neat as a bandbox neat as a new pin neat as a pin neato neato canito neb nebbish Nebraska sign necessary necessary evil necessity necessity is the mother of innovation necessity is the mother of invention Necessity knows no law neck neck and crop neck and neck neck down neck of the woods neck of the woods, this neck oil neck or nothing neck up neck with neck with (one) necked necker's knob necking necking knob nectar nectar of the gods Ned need need (doing) need (one's) head examined need (one's) head tested need (something) (about) as much a fish needs a bicycle need (something) (about) as much as (one) needs a hole in the head need (something) like (one) needs a hole in the head need (something) like a fish needs a bicycle need (something) like a hole in the head, to need (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it need (something) yesterday need a fix need a fix of (something)