Meaning: aba cloth

n.
a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair

oth Idiom, Proverb

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hothead

"a person who gets angry easily; hot tempered" Phil, don't be such a hothead. Try to control your anger.

a man of the cloth

a minister, a priest, a clergyman Being a man of the cloth, he has studied the Bible.

a stitch of clothes

(See didn't have a stitch of clothes on)

a sweet tooth

a need to eat candy, a craving for sugar After dinner we'll serve mints. Daddy has a sweet tooth, eh.

a wolf in sheep's clothing

an evil person who looks innocent The priest looked harmless, but he was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)

equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

best of both worlds

(See the best of both worlds)

burn the candle at both ends

work or play too hard without enough rest He has been burning the candle at both ends with his work and his studies. That is why he became sick.

can't have it both ways

"you have to choose one or the other; cannot have your cake..." When children are allowed to make choices, they learn that they can't have it both ways.

clotheslined (hockey)

lifted by a bodycheck, hanging in the air Orr was clotheslined just as he crossed the line. What a check!

cut both/two ways

be capable of having two opposite effects My decision to complain to our boss could cut two ways and cause him to be pleased as well as angry at me.

cut from the same cloth

from the same family, very similar Ty and Ed are cut from the same cloth - both are serious and quiet.

didn't have a stitch of clothes on

naked, nude, birthday suit, in the buff When the kids go swimming they don't have a stitch of clothes on.

do unto others as you would have them do unto you

treat people the way you would like to be treated "This is The Golden Rule: ""Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."""

double or nothing

double the first bet and if I win, I owe nothing "After losing the first bet, I said, ""Double or nothing this time?"""

dress clothes

good, expensive clothes """Why don't you change your dress clothes before you repair the car?"""

every other

alternate, every second one She has to work every other Saturday evening.

eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

every crime or injury should be punished or paid back Some politicians are always calling for an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth when they hear of a terrible crime.

fight tooth and nail

fight fiercely or with all one

fine-tooth comb

great care, careful attention so as not to miss anything We went over the room with a fine-tooth comb but were unable to find the missing credit card.

fine-toothed comb

(See a fine-toothed comb)

good-for-nothing

not useful, useless I'll be glad when we sell that good-for-nothing truck.

grass is always greener on the other side

a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are now He realized that the grass is always greener on the other side when he saw that his new job wasn

have it both ways

do two things, have both things You can

here goes nothing

ready to begin - but it will be a waste of time and will probably fail Here goes nothing. I have already asked him to lend me some money and he always says no but I

hot and bothered

upset, getting angry, ready to speak angrily You know that Dad gets hot and bothered when you stay out late.

hothead

(See a hothead)

in nothing flat

quickly I will have this information printed out for you in nothing flat.

in one ear and out the other

not listening, hearing but not paying attention "The kids don't listen to me; it's in one ear and out the other!"

in other words

say something in a different (usually more direct) way In other words if you don

jump in with both feet

become totally involved, go whole hog Ken gets involved in his work. He jumps in with both feet.

long in the tooth

old, aged, over the hill Jack is a good pitcher, but he's long in the tooth - too old.

look like he was dragged through a knothole

appear to be very tired, burn out, run down After a divorce and a funeral, Anne looked like she'd been dragged through a knothole.

look the other way

try not to notice, turn the other way The officer saw the liquor, but he looked the other way.

made for each other

be natural mates, be very compatible, soul mates Bob and Alice are made for each other. They're happily married.

man of the cloth

(See a man of the cloth)

mothball

put away, put on a shelf The boss mothballed the report. The owners never saw it.

Mother Nature

nature, natural forces and causes Mother Nature provided the basic foods: wild vegetables and water.

motherhood and apple pie

statements about mom and home etc. The audience wants news and facts, not motherhood and apple pie.

motherload

the largest amount, the main load They found a few nuggets of gold before they found the motherload.

necessity is the mother of invention

our needs cause us to invent devices, build a better mousetrap Do you think the invention of TV proves that necessity is the mother of invention?

nothing doing

I will not do it, certainly not, no indeed Nothing doing. I am not going to stay and work late again this evening.

nothing if not

without doubt, certainly He is nothing if not punctual. He has never been late in his seven years with this company.

nothing succeeds like success

one success leads to more success This is the first rule of learning: Nothing succeeds like success.

nothing to it

(See there's nothing to it)

nothing to sneeze at

something you should take seriously His new salary is nothing to sneeze at.

nothing to write home about

not special or spectacular, no great shakes He's a nice guy, but nothing to write home about.

nothing ventured, nothing gained

"if you try nothing, you will gain nothing; go for it" We've decided to start a business. As the old saying goes, Nothing ventured, nothing gained.