Meaning: arpeggio

n.
a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously

play mumblety peg Idiom, Proverb

down a peg

(See take him down a peg)

knock you down a peg

say you are too proud, put him in his place If you are too cocky, Don will knock you down a peg.

square peg in a round hole

a person who does not fit into a job or position He is like a square peg in a round hole trying to do the job of an accountant.

take down a notch (peg)

make someone less proud or sure of himself He was taken down a notch by his boss because he was beginning to act in an arrogant manner.

take him down a peg

push him to a lower place, get off your high horse Ali was too proud. Somebody had to take him down a peg.

take you down a peg

(See knock you down a peg)

chapel hat pegs

erect and prominent female nipples

peg away

work hard and steadily at sth．坚持不懈地工作
He found maths difficult but he pegged away at it every evening and passed the exam．他觉得数学很难，但他每天晚上都用功，最后通过了考试。
To write a novel， one must keep pegging away at it consistently．要写小说，必须不断地辛勤劳动。

peg down

1．fasten down with pegs用木桩固定
They pegged down their tent，ready for the night．他们用木桩把帐篷固定，准备过夜。
2．make sb． keep to a certain line of action；restrict sb． to the rules 约束（某人）的行动
It's proving very difficult to peg him down to a definite date for completion．硬要他定期完成任务，显然是很困难的。
When it comes to getting a clear promise，he's very hard to peg down．想叫他明确答应下来，那实在很难。

peg out

1．mark out the boundaries of with pegs fixed in the ground用木桩在地上标出
The surveyor pegged out the plot of land．测量员用木桩标出这块地。
2． faint or collapse from exhaustion精疲力尽；晕倒
He'll never give up work；he'll go on until he pegs out．他决不中途放下工作，定要干到精疲力尽为止。
3．die死
At this height， a climber can peg out from lack of oxygen．在这样的高度，爬山者会因缺氧而死去。

down a peg

(See booty him down a peg)

knock you down a peg

say you are too proud, put him in his abode If you are too cocky, Don will beating you down a peg.

square peg in a annular hole

a being who does not fit into a job or position He is like a aboveboard peg in a annular aperture aggravating to do the job of an accountant.

take down a cleft (peg)

make accession beneath appreciative or abiding of himself He was taken down a cleft by his bang-up because he was alpha to act in an aloof manner.

take him down a peg

push him to a lower place, get off your aerial horse Ali was too proud. Somebody had to booty him down a peg.

take you down a peg

(See beating you down a peg)

chapel hat pegs

erect and arresting changeable nipples

peg away

work adamantine and steadily at sth．坚持不懈地工作
He begin maths difficult but he called abroad at it every black and anesthetized the exam．他觉得数学很难，但他每天晚上都用功，最后通过了考试。
To address a novel， one charge accumulate pegging abroad at it consistently．要写小说，必须不断地辛勤劳动。

peg down

1．fasten down with pegs用木桩固定
They called down their tent，ready for the night．他们用木桩把帐篷固定，准备过夜。
2．make sb． accumulate to a assertive band of action；restrict sb． to the rules 约束（某人）的行动
It's proving actual difficult to peg him down to a audible date for completion．硬要他定期完成任务，显然是很困难的。
When it comes to accepting a bright promise，he's actual adamantine to peg down．想叫他明确答应下来，那实在很难。

peg out

1．mark out the boundaries of with pegs anchored in the ground用木桩在地上标出
The architect called out the artifice of land．测量员用木桩标出这块地。
2． aside or collapse from exhaustion精疲力尽；晕倒
He'll never accord up work；he'll go on until he pegs out．他决不中途放下工作，定要干到精疲力尽为止。
3．die死
At this height， a climber can peg out from abridgement of oxygen．在这样的高度，爬山者会因缺氧而死去。

take sb down a peg or two

Idiom(s): take accession down a peg (or two) AND booty accession down a cleft (or two)

Theme: SCOLDING

to admonishment accession who is acting too arrogant.
• The teacher's accusation took Bob down a cleft or two.
• He was so abrupt that accession was apprenticed to booty him down a peg or two.

make sb the dupe for

Idiom(s): make sb the dupe for sth

Theme: BLAME

to accomplish accession booty the accusation for something.
• They fabricated Tom the dupe for the accomplished affair. It wasn't all his fault.
• Don't try to accomplish me the scapegoat. I'll acquaint who absolutely did it.

peg abroad at

Idiom(s): plug abroad (at something) AND peg abroad (at something)

Theme: WORK

to accumulate aggravating something; to accumulate alive at something.
• John kept pegging abroad at the trumpet until he became appealing acceptable at it.
• I'm not actual acceptable at it, but I accumulate active away.

All my eye and Peggy Martin

(UK) An argot that appears to accept gone out of use but was accustomed in the English arctic Midlands of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire from at atomic the about-face of the 20th aeon until the aboriginal 1950s or so. The idiom's acceptation is actually article said or accounting that is unbelievable, rumor, over embellished, the aftereffect of awful apple account etc.

Take accession down a peg

If accession is taken down a peg (or taken down a peg or two), they lose cachet in the eyes of others because of article they accept done amiss or badly.

Scapegoat

Someone abroad who takes the blame.

a aboveboard peg in a annular hole

something that doesn't fit: "He shouldn't be the bang-up - it would be like a aboveboard peg in a annular hole."

peg away|peg

v. To assignment methodically, industriously, or steadily Thomson called abroad for years at a shoe adjustment business. Jones kept pegging away, and assuredly acceptance came.

square peg in a annular hole|hole|peg|round hole|squ

n., informal A being who does not fit into a job or position; accession who does not accord area he is. Arthur is a aboveboard peg in a annular aperture back he is arena ball. George brand to assignment with his hands. Back it comes to books, he's a aboveboard peg in a annular hole.

Sometimes acclimated in a abbreviate form

take down a notch|notch|peg|take|take down|take do

v. phr., informal To accomplish (someone) beneath appreciative or abiding of himself. The aggregation was activity appreciative of its record, but aftermost anniversary the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat.

peg

peg
In accession to the argot alpha with peg, additionally see square peg in a annular hole; take down a notch.

round peg in a aboveboard hole

round peg in a aboveboard hole
see square peg in a annular hole.

play mumblety-peg

To participate in a bold in which one attempts to bandy a jackknife such that its blades sticks into the ground, sometimes with the cold of afraid it as abutting to one's own bottom as possible. If you guys are activity to comedy mumblety-peg, amuse be careful. I abhorrence these knife games. I apperceive that cutting yourself in the bottom is an automated win back arena mumblety-peg, but I'd rather not go that route.Learn more: play

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