rattle trap Idiom, Proverb

build a better mousetrap

improve a common product If you're not an inventor, you try to build a better mousetrap.

claptrap

nonsense, trivia, bull I heard what the psychic said. What a lot of claptrap!

fall into a trap

be tricked, be deceived When the lawyer asks you questions, don't fall into a trap.

strapped

having very little money, nearly flat broke I can't afford to go to a concert this month. I'm strapped.

strapped for cash

have no money available I am a little strapped for cash so I won

tourist trap

place that is overpriced and attracts tourists He thinks that Hawaii is a tourist trap and doesn

strap

a gun

trap

to sell drugs

pull oneself up by one's own bootstraps

Idiom(s): pull oneself up (by one's own bootstraps)

Theme: DETERMINATION

to achieve (something) through one's own efforts.
• They simply don’t have the resources to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.
• If I could have pulled myself up, Id have done it by now.

have a mind like a steel trap

Idiom(s): have a mind like a steel trap

Theme: INTELLIGENCE

to have a very sharp and agile mind; to have a mind capable of fast, incisive thought.
• Sally can handle the questioning. She has a mind like a steel trap.
• If I had a mind like a steel trap, I wouldn't have so much trouble concentrating.

rattle-trap

slang A rickety, broken-down, bulky old motor vehicle. I can't accept he's still active the aforementioned old rattle-trap that he had way aback in aerial school. I've sunk added money in this rattle-trap than the abuse affair is alike worth.

rattle-trap

n. a rattly (old) car; any rattly vehicle. I apprehend Ted’s rattle-trap in the driveway.

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More Idioms/Phrases

have a run of bad luck have a rough time of it have a right to have a price on one's head have a pick-me-up have a penchant for have a near miss have a mind like a steel trap have a low boiling point have a lot on one's mind have a lot of promise have a lot going have a heart-to-heart talk have a heart of stone have a heart of gold