tan hide Idiom, Proverb

bury (hide) one

refuse to see or face something, keep from seeing or knowing something unpleasant He always buries his head in the sand and never wants to deal with his family problems at all.

haven't seen hide nor hair

have not seen a person, have seen no sign of him We haven't seen hide nor hair of Jack since he borrowed $1000.

hide (bury) one

keep from knowing something dangerous or unpleasant He hates to talk about important matters and hides his head in the sand when I try to talk to him.

hide/bury one

keep from seeing, knowing or understanding something dangerous or unpleasant, refuse to see or face something His father always buries his head in the sand and never wants to deal with any problems.

hide nor hair

(See haven't seen hide nor hair)

see hide nor hair

not see a person because he has gone You won't see hide nor hair of him after he borrows money.

you can run but you can't hide

you can run away but you cannot hide from your past or your problems "When I told a priest I was going away to forget my past, he said, ""You can run, but you can't hide."""

tan one's hide

Idiom(s): tan one's hide

Theme: PUNISHMENT

to spank someone. (Folksy.)
• Billy's mother said she'd tan Billy's hide if he ever did that again.
• "III tan your hide if you're late!" said Tom's father.

neither hide nor hair

Idiom(s): neither hide nor hair

Theme: NOTHING

no sign or indication (of someone or something). (Fixed order.)
• We could find neither hide nor hair of him. I don't know where he is.
• There has been no one here—neither hide nor hair—for the last three days.

hide-and-seek

Idiom(s): hide-and-seek

Theme: PLAY

a guessing game where one has to find something or figure out something that is concealed or disguised. (Also literal when referring to a game where a person hides and another person tries to find the hidden person. Fixed order.)
• I am tired of running up against a game of hide-and-seek every time I ask to see the financial records of this company.
• I have been trying to see the manager for two days. Where is she? I refuse to play hide-and-seek any longer. I want to see her now!

tan (one's) hide

To belt one. Young lady, I will tan your adumbrate if you balk me again!Learn more: hide, tan

tan someone's hide

to belt someone. Billy's mother said she'd tan Billy's adumbrate if he anytime did that again. "I'll tan your adumbrate if you're late!" said Tom's father.Learn more: hide, tan

tan someone's hide, to

To accord addition a beating. This term, in which the beastly bark is referred to as a adumbrate (as it was from about the seventeenth century), may be on its way out, beheld with the aforementioned aversion now accorded to additional the rod. Nevertheless, during the years back anatomical abuse was advised a accustomed procedure, it became a cliché. (Incidentally, the tanning process, in which beastly adumbrate is adapted into leather, does not absorb assault but rather a assimilation in chemicals.) The announcement dates from the seventeenth century. Charles Coffey acclimated it in The Devil to Pay (1731): “Come and circuit . . . or I’ll tan your adumbrate for you.”Learn more: tan

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