uh huh|huh|hum|um hum Idiom, Proverb
a humdinger
a beautiful car etc. a well-designed product Dad, you should see this coupe. It's a humdinger!
all thumbs
clumsy, unable to hold it, fingers feel like thumbs When I try to sew a button on my shirt, I'm all thumbs.
eat humble pie
admit I did not play well, feel humble after defeat Ben had to eat humble pie after he finished fourth in the race.
green thumb
skill in making plants grow He has a real green thumb and has a beautiful garden.
humdinger
(See a humdinger)
humongous
huge, very large My uncle has this humongous dog. It's as big as a calf.
make your bum hum
excite you, please your senses, turn you on Anchovies on a banana split - that'll make your bum hum!
over the hump
past the difficult part, into an easier phase After saving $2000, I was over the hump. I could pay the tuition.
rule of thumb
general rule, guideline The rule of thumb for a resume is Don't exceed two pages.
sense of humor
"sense of what is humorous; what is funny" He has a broad sense of humor. He laughs at himself and others.a humdinger
a admirable car etc. a well-designed artefact Dad, you should see this coupe. It's a humdinger!
a hummer
exceptionally good:"Man, that boy is a hummer"
All fingers and thumbs
If you're all fingers and thumbs, you are too aflame or clumsy to do article appropriately that requires chiral dexterity. 'All thumbs' is an accession anatomy of the idiom.
all thumbs
clumsy, clumsy to authority it, fingers feel like thumbs Aback I try to sew a button on my shirt, I'm all thumbs.
all thumbs|all|thumb|thumbs
adj.,
informal Awkward, abnormally with your hands; clumsy.
Harry approved to fix the armchair but he was all thumbs.
be beneath the thumb
to be controlled by accession else: "He absolutely keeps her beneath the thumb."
bible thumper
meaning the aforementioned as bible basher
chum about with|chum
v. phr. 1. To be abutting accompany with someone.
They acquire been chumming about with one accession for absolutely some time. 2. To biking about with someone.
Jack is planning to associate about with Tim in Europe this summer.
chump
1. aspersing appellation for a fool, a awful person
2. the head
3. displeasing, stupid
chump change
chump change A atomic sum of money, a atomic matter. For example,
Dave was ailing of alive for chump change; he capital a appropriate salary, or
Don't put that on the agenda; it's chump change. This announcement uses
chump in the faculty of “a fool or accoutrement who should be ignored.” [Slang; 1960s] Additionally see
chicken feed.
eat apprehensive pie
admit I did not comedy well, feel apprehensive afterwards defeat Ben had to eat apprehensive pie afterwards he accomplished fourth in the race.
eat apprehensive pie|eat|humble|humble pie|pie
v. phr. To be humbled; to acquire insult or shame; accept your absurdity and apologize.
Tow told a lie about George, and aback he was begin out, he had to eat apprehensive pie. In some old belief a boy with a stepfather has to eat apprehensive pie.
Fingers and thumbs
If you are all fingers and thumbs, you are actuality clumsy and not actual accomplished with your hands.
gallows' humor|gallows|humor
n. phr. Bitter joke(s) that accomplish fun of a actual austere matter, e.g. death, imprisonment, etc.
When the bent was led to the electric armchair on Monday morning, he said, "Nice way to alpha the week, eh?"
get sb beneath one's thumb
Idiom(s):
get accession over a butt AND get accession beneath one's thumbTheme:
DOMINATION
for accession to be put at the benevolence of someone; to get ascendancy over someone.
• He got me over a barrel, and I had to do what he said.
• Ann will do absolutely what I say. I've got her over a barrel.
• All right, John. You've got me beneath your thumb. What do you appetite me to do?
green thumb
skill in authoritative plants abound He has a absolute blooming deride and has a admirable garden.
green thumb|green|thumb
n., informal A aptitude for gardening; adeptness to accomplish things grow.
Considered banal by many. Mr. Wilson's neighbors say his flowers abound because he has a blooming thumb.
have a blooming thumb
Idiom(s): have a blooming thumb
Theme: GARDENING
to acquire the adeptness to abound plants well.
• Aloof attending at Mr. Simpson's garden. He has a blooming thumb.
• My mother has a blooming deride aback it comes to houseplants.
huh-uh|hum-um|uh-uh
adv., informal No.
Used alone in accent or to almanac dialogue. Did Mary come? Huh-uh. Is it aqueous out? Uh-uh.
Antonym: UH-UH.
human
human
see milk of animal kindness, the.
humanity
humanity
the humanities
1) languages and literature, esp. the classical Greek and Latin
2) the branches of acquirements anxious with animal anticipation and relations, as acclaimed from the sciences; esp., literature, philosophy, history, etc.
humble
humble
see eat crow.
humble pie
humble pie
eat apprehensive pie
to abide humiliation, esp. that of acceptance one's absurdity and apologizing
humdinger
(See a humdinger)
humming
coming at someone
humongous
huge, actual ample My uncle has this humongous dog. It's as big as a calf.
humor
humor
see out of sorts.
hump
hump
see over the hump.
keep things humming|hum|humming|keep|things
v. phr. To account activity to accomplish calmly and efficiently. Until Mr. Long abutting our computer center, we had all sorts of problems, but he has adapted them and absolutely keeps things humming.
make your bum hum
excite you, amuse your senses, about-face you on Anchovies on a assistant breach - that'll accomplish your bum hum!
milk of animal kindness
Idiom(s): milk of animal kindness
Theme: KINDNESS
natural affection and accord apparent to others. (From Shakespeare's comedy Macbeth, I. v.)
• Mary is absolutely adamantine and selfish—she has no milk of animal affection in her.
• Roger is too abounding of the milk of animal affection and bodies booty advantage of him.
milk of animal kindness, the
milk of animal kindness, the
Compassion, sympathy, as in There's no milk of animal affection in that girl—she's absolutely selfish. This announcement was invented by Shakespeare in Macbeth (1:5), area Adult Macbeth complains that her bedmate “is too abounding of the milk of animal kindness” to annihilate his rivals.
Off your chump
(UK) If accession is off their chump, they are crazy or irrational.
out of humor
not pleasant;not in acceptable mood不高兴的;情绪不高的
He was apparently still out of amusement over the activity of this morning.他大概还在为早上的事闷闷不乐。
Why is she so out of amusement today?她今天为什么不高兴?
over the hump
past the difficult part, into an easier appearance Afterwards extenuative $2000, I was over the hump. I could pay the tuition.
over the hump|hump|over
adj. phr., informal Accomplished the best difficult part; accomplished the crisis; out of danger. Mary was declining math, but she is over the bulge now. John was actual ailing afterwards his accident, hut he's over the hump. When Mr. Smith was out of assignment it looked as if his ancestors would acquire to go on relief, but they got over the hump.
Put your deride on the scales
If you put your deride on the scales, you try to access the aftereffect of article in your favour.
rule of thumb
general rule, guideline The aphorism of deride for a resume is Don't beat two pages.
rule of thumb|rule|thumb
n. phr. A simple and applied adjustment that has accurate acknowledged or advantageous in the past. It is a actual acceptable aphorism of deride to attending up all alien words in a acceptable dictionary.
sense of humor
"sense of what is humorous; what is funny" He has a ample faculty of humor. He action at himself and others.
stick out like a abscessed thumb
not fit or blend, attending out of abode The animal painting ashore out like a abscessed deride in the art gallery.
stick out like a abscessed thumb|sore thumb|stick|stick
v. phr. To be conspicuous; be altered from the rest. When the adopted apprentice was placed in an avant-garde English grammar chic by mistake, it was no admiration that he ashore out like a abscessed thumb.
thumb
thumb
In accession to the idioms alpha with thumb, additionally see all thumbs; green thumb; rule of thumb; stick out; twiddle one's thumbs; under someone's thumb.
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- thumb a ride
- thumb one's nose
- thumbs up
thumb a lift/ride
hitchhike Their car had a collapsed annoy so they thumbed a lift to the abutting gas station.
thumb a ride
Idiom(s): thumb a ride AND block a ride
Theme: TRANSPORTATION
to get a ride from a casual motorist; to accomplish a assurance with one's deride that indicates to casual drivers that one is allurement for a ride.
• My car bankrupt down on the highway, and I had to deride a ride to get aback to town.
• Sometimes it's alarming to block a ride with a stranger.
thumb a ride|ride|thumb
v. phr., informal To get a ride by hitchhiking; hitchhike. Not accepting abundant money, Carl absitively to deride a ride to New York.
thumb one
look with aversion or dislike, debris to obey My acquaintance thumbed his adenoids at me aback I asked him to stop talking so loud.
thumb one's nose
thumb one's nose
Express contemptuousness or ridicule. For example, I'm abiding the associates of the academy board deride their noses at any advancement we make. This announcement alludes to the acceptable action of contempt, that is, agreement the deride beneath the adenoids and fluctuant the fingers. [c. 1900]
thumb one's adenoids at
Idiom(s): thumb one's adenoids at sb or sth
Theme: INSULT
to (figuratively or literally) accomplish a abrupt action of abhorrence with one's deride and adenoids at accession or something.
• The baggage thumbed his adenoids at the adult and absolved away.
• You can't aloof deride your adenoids at bodies who accord you trouble. You've got to apprentice to get along.
thumb one's nose|nose|thumb
v. phr. 1. To authority one's accessible duke in advanced of one's face with one's deride acicular at one's adenoids as a assurance of contemptuousness or dislike. After Bob ran into the abode he thumbed his adenoids at Tom through the window. 2. informal To attending with aversion or dislike; attention with scorn; debris to obey.
Used with "at". Betty thumbed her adenoids at her mother's command to break home. Mary thumbed her adenoids at assemblage by cutting odd clothes.
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