Meaning: abuse

ə'bjuːz
n.
cruel or inhumane treatmenta rude expression intended to offend or hurtimproper or excessive use
v.
treat badlychange the inherent purpose or function of somethinguse foul or abusive language towardsuse wrongly or improperly or excessively

wheels came off the bus Idiom, Proverb

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

as busy as a beaver

very busy, working steadily When the teacher returned, the students were as busy as beavers.

backpack (business)

support, be the parent company First, GM backpacked Saab. Then they bought the company.

beat around the bush

speak indirectly or evasively Stop beating around the bush and give us your final decision.

bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

one shouldn

bright eyed and bushy tailed

frisky, lively, full of life Perry is bright eyed and bushy tailed tonight. He looks rested.

bush telegraph

street gossip, through the grapevine Arne gets the news through the bush telegraph. People tell him.

bushed

" very tired; exhausted."

bushwhack

stop you and rob you, jump, mugged When he stopped to camp by the stream, two guys bushwhacked him - stole his money and horse.

business as usual

everything is normal, nothing has changed The morning after the holdup, it was business as usual at the bank.

the auto came off the bus

Some endeavor or action bootless or went awfully wrong, abnormally afterwards some abrupt botheration or blow arose. The aggregation was attractive abreast for a championship run at the alpha of the season, but afterwards their ambition babysitter went out with an injury, the auto came off the bus. The appearance was one of the hottest programs on television back it debuted. But again the auto came off the bus in the final season, and now it's generally derided as one of the best black finales of all time.Learn more: bus, came, off, wheel

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burned burning question burst at the seams bury (hide) one bury the hatchet bush telegraph bushed bushwhack business as usual bust my butt bust out busted busy as a beaver but good butt butt in butt of the joke the way it plays the way of the world the way the cookie crumbles the way the crow flies the way the wind blows the way the wind is blowing the way things are (going) the way things stand the way to (one's) heart the way to a man's heart is through his stomach the way to somebody's heart the weak link the wee hours (of the night/morning) the wee small hours (of the night/morning) the weed of crime bears bitter fruit the weight of the world the Weinstein effect the well has run dry the wheel has come full circle the wheel has come/turned full circle the wheel has turned full circle the wheel of fortune the wheels are in motion the wheels are turning the wheels came off the wheels came off the bus the wheels came off the wagon the wheels come off the wheels fell off the wheels fell off the bus the wheels fell off the wagon the wheels turn the wherewithal for (something) the wherewithal to (do something) the whip hand the White House the white man's burden the whole (something) bit the whole (something) thing the whole ball of wax the whole bit the whole caboodle the whole enchilada the whole fam damily the whole jimbang the whole jingbang the whole kit and caboodle the whole lot the whole megillah the whole nine yards the whole picture