n.
monkeys; apes; hominids

you have no idea Idiom, Proverb

get behind (a person or idea)

support, help They decided to get behind the main candidate when he promised to cut taxes.

what's the big idea

why are you doing that? who said you could do that? What's the big idea? Who said you could chop down that tree?

put ideas into one's head

Idiom(s): put ideas into one's head

Theme: COMMUNICATION

to suggest something—usually something bad—to someone (who would not have thought of it otherwise).
• Bill keeps getting into trouble. Please don't put ideas into his head.
• Bob would get along all right if other kids didn't put ideas into his head.

give sb a rough idea

Idiom(s): give someone a rough idea (about something) AND give someone a rough idea (of something)

Theme: IDEA

to give someone a general idea or an estimate about something.
• I don't need to know exactly. Just give me a rough idea about how big it should be.
• Let me give you a rough idea about my plan.

give sb a bright idea

Idiom(s): give sb a bright idea

Theme: IDEA

to give someone a clever thought or idea.
• That gives me a bright idea!
• Thank you for giving me a bright idea.

get a rough idea

Idiom(s): get a rough idea (about something) AND get a rough idea (of something)

Theme: IDEA

to receive a general idea; to receive an estimate. {Got can be replaced with have.)
• I need to get a rough idea of how many people will be there.
• I don't need to know exactly. Just get a rough idea.
• Judy has got a rough idea about who'll be there.
• I have a rough idea. That's good enough.

get a bright idea

Idiom(s): get a bright idea

Theme: IDEA

for a clever thought or idea to occur (to someone).
• Now and then I get a bright idea.
• John hardly ever gets a bright idea.
• Listen here! I have a bright idea!

Bounce ideas

If you bounce ideas off someone, you share your ideas with them to know whether they think they would work.

put ideas into one's head|head|idea|ideas|put

v. phr. To persuade someone to do something negative; put one up to something. Billy would never have poured glue into his father's shoes if the neighbor's son hadn't been putting ideas into his head.

the idea|idea|the very idea|very idea

n. phr.

Used in exclamations to show that you do not like something. The idea! Thinking Mother was my sister! The very idea of Tom bringing that dirty dog into my clean house!

you accept no idea

You cannot brainstorm or understand. I'm apologetic I'm backward for banquet again. You've no abstraction how abundant being I accept to get through at assignment appropriate now. You accept no abstraction what it's like adopting two kids on your own while still captivation down a full-time job, so stop criticizing me about my parenting!Learn more: have, idea, no

you accept no iˈdea...

(spoken) acclimated to appearance that article is adamantine for somebody abroad to imagine: You’ve no abstraction how abundant cartage there was tonight.Learn more: have, no

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