Significado: alpenhorn

n. cuerno alpino, instrumento musical

Nh Idioma

buttonhole you

stop you and talk to you, corner you and bore you At the meeting, Al buttonholed me and asked me to vote Reform.

downhearted

sad, unhappy, down """Are you downhearted, my dear?"" ""No. Just quiet, my love."""

go downhill

fail and lose, down and out It's too bad. After getting out of prison he just went downhill.

inhale

eat quickly, wolf down I rushed home, inhaled my lunch and drove to the airport.

pinhead

one who does not use his brain, dipstick """Who broke your glasses?"" ""Some pinhead sat on them!"""

skinhead

youth with a short haircut, member of the Nazi Party "Three skinheads shouted ""Heil!"" as they marched up the street."

chickenhead

1. any dumb person (usually refers to women unfortunately) who clucks (speaks) alot, and walks around aimlessly or without purpose (like a chicken with its head cut off)"Give me all the chickenheads from Pasadena to Medina, let B.I.G. get in between ya" - Total featuring the B.I.G. (Can't you see [1995])
2. a derogatory term used when referring to a person who performs oral sex on males."He met a chickenhead at the bar and they went back to his crib"
3. crack addict, because many will perform oral sex to get free crack or money. Repeatedly referred to in "Do or die", a book about the conflict between the Crips and the Bloods in South Central.
4. an ugly person or group of ugly people. (Usually used in reference to girls who think they look good;"She thinks she's all that but she's nothin' but a chickenhead"
5. a person (usually female) who acts in a disrespectful way and is very easy, has no respect for herself as well as her b

downhill from here on

Idiom(s): downhill from here on

Theme: EASY

easy from this point on. (Informal.)
• The worst part is over. It's downhill from here on.
• The painful part of this procedure is over. It's downhill from here on.

downhill all the way

Idiom(s): downhill all the way

Theme: EASY

easy all the way. (Informal.)
• Don't worry about your algebra course. It's downhill all the way.
• The mayor said that the job of mayor is easy—in fact, downhill all the way.

Cock in the henhouse

This is used to describe a male in an all-female environment.

Greenhorn

A greenhorn or someone who is described simply as green lacks the relevant experience and knowledge for their job or task

buttonhole

v. To approach a person in order to speak with him or her in private. After waiting for several hours, Sam managed to buttonhole his boss just as she was about to leave the building.

openhanded

adj. Generous; liberal. Although not wealthy himself, Bob was always very openhanded with those who needed help.

pigeonhole

n. 1. Small compartment for internal mail in an office or a department. "You can just put your late exam into my pigeonhole," said Professor Brown to the concerned student. 2. One of the small compartments in a desk or cabinet. He keeps his cufflinks in a pigeonhole in his desk.

buttonhole someone

buttonhole someone
Accost or detain a person in conversation. For example, The reporter tried to buttonhole the senator, but she got away. This term is a metaphor for literally grasping someone by a buttonhole on his or her clothing. [Mid-1800s]

downhill

downhill
go downhill
to decline or deteriorate

it's all downhill

it's all downhill
Also, it's all uphill from here. See under downhill all the way.

unheard of

unheard of
Very unusual, extraordinary, as in It's unheard of to have all one's money refunded two years after the purchase. This expression alludes to a circumstance so unusual that it has never been heard of. [Late 1500s]