Significado: 4th Duke of Devonshire

n. 4º Duque de Devonshire, William Cavendish (1720-1764), estadista británico, ex Primer Ministro de Gran Bretaña (1756-1757)

muscle out of Idioma

a barrel of laughs

a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs.

a bed of roses

an easy life, a pleasant place to work or stay Who said that retirement is a bed of roses?

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a breath of fresh air

a nice change, a new presence Having Lan around the house is a breath of fresh air - she's so nice.

a breath of wind

a breeze, a light wind In the evening, the lake was calm. There wasn't a breath of wind.

a bunch of malarkey

an untrue story, a lot of bunk, bull """Do you believe what the psychic said about your future?"" ""No. It's a bunch of malarkey."""

a bundle of nerves

"a very nervous person; uptight person" May has so many problems - she's just a bundle of nerves.

a case of

an example of, it's a case of Look at Bosnia. That's a case of ethnic civil war.

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a chunk of change

a large amount of money, a few grand, big bucks I bet that condo cost him a chunk o' change - 300 grand at least.

muscle (one) out (of article or some place)

1. To bulldoze one to leave some abode or affair through the use of concrete force. The bouncer muscled the adolescent man out of the club. When we were kids, my earlier brother was consistently muscling me out of his timberline house. Hey, I appetite to see, too! Quit muscling me out!2. By extension, to use one's power, influence, or money to force, pressure, or beset one to leave some position, place, or thing. I abhorrence the way these huge conglomerates appear in and beef bounded businesses out of town. The blow of the lath associates affiliated calm to beef the CEO out. After the aggressive muscled the prime abbot out of office, it set up a absolutism in the baby country.Learn more: muscle, out, something

muscle someone out of something

and muscle someone outto force addition out of something; to advance addition out of something. (Can be concrete or by coercion.) Are you aggravating to beef me out of my job? The adolescent bodies are muscling out the earlier ones.Learn more: muscle, of, out

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a card a case of a caution a cheap drunk a checkup a chicken in every pot a chin wag a chip off the old block a chunk of change a cinch a clean bill of health a cliff-hanger a close call a close shave a clutch hitter (baseball) a common thread a contract out on