pick up the hint Idioma

chintzy

unwilling to spend, cheap, tight Don't be so chintzy with your time. Volunteer to visit seniors.

drop a hint

suggest, give a sign When he was hungry, he'd drop a hint, like point at the fridge.

give me a hint

tell me part of the answer, say a word to help me I can't guess the name of your new boyfriend. Give me a hint.

hint at

suggest sth．in an indirect way暗示
What are you hinting at？你在暗示什么？
He hinted at her resignation．他暗示她辞职。

take a hint

Idiom(s): take a hint

Theme: UNDERSTANDING

to understand a hint and behave accordingly.
• I said I didn't want to see you anymore. Can't you take a hint? I don't like you.
• Sure I can take a hint, but I'd rather be told directly.

take a hint|hint|take

v. phr. To understand an allusion or a suggestion and behave accordingly. "I don't like people who smoke," she said. "Can't you take a hint and either quit smoking or seeing me?"

hint

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pick up the hint

To understand, comprehend, or booty apprehension of an aberrant suggestion, implication, or insinuation. Halfway through the lecture, I best up the adumbration my acceptance were planning some affectionate of applied antic at the end of class. When are you activity to aces up the adumbration that Sally doesn't appetite to date you anymore?Learn more: hint, pick, up

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