take the right tack Idioma

blow your lid/stack/top

become very angry, shout, lose your cool Don't blow your stack in front of the kids. It's a bad example.

down to brass tacks

(See get down to brass tacks)

get down to brass tacks

begin the most important work or business Let's get down to brass tacks and begin talking about the new contract.

have an attack

feel sudden pain from a disease or illness She can hardly breathe. I think she's having an asthma attack.

needle in a haystack

something that is very hard to find Looking for the lost receipt among the thousands of other receipts is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

sharp as a tack

quick to understand, able to think quickly He may be 85, but he's sharp as a tack - plays chess every day.

stack the cards

arrange things (unfairly) for or against a person They are stacking the cards against him with their constant demands for more and more qualifications for the job.

stack up

compare with, pale by comparison The Lincoln is a nice car, but how does it stack up against the Lexus?

stacked

having large breasts, having big boobs, sweater girl """Please describe the woman."" ""She was tall, blond and, well, you might say she was stacked."""

two-fisted attack

strong verbal attack, much argument, rattle sabres If you protect the wolves, you can expect a two-fisted attack from the ranchers.

take the appropriate tack

To accept the method, strategy, practice, etc., best acceptable to aftereffect in success. I anticipate we're absolutely demography the appropriate tack with this new ecology initiative. After a asperous few years, the aggregation has taken the appropriate tack to get aback to profitability.Learn more: right, tack, take

right tack/track, to take/on the

To booty or be on the actual advance of activity or reasoning. The aboriginal announcement refers to the tack of a sailing ship— that is, its advance back it is tacking (steering in askew appearance back sailing to windward). The chat “tack” was actuality transferred to a advance of activity by 1675. The additional term, which dates from about 1880, alludes to the administration of a path. Both accept antonyms—on the amiss tack or track—denoting a mistaken advance of activity or reasoning.Learn more: on, right, tack, take, to

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