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A Doll's House
Casa de muñecas (obra teatral de Henrik Ibsen)
use Idioma
a full house (cards)
a pair plus three of a kind, e.g., 2 kings and 3 aces In our last game of poker, you dealt me a full house.
a grandfather clause
a written statement that protects a senior worker They can't demote him because he has a grandfather clause.
a household name
"a name everyone knows; name of a famous person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.
a lost cause
a goal or project that is not worth working for That video store is a lost cause. It has never made a profit.
an offer I couldn't refuse
an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.
as poor as a church mouse
very poor, having little, the wolf is at the door How can they refuse to help her? She's as poor as a church mouse.
as useless as a fifth wheel
not useful, not needed, redundant, (four wheels are sufficient) I sat there watching the four of them play bridge, and feeling as useless as a fifth wheel.
as useless as tits on a boar
not useful, not necessary, having no function Our toenails are useless - as useless as tits on a boar.
be used to (+Ving/noun)
" be accustomed to; not uncomfortable with."
bring the house down
cause much laughter in the audience The comedian brought the house down with his jokes about the lost dog.
build a better mousetrap
improve a common product If you're not an inventor, you try to build a better mousetrap.
built like a brick shithouse
have a strong body, have a sturdy build Tyronne plays football. He's built like a brick shithouse.
eat you out of house and home
eat all your food, pig out Our son's team came to dinner and ate us out of house and home!
fall out of use
be no longer used That kind of stereo system has fallen out of use over the last 20 years.
give pause to
cause one to stop and think His problems should give you pause to think a little more carefully about what you do.
grandfather clause
a written statement that protects an employee "They can't demote him; he has a grandfather clause."
grouse
complain, a bitch The mayor said everybody's grousing about high taxes.
house of cards
something badly put together and easily knocked down, a poorly founded plan/action The peace agreement between the two countries was like a house of cards and fell apart as soon as a minor problem occurred.
household name
(See a household name)
in the doghouse
in disgrace or disfavor He is in the doghouse with his wife because he went out drinking three times last week.
in the poorhouse
poor, having little money, as poor as a church mouse In 1936, they were in the poorhouse. They couldn't grow crops, and nobody had a job.
keep house
look after a house or a household She has been keeping house for her father while he is sick.
lost cause
(See a lost cause)
louse up
make a mess of or spoil something Please try not to louse up the computer again. It was working fine this morning.
no use for
no respect for, no desire to own I have no use for STAR products because they are not reliable.
nut house
mental hospital, insane asylum, loony bin They took Hans to the nut house when he taped paper wings to his arms and tried to fly.
offer I couldn't refuse
(See an offer I couldn't refuse)
on the house
provided free by a business - especially a bar or restaurant The room at the hotel was not ready when we arrived so they provided us with free drinks on the house.
people who live in glass houses should not throw s
do not complain about other people if you are as bad as they are You should not criticize other people so much. Remember, people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw st
people who have faults should not criticize others Perfect people can be critical, but people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
play cat and mouse with someone
tease or fool someone by pretending to let him go free and then catching him again The boxer was playing cat and mouse with his opponent although he could have won easily.
poor as a church mouse
(See as poor as a church mouse)
poor house
(See in the poorhouse)
power user
a person who uses a computer a lot Jay uses the computer about 12 hours a day. He's a power user.
rabble rouser
a person who makes noise and causes problems A bunch of rabble rousers were fighting at the football game.
use one
use one's brain or mind, think, have common sense Sometimes I think that the manager of the video store never uses her head at all when you ask her a question.
use up
use all of it, use all you have We've used up all the shampoo. Please buy some more.
used to
accustomed to, having felt it often Lynn is used to being alone. Henry is away from home a lot.
useless as a fifth wheel
(See as useless as a fifth wheel)
useless as the tits...
(See as useless as tits on a boar)
user friendly
easy to learn or use, easy to operate Cars with automatic transmission are user friendly - easy to drive.
acid house
the dance music scene that pre-empted "rave" in Britain, and began the long association of "house" music and "ecstacy"
all mouth and no trousers
boastful and without just reason
anal applause
fart (s.a. cut the cheese)
big girl's blouse
derogatory term for a feeble and ineffectual soft person
big-house
jail
blow a fuse
to be very angry
brew house
a liquor store
brickhouse
an attractive woman
dosshouse
British slang for a cheap lodging house, especially one used by tramps
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