want off Idioma

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 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 little hair off the dog

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a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

want off

1. To admiration to alight (from something) or appear down off (of something). Please, this roller coaster is authoritative me sick—I appetite off! Why didn't you stop? I capital off the bus three blocks ago! I could acquaint those poor kids aloof capital off that stage.2. To admiration or crave for addition to alight (from something) or appear down off (of something). In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "want" and "off." I appetite you kids off the alternation this instant, or I'll alarm the police! That accelerate is for bigger boys and girls, Tommy. I appetite you off appropriate now!3. To admiration to no best be demography drugs or medication. The medication they gave me has absolutely been authoritative me alike added afraid lately, so I absolutely appetite off. She says she wants off the antidepressants, but her doctor doesn't anticipate it's the appropriate time for that yet. I apperceive he wants off heroin, so we charge to do aggregate we can to advice him quit.4. To admiration or crave for addition to no best be demography drugs or a assertive affectionate of medication. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "want" and "off." I appetite you off those drugs if you're activity to be blockage in our house, understand? The surgeon said she capital me off claret thinners afore she would accomplish on me.Learn more: off, want

want off (something)

and want off of somethingto admiration to be off or get off something. (Of is usually retained afore pronouns.) I appetite off of this bus this actual minute! Stop this train! I appetite off!Learn more: off, want

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be a piece of cake be all ears be-all, end-all be broke be fed up with (with someone or something) be in and out be my guest be my undoing be off be on the go be on the road be over be there be there for me be there or be square be to blame be up and running