Sens: bastinadoing

v. frapper à coups de bâton; donner des coups de gourdinn. tape (sur les fesses ou la plante des pieds); bâton, matraque, gourdin

doing Idiome

be my undoing

"be the cause of my failure; my Achilles' heel" Credit cards may be my undoing. My VISA balance is over $5000!

catch me doing that

see me doing that, find me doing that You won't catch me skydiving. It's too dangerous.

how are you doing

are you feeling fine? is life good to you? How are you doing, Chan? I haven't seen you for awhile.

keep on (doing something)

continue She is careless and keeps on making the same mistakes over and over.

nothing doing

I will not do it, certainly not, no indeed Nothing doing. I am not going to stay and work late again this evening.

doing a buck 50

to speed or get out of a bad situation. Derived from a "buck", or dollar. A buck fifty would then be 1.50, referring to doing 150 miles per hour

doing a hundred

very fine shape

take the liberty to do doing

do sth． with ungranted and sometimes improper familiarity冒昧；冒失
Please excuse me for taking the liberty to write to you．恕我冒昧写信给你。
I took the liberty of borrowing your dictionary while you are absent．你不在时我冒昧借用了你的词典。

take the liberty to do/of doing

take the liberty to of doing

have sth doing

Idiom(s): have something doing AND have something on

Theme: PLANNING

to have plans for an event. (Informal. Note the variation with anything in the examples.)
• BOB: Are you busy Saturday night? BILL: Yes, I’ve got something doing.
• I don't have anything doing Sunday night.
• I have something on almost every Saturday.

Saying is one thing, doing is another.

People don't always do what they announce.

keep on doing

continue doing
"Keep on stirring until the liquid comes to a boil."

Saying is one thing; doing is another

It's harder to do something than it is to say that you will do it.

talk someone into doing

to persuade someone: "He talked her into buying a new car."

fancy doing something|fancy

- An expression of surprise. Fancy meeting you here in such an unexpected place!

nothing doing|nothing

adv. phr., informal I will not do it; certainly not; no indeed; no. "Will you lend me a dollar?" "Nothing doing!" "Let's go for a boat ride!" "Nothing doing!"
Compare: NO DEAL.

what's up|cooking|doing|up|what's cooking|what's d

slang What is happening or planned; what is wrong.

Often used as a greeting. "What's up?" asked Bob as he joined his friends. "Are you going to the movies?" What's cooking? Why is the crowd in the street? What's doing tonight at the club? Hello Bob, what's up?
Compare: WHAT'S WITH.

do, doing

do, doing
In addition to the idioms beginning with do, also see can do with; can't do anything with; do you read me; hard way, the; have no business; have nothing to do with; have to do with; how do you do; lead one to; left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing, the; make do; no can do; nothing doing; take doing; that will do; two wrongs do not make a right; up and about; what do you know; what's new. Also see under does, doesn't; done; don't.

take doing

take doing
Require considerable effort, as in It'll take doing to get the whole house painted in a week. This expression sometimes is put as take some doing, as in You want the President to come? That'll take some doing! [First half of 1900s]

take some doing

take some doing
see take doing.