elli Idiome

hellish

bad, awful, unfair If we have to pay our medical bills, it's a hellish arrangement!

nervous Nellie

a timid person who lacks determination and courage He is a nervous Nellie and is afraid of most of the other students in the school.

selling point

best feature, nicest part The Peugeot's strongest selling point is comfort.

yellow-bellied

extremely timid, cowardly Everyone thinks that the new boss handled the matter in a yellow-bellied manner.

belligerent

drunk (and sometimes incoherent and violent)"I was so belligerent last night, I almost booted"

come up smelling like roses

Idiom(s): come up smelling like roses

Theme: SUCCESS

to end up looking good or respectable after being involved in some difficult or notorious affair.
• It was a nasty political campaign, but both candidates came up smelling like roses.
• I was not surprised that my congressional representative came up smelling like roses after his colleagues investigated him.

Come up smelling of roses

(UK) If someone comes up smelling of roses, they emerge from a situation with their reputation undamaged.

I'm telling you|tell

informal It is important to listen to what I am saying. Marian is a smart girl but I'm telling you, she doesn't always do what she promises.

Nervous Nellie|nellie|nervous

n., informal A timid person who lacks determination and courage. I say we will never win if we don't stop being Nervous Nellies!

come up smelling like a rose|come|rose|smell|smell

v. phr. To escape from a difficult situation or misdeed unscathed or without punishment. A is predicted that Congressman Brown, in spite of the current investigation into his financial affairs, will come up smelling like a rose at the end.

nice Nellie|Nellie|nice

nice Nelly¹ n., informal Someone who acts too good to be true; a prude; a prig. We took him for a nice Nelly when he wouldn't fight.
nice Nelly² adj., informal Too careful not to say or do anything wrong or improper; too proper; prudish. Her nice Nelly behavior made her unpopular at school.

yellow-bellied|bellied|yellow

adj., slang Extremely timid, cowardly. Joe Bennett is a yellow-bellied guy, don't send him on such a tough assignment!

you're telling me|me|tell|telling|you

interj., informal

Used to show that a thing is so clear that it need not be said, or just to show strong agreement. "You're late." "You're telling me!"
Compare: YOU BET, YOU SAID IT.

Nellie

Nellie
see nervous Nellie.

no telling

no telling
see there's no telling.

there's no telling

there's no telling
It's impossible to determine, as in There's no telling how many children will come down with measles, or There's no telling what will happen in the next episode of that soap opera. This idiom uses telling in the sense of “reckoning,” a usage dating from the late 1300s.

you're telling me

you're telling me
I'm well aware of that, as in She's a terrific dancer.—You're telling me! I taught her how, or You're telling me, the prices are sky-high here. [Early 1900s]