Sens: Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi

n. Sandro Botticelli, de son vrai nom Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi (1444-1510), artiste italien de la Renaissance, qui a peint "La naissance de Vénus"

ipe Idiome

at the ripe old age

"at a very old age; being unusually old" He could still play checkers at the ripe old age of ninety-eight.

lead pipe cinch

certain of the result, a foregone conclusion The Jets are a lead pipe cinch to win the game. They're better.

pay the piper

face the consequences for something you've done.

pipe down

do not be so noisy, be quiet, keep it down "The teacher opened the door and said, ""Pipe down, Grade 7."""

pipe dream

an unrealistic plan He always has a lot of pipe dreams about what he wants to do in the future.

pipe up

speak louder We asked the speaker to pipe up so that we could hear him.

pipes

voice K.D. Lang has great pipes, eh.

wipe out

lose control of a car/bike so that it spins or rolls Larry wiped out on the last corner. His car is in the ditch.

wipe that smile off your face

stop smiling, do not smile, cut it out Reg, tell Peter you're sorry and give him a big kiss. Gail, wipe that smile off your face.

wipe you

defeat you by many points, blow you away Tran has won every spelling contest. She'll wipe you.

arsewipe

1. toilet paper
2. a contemptible person

asswipe

1. human male; used detrimentally
2. meaning the same as arsewipe
3. worthless piece of paper, like a parking ticket

lay pipe

to have sexual intercourse

loud pipes

fixing a muffler to your exhust so it's loud

pipe head

person addicted to cocaine

wipe the floor up with

Idiom(s): wipe the floor up with sb

Theme: FIGHTING

to beat or physically abuse someone. (Slang. Usually said as a threat.)
• You say that to me one more time, and I'll wipe the floor up with you.
• Oh, yeah! You're not big enough to wipe up the floor with anybody!

wipe sth off

Idiom(s): wipe sth off (2)

Theme: CLEANING

2. to tidy or clean something by wiping (something else) off.
• Please wipe the table off. There's water on it.
• Wipe off your shirt. There's catsup on it.

wipe one's slate clean

Idiom(s): wipe one's slate clean

Theme: FORGIVENESS

to (figuratively) erase someone's (bad) record.
• I'd like to wipe my slate clean and start all over again.
• Bob did badly in high school, but he wiped his slate clean and did a good job in college.

when the time is ripe

Idiom(s): when the time is ripe

Theme: TIME

at exactly the right time.
• I'll tell her the good news when the time is ripe.
• When the time is ripe, I'll bring up the subject again.

ripe old age

Idiom(s): ripe old age

Theme: AGE - OLD

a very old age.
• Mr. Smith died last night, but he lived to a ripe old age—99.
• All the Smiths seem to reach a ripe old age.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

Idiom(s): Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

Theme: RECIPROCITY

See how you like that!; It is final, and you have to live with it.
• Well, I'm not going to do it, so put that in your pipe and smoke it!
• I'm sick of you, and I'm leaving. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

pipe up with

Idiom(s): pipe up with sth

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to speak up and say something, especially with a high-pitched voice.
• Billy piped up with a silly remark.
• Did I hear somebody pipe up with an insult?

He who pays the piper calls the tune

Idiom(s): He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Theme: MONEY

a saying meaning that the person who is paying for something has control over how the money is used.
• Fred's father is paying his way through college, and wants to help him choose his courses. He says that he who pays the piper calls the tune.
• The bride's parents should have a say in where the wedding is held since they're paying for it. He who pays the piper calls the tune.

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

The person who provides the money for something should control how it is spent

wipe off

clean (board, table).
" The teacher asked Lee to wipe off the board."

In the pipeline

If something's in the pipeline, it hasn't arrived yet but its arrival is expected.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it

This is used as an unsympathetic way of telling someone to accept what you have just said.

Recipe for disaster

A recipe for disaster is a mixture of people and events that could only possibly result in trouble.

Smoke the peace pipe

If people smoke the peace pipe, they stop arguing and fighting.

Stars and stripes

The stars and stripes is the American flag.

Wipe the floor with

(UK) If you wipe the floor with someone, you destroy the arguments or defeat them easily.

Wipe the smile of someone's face

If you wipe the smile of someone's face, you do something to make someone feel less pleased with themselves.

midfield stripe|midfield|stripe

n. The line across the center of a football field; the 50-yard line. The visitors were able to cross the midfield stripe once during the whole game.

pay the piper|fiddler|pay|pay the fiddler|piper

v. phr. To suffer the results of being foolish; pay or suffer because of your foolish acts or wasting money. Bob had spent all his money and got into debt, so now he must pay the piper. Fred had a fight, broke a window, and quarreled with his counselor so now he must pay the fiddler.
Compare: PACE THE MUSIC². (From the proverb "He who dances must pay the piper (or the fiddler).")

pipe down|pipe

v. 1. To call (sailors) away from work with a whistle. He piped the men down after boat drill. 2. slang To stop talking; shut up; be quiet. "Oh, pipe down," he called.

Often considered rude.

pipe dream|dream|pipe

n., informal An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan. Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that $250,000 house, but his wife candidly told the real estate lady that it was just a pipe dream.
Compare: PIE IN THE SKY.

pipe up|pipe

v., informal To speak up; to be heard. Mary is so shy, everyone was surprised when she piped up with a complaint at the club meeting. Everyone was afraid to talk to the police, but a small child piped up.

put that in your pipe and smoke it|pipe|put|smoke

v. phr., informal To understand something told you; accept something as fact or reality; not try to change it.

Usually used as a command, normally only in speech, and often considered rude. People don't vote against Santa Claus, and you might as well put that in your pipe and smoke it. I am not going to do that and you can put that in your pipe and smoke it.

settle a score|score|settle|wipe out an old score

To hurt (someone) in return for a wrong or loss. John settled an old score with Bob by beating him.
Compare: GET BACK AT, GET EVEN.

time is ripe|ripe|time

The best time has come for doing something. The Prime Minister will hold elections when the time is ripe. Lee saw his mother was upset, so he decided the time was not ripe to tell her about the broken window.

wipe out|wipe

v. 1. To remove or erase by wiping or rubbing. The teacher wiped out with an eraser what she had written on the board.
Compare: RUB OUT. 2. informal To remove, kill, or destroy completely. The earthquake wiped out the town. Doctors are searching for a cure that will wipe out cancer. The Indians wiped out the soldiers who were sent to stop their attacks.
Compare: RUB OUT, STAMP OUT.

wipeout

n. A total failure. The guy is so bad at his job that he is a total wipeout.

change one's stripes

change one's stripes
see under leopard cannot change its spots, a.

earn one's stripes

earn one's stripes
Gain a position through hard work and accumulated experience. For example, She'd earned her stripes by serving for years as the governor's secretary and personal aide. This expression alludes to a military promotion or award, indicated by strips of chevron or braid added to the recipient's uniform and known as stripes since the early 1800s.

lead-pipe cinch

lead-pipe cinch
A certainty, an assured success. For example, “An engagement ain't always a lead-pipe cinch” (O. Henry, The Sphinx Apple, 1907). This colloquial expression is of disputed origin. It may allude to the cinch that tightly holds a horse's saddle in place, which can make it easier for the rider to succeed in a race; or it may allude to a cinch in plumbing, in which a lead pipe is fastened with a band of steel to another pipe or a fixture, making a very secure joint. [Late 1800s]

pipe

pipe
In addition to the idioms beginning with pipe, also see in the pipeline; lead-pipe cinch; put that in your pipe and smoke it.
* * *
- pipe down
- pipe dream
- pipe up
- piping hot

piper

piper
see call the tune.

ripe

ripe
In addition to the idiom beginning with ripe, also see time is ripe.

time is ripe

time is ripe
This is the right moment for something, as in The time is ripe for a revival of that play. Shakespeare used this term (and may have originated it) in 1 Henry IV (1:3): “Letters shall direct your course when time is ripe.”

viper in one's bosom

viper in one's bosom
Also, snake in one's bosom. An ungrateful or treacherous friend, as in I got him dozens of freelance jobs, and then he told everyone I was a lousy musician—nothing like nourishing a viper in one's bosom. This metaphoric expression, often put as nourish a viper (or snake) in one's bosom, comes from Aesop's fable about a farmer who shelters a snake dying from the cold, which then fatally bites him after it recovers. It was referred to by Chaucer and Shakespeare, and appeared in numerous proverb collections.

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