pull a knife Idiome

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go under the knife

be operated on in surgery His wife went under the knife at the hospital last evening.

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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

Don't do something yourself which causes your own downfall.

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Bring a knife to a gunfight

If someone brings a knife to a gunfight, they are very badly prepared for something.

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knife

knife
see at gunpoint; under the knife; you could cut it with a knife.

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knifepoint

knifepoint
at knifepoint
Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife: was mugged at knifepoint.

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under the knife

under the knife
Undergoing surgery, as in He was awake the entire time he was under the knife. The phrase is often put as go under the knife meaning “be operated on,” as in When do you go under the knife? Knife standing for “surgery” was first recorded in 1880.

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you could cut it with a knife

you could cut it with a knife
Alluding to something very thick, such as muggy air or a heavy accent; also, a very tense atmosphere. For example, The smoke was so thick you could cut it with a knife, or When I walked in they all stopped talking and you could cut the air with a knife. [Colloquial; late 1800s]

pull a knife

To draw a knife, abnormally in adjustment to abuse addition with it. Of advance I gave the aggressor my money—he pulled a knife on me! If you cull a knife, you had bigger be able to use it.Learn more: knife, pull

pull a knife on (one)

To draw a knife and abuse one with it. The aggressor pulled a knife on me and told me to accord him all my money. If you cull a knife on someone, you had bigger be able to use it.Learn more: knife, on, pull

pull a knife

(on someone) Go to cull a gun (on someone).Learn more: knife, pull

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