(as) sure as a gun Idiom

big gun/cheese/wheel/wig

an important person, a leader The new director was a big wheel in his previous company but is not so important now.

go great guns

do something very fast or very hard, successfully The workers were going great guns fixing the building when I saw them this morning.

going great guns

working very well, going strong We were going great guns till our goalie got hurt. Then they scored.

great guns

(See going great guns)

gun down

shoot, kill with guns He was gunned down as he left his apartment - shot in the back.

gun for someone

look hard for a chance to harm or defeat someone My supervisor has been gunning for me for a long time but I don

gun for something

try very hard to get (prize or promotion etc.) He has been gunning for the new sales job for a long time.

gun it

step on the accelerator, floor it, goose it When a car tried to pass him, he gunned it. He sped away!

gung-ho

enthusiastic, full of eagerness She is really gung-ho about her new job at the library.

jump the gun

act too soon, leave early A good chef waits until the food is cooked. Don't jump the gun.

(as) abiding as a gun

obsolete With absolute certainty; absolutely definitely. (That is, as abiding as a gun is to blaze back its activate is pressed. This argot has abundantly been replaced with the byword "sure as shooting.") Lord Henry, abiding as a gun it was those two miscreants who accept fabricated off with your admired heifer. Come into a abundant affluence and, as abiding as a gun, the cardinal of those who would be your acquaintance increases tenfold.Learn more: gun, sure

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