ADS Idiom
at loggerheads
can't make heads or tails of something
cooler heads prevailed
heads or tails
heads will roll
put our heads together
scads
threads
two heads are better than one
heads up
“Heads up！”said the waiter carrying the hot food．“小心，请让路！”服务员端着热腾腾的菜肴说。
Heads up，boys！A train is coming．孩子们，当心！火车来了。
Heads up now！You can do better than that．这次小心些，你就可以做得更好点。
heap coals of fire on one's head be kind or helpful to sb．who has done wrong to you，so that he is ashamed以德报怨使之羞愧
Although he had been unkind to us，we heaped coals of fire on his head by helping him in his misfortune．虽然他对我们一向不友好，但是，他患难时，我们以德报怨，帮了他的忙，使他感到很羞愧。
Alice heaped coals of fire on。Mary's head by inviting her to a party after Mary had gossiped about her．爱丽丝在玛丽说了她的坏话之后，邀请她参加晚会，使她惭愧。
lay heads together
We'd better lay our heads together before deciding on any definite course of action．我们最好先商量一下，然后再决定行动方案。
lay/put heads together
We'd better lay our heads together before deciding on any definite course of action．我们最好先商量一下，然后再决定行动方案。
put heads together
We'd better lay our heads together before deciding on any definite course of action．我们最好先商量一下，然后再决定行动方案。
knock some heads together
Idiom(s): knock some heads togetherTheme: MOTIVATION
to motivate people; to make people to do what they are supposed to be doing. (Slang.)
• If you kids don't quiet down and go to sleep, I'm going to come up there and knock some heads together.
• The government is in a mess. We need to go to Washington and knock some heads together.
can't make heads or tails of
Idiom(s): can't make heads or tails (out) of sb or sthTheme: UNDERSTANDING
[to be] unable to understand someone or something. (Also with cannot.)
• John is so strange. I can't make heads or tails of him.
• Do this report again. I can't make heads or tails out of it.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A bad experience will make people stay away from certain things.All roads lead to Rome
This means that there can be many different ways of doing something.Headstrong
A headstrong person is obstinate and does not take other people's advice readily.Pointy-heads
Pointy-heads are supposed intellectuals or experts, but who don't really know that much.Put your heads together
If people put their head together, they exchange ideas about something.be at loggerheads
to disagree strongly: "Charles and Henry are at loggerheads over the new policy."All roads lead to Rome.
People can arrive at the same conclusion by different means.A burnt child dreads the fire.
A mistake can be a great teacher.all roads lead to Rome|all|lead|road|roads|rome
literary The same end or goal may be reached by many different ways.
A proverb. "I don't care how you get the answer," said the teacher, "All roads lead to Rome."at loggerheads|loggerhead|loggerheads
adj. or adv. phr. In a quarrel; in a fight; opposing each other. The two senators had long been at loggerheads on foreign aid. Because of their barking dog, the Morrises lived at loggerheads with their neighbors.Compare: AT ODDS.
burnt child dreads the fire|bitten|burnt|child|dre
A person who has suffered from doing something has learned to avoid doing it again. A proverb. Once Mary had got lost when her mother took her downtown. But a burnt child dreads the fire, so now Mary stays close to her mother when they are downtown.count heads|count|count noses|head|heads|nose|nose
v. phr., informal To count the number of people in a group. On the class picnic, we counted heads before we left and when we arrived to be sure that no one got lost. The usher was told to look out into the audience and count noses.heads or tails|head|heads|tail|tails
n. phr. The two sides of a coin, especially when the coin is tossed in the air in order to decide which of two alternatives are to be followed. Tom tossed a quarter in the air and said, "Tails, I win; heads you win."heads up(1)|heads|heads up
interj., informal Keep your head up and be careful or ready. Used as a warning to prepare for something or clear the way "Heads up!" said the waiter carrying the hot food. Heads up, boys! A train is coming. Heads up, now! You can do better than that. Synonym: LOOK ALIVE, LOOK OUT.
heads-up(2)|heads|heads up
adj., informal Wide-awake; alert; watchful; intelligent. You must play hard, heads-up baseball to win this game.Compare: ON ONE'S TOES, ON THE BALL.
headshrinker
n., slang, informal A psychoanalyst, also called a shrink. Forrester is falling apart; his family physician sent him to a head shrinker (to a shrink).put their heads together|head|heads|lay their head
v. phr., informal To plan or consider things together; discuss something as a group; talk it over. They put their heads together and decided on a gift. We laid our heads together and decided to have a picnic.set of new threads|set|thread|threads
n. phr. New men's suit. "Nice set of new threads'" Ed said, when he saw Dave in his new tailor-made outfit.at the crossroads
at the crossroadsAlso, at a crossroads. At a point of decision or a critical juncture, as in Because of the proposed merger, the company is standing at the crossroads. This phrase, based on the importance accorded to the intersection of two roads since ancient times, has also been used figuratively just about as long. In the 1500s Erasmus quoted from the Greek Theognis's Elegies (c. 600 B.C.): “I stand at the crossroads.”
inroads
inroadssee make inroads into.
loggerheads
loggerheadssee at loggerheads.
make inroads into
make inroads intoEncroach on, advance at another's expense, as in The Japanese rapidly made inroads into the computer-chip market. The noun inroad originally meant “an invasion.” [Late 1600s]
put their heads together
put their heads togethersee put our heads together.
An ADS idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with ADS, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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