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SMA Idiom

big fish in a small pond

an important person in a small place He wasn

crack shot/salesman etc.

a person who is highly skilled at shooting etc. Marvin has developed into a crack salesman. He's excellent.

don't get smart with me

show more respect, do not talk back "If you ask why, she'll say, ""Don't get smart with me."""

have a smash

have a drink of liquor, have a sip Here, Jon. Have a smash of the brandy before it's all gone.

smack dab in the middle

directly in the middle, in the centre The ball landed smack dab in the middle of the pizza.

smack into

collide, hit The first car ran smack into the car behind it.

smack of

is similar to, shades of Even the phrase person of color smacks of racism. Don't use it.

small fry

someone or something of little importance, young children The police are trying to find some of the major criminals in the drug trade. They are not interested in the small fry.

small potatoes

unimportant things, insignificant matters Don't worry about a few broken dishes. They're small potatoes.

small talk

talk about unimportant topics - the weather etc. Winnie is good at making small talk with strangers.

smartass

a person who tries to be witty, cocky, lippy """What do you want to drink?"" ""Do you have breast milk?"" ""Don't be a smartass!"""

smarten up

be smarter, do not be stupid People who drink and drive should smarten up.

smarts

intelligence, mental ability Jen gets good grades. She has the smarts to win a scholarship.

smash hit

a very successful performance, song, play, or movie The series of Star War movies were all smash hits.

smashed

drunk, hammered, wasted She gets smashed on gin and dances around the living room.

smashing

very beautiful, very attractive Nicole looks absolutely smashing in that red dress.

so small you could barely swing a cat

very small room, narrow room The bedroom was so small you could barely swing a cat in it.

so small you had to back out to change your mind

very small, tiny, as small as a phone booth I've seen small apartments, but this one was so small you had back out to change your mind.

street smarts

knowing how to survive, worldly wise You need street smarts to be a police officer in Toronto.

the room is so small you have to go outside turn a

"the room is very small; so small you could barely swing a cat" It's not a large apartment. The bathroom is so small I have to to go outside to turn around.

smack

1. a kiss
2. a blow, a slap
3. heroin
4. to kiss

smack-head

heroin addict

smacked

under the influence of heroin

smacker

a kiss

smash up

1．break up violently打碎；破坏
The place was badly smashed up in the airraids．这个地方在空袭时被炸成一片废墟。
The whole shop was smashed up．整个商店都被捣毁了。
2．crash and wreck碰撞出事
The car has been smashed up．车被撞毁了。

small-time

Idiom(s): small-time

Theme: AMOUNT - SMALL

small; on a small scale. (Informal.)
• Our business is small-time just now, but it's growing.
• He's a smalltime crook.

small print

Idiom(s): small print

Theme: LEGAL

the part of a document that is not easily noticed, often because of the smallness of the print, and that often contains important information.
• You should have read the small print before signing the contract.
• You should always read the small print in an insurance policy.

small hours of the night

Idiom(s): small hours (of the night) AND wee hours (of the night)

Theme: TIME

the hours immediately after midnight.
• The dance went on into the small hours of the night.
• Jim goes to bed in the wee hours and gets up at lunchtime.

smack-dab in the middle

Idiom(s): smack-dab in the middle

Theme: ARRANGEMENT

right in the middle. (Informal.)
• I want a big helping of mashed potatoes with a glob of butter smack-dab in the middle.
• Tom and Sally were having a terrible argument, and I was trapped—smack-dab in the middle.

engage in small talk

Idiom(s): engage in small talk

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to talk only about minor matters rather than important matters or personal matters.
• All the people at the party were engaging in small talk.
• They chatted about the weather and otherwise engaged in small talk.

busman's holiday

Idiom(s): busman's holiday

Theme: HOBBIES

leisure time spent doing something similar to what one does at work.
• Tutoring students in the evening is too much of a busman’s holiday for our English teacher.
• Ifs a bit of a busman's holiday to ask her to be wardrobe mistress for our amateur production in the summer. She's a professional dressmaker.

big frog in a small pond

Idiom(s): big frog in a small pond

Theme: SIZE

to be an important person in the midst of less important people.
• I'd rather be a big frog in a small pond than the opposite.
• The trouble with Tom is that he's a big frog in a small pond. He needs more competition.

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride

If someone is always a bridesmaid, never a bride, they never manage to fulfill their ambition- they get close, but never manage the recognition, etc, they crave.

Don't sweat the small stuff

(USA) This is used to tell people not to worry about trivial or unimportant issues.

Smack in the face

If something is a smack in the face, it is a shock, usually one that impedes progress.

Small beer

If something is small beer, it's unimportant.

Small dog, tall weeds

This idiom is used to describe someone the speaker does not believe has the ability or resources to handle a task or job.

Smart Alec

A smart Alec is a conceited person who likes to show off how clever and knowledgeable they are.

Smart as a whip

A person who is smart as a whip is very clever.

Smarty pants

A smarty pants is someone who displays the intelligence in an annoying way.

It's A Small World

You frequently see the same people in different places.

small change

money of little value: "I've got about 5 euros of small change in my pocket."

small fry|small beer

something or someone unimportant: "Sales last year are small fry compared to now - we're doing really well."

to be sitting on a small fortune|to be sitting on

"She will inherit everything. She's sitting on a goldmine!"

big frog in a small pond|big|frog|pond

n. phr., informal An important person in a small place or position; someone who is respected and honored in a small company, school, or city; a leader in a small group. As company president, he had been a big frog in a small pond, but he was not so important as a new congressman in Washington.
Antonym: LITTLE FROG IN A BIG POND.

engage in small talk|engage|small talk|talk

v. phr. To converse with a stranger or casual acquaintance about matters of no great importance in order to make the time go faster. The patients in the doctor's waiting room engaged in small talk complaining about the hot weather.

feel small|feel|look|look small|small

v. phr. To have the impression that one is insignificant, foolish, or humiliated. "I feel small next to Hemingway," the young student of creative writing said.

smack one's lips|lip|lips|smack

v. phr. To reveal an appetite for; show enjoyment of. Eleanor smacked her lips over the dessert of strawberries and whipped cream.

smack-dab|dab|smack|smack-to-dab

adv., informal Exactly; squarely. The ball landed smack-dab at our feet. The plane landed smack-to-dab in the middle of the hay field.

small fry|fry|small

n. 1. Young children. In the park, a sandbox is provided for the small fry. 2. Something or someone of little importance. Large dairies ignore the competition from the small fry who make only a few hundred pounds of cheese a year.

More Idioms/Phrases

slow burn slow down slow on the draw slow up slowdown slug it out smack one's lips smack-dab small fry small talk small-time smash hit smell a rat smell up smoke like a chimney smoke out smoke screen

English Vocalbulary

a smiling face a snake in the grass a soft job a soft snap a solid hour a sort of a spark of life a spell of a spoiled child a sporting chance a spot of a spring in the step a spring in their step a springkling of a square deal a square meal a square peg in a round hole a square refusal