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button one

stop talking, keep a secret, be quiet Please button your lip so that we can hear what the speaker is saying.

button your lip

do not tell anyone, on the QT Button your lip about the speeding ticket. Don't tell Dad.

buttonhole you

stop you and talk to you, corner you and bore you At the meeting, Al buttonholed me and asked me to vote Reform.

on the button

correct, accurate, dead on, spot on When Fern guessed my age, she was right on the button: 39.

pop your buttons

feel very proud, be full of pride When you received the award, did you pop your buttons?

press the panic button

become very scared, panic, freak If a dog growls at me, I press the panic button. I scream and run.

push the panic button

become very frightened or excited at a time of danger or worry At first he thought that his wallet had been stolen but before he pushed the panic button and told everyone he looked around again and found it.

push the right buttons

say the right things, do the right things The players want to play for Pat. She pushes all the right buttons.

a button short

intellectually deficient

button

face, nose, end of jaw

button man

professional killer

buttons

police

button one's lips

Idiom(s): button one's lip(s)

Theme: SILENCE

to get quiet and stay quiet. (Often used with children.)
• All right now, let's button our lips and listen to the story.
• Button your lip, Tom! I'll tell you when you can talk.

Bright as a button

A person who is as bright as a button is very intelligent or smart.

Don't push my buttons!

This can be said to someone who is starting to annoy you.

Hot button

(USA) A hot button is a topic or issue that people feel very strongly about.

Your belly button is bigger than your stomach

If your belly button is bigger than your stomach, you take on more responsibilities than you can handle.

button down|button

v., slang (stress on "down") To state precisely, to ascertain, to pin down, to peg down. First let's get the facts buttoned down, then we can plan ahead.

button one's lip|button|lip|zip|zip one's lip

v. phr., slang To stop talking; keep a secret; shut your mouth; be quiet. The man was getting loud and insulting and the cop told him to button his lip. John wanted to talk, but Dan told him to keep his lip buttoned.
Synonym: KEEP ONE'S MOUTH SHUT, SHUT UP.

button-down|button

attrib. adj., slang (stress on "button") Well-groomed, conservatively dressed. Joe is a regular button-down type.

buttonhole

v. To approach a person in order to speak with him or her in private. After waiting for several hours, Sam managed to buttonhole his boss just as she was about to leave the building.

have all one's buttons|buttons|have|have all one's

v. phr., slang To have all your understanding; be reasonable.

Usually used in the negative or conditionally. Mike acts sometimes as if he didn't have all his buttons. He would not go to town barefooted if he had all his marbles.

on the button|button|on

adv., adj., slang At the right place; at the heart of the matter. John's remark was right on the button.
Compare: ON THE DOT.

on the dot|button|dot|on|on the button

adv. phr., informal Exactly on time; not early and not late. Susan arrived at the party at 2:00 P.M. on the dot. Ben's plane arrived on the dot.

push the panic button|button|panic|panic button|pu

v. phr., slang To become very much frightened; nervous or excited, especially at a time of danger or worry. John thought he saw a ghost and pushed the panic button. Keep cool; don't hit the panic button!
Synonym: LOSE ONE'S HEAD.

button one's lip

button one's lip
see button up, def. 2.

button up

button up
1) Close securely, fasten, as in The house was all buttoned up, or Button up your coat—it's very cold. [Late 1500s]
2) Also, button one's lip. Hold one's tongue, keep quiet. For example, Please button your lip about the surprise. A variant of this usage, button one's mouth, dates from the 17th century. [Mid-1800s]
3) Finish successfully, as in I've got this report all buttoned up. [c. 1940]

buttonhole someone

buttonhole someone
Accost or detain a person in conversation. For example, The reporter tried to buttonhole the senator, but she got away. This term is a metaphor for literally grasping someone by a buttonhole on his or her clothing. [Mid-1800s]

cute as a button

cute as a button
Also, cute as a bug's ear. Pretty or attractive in a dainty way, as in That baby is cute as a button. Cute originally was a shortening of acute, for “sharp-witted and clever,” but in the early 1800s it also took on its current meaning. Other than that buttons and bug's hearing organs can be small, there is no good explanation for these similes.

have all one's buttons

have all one's buttons
Also, have all one's marbles. Be completely sane and rational. For example, Grandma may be in a wheelchair, but she still has all her buttons, or I'm not sure he has all his marbles. These slangy expressions date from the mid-1800s, as do the antonyms lose or be missing some of one's buttons or marbles, meaning “become (or be) mentally deficient.”

lose one's buttons

lose one's buttons
see under have all one's buttons.

push someone's buttons

push someone's buttons
Also, press someone's buttons. Draw a strong emotional reaction from someone, especially anger or sexual arousal. For example, My mother-in-law really knew how to push my buttons, or A good-looking redhead, she always seemed to press his buttons. This metaphoric expression transfers activating some mechanism by pushing buttons to human emotions. [Slang; 1920s]