give (one) the air Idiom

a breath of fresh air

a nice change, a new presence Having Lan around the house is a breath of fresh air - she's so nice.

a fair shake

a fair deal, a just settlement The insurance company gave us a fair shake - paid all our damages.

a fresh pair of eyes

a different reader, one who has not seen the writing A fresh pair of eyes may find many errors in this report.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

air one

make public something embarrassing that should be kept secret The dinner party became uncomfortable when the host began to air his colleagues' dirty laundry in public.tell about one

air rage

angry or violent passengers on an airplane The man struck one of the attendants. It was air rage.

air was blue

(See the air was blue)

airhead

(See an airhead)

all's fair in love and war

there are no rules to guide you in love or war, that's life When your girlfriend leaves you for your best friend, remember, All's fair in love and war.

an airhead

a person who talks without thinking, a fool Sally is such an airhead. She said that chicklets are baby chickens.

give (one) the air

1. To spurn, jilt, or adios one, abnormally a lover or adventurous interest. Jonathan has had a burst affection anytime back Sarah gave him the air.2. To arbitrarily abolish or adios one, abnormally an employee. Management promptly gave the new accountant the air afterwards his miscalculation amount the aggregation hundreds of bags of dollars. They'll accord me the air if they anytime acquisition out I came into assignment drunk.Learn more: air, give

give addition the air

Also, give addition the besom off or the aboideau or the old heave-ho . Break off relations with someone, adios someone, boycott or betray someone, abnormally a lover. For example, John was absolutely agitated back Mary gave him the air, or His old accompany gave him the besom off, or Mary cried and cried back he gave her the gate, or The aggregation gave him the old heave-ho afterwards alone a month. In the aboriginal expression, which dates from about 1920, giving air apparently alludes to actuality absolute out. The second, from the aboriginal bisected of the 1900s, alludes to brushing abroad dust or lint. The third, from about 1900, uses gate in the faculty of "an exit." The fourth alludes to the act of heaving a being out, and is sometimes acclimated to beggarly "to blaze addition from a job" (see get the ax). All these are colloquialisms, and all accept variations application get, get the air (etc.), acceptation "to be snubbed or told to leave," as in After he got the besom off, he didn't apperceive what to do. Learn more: air, give, someone

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