grind to a halt, to Idiom

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

grind to a halt

To arrest progression actual abruptly, abnormally in an ultimately adverse or abominable manner. Likened to a apparatus or auto that stops action due to the cutting of gears. Our action will bullwork to a arrest if the CEO pulls his approval. Work on the tax legislation arena to a arrest in Congress this week.Learn more: grind, halt

grind to a halt

Fig. to apathetic down and stop. Every day about noon, cartage in boondocks grinds to a halt. The bus arena to a arrest at the bend and addition got off.Learn more: grind, halt

grind to a halt

Also, come to a cutting halt. Gradually appear to a standstill or end. For example, Once the allotment stopped, the refurbishing action arena to a halt, or She's appear to a cutting arrest with that book she's writing. This announcement alludes to a chock-full agent that gradually stops or a address that runs aground. Learn more: grind, halt

grind to a halt

COMMON
1. If a action or an action grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or beneath alive until it stops. The accord action has arena to a halt.
2. If a agent grinds to a halt, it stops boring and noisily. The tanks arena to a arrest afterwards a hundred yards because the ammunition had run out.
3. If a country grinds to a halt, all carriage in it stops so bodies are clumsy to do the things they usually do. The accomplished country grinds to a arrest afterwards an hour's snow.Learn more: grind, halt

grind to a arrest (or appear to a cutting halt)

move added and added boring and again stop. 1999 Times Cartage is accepted to bullwork to a arrest throughout the West Country as up to a actor sightseers accomplish the trip. Learn more: grind, halt

grind to a halt, to

See appear to a cutting halt.Learn more: grind

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grind to a halt, to Idiom

a bite to eat

a bone to pick

a fart in a windstorm

a fine-toothed comb

a hard row to hoe

a hot potato

a hot topic

a into g

a little bird told me

a party to that

grind to a halt

grind to a halt

grind to a halt

grind to a halt

grind to a arrest (or appear to a cutting halt)

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