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a screw loose

a little bit crazy, one brick short... Sometimes I think he has a screw loose - like when he eats paper.

get screwed

receive unfair treatment, ripped off, taken in I got screwed when I bought this condo. I paid too much for it.

have a screw loose

act in a strange way, be foolish He is a really strange person. I think that he has a screw loose somewhere.

put the screws to someone

try to force someone to do or say what you want The police were putting the screws to the criminal to try and get some information.

screw

cheat, shaft, get an unfair advantage (also see get screwed) Twice I tried to strike a deal with him and twice he screwed me.have sex with, make love When he heard the bed squeaking he knew they were screwing.

screw around

loaf about, hang around without doing anything I spent the morning screwing around and didn

screw loose

(See a screw loose)

screw-up

a careless mistake, a bungled job Those screw-ups were his fault. He forgot to order materials.

screw you

the worst to you, up yours "After I defeated him, he said, ""Screw you."" He hates to lose."

shareware

computer programs that people share Shareware will help us to save money. We'll share software.

spin crew

speech-writing crew, hired writers The spin crew will tell me if I should say racial or ethnic.

Andrew

Andrew (shortened from Andrew Millar and from Andrew Miller) was nautical slang for a ship, especially a warship. The expression was used between the 16th and 19th centuries. In the early 20th century the expresion came to mean the Royal Navy

brew

1. a cup of tea, or more generally a warm drink
2. beer

brew house

a liquor store

brew-up

1. the making of tea
2. to make a cup or pot of tea

brewers droop

an inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection due to excessive consumption of alcohol

couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery

totally incompetent

crack a brew

to open a beer:"Crack another 40, smoke some kill" -- Schoolly D. (Smoke some kill)

crew

a gang

bid farewell to

say goodbye to 向…告别
She bade farewell to her relatives and friends．她向亲友们告别。
In bidding farewell to him，we requested him to convey our profound feelings to the American people．在向他告别时，我们请他转达我们对美国人民的深厚感情。

Trouble is brewing

Idiom(s): Trouble is brewing, AND There is trouble brewing

Theme: TROUBLE

Trouble is developing.
• Trouble's brewing at the office. I have to get there early tomorrow.
• There is trouble brewing in the government. The prime minister may resign.

screw up one's courage

Idiom(s): screw up one's courage

Theme: COURAGE

to build up one's courage.
• I guess I have to screw up my courage and go to the dentist.
• I spent all morning screwing up my courage to take my driver's test.

screw up

Idiom(s): screw sb or sth up

Theme: TROUBLE

to cause trouble for someone or something. (Slang.)
• Your advice about making a lot of money really screwed me up. Now I'm broke.
• Your efforts screwed up the entire project.

have the wherewithal

Idiom(s): have the wherewithal (to do sth)

Theme: ENOUGH

to have the means to do something, especially energy or money.
• He has good ideas, but he doesn't have the wherewithal to carry them out.
• I could do a lot if only I had the wherewithal.

There is trouble brewing

put the screws on

Idiom(s): put the heat on (someone) AND put the screws on (someone); put the squeeze on (someone)

Theme: CONTROL

to put pressure on someone (to do something); to coerce someone.(Slang.)
• John wouldn't talk, so the police were putting the heat on him to confess.
• When they put the screws on, they can be very unpleasant.
• The police know how to put the squeeze on.

Virtue is its own reward.

You should not expect praise for acting in a correct or moral way.

Rewrite history

If you rewrite history, you change your version of past events so as to make yourself look better than you would if the truth was told.

Screwed if you do, screwed if you don't

This means that no matter what you decide or do in a situation, there will be negative consequences.

piss on someone's fireworks

(UK slang) ruin the happy mood: "Don't go and piss on his fireworks by turning down the music. Let him have some fun."

crew cut|crew|crew haircut|cut|haircut

n. A boy's or man's hair style, cut so that the hair stands up in short, stiff bristle. Many boys like to get crew cuts during the summer to keep cooler.

have a screw loose|have|screw|screw loose

v. phr,, slang To act in a strange way; to be foolish. Now I know he has a screw loose he stole a police car this time. He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd.

have one's head screwed on backwards|have|head|scr

v. phr. To lack common sense; behave in strange and irrational ways. Henry seems to have his head screwed on backwards; he thinks the best time to get a suntan is when it is raining and to sleep with his shoes on.

home brew|brew|home

n. phr. A beer or other malt liquor made at home, not in a brewery. Home brew reached its greatest popularity in America during national prohibition.

screw around|screw

v. phr., vulgar, avoidable To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around. You guys are no longer welcome here; all you do is screw around all day.

screw up|screw

v. phr., slang, semi-vulgar, best avoided 1. To make a mess of, to make an error which causes confusion. The treasurer screwed up the accounts of the Society so badly that he had to be fired. 2. To cause someone to be neurotic or maladjusted. Her divorce screwed her up so badly that she had to go to a shrink.

screw up one's courage|courage|pluck|pluck up|pluc

v. phr. To force yourself to be brave. The small boy screwed up his courage and went upstairs in the dark. When his father came home in a bad mood, it took Pete some time to screw up his courage and ask him for a dollar.
Compare: WHISTLE IN THE DARK.

screw-up|screw

n. A mistake; an error; a confusing mess. "What a screw-up!" the manager cried, when he realized that the bills were sent to the wrong customers.

section gang|crew|gang|section|section crew

n. A group of railroad workers who watch and repair a number of miles of track. The section crew was called out to fix the broken bridge.

tighten the screws|screw|screws|tighten

v. phr. To try to make someone do something by making it more and more difficult not to do it; apply pressure. When many students still missed class after he began giving daily quizzes, the teacher tightened the screws by failing anyone absent four times.

crew cut

crew cut
A closely cropped haircut, usually for a male, as in The boys all think crew cuts are cooler in summer. This term presumably originated in the navy (crew referring to a ship's crew), where such a haircut was mandatory. [c. 1940]

forewarned is forearmed

forewarned is forearmed
Knowledge in advance enables one to be prepared, as in Let me know when he's in town so I can take the phone off the hook—forewarned is forearmed. This expression originated as a Latin proverb, Praemonitus, praemunitus, which was translated into English by the early 1500s. It soon was put to broader use than its original military applications.

have one's head screwed on right

have one's head screwed on right
see under have a screw loose.

screw someone out of

screw someone out of
Cheat, deceive, or defraud someone, as in They screwed me out of my overtime pay again. It is often rendered in the passive, be or get screwed, meaning “be cheated, deceived, or defrauded.” For example, We're getting screwed by this new income tax regulation. [Slang; c. 1900]

tighten the screws

tighten the screws
see under turn up the heat on.