Arti: an underhand way of doing something

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airhead

(See an airhead)

an airhead

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

an old warhorse

a veteran, an old soldier, a classic story or tune The band played marches and overtures - the old warhorses.

at loggerheads

not agreeing, opposed to each other They're at loggerheads over who owns the farm. They don't agree.

electronic superhighway

a computer network, Internet We can find more information on the electronic superhighway.

in the poorhouse

poor, having little money, as poor as a church mouse In 1936, they were in the poorhouse. They couldn't grow crops, and nobody had a job.

motherhood and apple pie

statements about mom and home etc. The audience wants news and facts, not motherhood and apple pie.

no rhyme or reason

no sense, no logical plan There's no rhyme or reason to the game of golf. It's stupid!

on tenterhooks

carefully, cautiously, afraid to move He's cautious since his accident. He drives around on tenterhooks.

rhyme or reason

(See no rhyme or reason)

tenterhooks

in a state of suspense or strain because of uncertainty They have been on tenterhooks all week while waiting for the decision about the Olympics.

toney neighborhood

a district that has expensive houses The Kitigawas bought a large house in a toney neighborhood.

underhanded

not legal, not according to rules, not above board Some people say the government was underhanded in dealing with the Indians.

zipperhead

business person, administrator What musicians hate is to have a zipperhead controlling the arts.

abdominable voorheaves

American slang for to vomit

Neighbourhood Family

South Central Blood set associated with Cypress Hill

without rhyme or reason

Idiom(s): without rhyme or reason

Theme: RANDOMNESS

without purpose, order, or reason. (See variations in the examples. Fixed order.)
• The teacher said my report was disorganized. My paragraphs seemed to be without rhyme or reason.
• Everything you do seems to be without rhyme or reason.
• This procedure is without rhyme or reason.

keep sb on tenterhooks

Idiom(s): keep sb on tenterhooks

Theme: ANXIETY

to keep someone anxious or in suspense. (Also with have.)
• Please tell me now. Don't keep me on tenterhooks any longer!
• Now that we have her on tenterhooks, shall we let her worry, or shall we tell her?

Pyrrhic victory

A Pyrrhic victory is one that causes the victor to suffer so much to achieve it that it isn't worth winning.

be at loggerheads

to disagree strongly: "Charles and Henry are at loggerheads over the new policy."

rhubarb

saying something completely unimportant: "There's that politician again on televison - rhubarb, rhubarb."

at loggerheads|loggerhead|loggerheads

adj. or adv. phr. In a quarrel; in a fight; opposing each other. The two senators had long been at loggerheads on foreign aid. Because of their barking dog, the Morrises lived at loggerheads with their neighbors.
Compare: AT ODDS.

neither rhyme nor reason|reason|rhyme

n. phr. No emotional or intellectual substance. As far as I am concerned, his proposal makes no sense; it has neither rhyme nor reason.

overhead

n. Expenses incurred in the upkeep of one's plant and premises, employees' salaries, etc., which are not due to the cost of individual items or products. "Our overhead is killing us!" the used car lot owner complained. "We have to move to a cheaper place."

rhyme or reason|reason|rhyme

n. phr. A good plan or reason; a reasonable purpose or explanation.

Used in negative, interrogative, or conditional sentences. Don could see no rhyme or reason to the plot of the play. It seemed to Ruth that her little brother had temper tantrums without rhyme or reason.

verbal diarrhea|diarrhea|verbal

n. phr. The inability to keep silent; over-talkativeness. Archibald is a nice guy but he's got verbal diarrhea and he can't shut up for a single minute.

in the neighborhood of

in the neighborhood of
Also, in the region of. Approximately, about, as in They paid in the neighborhood of a million dollars, or I don't know exactly what the exchange rate is—somewhere in the region of 95 yen to the dollar. The first expression dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the mid-1900s.

loggerhead

loggerhead
at loggerheads
in disagreement; quarreling

loggerheads

loggerheads
see at loggerheads.

neighborhood

neighborhood
in the neighborhood of
â Informal
1) near; close to (a place)
2) about; approximately (the age, amount, etc. specified)

neither rhyme nor reason

neither rhyme nor reason
see rhyme or reason, no.

rhetorical question

rhetorical question
A question asked without expecting an answer but for the sake of emphasis or effect. The expected answer is usually “yes” or “no.” For example, Can we improve the quality of our work? That's a rhetorical question. [Late 1800s]

rheumatic

rheumatic
the rheumatics
Dialectal rheumatic pains

rhyme

rhyme
rhyme or reason
order or sense: preceded by without, no, etc.

rhyme or reason, no

rhyme or reason, no
An absence of common sense or reasonableness, as in This memo has no rhyme or reason. Closely related variants are without rhyme or reason, as in The conclusion of her paper was without rhyme or reason, and neither rhyme nor reason, as in Neither rhyme nor reason will explain that lawyer's objections. This term originated in French about 1475 and began to be used in English about a century later. Sir Thomas More is credited with saying of a mediocre book that a friend had put into verse, “Now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; whereas before it was neither rhyme nor reason.”

tenterhook

tenterhook
on tenterhooks
in suspense; filled with anxiety