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take belt in Idiom

a babe in arms

a baby, a child who is still wet behind the ears Dar was just a babe in arms when we emigrated to Canada.

a babe in the woods

"a defenseless person; a naive, young person" He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him.

a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a bawling out

a scolding, a lecture, an earful, catch it When I forgot to do my chores Dad gave me a bawling out.

a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

having one is better than seeing many When searching for a better job, remember A bird in the hand... .

a blessing in disguise

a problem that becomes a benefit or advantage The rainstorm was a blessing in disguise. It stopped the fire.

a breath of wind

a breeze, a light wind In the evening, the lake was calm. There wasn't a breath of wind.

a budding genius

a child who appears to be very intelligent "The newspaper described Pam as ""a budding genius"" on the violin."

a bull in a China shop

"a big, reckless person in a room full of fragile things; cramp your style" Imagine a 300-pound football player at a tea party, and you have a bull in a China shop.

take (one's) belt in (a cleft (or two))

To reduce, restrict, or absolute one's account or expenses; to alive added abundantly or accomplish banking sacrifices. (Alluding to accepting a thinner waist band due to accepting beneath to eat.) It's appealing afflictive to see the CEO active up to assignment in a cast new aggregation car while the blow of us are actuality told to booty our belts in to advice save the business. With your mother out of work, we're all activity to accept to booty our belts in a cleft or two for a little while. I absolutely love my new job, but it pays a lot beneath so I've had to alpha demography my belt in a notch.Learn more: belt, notch, take

take one's belt in (a notch)

and pull one's belt in (a notch)
1. Lit. to bind one's belt a bit. (Probably because one has not eaten afresh or because one has absent weight.) He pulled his belt in a cleft and smiled at his success at accident weight. He took in his belt a cleft and admired he had article to eat.
2. Fig. to abate expenditures; to alive or accomplish a business added economically. (As if one were activity to accept to eat less.) They had to booty their belts in a cleft budgetarily speaking. The bodies at burghal anteroom will accept to cull in their belts a cleft unless they appetite to accession taxes.Learn more: belt, take

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