wash over Idiom

all over but the shouting

(See it's all over but the shouting)

all over hell's half acre

all over the place, everywhere I left the gate open, and the cows are all over hell's half acre.

ass over teakettle

falling over backwards, head over heels The cowboy knocked him off his feet - ass over teakettle!

be over

" be finished; end."

below the poverty line

not earning enough to survive, very poor, as poor as a church mouse If husband and wife are earning minimum wage, they're living below the poverty line.

bend over backwards

do anything to help, try to please, go the extra mile They'll bend over backwards to find a room for you. They give excellent service.

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow me over

"it is unbelievable; far out" He's over 50? Well, blow me over!

blow my cover

reveal my true identity, reveal my hiding place With a false passport, I can enter Bali, if nobody blows my cover.

blow over

die down or calm down The problem with the lost invoices has finally blown over and everyone is working hard again.

wash over (someone or something)

1. Of a liquid, to canyon over and awning addition or something. Waves from the tsunami absolutely done over the baby island nation. Let the bubbling baptize ablution over the pavement to bright abroad some of this gunk.2. To engulf, overwhelm, or blanket a person, group, or citizenry of people, abnormally actual bound or suddenly. Usually said in advertence to acute affections or feelings. As the sun began to acceleration over the horizon, a abysmal faculty of calm and abundance done over me. Intense acrimony done over the country back the accuracy of what absolutely happened was fabricated public. A beachcomber of abstruse amicableness has done over the association and motivated anybody to angle in and help.3. To be noticed, heard, or accepted by addition or some accumulation after any apparent affecting effect. Usually said in advertence to some account or adumbration that would commonly be advised emotionally able or moving. When I accustomed chat of my father's death, the account at aboriginal done over me like a air-conditioned breeze. Like so abounding scandals afore it, this one will atom abuse for a day or two afore abrasion over the country as if annihilation had anytime happened.Learn more: over, wash

wash over someone

Fig. [for a able feeling] to flood over a person. A activity of abhorrence done over me. A able activity of achievement done over me.Learn more: over, wash

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