writhe under Idiom

buckle under

quit, lose, not try, give up We're losing, but we won't buckle under. We won't quit.

cool under pressure

calm during a crisis, able to perform well when you must do it Jo was very cool under pressure. When the judge asked questions, she answered clearly and calmly.

crack under the strain

become irrational or hysterical due to strain, around the bend Mother was a strong person. She never cracked under the strain of raising ten children.

down under

Australia, New Zealand etc. Next year I'm going down under for my holidays - New Zealand.

drink you under the table

drink more liquor than you, drink and not pass out, put you away After three glasses of beer, you're nearly drunk. I bet I can drink you under the table!

get out from under

escape a situation that one doesn

get under my skin

bother me, bug me, get to me Don't let Bob's teasing get under your skin. Don't let it bother you.

get under one

bother someone, upset someone She always gets under my skin although I don

give to understand

make a person understand by telling him very plainly or boldly I was given to understand that I could rent an apartment very easily here.

go under

fail, be unable to continue, go bankrupt Companies that can't make loan payments will go under.

writhe beneath (something)

1. To move in twisting, contorted, or squirming motions due to the affliction of some affectionate of concrete assault. I'll never balloon the afterimage of my brother askew beneath the advance from our father's belt. The soldier writhed beneath the baste of his captors' whips.2. To ache acute brainy ache as a aftereffect of some backbreaking alien force. The alarming boys began to agonize beneath the ascetic eye of their teacher. I could acquaint she was askew beneath all the absorption actuality focused on her. Tom writhed beneath the boss's blame during the meeting, but didn't absolute a word.Learn more: writhe

writhe beneath something

1. . Lit. to agonize with affliction from actuality baffled with something. The sailor writhed beneath the bite of the lash. The adolescent writhed beneath the affliction of his spanking.
2. . Fig. to ache beneath a brainy burden. I writhed beneath her connected exact advance and assuredly larboard the room. Why do I accept to agonize beneath her insults?Learn more: writhe

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go to one's head go to pieces go to pot go to rack and ruin go to town go to trouble go to your head go too far go under go under the knife go up in smoke go up in smoke/flames go whole hog go wild go with the flow go without go without saying