Significato: Abraham

A·bra·ham || 'eɪbrəhæmn. Abramo, primo dei patriarchi del Vecchio Testamento, padre di Isacco e di Ismaele, padre del popolo ebreo ed arabo (Religione); figura sacra nell'Islam; nome proprio maschile

Ham Idioma

a crying shame

a sad event, it is too bad It's a crying shame that they didn't have fire insurance.

a sack of hammers

a dead weight, a heavy object Don't throw me in the lake! I'll sink like a sack of hammers!

crying shame

(See a crying shame)

go at it hammer and tongs

fight with great strength or energy, have a bad argument They were going at it hammer and tongs when the police came to their house.

ham

humorous person, comedian, joker When you imitate John Candy, you're quite a ham.

ham hands

large hands, huge hands When the coach saw my big hands he called me Ham Hands.

ham it up

act funny and tell jokes, play the ham Robbie likes to ham it up when he talks to a group - he tells jokes.

hammer and tongs

angrily, furiously, fight tooth and nail The two men were arguing - going at it hammer and tongs.

hammer out

remove, work out by discussion and debate The union and managers were able to hammer out an agreement before midnight last night.

hammered

very drunk, pissed, sloshed You were hammered, so I took your keys and drove you home.

play the ham

act for an audience, ham it up After a couple of drinks, he likes to play the ham - to be a clown.

put to shame

defeated very badly, feel ashamed of losing Our baseball team was put to shame by the Cubans: 11-0.

sack of hammers

(See a sack of hammers)

champion

excellent; also used as an exclamation

Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Poole, a Georgia-born ex-factory worker who founded the black muslim movement Nation of Islam in Detroit in 1930, also known as Honorable Elijah Muhammad

hammer

1. the penis
2. a thug
3. the accelerator

walk of shame

when a guy or girl walks home after hooking up with someone- usually done in the daylight, so everyone sees that they are wearing the same clothes they had on the night before and that they are alone; "I saw Carrie doing the walk of shame from Greg's house this morning"

ashamed of

feeling shame because of因…感到羞耻或不好意思
You should be ashamed of your behaviour．你应该为自己的行为而感到羞耻。
I'm ashamed of myself for having given you so much trouble．给你添了这么多麻烦，真不好意思。

Shame on

Idiom(s): Shame on sb

Theme: SCOLDING

What a shameful thing!
• You've torn your shirt again, Billy! Shame on you!
• When Billy tore his shirt, his mother said, "Shame on you!"

put sb to shame

Idiom(s): put sb to shame

Theme: SHAME

to show someone up; to embarrass someone; to make someone ashamed.
• Your excellent efforts put us all to shame.
• I put him to shame by telling everyone about his bad behavior.

make hamburger out of

Idiom(s): make hamburger out of someone or something AND make mincemeat out of someone or something

Theme: OVERCOME

to beat up or overcome someone or something. (Slang.)
• Stop acting silly, or I'll make hamburger out of you.
• Our team made mincemeat out of the other team.

hide one's face in shame

Idiom(s): hide one's face in shame

Theme: SHAME

to cover one's face because of shame or embarrassment.
• Mary was so embarrassed. She could only hide her face in shame.
• When Tom broke Ann's crystal vase, he wanted to hide his face in shame.

hammer sth out

Idiom(s): hammer sth out

Theme: COMMUNICATION - WRITTEN

to work hard at writing up an agreement; to work hard at writing something. (As if one were hammering at the keys of a typewriter.)
• I’m busy hammering my latest novel out.
• The lawyers sat down to hammer out a contract.

hammer sth home

Idiom(s): hammer sth home

Theme: EXPLANATION

to try extremely hard to make someone understand or realize something.
• The teacher hammered the dates home.
• I tried to hammer home to Anne the fact that she would have to get a job.
• The boss hopes to hammer home the company's precarious financial position to the staff

hammer away

Idiom(s): hammer away (at sb or sth)

Theme: PERSISTENCE

to keep trying to accomplish something with someone or something.
• John, you've got to keep hammering away at your geometry.
• They hammered away at the prisoner until he confessed.
• They kept hammering away.

ham sth up

Idiom(s): ham sth up

Theme: EXAGGERATION

to make a performance seem silly by showing off or exaggerating one's part. (Informal. A show-off actor is known as a ham.)
• Come on, Bob. Don't ham it up!
• The play was going fine until Bob got out there and hammed up his part.

fight hammer and tongs

Idiom(s): fight sb or sth hammer and tongs AND fight sb or sth tooth and nail; go at it hammer and tongs; go at it tooth and nail

Theme: FIGHTING

to fight against someone or something energetically and with great determination. (All have fixed order.)
• They fought against the robber tooth and nail.
• The dogs were fighting each other hammer and tongs.
• The mayor fought the new law hammer and tongs.
• We'll fight this zoning ordinance tooth and nail.

champ at the bit

Idiom(s): champ at the bit

Theme: DRYNESS

to be ready and anxious to do something. (Originally said about horses.)
• The kids were champing at the bit to get into the swimming pool.
• The dogs were champing at the bit to begin the hunt.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame

One should learn from one's mistakes.

Champagne taste on a beer budget

Someone who lives above their means and likes things they cannot afford has champagne taste on a beer budget.

Crack a nut with a sledgehammer

If you use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, you apply too much force to achieve a result. ('Jackhammer' is also used.)

Double whammy

A double whammy is when something causes two problems at the same time, or when two setbacks occur at the same time.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame o

This means that you should learn from your mistakes and not allow people to take advantage of you repeatedly.

Go under the hammer

If something goes under the hammer, it is sold in an auction.

If Mohammed won't come to the mountain, the mounta

If something cannot or will not happen the easy way, then sometimes it must be done the hard way.

Mad as a bag of hammers

Someone who is as mad as a bag of hammers is crazy or stupid. ('Daft as a bag of hammers' is also used.)

Man on the Clapham omnibus

(UK) The man on the Clapham omnibus is the ordinary person in the street.

Set the Thames on fire

If you do something remarkable, you set the Thames on fire, though this expression is used in the negative; someone who is dull or undistiguished will never set the Thames on fire.

champ at the bit|bit|champ

v. phr. To be eager to begin; be tired of being held back; want to start. The horses were champing at the bit, anxious to start racing. As punishment John was kept after school for two hours. He was champing at the bit to go out.

for shame|for|shame

interj. Shame on you; you should be ashamed of yourself.

An exclamation no longer in common use, having been largely replaced by "shame on you". "For shame, John, taking the toy from your baby brother!"

go at it hammer and tongs|go|hammer|hammer and ton

v. phr., informal 1. To attack or fight with great strength or energy; have a bad argument. Bill slapped George's face and now they're going at it hammer and tongs in back of the house. Helen and Mary have been arguing all day, and now they are going at it hammer and tongs again. 2. To start or do something with much strength, energy, or enthusiasm. The farmer had to chop down a tree and he went at it hammer and tongs. Charles had a lot of homework to do and he went at it hammer and tongs till bedtime.
Compare: IN EARNEST, WITH MIGHT AND MAIN.

go under the hammer|go|hammer|under the hammer

v. phr. To be auctioned off. Our old family paintings went under the hammer when my father lost his job.

ham actor|actor|ham

n. phr., slang An untalented actor; someone who tries so hard to act that his performance becomes foolishly exaggerated. Fred is a ham actor who, instead of memorizing his lines, keeps moving around in a ridiculous way.

ham it up|ham

v. phr., slang To do more than look natural in acting a part; pretend too much; exaggerate. When Tom told the teacher he was too sick to do homework, he really hammed it up. The old-fashioned movies are funny to us because the players hammed it up.
Compare: LAY IT ON.

ham-handed|ham|hand|handed

adj., slang 1. Having very large hands. Pete is a big, ham-handed man who used to be a football player. 2. See: HEAVY-HANDED.

hammer and tongs|fight|fight tooth and nail|hammer

adv. phr. Violently. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been at it all day, hammer and tongs.

hammer at|hammer|hammer away at

v. 1. To work steadily at; keep at. That lesson is not easy, but hammer away at it and you will get it right. 2. To talk about again and again; emphasize. The speaker hammered at his opponent's ideas.

hammer out|hammer

v. 1. To write or produce by hard work. The President sat at his desk till midnight hammering out his speech for the next day. 2. To remove, change, or work out by discussion and debate; debate and agree on (something). Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Green have hammered out their difference of opinion. The club members have hammered out an agreement between the two groups.
Compare: IRON OUT.

if the hill will not come to Muhammad, Muhammad wi

If one person will not go to the other, then the other must go to him.

A proverb. Grandfather won't come to visit us, so we must go and visit him. If the hill won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the hill.

put to shame|put|shame

v. phr. 1. To disgrace. The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame. That filthy dump puts our town to shame. 2. To do much better than surpass. Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of relativity correct.