Significato: ankle

an·kle || 'æŋkln. caviglia (anat.)v. lasciare il posto di lavoro, licenziarsi o essere licenziato dal lavoro (slang)

KL Idioma

buckle down

give complete attention or effort to do something I told her that it was time that she buckled down and began to work harder than before.

buckle under

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

buckle up

fasten your seat belt, buckle your seat belt Buckle up. Dad won't drive away until we fasten our seat belts.

cackleberries

eggs, chicken eggs Look! This hen laid five cackleberries!

fickle finger of fate

(See the fickle finger of fate)

fucked by the fickle finger of fate

"feel that luck is against you; cheated by fate" A flood ruined my business. I was fucked by the fickle finger of fate.

get the wrinkles out

improve, revise When they get the wrinkles out of the electric car, I'll buy one.

get your knuckles rapped

be punished, get hell, get shit If I forget to register my guns, I'll get my knuckles rapped.

have an inkling

know, be aware of, have a clue I didn't have an inkling that you loved him. I didn't know.

in a pickle

in a difficult situation, in a jam When the motor on our boat quit, I knew we were in a pickle.

knuckle down

work harder, achieve more If you knuckle down and study, you can pass this exam.

knuckle under

yield, submit The union finally knuckled under the pressure and ended the strike.

knucklehead

one who does not think, doughhead What a knucklehead! He made the same mistake ten times.

piss in the pickles

ruin a project, wreck a piece of work Plans for a school were OK until the Premier pissed in the pickles.

rap your knuckles

(See get your knuckles rapped)

sheckle

dollar, coin, buck, loonie He earns a few sheckles a day by selling bottles that he finds.

the fickle finger of fate

the chances in life, the way life changes unpredictably, that's life Our lives were saved because a dog barked. We were saved by the fickle finger of fate.

tickled pink

happy, very pleased Aunt Sophia was tickled pink to receive a photo of the family.

trickle-down economics

a system that depends on government spending to help the economy Private enterprise is better than trickle-down economics because profit motivates people.

ugly duckling

ugly or plain child (who grows up to be pretty) She was really an ugly duckling when she was a child but now she is quite beautiful.

white knuckles

a tense feeling, acute worry Driving through fog is scary - it's white knuckles all the way.

ankle

1. a woman
2. to walk

ankle-biter

a child

ankle-biters

children, particularly crawling babies

Brooklyn

New York City borough

buckled

ugly girl:"Damn, she's buckled!"

crackling

offensive term for a sexually desirable woman or women

crinkly

a geriatric person. From the appearence of their aging skin

Crooklyn

see Brooklyn

cruckle

to twist one's ankle, to fall over on one's ankle

fuckload

a large amount

knuckle up

to prepare to fight, by closing and raising ones fists

shackles

handcuffs

sprinkle

sprinkle me: give me some

in the twinkling of an eye

in a moment；very quickly 倾刻间；一刹那
The children finished eating all the candies in the twinkling of an eye．孩子们刹那间就把糖果全吃光了。

warm the cockles of one's heart

Idiom(s): warm the cockles of one's heart

Theme: PLEASING

to make someone warm and happy.
• It warms the cockles of my heart to hear you say that.
• Hearing that old song again warmed the cockles of her heart.

tickle one's fancy

Idiom(s): tickle one's fancy

Theme: INTEREST

to interest someone; to make someone curious.
• I have an interesting problem here that I think will tickle your fancy.
• This doesn't tickle my fancy at all. This is dull and boring.

tickle sb pink

Idiom(s): tickle someone pink AND tickle someone to death

Theme: PLEASING

to please or entertain someone very much. (Informal.)
• Bill told a joke that really tickled us all pink.
• I know that these flowers will tickle her to death.

rap one's knuckles

Idiom(s): rap one's knuckles

Theme: PUNISHMENT - LIGHT

to punish someone slightly.
• She rapped his knuckles for whispering too much.
• Don't rap my knuckles. I didn't do it.

knuckle under to

Idiom(s): knuckle under (to sb or sth)

Theme: YIELDING

to submit to someone or something; to yield or give in to someone or something. (Informal.)
• You have to knuckle under to your boss if you expect to keep your job.
• I'm too stubborn to knuckle under.

in a pretty pickle

Idiom(s): in a (pretty) pickle

Theme: TROUBLE

in a mess; in trouble.
• John has gotten himself into a pickle. He has two dates for the party.
• Now we are in a pretty pickle. We are out of gas.

get one's knuckles rapped

Idiom(s): get one's knuckles rapped

Theme: PUNISHMENT

to receive punishment.
• I got my knuckles rapped for whispering too much.
• You will have your knuckles rapped if you are not careful.

tickled to death

Idiom(s): tickled pink AND tickled to death

Theme: PLEASING

very much pleased or entertained. (Informal.)
• I was tickled to death to have you visit us.
• We were tickled pink when your flowers arrived.

tickle sb to death

get one's hackles up

Idiom(s): get someone's dander up AND get someone's back up; get sb's hackles up; get sb's Irish up

Theme: INCITE - ANGER

to make someone get angry.
• Now, don't get your dander up. Calm down.
• I insulted him and really got his hackles up.
• Bob had his Irish up all day yesterday. I don't know what was wrong.
• She really got her back up when I asked her for money.
• Now, now, don't get your hackles up. I didn't mean any harm.

Good and quickly seldom meet.

A well-done job takes time.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings

Children often speak wisely.

The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.

If you depend on just one thing, and it fails you, you will have no alternatives.

Rip van Winkle

Rip van Winkle is a character in a story who slept for twenty years, so if someone is a Rip van Winkle, they are behind the times and out of touch with what's happening now.

Tackle an issue

If you tackle an issue or problem, you resolve or deal with it.