Significato: Abenaki

n. Abenaki, tribù indiana americana del New Englande e sud del Quebec; una delle due lingue parlate dal questa tribùn. Abenaki, membro della tribù indiana Abenaki

NAK Idioma

blow snakes (music)

play great jazz, improvise creatively I went to hear jazz at the club, and Guido was blowing snakes.

naked as a jay bird

no clothes on, bare naked, in the nude A boy had taken my clothes, so there I stood, naked as a jay bird!

naked eye

(See the naked eye)

snake in the grass

an enemy who pretends to be a friend You should be careful of her even if she seems very nice. She is like a snake in the grass.

the naked eye

without binoculars or field glasses We can see Mars with the naked eye. We don't need a telescope.

with the naked eye

without binoculars or a telescope The comet cannot be seen with the naked eye. It is too small.

naked as a jaybird

Idiom(s): (as) naked as a jaybird

Theme: Nakedness

naked.
• "Billy," called Mrs. Franklin, "get back in the house and get some clothes on. You're as naked as a jaybird."
• Tom had to get naked as a jaybird for the doctor to examine him.

Butt naked

If someone is butt naked, they have no clothes on at all, often when they can be seen.

Lower than a snake's belly

Someone or something that is lower than a snake's belly is of a very low moral standing.

Lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut

(USA) If someone or something is lower than a snake's belly in a wagon rut, they are of low moral standing because a snake's belly is low and if the snake is in a wagon rut, it is really low.

Mad as a cut snake

(USA) One who is mad as a cut snake has lost all sense of reason, is crazy, out of control.

Snake oil

Advice or medicine which is of no use.

Snake oil salesperson

A person who promotes something that doesn't work, is selling snake oil.

a snake in the grass

someone who can't be trusted: "Don't tell him any secrets - he's a snake in the grass."

snake in the grass|grass|in the grass|snake

n. phr., informal A person who cannot be trusted; an unfaithful traitor; rascal. Did Harry tell you that? He's a snake in the grass! Some snake in the grass told the teacher our plans.

naked truth

naked truth
Plain unadorned facts, without concealment or embellishment. For example, What I've told you is the naked truth. This expression supposedly alludes to a fable in which Truth and Falsehood went bathing, Falsehood then dressed in Truth's clothes, and Truth, refusing to take another's clothes, went naked. [Late 1500s]

snake in one's bosom

snake in one's bosom
see viper in one's bosom.

More Idioms/Phrases

smooth smooth as silk snail mail snail's pace snake in one's bosom snap back snap judgment

English Vocalbulary

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