Significato: allseed

n. polisporo, Chenopodium polyspermum, pianta annuale con molte spore (bot.)

alls Idioma

climb the walls

feel upset or stressed, go bonkers, go crazy On the first day of school, the teacher was climbing the walls.

duty calls

it is my duty, I must do a task """Duty calls,"" he said, opening a book to begin his homework."

got the balls

got the courage, got what it takes He wants to enforce gun control, and he's got the balls to do it.

got you by the balls

"got you so you can't move; can't quit or back out" If you signed the contract, they've got you by the balls.

have the balls

(See got the balls)

nature calls

need to go the washroom, have to go When nature calls, just say you have an important appointment.

take calls

answer the phone, receive calls Karen isn't taking calls because she's in a meeting.

balls

1. testicles. Usually in plural
2. courage, in for example,"She hasn't got the balls to tell him the truth"
3. rubbish, nonsense
4. (interj) expressing annoyance

balls something up

to make a mess of a situation

balls-up

1. a mess up, a "cock-up.""I've made a right balls-up of my exams" 2. to make a mess of a situation, balls something up

ballsed-up

ruined, in a mess

break balls

to work hard

Walls have ears

Idiom(s): Walls have ears

Theme: PRIVACY

We may be overheard.
• Let's not discuss this matter here. Walls have ears, you know.
• Shhh. Walls have ears. Someone may be listening.

put sth in mothballs

Idiom(s): put sth in mothballs

Theme: SAVING

to put something in storage. (Often said of battleships.)
• The navy put the old cruiser in mothballs and no one ever expected to see it again.
• Let's just put this small bicycle in mothballs until we hear of a child who can use it.

He who pays the piper calls the tune

Idiom(s): He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Theme: MONEY

a saying meaning that the person who is paying for something has control over how the money is used.
• Fred's father is paying his way through college, and wants to help him choose his courses. He says that he who pays the piper calls the tune.
• The bride's parents should have a say in where the wedding is held since they're paying for it. He who pays the piper calls the tune.

up to one's eyeballs in

Idiom(s): up to one's neck (in something) AND up to one's ears (in sth); up to one's eyeballs (in sth)

Theme: INVOLVEMENT

having a lot of something; very much involved in something. (Informal.)
• I can't come to the meeting. I'm up to my neck in these reports.
• Mary is up to her ears in her work.
• I am up to my eyeballs in things to do! I can't do any more!

He who pays the piper calls the tune.

The person who provides the money for something should control how it is spent

Walls have ears.

Be careful. People could be listening.

Bounce off the walls

If someone's bouncing off the walls, they are very excited about something.

Chinese walls

Chinese walls are regulatory information barriers that aim to stop the flow of information that could be misused, especially in financial corporations.

Good walls make good neighbours

Your relationship with your neighbours depends, among other things, on respecting one another's privacy.

base on balls|balls|base

n. First base given to a baseball batter who is pitched four balls outside of the strike zone. He was a good judge of pitchers and often received bases on balls.

break one's balls|balls|break

v. phr., slang, vulgar, avoidable To do something with maximum effort; to do something very difficult or taxing I've been breaking my balls to buy you this new color TV set and you aren't the least bit appreciative!
Compare: BREAK ONE'S NECK.

duty calls|call|calls|duty

n. phr. One must attend to one's obligations. "I'd love to stay and play more poker," Henry said, "but duty calls and I must get back to the office."

have someone by the balls|by the balls|have|have b

v. phr., slang, vulgar, avoidable To have someone at a disadvantage or in one's power. The kidnappers had the company by the balls for six long weeks.

walls have ears|ear|ears|walls

Sometimes one's most confidential conversations are overheard. "Be careful what you say," he whispered. "Remember that walls have ears."

break one's balls

break one's balls
see under break one's ass.

by the balls

by the balls
see have someone by the balls.

have someone by the balls

have someone by the balls
Have someone at one's mercy, as in You have to pay up—they've got you by the balls. The balls here allude to the male genitals. [Vulgar slang; early 1900s]

mothballs

mothballs
see put in mothballs.

put in mothballs

put in mothballs
Defer indefinitely or for a very long time, as in We've put the plans for a new library in mothballs. This expression alludes to storing woolen clothing or other items with marble-size balls of naphthalene or camphor to prevent them from being damaged by moths. [1940s]

walls have ears, the

walls have ears, the
The conversation is easily overheard, someone is listening, as in Be careful what you say; the walls have ears. This saying may come from a story about Dionysius of Syracuse (430-367 B.C.), who had an ear-shaped cave cut and connected between the rooms of his palace so that he could hear what was being said from another room. Similar listening posts were installed in other palaces over the centuries, including the Louvre in Paris. In English the phrase was first recorded in its present form in 1620.

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