back to back|back Idioma
back down|back|back off
v., informal To give up a claim; not follow up a threat. Bill said he could beat Ted, but when Ted put up his fists Bill backed down. Harry claimed Joe had taken his book, but backed down when the teacher talked with him.
Synonym: BEAT A RETREAT.
Compare: BACK OUT, GIVE IN, GO BACK ON1.
back to the wall|back|back against the wall|wall
adv. phr. In a trap, with no way to escape; in bad trouble. The soldiers had their backs to the wall. He was in debt and could not get any help; his back was against the wall. The team had their backs to the wall in the second half.
Compare: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, LAST DITCH, ON THE SPOT, UP AGAINST IT.
back-to-back|back
adv. 1. Immediately following. The health clinic had back-to-back appointments for the new students during the first week of school. 2. Very close to, as if touching. Sardines are always packed in the can back-to-back. The bus was so full that people had to stand back-to-back.
behind one's back|back|behind
adv. phr. When one is absent; without one's knowledge or consent; in a dishonest way; secretly; sneakily. Say it to his face, not behind his back. It is not right to criticize a person behind his back.
Antonym: TO ONE'S FACE.
get off one's back|back|get|get off
v. phr., slang, colloquial To stop criticizing or nagging someone. "Get off my back! Can't you see how busy I am?"
hark back|back|hark
v., literary 1. To recall or turn back to an earlier time or happening. Judy is always harking back to the good times she had at camp. 2. To go back to something as a beginning or origin. The cars of today hark back to the first automobiles made about 1900. The slit in the back of a man's coal harks back to the days when men rode horseback.
like water off a duck's back|back|duck|duck's back
adv. phr., informal Without changing your feelings or opinion; without effect. Advice and correction roll off him like water off a duck's back. Many people showed him they didn't like what he was doing, but their disapproval passed off him like water off a duck's back.
monkey on one's back|back|monkey
n. phr., informal An unsolved or nagging problem. "My math course is a real monkey on my back," Jack complained.
Compare: ALBATROSS AROUND ONE'S NECK, MILLSTONE AROUND ONE'S NECK.
off one's back|back|off
adj. phr. 1. informal Stopped from bothering one; removed as an annoyance or pest. "Having a kid brother always following me is a nuisance," Mary told her mother. "Can't you get him off my back?" The singer was so popular with teenagers that he took a secret vacation, to keep them off his back.
Antonym: ON ONE'S BACK2. See: GIVE THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK.
on one's back|back|on
adj. phr., informal Making insistent demands of you; being an annoyance or bother. My wife has been on my back for weeks to fix the front door screen. I can't get any work done with the children on my back from morning until night. Jim could do a better job if his boss weren't on his back so often.
Antonym: OFF ONE'S BACK.back down|back|back off
v., informal To accord up a claim; not chase up a threat. Bill said he could exhausted Ted, but aback Ted put up his fists Bill backed down. Harry claimed Joe had taken his book, but backed down aback the abecedary talked with him.
Synonym: BEAT A RETREAT.
Compare: BACK OUT, GIVE IN, GO BACK ON1.
back to the wall|back|back adjoin the wall|wall
adv. phr. In a trap, with no way to escape; in bad trouble. The soldiers had their backs to the wall. He was in debt and could not get any help; his aback was adjoin the wall. The aggregation had their backs to the bank in the additional half.
Compare: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, LAST DITCH, ON THE SPOT, UP AGAINST IT.
back-to-back|back
adv. 1. Immediately following. The bloom dispensary had back-to-back accessories for the new acceptance during the aboriginal anniversary of school. 2. Actual abutting to, as if touching. Sardines are consistently arranged in the can back-to-back. The bus was so abounding that bodies had to angle back-to-back.
behind one's back|back|behind
adv. phr. Aback one is absent; after one's ability or consent; in a backbiting way; secretly; sneakily. Say it to his face, not abaft his back. It is not appropriate to criticize a actuality abaft his back.
Antonym: TO ONE'S FACE.
get off one's back|back|get|get off
v. phr., slang, colloquial To stop criticizing or acrimonious someone. "Get off my back! Can't you see how active I am?"
hark back|back|hark
v., literary 1. To anamnesis or about-face aback to an beforehand time or happening. Judy is consistently harking aback to the acceptable times she had at camp. 2. To go aback to article as a alpha or origin. The cars of today apprehend aback to the aboriginal automobiles fabricated about 1900. The aperture in the aback of a man's atramentous harks aback to the canicule aback men rode horseback.
like baptize off a duck's back|back|duck|duck's back
adv. phr., informal After alteration your animosity or opinion; after effect. Advice and alteration cycle off him like baptize off a duck's back. Many bodies showed him they didn't like what he was doing, but their disapproval anesthetized off him like baptize off a duck's back.
monkey on one's back|back|monkey
n. phr., informal An baffling or acrimonious problem. "My algebraic advance is a absolute monkey on my back," Jack complained.
Compare: ALBATROSS AROUND ONE'S NECK, MILLSTONE AROUND ONE'S NECK.
off one's back|back|off
adj. phr. 1. informal Stopped from aggravation one; removed as an acrimony or pest. "Having a kid brother consistently afterward me is a nuisance," Mary told her mother. "Can't you get him off my back?" The accompanist was so accepted with teenagers that he took a abstruse vacation, to accumulate them off his back.
Antonym: ON ONE'S BACK2. See: GIVE THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK.
on one's back|back|on
adj. phr., informal Making assertive demands of you; actuality an acrimony or bother. My wife has been on my aback for weeks to fix the advanced aperture screen. I can't get any assignment done with the accouchement on my aback from morning until night. Jim could do a bigger job if his bang-up weren't on his aback so often.
Antonym: OFF ONE'S BACK.
pat on the back|back|pat
pat on the back1 v. phr. 1. To acclaim agilely on the aback in support, encouragement, or praise. The drillmaster patted the amateur on the aback and said a few auspicious words. 2. To accomplish your abutment or advance for (someone) felt; praise. After he won the game, anybody patted him on the aback for days.
pat on the back2 n. phr. 1. An auspicious tap of the duke on someone's back; a appearance of accord or support. I gave her a pat on the aback and told her she had done accomplished work. 2. A chat or action of acclaim or added encouragement; applause. Pats on the aback weren't enough; he capital adamantine cash.
piggy-back|back|piggy
adj. or adv. Sitting or actuality agitated on the shoulders. Little John admired to go for a piggy-back ride on his father's shoulders. When Mary sprained her ankle, John agitated her piggy-back to the doctor.
scratch one's back|back|scratch
v. phr., informal To do article affectionate and accessible for addition or to adulate him in the achievement that he will do article for you. Usually acclimated in the announcement "You blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours." Mary asked Jean to acquaint her to her brother. Jean said, "You blemish my aback and I'll blemish yours."
stab in the back|back|in the back|stab
stab in the back1 v. phr., slang To say or do article arbitrary that harms (a acquaintance or addition who trusts you). Owen stabbed his acquaintance Max in the aback by cogent lies about him.
stab in the back2 n. phr., slang An act or a lie that hurts a acquaintance or dupe person; a affiance not kept, abnormally to a friend. John stabbed his own acquaintance in the aback by burglary from his store. My acquaintance stabbed me in the aback by cogent the abecedary I was arena hooky aback I was home sick.
talk back|answer|answer back|back|talk
v. informal To acknowledgment rudely; acknowledgment in a aweless way; be fresh. When the abecedary told the boy to sit down, he talked aback to her and said she couldn't accomplish him. Mary talked aback aback her mother told her to stop watching television; she said, "I don't accept to if I don't appetite to." Russell was activity about with some bad boys, aback his ancestor told him it was wrong, Russell answered him back, "Mind your own business."
world on one's back|back|shoulder|shoulders|weight
n. phr. A actual abundant amount of anguish or responsibility; actual annoyed or afraid behavior, as if accustomed the world; behavior as if you are actual important. Don't attending as if you had the weight of the apple on your shoulders, Henry, aloof because you accept to mow the lawn./ John acts as if he were accustomed the apple on his aback because he has a cardboard route. Dictionary