Significato: affenpinscher

n. affenpinscher, razza europea di cane di piccola taglia (zool.)

cher Idioma

a penny pincher

a person who spends carefully, a thrifty person He used to be a penny pincher, but now he spends freely.

cherrypicker (hockey)

a player who waits at center ice for a pass Our coach told us about the cherrypicker on the other team.

life is just a bowl of cherries

life is just wonderful, life is grand "When Anne is happy, she says, ""Life is just a bowl of cherries!"""

little pitchers have big ears

little children often overhear things that they are not supposed to hear Little pitchers have big ears she said when she saw her daughter standing at the door listening to her talking to her husband.

number-cruncher

an accountant, someone who works with numbers Our president is a good number-cruncher and understands about the finances of our company.

penny pincher

(See a penny pincher)

butchers

a look; from the Cockney rhyming slang butcher's hook:"Let's have a butchers at it before you put it back"

carpet muncher

offensive term for a lesbian

cherry

1. virginity as in to lose one's cherry. Previously applied to the hymen but now the term is used by both sexes. One is also able to lose one's anal cherry. See "pop someone's cherry"
2. cool, hip, good: "Damn, that car is cherry!"

cradle snatcher

derogatory term for a person who dates or marries someone considerably younger than themselves

crumb snatcher

kids, children

cum catcher

slut; whore; person who swallows large quantities:"I wouldn't kiss her; she's nothin' but a cum catcher"

pop someone's cherry

to lose or take someone's sexual virginity. Orig. applied to deflowering (a woman)

the teacher's pet

Idiom(s): be the teacher's pet

Theme: ADVANTAGE

to be the teacher's favorite student.
• Sally is the teacher's pet. She always gets special treatment.
• The other students don't like the teacher's pet.

Cherry pick

If people cherry pick, they choose things that support their position, while ignoring things that contradict it.

Number cruncher

A number cruncher is an accountant or someone who is very good at dealing with numbers and calculations.

Poacher turned gamekeeper

Someone who gets a legitimate job which is the opposite of their previous one. E.G a computer hacker who then helps to catch other hackers or an ex-bank robber who then advises banks on security.

Teacher's pet

The teacher's favorite pupil is the teacher's pet, especially if disliked by the other pupils.

bed of roses|bed|bowl|bowl of cherries|cherry|rose

n. phr. A pleasant easy place, job, or position; an easy life. A coal miner's job is not a bed of roses. After nine months of school, summer camp seemed a bowl of cherries.
Compare: IN CLOVER, LIFE OF RILEY.

bird watcher|bird|watcher

n. A person whose hobby is to study birds close-up in their outdoor home. A bird watcher looks for the first robin to appear in the spring.

cherry farm|cherry|farm

n., slang A correctional institution of minimal security where the inmates, mostly first offenders, work as farmhands. Joe got a light sentence and was sent to a cherry farm for six months.

clock watcher|clock|watcher

n. phr., informal A worker who always quits at once when it is time; a man who is in a hurry to leave his job. When Ted got his first job, his father told him to work hard and not be a clock watcher.

eye-catcher|catcher|eye

n. Something that strongly attracts the eye. See: CATCH ONE'S EYE. That new girl in our class is a real eye-catcher.

little pitchers have big ears|big ears|ear|ears|li

Little children often overhear things they are not supposed to hear, or things adults do not expect they would notice.

A proverb. Be especially careful not to swear in front of little children. Little pitchers have big ears.

penny-pincher|penny|pincher

n., informal A stingy or selfish person; miser. He spent so little money that he began to get the name of a penny-pincher. -

archer

archer
the Archer
Sagittarius, the constellation and ninth sign of the zodiac

bowl of cherries, life is just a

bowl of cherries, life is just a
These are happy circumstances; life is wonderful. This phrase is often used ironically, as in My husband is about to get laid off—life is just a bowl of cherries, right? Originating as the title of a song (1931) by Lew Brown (lyrics) and composer Ray Henderson, this term expressed the idea that everything was going very well. However, its ironical use was established by the 1970s. Also see bed of roses.