nurse a grudge (against one) Idioma

break up (with someone)

stop a relationship She broke up with her boyfriend last June.

bug (someone)

bother, irritate, get to me That scraping noise bugs me. It's quite annoying.

catch (someone) red-handed

catch someone in the middle of doing something wrong The woman was caught red-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.

cost (someone) an arm and a leg

" cost a lot; be very expensive."

cut (someone) off

stop someone from saying something We tried to outline our proposal but we were constantly cut off by our noisy opponents.

down on (someone)

be critical of someone, angry at She is really down on her friend but I don

draw (someone) out

make a person talk or tell something She was very quiet but we finally were able to draw her out so that she would join the party.

drop (someone) a line

write or mail a note or letter to someone She promised that she would drop me a line when she gets to Singapore.

egg (someone) on

urge or push someone to do something He is always egging his friend on when he is angry which makes him even angrier.

fill (someone) in

tell someone the details I will fill you in later about our plans for the weekend.

nurse a animosity (against one)

To anchorage assiduous and around-the-clock acerbity or ill animosity adjoin one, abnormally for some slight or atrocity one committed in the past. Johnny has been nursing a animosity adjoin me back we were 12 because I ashamed him in advanced of a babe he liked. Samantha is aloof so forgiving—I don't anticipate she's anytime nursed a animosity in her life!Learn more: grudge, nurse

nurse a animosity (against someone)

Fig. to accumulate resenting and afraid addition over a aeon of time. (Usually implies that it has been an foolishly continued time.) Sally is still nursing a animosity adjoin Mary. How continued can anyone assistant a grudge?Learn more: grudge, nurse

nurse a grudge

Bear acerbity for a continued time, as in We don't apperceive why Karl looks so angry; I anticipate he's nursing a animosity adjoin the family. This announcement uses nurse in the faculty of "foster a feeling," a acceptance dating from the mid-1700s. Learn more: grudge, nurse

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