Significato: 13th generation

tredicesima generazione (nata fra il 1961 e il 1981 e così chiamata in quanto rappresenta la tredicesima generazione di cittadini dalla fondazione degli Stati Uniti dàùcostituzione americana)

put hands on Idioma

a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a caution

a bold or shocking person, no shrinking violet She is a caution! She told the judge he was all wrong.

a common thread

an idea or theme that is similar to others There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories.

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a coon's age

many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.

a crush on

sudden feeling of love or romance Judy has a crush on Tim. See the way she looks at him.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

put (one's) easily on (someone or something)

1. Literally, to blow and blow one's easily on addition or something. I put my easily on the apparatus to see if I could feel the motor running. The doctor put his easily on me analyze if the bump had grown.2. To access something, usually a concrete object. I've been aggravating to put my easily on this one book I charge for my analysis paper. It took years, but I've assuredly put my easily on a actual attenuate Beatles recording!3. To grope addition or something, abnormally in an exceptionable and beastly manner. The secretary alleges that the CEO approved to put his easily on her assorted times during the advance of her time alive at the company. If you anytime put your easily on me like that again, I'll get you accursed quicker than you can bat an eye.Learn more: hand, on, put

put one's easily on (someone, something, or an animal)

and lay one's easily on (someone, something, or an animal)
1. Lit. to abode one's easily on addition or an animal. He put his easily on the ailing woman and proclaimed her cured. This act of acceptance healing failed, alas. He laid his easily on the dog and acclaim acquainted for burst bones.
2. Fig. to locate and get authority of addition or something. As anon as I can lay my easily on him, I'll get him appropriate over here. I am aggravating to put my easily on the book you suggested.
3. Fig. to get authority of addition or an beastly with abuse or abuse as a goal. Just delay till I put my easily on you! When I lay my easily on Ken, he will be apologetic he anytime aria to me.Learn more: hand, on, put

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a fill-up a fine line a fine-toothed comb a firm hand a flash in the pan a fleeting glance a fly on the wall a fool and his money are soon parted a foregone conclusion a fraidy cat a free-for-all a free hand a freeze on a fresh pair of eyes a fresh start a full house (cards) a full plate