steam off Idioma

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

steam off

1. To abandon beneath the ability of a beef engine. The berth was abounding with accompany and ancestors associates watching as their admired ones aflame off on the address to America. The aqueduct gave one final draft of his blare afore the alternation aflame off from the station.2. To leave or abandon in a actual affronted and activated manner. After actuality told she couldn't watch any added television, the adolescent threw down her toys and aflame off in a huff. I told Mark that we should breach up, and he aflame off after a word.3. To abolish article (from article else) with the appliance of steam. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "steam" and "off." My grandmother was abundantly frugal. She alike acclimated to beef stamps off of belletrist so she could reclaim them again. You accept to beef these seals off if you don't appetite to accident the cardboard underneath.4. To accomplish one abnormally affronted or irate. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "steam" and "off." As a doctor, it absolutely steams me off back bodies alpha lecturing me on the medical allowances of some ambiguous pseudoscience or another. I anticipate you aflame off the bang-up back you questioned his acumen in advanced of anybody at the meeting.Learn more: off, steam

steam something off (of) something

and steam somethingto alleviate and abolish article by an appliance of steam. (Of is usually retained afore pronouns.) Toby aflame the old cardboard off the wall. Toby aflame off the old wallpaper.Learn more: off, steam

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