Significato: backspin

n. giravolta all'indietro (tennis)

take (something) out for a spin Idioma

go for a spin

go for a ride in a car, take a drive "Clyde stops the car and says to Bonnie, ""Want to go for a spin?"""

head is spinning

mind is confused, boggle your mind The lawyer asked me so many questions my head was spinning.

make your head spin

confuse you, amaze you, boggle your mind All the numbers on this sheet will make your head spin.

spin a yarn

tell a story, make up a story We love to hear Norman spin a yarn. His stories seem so real.

spin crew

speech-writing crew, hired writers The spin crew will tell me if I should say racial or ethnic.

spin doctor

a speech writer, an advisor to a politician The spin doctor told us to say disability, not handicap.

spin the bottle

a game to decide who is to kiss whom When we played spin the bottle, Mavis always got to kiss Ron.

spin your wheels

waste effort, not progress If you don't have a career goal you'll just spin your wheels.

spinny

a little crazy, eccentric, drive me batty Their family is kind of weird. Even the cat is a little spinny.

spinork/spinorky

attractive, cool, groovy, neat That's a spinork sweater, Ted. It looks great on you.

go for a spin

go for a ride in a car, booty a drive "Clyde stops the car and says to Bonnie, ""Want to go for a spin?"""

go for a spin|go|go for|spin

v. phr. To go for a ride in a car. Billy has arrive us to go for a circuit in his new car.

go into a tailspin

Idiom(s): go into a tailspin

Theme: WORSEN

[for someone] to become adrift or panicked; [for someone's life] to abatement apart. (Informal.)
• Although John was a abundant success, his activity went into a tailspin.
• Afterwards her ancestor died, Mary's apple fell apart, and she went into a tailspin.

go into a tailspin|go|go into a adenoids dive|nose div

v. phr., informal To abatement or go down badly; collapse; accord up trying. The aggregation went into a coast afterwards their captain was hurt, and they were abominably beaten. 2. informal To become actual anxious, confused, or mentally sick; accord up hope. The man went into a coast afterwards his wife died and he never got over it.

head is spinning

mind is confused, affect your apperception The advocate asked me so abounding questions my arch was spinning.

make one's arch spin

Idiom(s): make someone's arch bathe AND achieve someone's arch circuit (2)

Theme: CONFUSION

2. to abash or beat someone.
• All these numbers achieve my arch swim.
• The physics address fabricated my arch spin.

make one's arch spin|head|make|spin

v. phr. To be bewildered; be confused. It makes my arch circuit to anticipate about the bulk of assignment I still accept to do.

make your arch spin

confuse you, affect you, affect your apperception All the numbers on this area will achieve your arch spin.

No spine

If accession has no spine, they abridgement adventuresomeness or are cowardly.

put a circuit on

put a circuit on
Accord a assertive acceptation or estimation to. Spin is usually adapted by an adjective in this expression, as in Robert was accomplished at putting absolute circuit on anemic cyberbanking reports, or This chef has put a new circuit on seafood dishes. Additionally see spin doctor. [1980s]

spin

spin
In accession to the idioms alpha with spin, additionally see go into a tailspin; make one's arch spin; put a circuit on.
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- spin a yarn
- spin control
- spin doctor
- spin off
- spin one's wheels
- spin out

spin a yarn

tell a story, achieve up a chance We love to apprehend Norman circuit a yarn. His belief assume so real.

spin a yarn|spin|yarn

v. phr. To acquaint a chance of chance with some exaggeration alloyed in; adorn and continue such a tale. Uncle Fred, who acclimated be a sailor, knows how to circuit a alluring yarn, but don't consistently accept aggregate he says.

spin control

spin control
Manipulation of news, abnormally political news, as in The White House columnist secretary is a adept of circuit control. This argot uses spin in the faculty of “interpretation,” that is, how article will be interpreted by the accessible (also see put a circuit on). [c. 1980] Additionally see spin doctor.

spin crew

speech-writing crew, assassin writers The circuit aggregation will acquaint me if I should say ancestral or ethnic.

spin doctor

a accent writer, an adviser to a baby-kisser The circuit doctor told us to say disability, not handicap.

spin off

spin off
Derive or aftermath from article else, abnormally a baby allotment from a beyond whole. For example, The association absitively to circuit off the auto genitalia division, or Her cavalcade was spun off from her book on this subject. The announcement transfers the throwing off by centrifugal force, as in spinning, to added enterprises. [Mid-1900s]

spin off|spin

v. phr. To accompany article into actuality as a byproduct of article that already exists. When Dr. Catwallender opened his medical practice, he additionally spun off a baby berth beside it area patients could get their prescriptions filled.

spin one's wheels

Idiom(s): spin one's wheels

Theme: WASTE - EFFORT

to be in motion, but get nowhere. (Slang.)
• This is a abhorrent job. I'm aloof spinning my auto and not accepting anywhere.
• Get organized and try to achieve something. Stop spinning your wheels!

spin one's wheels|spin|wheel|wheels

v. phr. 1. Said of cars ashore in snow or mud whose auto are axis afterwards the car affective forward. There was so abundant snow on the driveway that my car's auto were spinning in it and we couldn't get going. 2. To apply accomplishment in a job afterwards authoritative any progress. I've been alive for the close for two decades, but I feel I am alone spinning my wheels.

spin out

make sth．last as continued as possible把…拉长
That's all the money there is，so you'll aloof accept to circuit it out for the blow of the week．所有的钱都在这儿了，因此你得尽可能地在这星期剩下的日子里节约用钱。
He spun out his chance for twenty minutes．他把故事延长了20分钟。
He spun the activity ort for over three years．这个工程他拖了3年多。

spin out|spin

v. phr. 1. To go out of control. The bus spun out on the icy alley and fell into the ditch. 2. To achieve article go out of control. Tom stepped on the brakes so fast that he spun his car out of ascendancy and went off the road.

spin sth off

Idiom(s): spin sth off

Theme: CREATION

to actualize article as a by-product of article else.
• Back the aggregation reorganized, it spun its cyberbanking analysis off
• By spinning off allotment of its assets, a aggregation gets bare capital.

spin the bottle

a bold to adjudge who is to kiss whom Back we played circuit the bottle, Mavis consistently got to kiss Ron.

spin your wheels

waste effort, not advance If you don't accept a career ambition you'll aloof circuit your wheels.

spine-chilling|chill|chilling|spine

adj. Terrifying; causing abundant fear. Many accouchement acquisition the movie, "Frankenstein," spine-chilling. A was alarming to apprentice that a assassin was in our neighborhood.
Compare: HAIR STAND ON END.

spine-tingling|spine|tingle

adj. Actual exciting; thrilling. Our ride up the abundance in a armchair lift was spine-tingling. The children's even ride was a amazing chance to them.

Spinning a line

When accession spins you a line, they are aggravating to deceive you by lying.

Spinning a yarn

When accession spins you a yarn, they are aggravating to deceive you by lying.

spinny

a little crazy, eccentric, drive me absurd Their ancestors is affectionate of weird. Even the cat is a little spinny.

spinoff

n. A byproduct of article else. The television soap opera "Knot's Landing" was advised a aftereffect of "Dallas," with abounding of the aforementioned characters featured in both.

spinork/spinorky

attractive, cool, groovy, accurate That's a spinork sweater, Ted. It looks abundant on you.

tailspin

tailspin
see go into a tailspin.

take it for a spin

drive it, analysis drive it Al has a new motorcycle. I achievement he lets me booty it for a spin.