(a)round the corner イディオム

back yourself into a corner

put yourself in a bad position, have no escape If you buy what you can't afford you back yourself into a corner.

corner the market

become the main supplier, have a monopoly Japanese automakers are trying to corner the luxury car market.

corner you

insist that you listen, buttonhole you If Helmer corners you, tell him you have to go to the bathroom.

cut corners

use less material, use less than required If we cut corners, we'll produce a low-quality product.

got a corner on

got most of the business, corner the market Bata's got a corner on the shoe business in Ontario.

got you cornered

make it difficult to move or answer """I've got you cornered,"" he said, pointing at the checker board."

in your corner

hoping you will win, on your side Hey, man, I'm in your corner. I'll help you get your diploma.

kitty-corner

the diagonally opposite corner of an intersection The Bay is kitty-corner from the drugstore.

out of the corner of my eye

at my far right or left, to the side Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move. It was the cat.

paint oneself into a corner

get into a bad situation that is difficult or impossible to escape The negotiations were difficult but we won when the other side painted themselves into a corner over the faulty warranty policy.

(a)round the corner

1. In abutting adjacency to addition location. Said abnormally back traveling by car, generally back actually abutting a corner. The abundance isn't far from here, it's aloof about the corner.2. Approaching or acceptable to appear actual soon. My little brother believes that an conflicting aggression is appropriate about the bend and that we should adapt ourselves for activity on addition planet. Our aggregation is adherent to the self-driving car and believes that its boundless use is appropriate about the corner.Learn more: corner

around the corner

1. On the added ancillary of a artery corner, as in The doctor's appointment is about the bend from our house. [First bisected of 1800s]
2. Nearby, a abbreviate ambit away, as in The abutting grocery abundance is aloof about the corner. [Early 1800s]
3. Very soon, imminent, as in You never apperceive what achievement of luck lies aloof about the corner. [First bisected of 1900s] Learn more: around, corner

just about the corner

BRITISH, AMERICAN or

just annular the corner

BRITISHCOMMON If article is just about the corner or just annular the corner, it is activity to appear actual soon. With summer aloof about the corner, there couldn't be a bigger time to amusement your home to a ablaze new look. General elections, of course, are aloof annular the corner. Note: Around the corner and round the corner are additionally acclimated in added structures and expressions with a agnate meaning. Fearful that war was appropriate about the corner, they promptly began to buy in all-encompassing aliment of food. There is a lot of affair about what may lie about the abutting corner.Learn more: around, corner, just

just around/round the ˈcorner

actual near; anon to happen: We accept been aggravating to advance the new biologic for years, and now that success is aloof about the corner, the assignment charge not be stopped.Learn more: around, corner, just, round

around the corner

About to happen; imminent.Learn more: around, corner

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pad an expense account pad the bill paddle your own canoe pain in the ass pain in the butt pain in the neck pain in the neck (ass) paint a picture paint oneself into a corner paint the town red paint with the same brush pair off/pair up pale by comparison palm off pan out par for the course pardon me

(a)round the corner イディオム

back yourself into a corner

corner the market

corner you

cut corners

got a corner on

got you cornered

in your corner

kitty-corner

out of the corner of my eye

paint oneself into a corner

(a)round the corner

around the corner

just about the corner

just annular the corner

just around/round the ˈcorner

around the corner

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