buttocks, bum, buns When I was learning to skate, I fell a lot. My backside was sore!
down to brass tacks
(See get down to brass tacks)
fall through the cracks
not be included, leave out These children fell through the cracks. They didn't learn to read.
get down to brass tacks
begin the most important work or business Let's get down to brass tacks and begin talking about the new contract.
make tracks
hurry, move quickly, vamoose We better make tracks or we'll be late for dinner.
stop you in your tracks
cause you to stop, prevent you from going further You know what will stop you dead in your tracks? A bear, that's what.
backs to the wall
a homophobic comment and warning to fellow heterosexuals that contact with a gay male is likely or happening. From the misconception that all gay males will endevour, or want to have anal intercourse with any male
beast with two backs
the imaginatively named figure that represents a couple during sex. Jocular usage
fake jacks
to front, to fake moves
get down to brass tacks down to cases
begin the most important work or business;get started on the most important thing to talk about or know 讨论实质问题;谈论正经事 The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks.这些人先谈了一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事,然后就言归正传了。 You have talked about everything under the sun;now you'd better get down to brass tacks.你们已经天南海北乱扯了许多,现在最好要谈正经的了。
get down to brass tacks/get down to cases
begin the most important work or business;get started on the most important thing to talk about or know 讨论实质问题;谈论正经事 The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks.这些人先谈了一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事,然后就言归正传了。 You have talked about everything under the sun;now you'd better get down to brass tacks.你们已经天南海北乱扯了许多,现在最好要谈正经的了。
the wrong side of the tracks
Idiom(s): the wrong side of the tracks
Theme: LOCATION
the poor part of a town. • They said that Bob was from the wrong side of the tracks, but that it didn't matter. • We went to a school that was on the wrong side of the tracks, and we all got a fine education.
the other side of the tracks
Idiom(s): the other side of the tracks
Theme: LOCATION
the poorer section of town or the richer section of town, depending on perspective. • He is from a wealthy family and I am from a very humble background, but he is the first boy I have met from the other side of the tracks, and I want to marry him. • I hear he is dating someone from the other side of the tracks.
take a backseat
Idiom(s): take a backseat (to sb)
Theme: CONTROL - DIMINISH
to defer to someone; to give control to someone. • I decided to take a backseat to Mary and let her manage the project. • I had done the best I could, but it was time to take a backseat and let someone else run things.
paper over the cracks in
Idiom(s): paper over the cracks (in sth)
Theme: DECEPTION
to try to hide faults or difficulties, often in a hasty or not very successful way. • The politician tried to paper over the cracks in his party's economic policy. • Tom tried to paper over the cracks in his relationship with the boss, but it was not possible. • She didn't explain it. She just papered over the cracks.
make cracks about
Idiom(s): make cracks (about sb or sth)
Theme: JOKING
to ridicule or make jokes about someone or something. (Informal.) • Please stop making cracks about my haircut. It's the new style. • Some people can't help making cracks. They are just rude.
follow in one's tracks
Idiom(s): follow in someone's tracks AND follow in someone's footsteps
Theme: SAMENESS
to follow someone's example; to assume someone else's role or occupation. • The vice president was following in the president's footsteps when he called for budget cuts. • She followed in her father's footsteps and went into medicine.
drop in one's tracks
Idiom(s): drop in one's tracks
Theme: DAYDREAM
to stop or collapse from exhaustion; to die suddenly. • If I keep working this way, I'll drop in my tracks. • Bob was working in the garden and dropped in his tracks, dead as a doornail.
dead in one's or sth's tracks
Idiom(s): dead in one's or sth's tracks
Theme: STOP
exactly where someone or something is at the moment; at this instant. (This does not usually have anything to do with death. The phrase is often used with stop.) • Her unkind words stopped me dead in my tracks. • When I heard the rattlesnake, I stopped dead in my tracks. • The project came to a halt dead in its tracks.
cover one's tracks
Idiom(s): cover one's tracks (up)
Theme: DECEPTION
to conceal one's trail; to conceal one's past activities. • She was able to cover her tracks up so that they couldn't find her. • It's easy to cover up your tracks if you aren't well known. • The robber failed to cover his tracks.
Backseat driver
A backseat driver is an annoying person who is fond of giving advice to the person performing a task or doing something, especially when the advice is either wrong or unwelcome.
Brass tacks
If you get down to brass tacks, you get down to the real business.
Paper over the cracks
If you paper over the cracks, you try to make something look or work better but only deal with superficial issues, not the real underlying problems.
backseat driver|backseat|driver
n., informal A bossy person in a car who always tells the driver what to do. The man who drove the car became angry with the back seat driver.
cover one's tracks|cover|cover up one's tracks|tra
v. phr. 1. To hide and not leave anything, especially foot marks, to show where you have been, so that no one can follow you. The deer covered his tracks by running in a stream. 2. informal To hide or not say where you have been or what you have done; not tell why you do something or what you plan to do. The boys covered their tracks when they went swimming by saying that they were going for a walk. Compare: COVER UP1.
get down to brass tacks|brass tacks|business|get|g
v. phr. To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished. Gentlemen, I'm afraid the party is over and we must get down to business.
in one's tracks|tracks
adv. phr., informal 1. Just where one is at the moment; abruptly; immediately. The hunter's rifle cracked and the rabbit dropped in his tracks.Mary stopped dead in her tracks, turned around, and ran back home. Synonym: ON THE SPOT1, THEN AND THERE. 2. See: FOLLOW IN ONE'S FOOTSTEPS.
make tracks|make|track|tracks
v. phr., informal To go fast; get a speedy start; hurry. Man, it's time we made tracks!The boys made tracks for home when it began to get dark. Compare: GET GOING, MAKE HASTE.
the tracks|tracks
n. The line between the rich or fashionable part of town and the poor or unfashionable part of town. The poor children knew they would not be welcome on the other side of the tracks.Mary's mother did not want her to date Jack, because he came from across the tracks. Often used in the expression "the wrong side of the tracks". The mayor was born on the wrong side of the tracks, but he worked hard and became successful.
fall between the cracks Also, fall through the cracks or between two stools. Be neglected or overlooked; also, not fit either of two alternatives. For example, Please make sure that either our department or yours deals with this account, lest it fall between the cracks, or Trying to be both teacher and parent, she fell between two stools. The variant using stools, with its image of a person falling to the ground between two chairs instead of sitting down on one or the other, was already a proverb in ancient times; in English it was first recorded about 1390.
right side of the tracks The desirable part of town, as in They were relieved to learn that his fiancée came from the right side of the tracks. This expression alludes to the fact that when a railroad ran through a town, it often divided the prosperous neighborhoods from the poor ones. The latter district was called the wrong side of the tracks, as in The children from the wrong side of the tracks often came to school without having eaten breakfast. Today these terms are considered snobbish. [Second half of 1800s]
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