意味: blotch

blɒtʃn. 大きなしみ; しみ; できものv. しみだらけになる

OTC イディオム

a notch below

inferior, not as good That bicycle is a notch below the Peugeot. It's not quite as good.

botch it

ruin it, do it wrong, blow it When you bake bread for the first time, it's easy to botch it.

gotcha (got you)

tricked you, defeated you "When I don't know the answer, he says, ""Gotcha!"""

gotches

men's shorts, men's underwear Uh oh, no clean gotches. It's time to do my laundry.

notch below

(See a notch below)

sell like hotcakes

sell quickly, sell rapidly The tickets for the football game were selling like hotcakes when I inquired this morning.

slip a notch

be less skilful, not perform as well After the age of 30, your physical skills may slip a notch or two.

spotcheck

check anytime, inspect whenever you wish The prison guard did spotchecks on the men during the night.

take down a notch (peg)

make someone less proud or sure of himself He was taken down a notch by his boss because he was beginning to act in an arrogant manner.

top-notch

excellent, the best They had a top-notch cook at the restaurant but he left last month.

beotch

see biatch

beyotch

see bitch

botch job

1. a makeshift construction or repair
2. a thing done badly

botch up

1. to build or repair in a makeshift manner
2. to do something badly
3. a makeshift construction or repair
4. a thing done badly

crotch-rocket

any sport motorcycle or replica of a race motorcycle, usually Japanese in origin

gotcha

I got you (see cha )

I gotcha back

I got your back, I'm there for you

notch up

1．mark up in notches or cuts 用刻痕标出；刻下
The gunman notched up five victims on the handle of his gun．枪手在自己的枪柄上刻上5个受害者的记号。
2．achieve；gain取得
Our teams have notched up a number of wins in the tournament．我们的运动队在这次联赛中频频获胜。
He has notched up quite a few triumphs lately．他最近取得了好几项成就。

take sb down a notch or two

Idiom(s): take someone down a peg (or two) AND take someone down a notch (or two)

Theme: SCOLDING

to reprimand someone who is acting too arrogant.
• The teacher's scolding took Bob down a notch or two.
• He was so rude that someone was bound to take him down a peg or two.

Notch on your belt

A success or achievement that might help you in the future is a notch on your belt.

Scotch Mist

The phrase 'Scotch mist' is used humorously to refer to something that is hard to find or doesn't exist - something imagined.

Top notch

If something is top notch, it's excellent, of the highest quality or standard.

botch up|botch

v. phr. To ruin, spoil, or mess something up. "I botched up my chemistry exam," Tim said, with a resigned sigh.

scotch broth|broth|scotch

n. A thick barley soup with vegetables and mutton or beef. Mother cooked a hearty scotch broth for dinner.

take down a notch|notch|peg|take|take down|take do

v. phr., informal To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself. The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat.

hotcake

hotcake
go
/sell like hotcakes Informal
To be disposed of quickly; be in great demand: Programs for the championship game went like hotcakes.

notch

notch
see take down a notch.

Scotch

Scotch
the Scotch
the Scottish people

take down a notch

take down a notch
Also, take down a peg. Deflate or humble someone, as in He's so arrogant that I wish someone would take him down a notch, or That defeat took them down a peg. Both notch and peg in this idiom allude to a series, the former of indentations, the latter of knobs, used to raise or lower something. Specifically, peg alludes to the pegs used to lower a ship's colors. Their figurative use dates from the second half of the 1600s. Also see cut down, def. 4.

More Idioms/Phrases

take doing take down a notch take flight take for gospel

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