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n. 活性炭

coa イディオム

rake someone over the coals

scold, reprimand His boss raked him over the coals when he heard about the lost sales report.

rake you over the coals

lecture you, scold you, ask you to explain I got raked over the coals for taking the car without asking.

ride his coattails

depend on his success, use his success My dad was a great doctor, but I don't want to ride his coattails.

coach

see O.G.

The coast is clear

Idiom(s): The coast is clear

Theme: SAFETY

There is no visible danger.
• I'm going to stay hidden here until the coast is clear.
• You can come out of your hiding place now. The coast is clear.

ride on one's coattails

Idiom(s): ride on someone's coattails AND hang on someone's coattails

Theme: FOLLOWING

to make one's good fortune or success depend on another person. (Also with else, as in the examples.)
• Bill isn't very creative, so he rides on John's coattails.
• Some people just have to hang on somebody else's coattails.

rake sb over the coals

Idiom(s): rake someone over the coals AND haul someone over the coals

Theme: SCOLDING

to give someone a severe scolding.
• My mother hauled me over the coals for coming in late last night.
• The manager raked me over the coals for being late again.

coat and tie

Idiom(s): coat and tie

Theme: CLOTHING

[for men] a jacket or sports coat and necktie. (A standard of dress between casual and a suit. Fixed order.)
• My brother was not wearing a coat and tie, and they would not admit him into the restaurant.
• I always carry a coat and tie in my car just in case I have to dress up a little for something.

coast-to-coast

Idiom(s): coast-to-coast

Theme: DISTANCE

from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans (in the continental U.S.A.); all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
• My voice was once heard on a coast-to-coast radio broadcast.
• Our car made the coast-to-coast trip in eighty hours.

carry coals to Newcastle

Idiom(s): carry coals to Newcastle

Theme: NEED - LACKING

to do something unnecessary; to do something that is redundant or duplicative. (Newcastle is an English town from which coal was shipped to other parts of England.)
• Taking food to a farmer is like carrying coals to Newcastle.
• Mr. Smith is so rich he doesn't need any more money. To give him money is like carrying coals to Newcastle.

haul sb over the coals

hang on one's coattails

At the coalface

If you work at the coalface, you deal with the real problems and issues, rather than sitting in a office discussing things in a detached way.

Canary in a coal mine

(UK) A canary in a coal mine is an early warning of danger.

Coals to Newcastle

(UK) Taking, bringing, or carrying coals to Newcastle is doing something that is completely unnecessary.

Coast is clear

When the coast is clear, the people supposed to be watching you are not there and you are able to move or leave.

Cut your coat according to your cloth

If you cut your coat according to your cloth, you only buy things that you have sufficient money to pay for.

Fur coat and no knickers

Someone with airs and graces, but no real class is fur coat and no knickers.

Heap coals on someone's head

To do something nice or kind to someone who has been nasty to you. If someone felt bad because they forgot to get you a Christmas gift, for you to buy them a specially nice gift is heaping coals on their head. ('Heap coals of fire' is also used.)

I should cocoa

(UK) This idiom comes from 'I should think so', but is normally used sarcastically to mean the opposite.

Rake over old coals

(UK) If you go back to old problems and try to bring them back, making trouble for someone, you are raking over old coals.

Trail your coat

If you trail your coat, you act in a provocative way.

carry coals to Newcastle|Newcastle|carry|coal|coal

v. phr. To do something unnecessary; bring or furnish something of which there is plenty. The man who waters his grass after a good rain is carrying coals to Newcastle. Joe was carrying coals to Newcastle when he told the doctor how to cure a cold. (Newcastle is an English city near many coal mines, and coal is sent out from there to other places.)

coast is clear|clear|coast

No enemy or danger is in sight; there is no one to see you. When the teacher had disappeared around the corner, John said, "Come on, the coast is clear." The men knew when the night watchman would pass. When he had gone, and the coast was clear, they robbed the safe. When Father stopped the car at the stop sign, Mother said, "The coast is clear on this side."

heap coals of fire on one's head|coals|fire|head|h

v. phr., literary To be kind or helpful to someone who has done wrong to you, so that he is ashamed. Alice heaped coals of fire on Mary's head by inviting her to a party after Mary had gossiped about her. Jean Valjean stole the Bishop's silver, but the Bishop heaped coals of fire on his head by giving the silver to him.

on one's coattails|coattails|on

adv. phr. Because of another's merits, success, or popularity. Bob and Jim are best friends. When Jim was invited to join a fraternity, Bob rode in on his coattails. Many people vote straight for all the candidates in the same political party. Most people voted for President K., so Governor B. rode in on K.'s coattails.

rake over the coals|coals|haul|haul over|haul over

v. phr. To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call.
Synonym: DRESS DOWN.

ride on one's coattails|coattails|ride

v. phr. To succeed in a certain endeavor by attaching oneself to the greater weight of another person or corporate body. "We will never get our Ph.D. program approved on our own," said the head of the modern dance department, "but we might succeed if we stay in the Division of Fine Arts, riding on their coattails, as it were."

coal

coal
see carry coals to Newcastle; rake over the coals.

coast

coast
1.
the Coast
â Informal in the U.S., the Pacific coast
2.
the coast is clear
there is no apparent danger or hindrance

coast is clear, the

coast is clear, the
No observers or authorities are present; one can proceed safely. For example, Let's make sure the coast is clear before we set up this surprise party. This expression may have originated among pirates and smugglers who were referring to the absence of coast guards, or with regard to a coastal military invasion, but no citations bear out these theories. By the late 1500s the term was used purely figuratively.

coattail

coattail
ride on someone's coattails
or hang on someone's coattails
â
to have one's success dependent on that of someone else

coattails

coattails
see on someone's coattails.

haul over the coals

haul over the coals
see rake over the coals.

on someone's coattails

on someone's coattails
Also, on the coattails of. Owing to another person's popularity or merits. For example, He won the cabinet post by hanging on the senator's coattails, or He was elected to office on the coattails of the governor. This expression, with its graphic image, dates from the mid-1800s, when coats with tails were in fashion.

pour on the coal

pour on the coal
Speed up, as in They keep passing us so pour on the coal, Mom! or We can get this issue of the paper out on time if we pour on the coal. This slangy expression originated in aviation in the 1930s but must have been an allusion to the coal-burning engines of trains and ships, since aircraft were never so powered. It has since been transferred to other vehicles and other endeavors.

rake over the coals

rake over the coals
Also, haul over the coals. Reprimand severely, as in When Dad finds out about the damage to the car, he's sure to rake Peter over the coals, or The coach hauled him over the coals for missing practice. These terms allude to the medieval torture of pulling a heretic over red-hot coals. [Early 1800s]