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ek イディオム

cheek

sharp reply, sarcasm, lip "When I called Mom a crab, she said, ""No more of your cheek!"""

cheek by jowl

beside, alongside, side by side Jack and James fought cheek by jowl in World War I.

cheeky

rude, impolite, lippy, sassy Tara is too cheeky. She told her mom to stop flirting with men.

deked out of his jock

tricked out of position, outplayed Mario skated in on the goalie and deked him out of his jock.

eke out

earn with difficulty He was unable to eke out a living on the farm so he sold it.

eke out a living

earn or grow enough to survive On the small farm we were able to eke out a living.

geek

strange person, scholar, book worm, nerd Allan reads a lot and stays by himself. He's kind of a geek.

Greek to me

(See it was Greek to me)

it was Greek to me

"I could not understand what was said; it was like a foreign language" "When he asked me what I had learned about DNA, I replied, ""I don't know. It was Greek to me."""

peek-a-boo

peek through the fingers with hands covering eyes Shelly was playing peek-a-boo with the baby.

seek revenge

try to hurt a person who hurt you, get back at If a dog bites you, there are many ways to seek revenge.

tongue in cheek

fooling, joking, kidding Most of what Bob said was tongue in cheek. He was joking.

turn the other cheek

let someone do something to you and not try to get revenge He decided to turn the other cheek when the man tried to start a fight in the restaurant.

up shit creek

in a bad situation, in a fix If we lose our matches, we're up shit creek. We need a campfire.

wekabi

personal evil spirit, personal devil His wekabi told him to steal the statue of the Ethiopian ruler.

brekky

abb. of breakfast

cheeks

the buttocks

cheeky monkey

a light-hearted name for a verbally impertinent person

dekko

British slang for a look, or glance; the term derives from the Hindi word for look!, dekho! And entered service around the 19th century

deuce of peekers

eyes

geek out

to make a big deal out of nothing; to freak out; to become excessively upset or excited; "She was geekin' out when she saw her boyfriend hanging out with another girl"

geeka

a crackhead (2) who is wanting some drugs; "Them geekas been knockin' on tha door all day"

geeked

excited and/or surprised, about something; "I was so geeked when he asked me to come over and meet his family!"

geeking

under the influence of crack cocaine

Tek 9

a machine gun

peek at

look at sth．secretly 偷看；窥视
Through a keyhole he peeped at what was happening inside．他从锁眼里窥视室内的动静。
She felt she was constantly being peeped at．她感到自己一直受人监视着。

peep/peek at

seek after

try to gain as by inner enquiry 探索；寻求
Many people spend years seeking after peace of mind，often with little success．许多人花多年时间来寻求精神上的平静，但通常收效甚微。
He is the kind of man who is al ways seeking after truth．他是那种始终追求真理的人。

seek out

look for and find；single out 找出；挑出
They sought him out from among the crowd．他们在人群里找到了他。
He is still seeking out a suitable as sistant．他仍在想法物色一个适当的助手。
Such inspection methods seek out surface flaws in materials．这种检验方法可以找出原材料表面的瑕疵。

week in, week out

Idiom(s): week in, week out

Theme: ALWAYS

every week, week after week. (Informal. Fixed order.)
• We have the same old food, week in, week out.
• I'm tired of this job. I've done the same thing—week in, week out—for three years.

up the creek without a paddle

Idiom(s): up the creek (without a paddle)

Theme: TROUBLE

in a bad situation. (Slang. Use with caution. There is a taboo version of this phrase.)
• What a mess I’m in. I'm really up the creek without a paddle.
• I tried to prevent it, hut I seem to he up the creek, too.

tongue-in-cheek

Idiom(s): tongue-in-cheek

Theme: FUNNY

insincere; joking.
• Ann made a tongue-in-cheek remark to John, and he got mad because he thought she was serious.
• The play seemed very serious at first, but then everyone saw that it was tongue-in-cheek, and they began laughing.

Jekyll and Hyde

Idiom(s): Jekyll and Hyde

Theme: PEOPLE - NEGATIVE

someone with both an evil and a good personality. (From the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Fixed order.)
• Bill thinks Mary is so soft and gentle, but she can be very cruel—she is a real Jekyll and Hyde.
• Jane doesn't know that Fred is a Jekyll and Hyde. She sees him only when he is being kind and generous, but he can be very cruel.

hide-and-seek

Idiom(s): hide-and-seek

Theme: PLAY

a guessing game where one has to find something or figure out something that is concealed or disguised. (Also literal when referring to a game where a person hides and another person tries to find the hidden person. Fixed order.)
• I am tired of running up against a game of hide-and-seek every time I ask to see the financial records of this company.
• I have been trying to see the manager for two days. Where is she? I refuse to play hide-and-seek any longer. I want to see her now!

by the week

Idiom(s): by the week

Theme: TIME

one week at a time.
• I plan my schedules by the week.
• Where can I rent a room by the week?

all Greek to me

Idiom(s): (all) Greek to me

Theme: CONFUSION

unintelligible to me. (Usually with some form of be.)
• I can't understand it. It's Greek to me.
• It's all Greek to me. Maybe Sally knows what it means.

Lord willing and the creek don't rise

Pertains to the ability to accomplish a task or meet an obligation, barring unforseen complications. Example "I will be at work tomorrow, Lord willing and the creek don't rise."

Poacher turned gamekeeper

Someone who gets a legitimate job which is the opposite of their previous one. E.G a computer hacker who then helps to catch other hackers or an ex-bank robber who then advises banks on security.

Up the creek

If someone or something is up the creek, they are in real trouble. 'Up the creek without a paddle' is an alternative, and 'up shit creek (without a paddle)' is a ruder form.

Tongue And Cheek

humor, not to be taken serious.

dance cheek to cheek

dance very close to someone: "Everyone was looking at them dance cheek to cheek."

have a cheek

be disrespectful: "He's got a cheek saying you never help him - I saw you writing his report for him!"

eke out|eke

v. 1. To fill out or add a little to; increase a little. Mr. Jones eked out a country teacher's small salary by hunting and trapping in the winter. The modest meal was eked out with bread and milk. 2. To get (little) by hard work; to earn with difficulty. Fred eked out a bare living by farming on a rocky hillside.

in days to come|day|days|in weeks to come|in years

adv. phr. In the future. In the years to come I will be thinking of my father's advice about life.

light housekeeping|housekeeping|light

n., slang An arrangement in which an unmarried couple live together. Are Joe and Sue married? Oh, no, it's just a case of light housekeeping. See: SHACK UP WITH.

self-seeking|seeking|self

adj. Given to egotism and self-aggrandizement. Al is the most self-seeking person I've ever met, he is not fun to be around.

sidekick

n. A companion; a close friend of lesser status. Wherever you see Dr. Howell, Dr. Percy, his youthful sidekick is sure to be present as well.

tongue-in-cheek|cheek|tongue

adj. phr. In an ironic or insincere manner. When the faculty complained about the poor salary increments, the university's president said that he was not a psychiatrist, thus making an inappropriate tongue-in-cheek remark.

turn the other cheek|cheek|other cheek|turn

v. phr. To let someone do something to you and not to do it in return; not hit back when hit; be patient when injured or insulted by someone; not try to get even. Joe turned the other cheek when he was hit with a snowball.

up the creek|creek|paddle|up|up the creek without

adj. phr., informal In trouble or difficulty and unable to do anything about it; stuck. Father said that if the car ran out of gas in the middle of the desert, we would be up the creek without a paddle. I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.
Compare: DEEP WATER, IN THE SOUP, UP A TREE, OUT OF LUCK.