意味: a single word

n. 一言

gle イディオム

a gaggle of geese

a flock of geese, a bunch of geese A gaggle of geese met us as we drove into the farmyard.

boggle the mind

stop the normal thinking process by being fantastic or incredible, unbelievable It really boggles the mind when you think how quickly the Internet began to have a major impact on people's lives.

boggle your mind

confuse you, make your head spin These numbers boggle my mind. I don't understand them.

dingle you

phone you, call you, give me a ring I'll dingle you when I get back from Chicago.

eagle eyes

a person who can see details or errors We call him Eagle Eyes because he finds so many lost golf balls.

get a wiggle on

hurry up, get going Get a wiggle on. We have to arrive at the party before the other guests arrive.

give me a dingle

phone me, call me, give me a ring Give me a dingle sometime. My number's in the phone book.

hang out one's shingle

give public notice of the opening of a doctor's office etc The doctor decided to hang up his shingle as soon as he finished medical school.

it's a jungle out there

the world is dangerous, the world is cruel """Why can't I walk home alone?"" ""Because it's a jungle out there."""

jungle mouth

smelly breath, unpleasant smell on the breath Most people have jungle mouth when they wake up, eh.

single out

choose one person from a group Why does the priest single me out for extra duties? Why me?

tangle with

fight against, have a fight with I wouldn't want to tangle with Vince. He's strong - and mean!

bojangle

to act crazy and mess up; to make a fool of oneself:"She's straight bojanglin' by trying to get wit' my boy!"

dangle roll

bad shot

neglectful of

in the habit of neglecting things常常忘记
She works so hard that she is often neglectful of her family．她工作非常卖命，常常连家都忘了。
He is often neglectful of his promise．他常常言而无信。

struggle to the death

Idiom(s): struggle to the death

Theme: CHALLENGE

a bitter struggle to the end or to death.
• The wolf and the elk fought in a struggle to the death.
• I had a terrible time getting my car started. It was a struggle to the death, but it finally started.

in single file

Idiom(s): (in) single file

Theme: ARRANGEMENT

lined up, one behind the other; in a line, one person or one thing wide.
• Have you ever seen ducks walking in single file?
• No, do they usually walk single file?
• Please march in single file.
• Please get into single file.

eagle eye

Idiom(s): eagle eye

Theme: VISION

careful attention; an intently watchful eye. (From the sharp eyesight of the eagle.)
• The students wrote their essays under the eagle eye of the headmaster.
• The umpire kept his eagle eye on the tennis match.

boggle one's mind

Idiom(s): boggle one's mind

Theme: CONFUSION

to confuse someone; to overwhelm someone.
• The size of the house boggles my mind.
• She said that his arrogance boggled her mind.

TANGLE UP

(separable) to twist and mix together into a confused mass
" Max accidentally tangled the electrical cords up."

Buggles' turn

(UK) If it Buggles' turn, someone gets promotion through length of service rather than ability, especially in the British civil service.

From a different angle

If you look at something from a different angle, you look at it from a different point of view.

Juggle frogs

If you are juggling frogs, you are trying to do something very difficult.

Jungle out there

If someone says that it is a jungle out there, they mean that the situation is dangerous and there are no rules.

Newfangled

People who don't like new methods, technologies, etc, describe them as newfangled, which means new but not as good or nice as the old ones.

see things from a different angle

to consider something from a different point of view: "Let's try to see this problem from a different angle."

boggle the mind|boggle|mind

v. phr., informal To stop the rational thinking process by virtue of being too fantastic or incredible. It boggles the mind that John should have been inside a flying saucer!

eagle eye|eagle|eye

n. Sharp vision like that of an eagle; the ability to notice even the tiniest details. The new boss keeps an eagle eye on all aspects of our operation.

every single|every|every last|last|single

adj. phr. Every.

Used for emphasis. She dropped the box, and when she opened it, every single glass was broken. When she got home she found every last tomato in the box was rotten.
Synonym: EACH AND EVERY.

hang out one's shingle|hang|shingle

v. phr., informal To give public notice of the opening of an office, especially a doctor's or lawyer's office, by putting up a small signboard. The young doctor hung out his shingle and soon had a large practice.

ringleader

n. phr. The chief of an unsavory group; a higher-up. The FBI finally caught up with the ringleader of the dope smugglers from South America.

single out|single

v. phr. To select or choose one from among many. There were a lot of pretty girls at the high school prom but Don immediately singled out Sally.

spine-tingling|spine|tingle

adj. Very exciting; thrilling. Our ride up the mountain in a chair lift was spine-tingling. The children's plane ride was a spine-tingling adventure to them.

eternal triangle

eternal triangle
A relationship involving three lovers, such as two women involved with one man or two men with one woman. For example, The plot of the murder mystery revolved around the eternal triangle of a husband, wife, and another woman. [c. 1900]

every single one

every single one
see each and every one.

jungle

jungle
see law of the jungle.

law of the jungle

law of the jungle
Survival of the strongest, as in The recent price war among airlines was governed by the law of the jungle. This term, alluding to the jungle as a place devoid of ethics where brutality and self-interest reign, was first used by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book (1894).

shingle

shingle
see hang out one's shingle.

single

single
In addition to the idioms beginning with single, also see each and every one.
* * *
- single file, in
- single out

single file, in

single file, in
Also, in Indian file. Aligned one behind the other, as in We have to bike in single file here, or The children were told to march in Indian file. Both usages are associated with military formations; the first term was first recorded in 1670; the variant, alluding to the usual marching order of Native Americans, was first recorded in 1758.

triangle

triangle
see eternal triangle.

wiggle

wiggle
get a wiggle on
Slang
To hurry or hurry up.