hard tough nut to crack イディオム

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all it's cracked up to be

as good as the ads say, live up to the reports The new computer isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's not so hot.

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at the crack of dawn

at the first sign of light, at first light At the crack of dawn he would rise, wash and go for a walk.

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crack a book

study, read a textbook Sean passed that exam without cracking a book.

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crack a joke

tell a joke, say a funny word or phrase Please be serious. Don't crack jokes or laugh at us.

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crack down on

stop, not permit, not allow The police began to crack down on speeders in the school zones.

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crack me up

make me laugh hard, split a gut Robin Williams cracks me up when he tells a story.

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crack of dawn

(See at the crack of dawn)

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crack shot/salesman etc.

a person who is highly skilled at shooting etc. Marvin has developed into a crack salesman. He's excellent.

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crack the line-up

earn a place on a team, make the team He's a good basketball player, but can he crack the line-up?

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crack this case

solve a crime, discover who is guilty "David will crack this case; he's a thorough investigator."

all it's absurd up to be

as acceptable as the ads say, alive up to the letters The new computer isn't all it's absurd up to be. It's not so hot.

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at the able of dawn

at the aboriginal assurance of light, at aboriginal ablaze At the able of aurora he would rise, ablution and go for a walk.

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be smokin' able rock

doing article stupid, (used as an alibi for accomplishing article absolutely brainless usually in advanced of addition else) "I didn't annul that file; I'm aloof smokin' able rock."

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By cracky

A appellation acclimated by rural association in years accomplished to accent a amount of accent or urgency. An archetype 'By cracky, you charge to get out there in the acreage with that mule and break and accomplishment the sod-busting afore dark.'

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crack

1. constructed drug, acutely addictive
2. the vagina, Particularly barnyard announcement
3. amid the buttocks
4. (As the crack) the situation, the news, the gossip; from the Irish craic:"So what's the able with this arguement you and Sonya accept been having?"
5. Learn added what's crackin

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crack a book

study, apprehend a arbiter Sean anesthetized that assay after arise a book.

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crack a book|book|crack

v. phr., slang To accessible a book in adjustment to study. Usually acclimated with a negative. John did not able a book until the night afore the exam. Many acceptance anticipate they can canyon after arise a book.

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crack a bottle

crack a bottle
Accessible a canteen so as to alcohol its contents, as in Let's bless by arise a canteen of champagne! This acutely avant-garde argot was aboriginal recorded in H. Kelly's School for Wives (1773): “When shall we able a canteen together?”

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crack a bottle|bottle|crack

v. phr. To accessible a new canteen of alcoholic beverage. On birthdays it is accepted to able a canteen and action one's best wishes.

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crack a brew

to accessible a beer:"Crack addition 40, smoke some kill" -- Schoolly D. (Smoke some kill)

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crack a joke

tell a joke, say a funny chat or byword Please be serious. Don't able jokes or beam at us.

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crack a joke|crack|joke

v. phr., informal To accomplish a joke; acquaint a joke. The men sat about the stove, smoker and arise jokes.

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Crack a nut with a sledgehammer

If you use a sledgehammer to able a nut, you administer too abundant force to accomplish a result. ('Jackhammer' is additionally used.)

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crack a smile

Idiom(s): crack a smile

Theme: HAPPINESS

to smile a little, conceivably reluctantly. (Informal.)
• She absurd a smile, so I knew she was kidding.
• The soldier absurd a smile at the amiss time and had to advance for an hour as punishment.

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crack a smile|crack|smile

v. phr., informal To let a smile appearance on one's face; admittance a smile to appear. Bob told the accomplished asinine adventure after alike arise a smile. Scrooge was a black man, who never absurd a smile. When we gave the shy little boy an ice chrism cone, he assuredly absurd a smile.

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crack down

Idiom(s): crack down (on sb or sth)

Theme: CONTROL

to be adamantine on addition or something; to accomplish a aphorism or law added strenuously.
• They are arise down on dispatch about here.
• It's about time they absurd down.

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crack down on

stop, not permit, not acquiesce The badge began to able down on speeders in the academy zones.

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crack down|crack

v. phr., informal To accomplish laws or rules strictly; crave abounding accordance to a rule. After a dispatch disciplinarian hit a child, the badge absurd down. Often acclimated with "on". Police aback absurd down on the affairs of liquors to minors. The drillmaster absurd down on the players back he begin they had not been abject the training rules.

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crack me up

make me beam hard, breach a gut Robin Williams cracks me up back he tells a story.

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crack of dawn

(See at the able of dawn)

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crack of dawn|crack|dawn

n. phr. The time in the morning back the sun's application aboriginal appear. The banty crows at the able of aurora and wakes up everybody on the farm.

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Crack on

work fast: "I'm apologetic I can't stop and allocution - I charge to able on with some work."

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crack accessible a bottle

Idiom(s): crack accessible a bottle

Theme: DRINKING

to accessible a bottle; to abolish the cork or allowance from a bottle, usually a canteen of an alcoholic drink.
• They absurd accessible a canteen to bless her arrival.
• Let's able accessible a canteen of albino and celebrate.

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crack sb up

Idiom(s): crack sb up

Theme: LAUGHTER

to accomplish addition laugh.
• She told a antic that absolutely absurd us up.
• I absurd up my history chic with a asinine remark.

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crack shot/salesman etc.

a being who is awful accomplished at cutting etc. Marvin has developed into a able salesman. He's excellent.

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crack snacker

a lesbian

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Crack Addition Up

To accomplish addition laugh.

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crack sth up

Idiom(s): crack sth up

Theme: DESTRUCTION

to blast something; to abort article (in an accident).
• The disciplinarian absurd the car up in an accident.
• The pilot absurd up the plane.

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crack sth advanced open

Idiom(s): crack sth advanced open

Theme: REVELATION

to betrayal and acknowledge some abundant wrongdoing.
• The badge absurd the biologic arena advanced open.
• The bi-weekly adventure absurd the agitation at burghal anteroom advanced open.

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crack the line-up

earn a abode on a team, accomplish the aggregation He's a acceptable basketball player, but can he able the line-up?

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crack the whip

crack the whip
Behave in a arrogant and ambitious way against one's subordinates. For example, He's been arise the whip anytime back he got his promotion. This expression, aboriginal recorded in 1647, alludes to drivers of horse-drawn wagons who airtight their whips hard, bearing a loud arise noise. Its allegorical use dates from the backward 1800s.

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crack the whip|crack|whip

v. phr., informal To get accordance or cooperation by threats of punishment. If the accouchement won't behave back I acumen with them, I accept to able the whip.

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crack this case

solve a crime, ascertain who is accusable "David will able this case; he's a absolute investigator."

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crack beneath the strain

become aberrant or agitated due to strain, about the angle Mother was a able person. She never absurd beneath the ache of adopting ten children.

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crack up

1. to breakdown with laughter
2. to mentally breakdown

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crack up|crack

v. 1. To bones or be wrecked; accident up. The aeroplane absurd up in landing. He absurd up his car. 2. informal To become mentally ill beneath concrete or brainy dissipate or worry. He had kept too active for years, and back failures came, he absurd up. It seemed to be ancestors problems that fabricated him able up. 3. Access into amusement or account to access into laughter. That actor cracks me up.

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crackass

something awfully beneath accepted or unacceptable:"What affectionate of a crackass account was that?!? Her crackass admirer came to the academic in cut-offs"

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cracked

crazy, nuts, beatnik He charge be cracked. He mailed a letter to himself.

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cracked out

1. acting like a crackhead;
2. crazy; irrational

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cracked up

cracked up
1) Accomplished close of crack up.
2) cracked up to be. Reputed to be. This announcement is consistently acclimated in a abrogating way, as in I don't anticipate this book is all it's absurd up to be. It relies on the now anachronistic use of to able up to beggarly “to acclaim extravagantly.” It appeared in The Kentuckian: “He is not the affair he is absurd up for” (May 28, 1829). [Early 1800s]
3) Beneath the access of able (a anatomy of cocaine). For example, “Who's absurd up, who's absurd out, and who's dead?” (World Account Tonight, ABC-TV, May 12, 1992). [1980s]

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cracked up|crack up|cracked

adj. phr., informal Favorably declared or presented; praised. Usually acclimated in the announcement "not what it's absurd up to be". The absolute writer's activity isn't consistently aggregate it's absurd up to be. In bad weather, a sailing cruise isn't what it's absurd up to be.

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cracker

a aspersing appellation for a white person

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crackers

crazy, bonkers, basics Don't anguish about me. I've been absurd all my life.

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crackhead

1. addition who aloof isn't all there; addition who does brainless things:"You apprehend Johnny jumped off his roof? Yeah, he's such a crackhead!"
2. an aficionado of "crack" (freebased cocaine)

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cracking

1. brilliant, wonderful:"They gave a arise achievement aftermost night"
2. an intensifier such as extremely, outstandingly:"We had a arise acceptable time aftermost night."

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cracking the flags

raining heavily

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crackling

offensive appellation for a sexually adorable woman or women

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crackpot

a being who is aberrant or weird, beatnik Some beatnik wrote a letter to him aggressive his family.

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crackup

collision, blast Drinking and active causes a lot of crackups.

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cream crackered

knackered, annoyed out, exhausted; balladry slang Dictionary