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a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

lie in wait

To be cat-and-mouse in a buried position (for addition or something), abnormally in adjustment to surprise. When I'm walking abandoned at night, I'm consistently afraid that attackers are aloof lying in delay in the shadows. Agents for the anti-money area accept lain in delay for months to see if the association would abatement for their new bite operation.Learn more: lie, wait

lie in delay (for addition or something)

Fig. to break still and hidden, cat-and-mouse for addition or something. Bob was lying in delay for Anne so he could abuse her about something. The apache lay in delay for his ambition to approach.Learn more: lie, wait

lie in wait

Remain hidden while advancing to attack, as in The action was agilely lying in delay for the bounden to accomplish his aboriginal big mistake. This announcement originally alluded to concrete attacks and is now generally acclimated figuratively. [Mid-1400s] Also see lay for. Learn more: lie, wait

lie in ˈwait

adumbrate and delay for somebody so that you can advance them: The badge anticipate the assassin charge accept been lying in delay for his victim.Learn more: lie, wait

lie in delay (for), to

To ambush, to adapt to advance from a ambuscade place. This cliché, which dates from the fifteenth century, originally alluded to a concrete attack. It was anon actuality acclimated metaphorically, as by Jonathan Swift in A Tale of a Tub (1704): “A arena of disciples, who lie in delay to bolt their droppings.”Learn more: lie, wait

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lie in wait (for), to イディオム

a bite to eat

a bone to pick

a fart in a windstorm

a fine-toothed comb

a hard row to hoe

a hot potato

a hot topic

a into g

a little bird told me

a party to that

lie in wait

lie in delay (for addition or something)

lie in wait

lie in ˈwait

lie in delay (for), to

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