be extremely eager to do something or please someone They fell over themselves in their effort to please their host.
in over one's head
in a situation that is too much / too difficult for one to
over one
never, under no circumstances Over my dead body will I let him come to the party next week.too difficult for someone to understand The joke went over her head so we had to explain it to her.
over one's head
too difficult or complicated for someone to understand.
pull the wool over one
deceive, fool someone into thinking well of one The girl tried to pull the wool over her mother
all over one like a cheap suit
to possess comprehensively, and usually intimately:"She was all over him like a cheap suit
pull the wool over one's eyes
Idiom(s): pull the wool over one's eyes
Theme: DECEPTION
to deceive someone. • You can't pull the wool over my eyes. I know what's going on. • Don't try to pull the wool over her eyes. She's too smart.
have sth hanging over one's head
Idiom(s): have sth hanging over one's head
Theme: WORRY
to have something bothering or worrying one; to have a deadline worrying one. (Informal.) • I keep worrying about getting drafted. I hate to have something like that hanging over my head. • I have a history paper that is hanging over my head.
go over one's head
Idiom(s): go over one's head
Theme: INTELLIGENCE - LACKING
[for the intellectual content of something] to be too difficult for someone to understand. • All that talk about computers went over my head. • I hope my lecture didn't go over the students' heads.
fall all over oneself
Idiom(s): fall (all) over oneself
Theme: AWKWARDNESS
to behave awkwardly and eagerly in an attempt to please someone. • Tom fell all over himself trying to make Jane feel at home. • I fall over myself when I'm doing something that makes me nervous.
cover one's tracks
Idiom(s): cover one's tracks (up)
Theme: DECEPTION
to conceal one's trail; to conceal one's past activities. • She was able to cover her tracks up so that they couldn't find her. • It's easy to cover up your tracks if you aren't well known. • The robber failed to cover his tracks.
cover one's tracks|cover|cover up one's tracks|tra
v. phr. 1. To hide and not leave anything, especially foot marks, to show where you have been, so that no one can follow you. The deer covered his tracks by running in a stream. 2. informal To hide or not say where you have been or what you have done; not tell why you do something or what you plan to do. The boys covered their tracks when they went swimming by saying that they were going for a walk. Compare: COVER UP1.
fall over oneself|fall|fall over|fall over backwar
v. phr. To do everything you can to please someone; try very hard to satisfy someone. The hotel manager fell over backwards to give the movie star everything she wanted.The boys fell over themselves trying to get the new girl's attention.
go over one's head|go|head
v. phr. 1. To be too difficult to understand. Penny complains that what her math teacher says simply goes over her head. 2. To do something without the permission of one's superior. Fred went over his boss's head when he signed the contract on his own.
hang over one's head|hang|head
v. phr. To be a danger or threat to you. An overused phrase. Over Jimmy's head hung the teacher's suspicion that Jimmy had cheated in the final examination.Death hangs over a bullfighter's head every time he performs.
over one's dead body|body|dead body|over
adv. phr., informal Not having the ability to stop something undesirable from taking place. "You will get married at age sixteen over my dead body!" Jane's father cried.
over one's head|head|over
adv. or adj. phr. 1. Not understandable; beyond your ability to understand; too hard or strange for you to understand. Mary laughed just to be polite, but the joke was really over her head.The lesson today was hard; it went over my head. Compare: BEYOND ONE'S DEPTH. 2. To a more important person in charge; to a higher official. When Mary's supervisor said no, Mary went over her head to the person in charge of the whole department.If Johnny can't get what he wants from his big sister, he goes over her head and asks his mother. 3. See: HANG OVER ONE'S HEAD.
pull the wool over one's eyes|eye|eyes|pull|wool
v. phr., informal To fool someone into thinking well of you; deceive. The businessman had pulled the wool over his partner's eyes about their financial position.Bob tried to pull the wool over his teacher's eyes, but she was too smart for him.
all over one
all over one In close physical contact. For example, Whenever I visit, that dog of Jane's is all over me. [Early 1900s] Also see fall all over oneself; have it.
cover one's ass
cover one's ass Also, cover one's hide or oneself. Make excuses or otherwise take action to avoid being blamed, punished, or harmed. For example, The first thing you learn in the army is to cover your ass, or Jane is ingenious at finding ways to cover her hide. The first phrase, considered vulgar slang, dates from the 1960s; the variants are more polite.
roof over one's head, a
roof over one's head, a A shelter, especially a home, as in I can barely afford to put a roof over my head, my salary is so low.
over (someone or something)
1. Having accepted, confused on from, or appear to agreement with something, abnormally a adventurous relationship, that has bootless or assured badly. John and Amy bankrupt up about a ages ago, but I don't anticipate he's over her yet.Failing my active analysis like that absolutely abject me out, but I'm over it now.2. No best experiencing able affections about addition or something; no best agog about addition or something. I was way into comics back I was a kid, but I was appealing abundant over them by aerial school.3. Annoyed or balked by addition or article to the point of absent to no best accord with or appointment them or it. I'm over it—she can get addition abroad to accomplish bristles dozen cupcakes to her burdensome standards.It's alone been two days, and I'm actively over this architecture project.Everyone thinks Jack's admirer is so hilarious, but I'm so over him and his annoying jokes.Learn more: over
*over (with)
finished; concluded. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I achievement this affair gets over with appealing soon. Back will the address get over?Learn more:
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