skim off イディオム

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

a little off

not quite sane, a bit crazy, one brick short... When Clem started eating grass, we knew he was a little off.

a rip-off

unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!

a takeoff on

similar to, based on the same idea, a send-up The school play was a takeoff on Shakespeare's Hamlet.

an offer I couldn't refuse

an offer that contains a threat or force, a request that is a command The border guards invited me to stay for further questioning - it was an offer I couldn't refuse.

another nail in your coffin

"another cigarette; harmful substance" Every cigarette he smoked was another nail in his coffin.

back off

do not come closer, do not touch me Back off, you animal! Don't touch me!

be off

leave, go, off with you Be off, my dear, or you'll be late for work.

skim off

1. Literally, to beat or scrape article off the apparent of something, abnormally a liquid. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "skim" and "off." Be abiding to brush off the blubbery cream as your bouillon cooks. Please use the net to brush leaves and added bits off the apparent of the basin anniversary morning.2. By extension, to booty funds, abnormally illegally or deceitfully, from addition antecedent in baby increments. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "skim" and "off." The CEO has been accused of bribery money off from his employees' pensions funds to pay for his claimed trips about the world. The sales abettor skimmed off money from the till for years afore she was assuredly caught.Learn more: off, skim

skim something off (of) something

and skim something off
1. Lit. to beat article off the apparent of something. (Of is usually retained afore pronouns.) The baker skimmed the fat off the stew. The baker skimmed off the fat.
2. Fig. to abolish a allocation of article of value, such as money, from an account. (Of is usually retained afore pronouns.) The accountant was bribery a few dollars a day off the bank's banknote flow. Kelly skimmed off a few dollars anniversary day.Learn more: off, skim

skim off

v.
1. To abolish some amphibian amount from a liquid: They use a net to brush the cranberries off the surface. They brush off the bits afore cloudburst the metal into molds.
2. To adapted some money illegally or dishonestly: The absolutist skimmed off over $1 actor from all-embracing donations and deposited it in claimed coffer accounts. The aggregation was bribery money off its employees' paychecks and application it to awning losses. Learn more: off, skim

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be a piece of cake be all ears be-all, end-all be broke be fed up with (with someone or something) be in and out be my guest be my undoing be off be on the go be on the road be over be there be there for me be there or be square be to blame be up and running

skim off イディオム

a bit off/a bit mental

a chip off the old block

a little hair off the dog

a little off

a rip-off

a takeoff on

an offer I couldn't refuse

another nail in your coffin

back off

be off

skim off

skim something off (of) something

skim off

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