Significado: atty.

atty. (attorney)n. advogado

TTY Idioma

a pretty penny

a lot of money, a high price I bet she paid a pretty penny for that coat. It looks expensive.

batty

(See drive me batty)

cost a pretty penny

cost a lot of money, had a high price Elvis bought a new pink Cadillac. I bet that cost a pretty penny.

drive me batty

cause me to be insane, drive me crazy The noise from that motorcycle is driving me batty!

kitty bar the door

play defensively, play only to prevent a goal In the third period we played kitty bar the door and won 4-2.

kitty-corner

the diagonally opposite corner of an intersection The Bay is kitty-corner from the drugstore.

nitty-gritty

(See the nitty-gritty)

nutty as a fruit cake

funny, kooky, mad as a hatter Do I know Karl? Yes, I do. He's nutty as a fruit cake!

nutty as a fruitcake

very crazy The woman who lives next door to us is as nutty as a fruitcake.

pretty (adv.)

" rather; somewhat. "

pretty as a picture

very pretty, beautiful """How do I look in my new dress?"" ""Pretty as a picture, my dear."""

pretty penny

(See cost a pretty penny)

shitty

bad behavior, awful, crappy He borrowed your car and took your girl? That's pretty shitty.

sitting pretty

be in a favorable situation He is sitting pretty with his new job and lots of money.

snotty-nosed kid

a child, a boy with a dirty face I was just a snotty-nosed kid when I got my first job.

the nitty-gritty

very important matters, the crunch The nitty-gritty of an election is the vote itself - the numbers!

tough titty

(See tough luck)

batty-boy

derogatory term for a homosexual male. From batty meaning buttocks. Also spelt batty-bwoy. [West Indies]

beam me up Scotty

(interj) give me crack

Betty

1. fake or substituted drugs sold in place of the real product: "He jus' sold you some betty"
2. a good-looking girl

botty

the buttocks; children's expression

butty

a sandwich; the term originates in the North of England but has attained national use

ditty

anything, especially a small trinket, an object, a penis:"Give me that ditty, will you?"

dotty

1. feeble-minded; slightly crazy
2. see also dotty about

dotty about

extremely fond of

kitty

vagina

kitty cat

vagina

shotty

shotgun

the Bigetty Bigetty "O"

Oakland, California

putty in one's hands

Idiom(s): putty in one's hands

Theme: INFLUENCE

easily influenced by someone else; excessively willing to do what someone else wishes.
• Bob's wife is putty in his hands. She never thinks for herself.
• Jane's putty in her mother's hands. She always does exactly what she is told.

Pretty is as pretty does

Idiom(s): Pretty is as pretty does

Theme: PERSONALITY

you should do pleasant things if you wish to be considered pleasant.
• Now, Sally. Let's be nice. Pretty is as pretty does.
• My great aunt always used to say "pretty is as pretty does" to my sister.

in a pretty pickle

Idiom(s): in a (pretty) pickle

Theme: TROUBLE

in a mess; in trouble.
• John has gotten himself into a pickle. He has two dates for the party.
• Now we are in a pretty pickle. We are out of gas.

get down to the nitty-gritty

Idiom(s): get down to the nitty-gritty

Theme: DETAILS

to get down to the facts; to get down to cases.(Slang.)
• Stop fooling around. Get down to the nitty-gritty.
• Let's stop wasting time. We have to get down to the nitty-gritty.

feed the kitty

Idiom(s): feed the kitty

Theme: MONEY

to contribute money.
• Please feed the kitty. Make a contribution to help sick children.
• Come on, Bill. Feed the kitty. You can afford a dollar for a good cause.

come to a pretty pass

Idiom(s): come to a pretty pass

Theme: DEVELOPMENT

to develop into a bad, unfortunate, or difficult situation.
• Things have come to a pretty pass when people have to beg in the streets.
• When parents are afraid of their children, things have come to a pretty pass.

Cat fur and kitty britches

(USA) When I used to ask my grandma what was for dinner, she would say 'cat fur and kitty britches'. This was her Ozark way of telling me that I would get what she cooked. (Ozark is a region in the center of the United States)

Nitty gritty

If people get down to the nitty gritty, they concentrate on the most important and serious issues.

Sit pretty

Someone who's sitting pretty is in a very advantageous situation.

a pretty pass|pass|pretty pass

n. phr. An unfortunate condition; a critical state. While the boss was away, things at the company had come to a pretty pass.

knotty problem|knotty|problem

n. phr. A very complicated and difficult problem to solve. Doing one's income tax properly can present a knotty problem.

nutty as a fruitcake|fruitcake|nutty

adj. phr., slang Very crazy; entirely mad. He looked all right, as we watched him approach, but when he began to talk, we saw that he was as nutty as a fruitcake.

pretty penny|penny|pretty

n. phr. A large amount of money. Their new house is so big and modern that we're sure it must have cost them a pretty penny.

sitting pretty|pretty|sitting

adj., slang To be in a lucky position. The new library is sitting pretty because a wealthy woman gave it $10,000 worth of reference books. Mr. Jones was sitting pretty until his $25,000-a-year job was dropped by the company.

pretty

pretty
In addition to the idioms beginning with pretty, also see in a fix; kettle of fish; sitting pretty.
* * *
- pretty as a picture
- pretty much
- pretty penny, a

pretty much

pretty much
Almost, nearly, approximately, as in Our homework was pretty much finished. This adverbial usage differs from the use of pretty for “considerable” (as in pretty penny, a). [c. 1800]

pretty penny, a

pretty penny, a
A considerable sum of money, as in That fur coat must have cost a pretty penny. [Early 1700s]

putty in someone's hands

putty in someone's hands
A person who is easily influenced or malleable, as in Dean adored his little granddaughter; he was putty in her hands. This metaphoric term, first recorded in 1924, transfers the malleable quality of putty to human behavior. Also see twist around one's finger.

sweeten the kitty

sweeten the kitty
Also, sweeten the pot or deal. Make something financially more attractive, as in I am unable to give you the new title but I could sweeten the kitty a little by giving you a raise. This idiom comes from card games such as poker, where it means “add money to the pool,” and uses sweeten in the sense of “make more agreeable.” [Slang; c. 1900]

Walter Mitty

Walter Mitty
A person, generally quite ordinary or ineffectual, who indulges in fantastic daydreams of personal triumphs. For example, He's a Walter Mitty about riding in a rodeo but is actually afraid of horses. This term comes from James Thurber's short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), describing just such a character.

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