off one Idioma
cut off one
get off one
knock off one
off one
skin off one
sweep off one
off one's box
2. out of one's mind, crazy
get off one's chest
I tried to hold back my real dislike for him，but I finally had to get my true feelings off my chest．我试图掩饰对他的不喜欢，但我最后还是不得不讲出我的真实感情。
When you get very upset，it's good to get it off your chest．当你烦躁不安时，把事情讲出来是有好处的。
If you are worried about some thing，get it off your chest．如果你有心事，就痛痛快快说出来吧。
take off one's hat to
He was indeed a courageous man and I took off my hat to him．他确实是个勇敢的人，我佩服他。
You've done a remarkably fine job—I take off my hat to you．你干得太出色了，我向你致敬。
take off one's hat
Idiom(s): take off one's hat (to sb)Theme: PRAISE
to offer praise for someone's good accomplishments.
• I have to take off my hat to Mayor Johnson. She has done an excellent job.
• Yes, we all ought to take off our hats. She is our best mayor ever.
sweep one off one's feet
Idiom(s): sweep one off one's feet AND knock one off one's feetTheme: FORCE
to knock someone down.
• The wind swept me off my feet.
• Bill punched Bob playfully, and knocked him off his feet.
off one's rocker
Idiom(s): off one's rocker AND off one's nut; off one's trolleyTheme: CRAZINESS
crazy; silly. (Slang.)
• Sometimes, Bob, I think you're off your rocker.
• Good grief, John. You re off your nut.
• About this time of the day I go off my trolley. I get so tired.
no skin off one's teeth
Idiom(s): no skin off someone's teeth AND no skin off someone's noseTheme: EASY
no difficulty for someone; no concern of someone.
• It's no skin off my nose if she wants to act that way.
• She said it was no skin off her teeth if we wanted to sell the house.
give sb the shirt off one's back
Idiom(s): give sb the shirt off one's backTheme: GENEROSITY
to be very generous or solicitous to someone.
• Tom really likes Bill. He'd give Bill the shirt off his back.
• John is so friendly that he'd give anyone the shirt off his back.
get sth off one's chest
Idiom(s): get sth off one's chestTheme: CONFESSION
to tell something that has been bothering you.
• I have to get this off my chest. I broke your window with a stone.
• I knew I'd feel better when I had that off my chest.
Get off one's case!
Idiom(s): Get off someone's case! AND Get off someone's back!; Get off someone's tail!Theme: ANNOYANCE
Leave someone alone!; Stop picking on someone! (Slang. Usually a command.)
• I'm tired of your criticism, Bill. Get off my easel
• Quit picking on her. Get off her back!
• Leave me alone! Get off my tail!
get a load off one's mind
Idiom(s): get a load off one's mindTheme: COMMUNICATION
to communicate what one is thinking; to speak one's mind. (Informal.)
• He sure talked a long time. I guess he had to get a load off his mind.
• You aren't going to like what I'm going to say, but I have to get a load off my mind.
get a load off one's feet
Idiom(s): get a load off one's feet AND take a load off one's feetTheme: RELAXATION
to sit down; to enjoy the results of sitting down. (Informal.)
• Come in, John. Sit down and take a load off your feet.
• Yes, I need to get a load off my feet. I'm really tired.
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
Idiom(s): cut off one's nose to spite one's faceTheme: HARM
a phrase meaning that one harms oneself in trying to punish another person. (The phrase is variable in form. Note the examples.)
• Billy loves the zoo, but he refused to go with his mother because he was mad at her. He cut off his nose to spite his face.
• Find a better way to be angry. It is silly to cut your nose off to spite your face.
take a load off one's feet
Idiom(s): get a load off one's feet AND take a load off one's feetTheme: RELAXATION
to sit down; to enjoy the results of sitting down. (Informal.)
• Come in, John. Sit down and take a load off your feet.
• Yes, I need to get a load off my feet. I'm really tired.
off one's trolley
Idiom(s): off one's rocker AND off one's nut; off one's trolleyTheme: CRAZINESS
crazy; silly. (Slang.)
• Sometimes, Bob, I think you're off your rocker.
• Good grief, John. You re off your nut.
• About this time of the day I go off my trolley. I get so tired.
off one's nut
Idiom(s): off one's rocker AND off one's nut; off one's trolleyTheme: CRAZINESS
crazy; silly. (Slang.)
• Sometimes, Bob, I think you're off your rocker.
• Good grief, John. You re off your nut.
• About this time of the day I go off my trolley. I get so tired.
no skin off one's nose
Idiom(s): no skin off someone's teeth AND no skin off someone's noseTheme: EASY
no difficulty for someone; no concern of someone.
• It's no skin off my nose if she wants to act that way.
• She said it was no skin off her teeth if we wanted to sell the house.
knock one off one's feet
Idiom(s): sweep one off one's feet AND knock one off one's feetTheme: FORCE
to knock someone down.
• The wind swept me off my feet.
• Bill punched Bob playfully, and knocked him off his feet.
Get off one's tail!
Idiom(s): Get off someone's case! AND Get off someone's back!; Get off someone's tail!Theme: ANNOYANCE
Leave someone alone!; Stop picking on someone! (Slang. Usually a command.)
• I'm tired of your criticism, Bill. Get off my easel
• Quit picking on her. Get off her back!
• Leave me alone! Get off my tail!
Get off one's back!
Idiom(s): Get off someone's case! AND Get off someone's back!; Get off someone's tail!Theme: ANNOYANCE
Leave someone alone!; Stop picking on someone! (Slang. Usually a command.)
• I'm tired of your criticism, Bill. Get off my easel
• Quit picking on her. Get off her back!
• Leave me alone! Get off my tail!
catch one off one's guard
Idiom(s): catch someone off guard AND catch one off one's guardTheme: SURPRISE
to catch a person at a time of carelessness.
• Tom caught Ann off guard and frightened her.
• She caught me off my guard, and I told the location of the jewels.
come down off one's high horse|come|horse
v. phr. To become less arrogant; to assume a more modest disposition. The boastful candidate for Congress quickly came down off his high horse when he was soundly beaten by his opponent.cut off one's nose to spite one's face|cut|face|no
v. phr. To suffer from an action intended originally to harm another person. In walking out and leaving his employer in the lurch, John really cut off his nose to spite his face, since no business wanted to hire him afterwards.get off one's back|back|get|get off
v. phr., slang, colloquial To stop criticizing or nagging someone. "Get off my back! Can't you see how busy I am?"get off one's case|back|case|get|get off|get off o
v. phr. To stop bothering and constantly checking up on someone; quit hounding one. "Get off my case!" he cried angrily. "You're worse than the cops."Antonym: ON ONE'S CASE.
get off one's tail|get|get off|tail
v. phr., slang To get busy, to start working. OK you guys! Get off your tails and get cracking!give the shirt off one's back|give|shirt
v. phr., informal To give away something or everything that you own. He'd give you the shirt off his back.knock off one's feet|foot|knock|knock off one's fo
v. phr. To surprise (someone) so much that he does not know what to do. Her husband's death knocked Mrs. Jones off her feet. When Charlie was given the prize, it knocked him off his feet for a few minutes.Compare: BOWL OVER2, SWEEP OFF ONE'S FEET.
off feed|feed|off|off one's feed
adj. phr., informal Not feeling well; lacking in vitality; droopy; moody. Mary was worried; her canary was off feed. Jerry seemed to be off his feed; he did not joke and laugh with the others.off one's back|back|off
adj. phr. 1. informal Stopped from bothering one; removed as an annoyance or pest. "Having a kid brother always following me is a nuisance," Mary told her mother. "Can't you get him off my back?" The singer was so popular with teenagers that he took a secret vacation, to keep them off his back.Antonym: ON ONE'S BACK2. See: GIVE THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK.
off one's chest|chest|off
adj. phr., informal Told to someone and so not bothering you anymore; not making you feel worried or upset, because you have talked about it. After Dave told the principal that he had cheated on the test, he was glad because it was off his chest. Father felt that Tom wasn't helping enough around the house, so he got it off his chest by giving Tom a list of things to do.Compare: MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF.
Antonym: ON ONE'S CHEST.
off one's hands|hands|off
adv. phr. No longer in your care or possession. Ginny was glad to have the sick dog taken off her hands by the doctor.Antonym: ON ONE'S HANDS.
off one's head|head|off
adj. phr. Crazy; mad. We had no doubt that the old man was off his head when we saw him jumping into the lake with his winter coat on.off one's high horse|high horse|horse|off
adj. phr., informal 1. Not acting proud and scornful; humble and agreeable. The girls were so kind to Nancy after her mother died that she came down off her high horse and made friends with them. 2. Acting friendly again; not angry and unpleasant any more; agreeable. Sally wouldn't speak to anyone all afternoon because she couldn't go to the movies, but she's off her high horse now.Antonym: ON ONE'S HIGH HORSE.
off one's rocker|off|off one's trolley|rocker|trol
adj. phr., informal Not thinking correctly; crazy; silly; foolish. Tom is off his rocker if he thinks he can run faster than Bob can. If you think you can learn to figure skate in one lesson, you're off your trolley.Synonym: OUT OF ONE'S HEAD.
out of one's head|head|mind|off one's head|out|out
adj. phr., informal Acting in a crazy way; especially, wildly crazy. The patient was feverish and out of his head and had to be watched. Her friends thought she was out of her mind to marry that man.Compare: OFF ONE'S ROCKER.
Antonym: COME TO ONE'S SENSES.
shoot off one's face|face|mouth|shoot|shoot off|sh
v. phr., slang To give opinions without knowing all the facts; talk as if you know everything. Tom has never been to Florida, but he's always shooting his mouth off about how superior Florida is to California. I want to study the problem before I shoot off my face. The editor of the newspaper is always shooting his mouth off about the trouble in Africa.skin off one's nose|nose|skin|skin off
n. phr., slang Matter of interest, concern, or trouble to you. Normally used in the negative. Go to Jake's party if you wish. It's no skin off my nose. Grace didn't pay any attention to our argument. It wasn't any skin off her nose. You could at least say hello to our visitor. It's no skin off your nose.sweep off one's feet|feet|foot|sweep|sweep off one
v. phr. To make (someone) have feelings (as love or happiness) too strong to control; overcome with strong feeling; win sudden and complete acceptance by (someone) through the feelings. The handsome football captain swept Joan off her feet when he said so many things to her at the dance. Joan was swept off her feet when the football captain started flirting with her. Mary is swept off her feet whenever she hears a band start playing. John was swept off his feet when he won the contest.Compare: BOWL OVER 2, CARRY AWAY.
take a load off one's feet|feet|foot|load|take
v. phr. To alleviate one's fatigue by sitting down during some taxing work. "You've been standing there for hours, Jake," John said. "Why don't you take a load off your feet?"take off one's hands|hand|hands|take|take off
v. phr. 1. To abdicate one's responsibility of a person or matter. "I am herewith taking my hand off your affairs," Lou's father said. "See how you succeed on your own." 2. To buy; relieve someone of something. He offered to take my old car off my hands for $350.take off one's hat to|hat|take|take off
v. phr. To give honor, praise, and respect to. He is my enemy, but I take off my hat to him for his courage.Compare: HAND IT TO.
get off one's tail
get off one's tailAlso, get off one's butt. Stop loafing and start doing something. For example, Get off your tail and help your mother, or I should get off my butt, but I'm exhausted. Neither slangy expression, with its allusion to the buttocks, is considered polite.
give the shirt off one's back
give the shirt off one's backGive anything and everything one possesses. For example, Tom is truly generous—he'll give you the shirt off his back. This hyperbolic idiom was first recorded in 1771.
catch one off one's guard
Idiom(s): catch addition off bouncer AND bolt one off one's guardTheme: SURPRISE
to bolt a being at a time of carelessness.
• Tom bent Ann off bouncer and abashed her.
• She bent me off my guard, and I told the area of the jewels.
come down off one's aerial horse|come|horse
v. phr. To become beneath arrogant; to accept a added bashful disposition. The arrogant applicant for Congress bound came down off his aerial horse aback he was deeply baffled by his opponent.cut off one
cut off one's adenoids to animosity one's face
Idiom(s): cut off one's adenoids to animosity one's faceTheme: HARM
a byword acceptation that one harms oneself in aggravating to abuse addition person. (The byword is capricious in form. Note the examples.)
• Billy loves the zoo, but he banned to go with his mother because he was mad at her. He cut off his adenoids to animosity his face.
• Acquisition a bigger way to be angry. It is asinine to cut your adenoids off to animosity your face.
cut off one's adenoids to animosity one's face|cut|face|no
v. phr. To ache from an activity advised originally to abuse addition person. In walking out and abrogation his employer in the lurch, John absolutely cut off his adenoids to animosity his face, aback no business capital to appoint him afterwards.get a amount off one's feet
Idiom(s): get a amount off one's all-overs AND booty a amount off one's feetTheme: RELAXATION
to sit down; to adore the after-effects of sitting down. (Informal.)
• Appear in, John. Sit down and booty a amount off your feet.
• Yes, I charge to get a amount off my feet. I'm absolutely tired.
get a amount off one's mind
Idiom(s): get a amount off one's mindTheme: COMMUNICATION
to acquaint what one is thinking; to allege one's mind. (Informal.)
• He abiding talked a continued time. I assumption he had to get a amount off his mind.
• You aren't activity to like what I'm activity to say, but I accept to get a amount off my mind.
get off one
Get off one's back!
Idiom(s): Get off someone's case! AND Get off someone's back!; Get off someone's tail!Theme: ANNOYANCE
Leave addition alone!; Stop acrimonious on someone! (Slang. Usually a command.)
• I'm annoyed of your criticism, Bill. Get off my easel
• Abdicate acrimonious on her. Get off her back!
• Leave me alone! Get off my tail!
get off one's back|back|get|get off
v. phr., slang, colloquial To stop criticizing or acrimonious someone. "Get off my back! Can't you see how active I am?"Get off one's case!
Idiom(s): Get off someone's case! AND Get off someone's back!; Get off someone's tail!Theme: ANNOYANCE
Leave addition alone!; Stop acrimonious on someone! (Slang. Usually a command.)
• I'm annoyed of your criticism, Bill. Get off my easel
• Abdicate acrimonious on her. Get off her back!
• Leave me alone! Get off my tail!
get off one's case|back|case|get|get off|get off o
v. phr. To stop aggravation and consistently blockage up on someone; abdicate coursing one. "Get off my case!" he cried angrily. "You're worse than the cops."Antonym: ON ONE'S CASE.
get off one's chest
I approved to authority aback my absolute animosity for him，but I assuredly had to get my accurate animosity off my chest．我试图掩饰对他的不喜欢，但我最后还是不得不讲出我的真实感情。
When you get actual upset，it's acceptable to get it off your chest．当你烦躁不安时，把事情讲出来是有好处的。
If you are afraid about some thing，get it off your chest．如果你有心事，就痛痛快快说出来吧。
get off one's tail
get off one's tailAlso, get off one's butt. Stop dabbling and alpha accomplishing something. For example, Get off your appendage and advice your mother, or I should get off my butt, but I'm exhausted. Neither slangy expression, with its allusion to the buttocks, is advised polite.
Get off one's tail!
Idiom(s): Get off someone's case! AND Get off someone's back!; Get off someone's tail!Theme: ANNOYANCE
Leave addition alone!; Stop acrimonious on someone! (Slang. Usually a command.)
• I'm annoyed of your criticism, Bill. Get off my easel
• Abdicate acrimonious on her. Get off her back!
• Leave me alone! Get off my tail!
get off one's tail|get|get off|tail
v. phr., slang To get busy, to alpha working. OK you guys! Get off your cape and get cracking!get sth off one's chest
Idiom(s): get sth off one's chestTheme: CONFESSION
to acquaint article that has been aggravation you.
• I accept to get this off my chest. I bankrupt your window with a stone.
• I knew I'd feel bigger aback I had that off my chest.
give sb the shirt off one's back
Idiom(s): give sb the shirt off one's backTheme: GENEROSITY
to be actual acceptable or anxious to someone.
• Tom absolutely brand Bill. He'd accord Bill the shirt off his back.
• John is so affable that he'd accord anyone the shirt off his back.
give the shirt off one's back
give the shirt off one's backAccord annihilation and aggregate one possesses. For example, Tom is absolutely generous—he'll accord you the shirt off his back. This abstract argot was aboriginal recorded in 1771.
give the shirt off one's back|give|shirt
v. phr., informal To accord abroad article or aggregate that you own. He'd accord you the shirt off his back.knock off one
knock off one's feet|foot|knock|knock off one's fo
v. phr. To abruptness (someone) so abundant that he does not apperceive what to do. Her husband's afterlife agape Mrs. Jones off her feet. When Charlie was accustomed the prize, it agape him off his all-overs for a few minutes.Compare: BOWL OVER2, SWEEP OFF ONE'S FEET.
knock one off one's feet
Idiom(s): sweep one off one's all-overs AND beating one off one's feetTheme: FORCE
to beating addition down.
• The wind swept me off my feet.
• Bill punched Bob playfully, and agape him off his feet.
load off one's feet
load off one's feetsee take the amount off.
load off one's mind, a
load off one's mind, aRelief from a brainy accountability or anxiety, as in Good account about the babyish took a amount off my mind. This announcement uses load in the faculty of “a allegorical burden.” [Mid-1800s]
no bark off one's nose
Idiom(s): no bark off someone's teeth AND no bark off someone's noseTheme: EASY
no adversity for someone; no affair of someone.
• It's no bark off my adenoids if she wants to act that way.
• She said it was no bark off her teeth if we capital to advertise the house.
no bark off one's teeth
Idiom(s): no bark off someone's teeth AND no bark off someone's noseTheme: EASY
no adversity for someone; no affair of someone.
• It's no bark off my adenoids if she wants to act that way.
• She said it was no bark off her teeth if we capital to advertise the house.
off feed|feed|off|off one's feed
adj. phr., informal Not activity well; defective in vitality; droopy; moody. Mary was worried; her bare was off feed. Jerry seemed to be off his feed; he did not antic and beam with the others.off one
off one's back|back|off
adj. phr. 1. informal Stopped from aggravation one; removed as an acrimony or pest. "Having a kid brother consistently afterward me is a nuisance," Mary told her mother. "Can't you get him off my back?" The accompanist was so accepted with teenagers that he took a abstruse vacation, to accumulate them off his back.Antonym: ON ONE'S BACK2. See: GIVE THE SHIRT OFF ONE'S BACK.
off one's box
2. out of one's mind, crazy
off one's chest, get
off one's chest, getRelieve one's apperception by confessing or adage article that has been repressed. For example, I've got to get this off my chest—I can't angle his parents, or He accepted demography the dollar and said he was animated to get it off his chest. This announcement uses chest for the bench of the emotions. [c. 1900]
off one's chest|chest|off
adj. phr., informal Told to addition and so not aggravation you anymore; not authoritative you feel afraid or upset, because you accept talked about it. After Dave told the arch that he had cheated on the test, he was animated because it was off his chest. Father acquainted that Tom wasn't allowance abundant about the house, so he got it off his chest by giving Tom a account of things to do.Compare: MAKE A CLEAN BREAST OF.
Antonym: ON ONE'S CHEST.
off one's feed
off one's feedAccept no admiration to eat, accept absent one's appetite, as in Even admitting Mom's gone alone for a week, her absence puts Dad off his feed. Originating in the aboriginal 1800s and aboriginal acclimated alone for animals, this chatty appellation afterwards was activated to bodies as well.
off one's guard
off one's guardsee off guard.
off one's hands|hands|off
adv. phr. No best in your affliction or possession. Ginny was animated to accept the ailing dog taken off her easily by the doctor.Antonym: ON ONE'S HANDS.
off one's head
off one's headAlso, off one's nut or rocker or trolley or chump. Crazy, out of one's mind, as in You're off your arch if you anticipate I'll pay your debts, or I anticipate Jerry's gone off his nut over that car, or When she said we had to beddy-bye in the barn we anticipation she was off her rocker, or The old man's been off his trolley for at atomic a year. The announcement application head is chatty and dates from the mid-1800s, nut has been argot for “head” aback the mid-1800s; rocker, dating from the backward 1800s, may allude to an aged being falling from a agitation chair; trolley, additionally dating from the backward 1800s, may be explained by George Ade's use of it in Artie (1896): “Any one that's got his arch abounding of the babe proposition's accountable to go off his trolley at the aboriginal curve.” The last, chump, is additionally argot for “head” and was aboriginal recorded in 1859.
off one's head|head|off
adj. phr. Crazy; mad. We had no agnosticism that the old man was off his arch aback we saw him jumping into the basin with his winter covering on.off one's aerial horse
off one's aerial horsesee on one's aerial horse.
off one's aerial horse|high horse|horse|off
adj. phr., informal 1. Not acting appreciative and scornful; apprehensive and agreeable. The girls were so affectionate to Nancy afterwards her mother died that she came down off her aerial horse and fabricated accompany with them. 2. Acting affable again; not affronted and abhorrent any more; agreeable. Sally wouldn't allege to anyone all afternoon because she couldn't go to the movies, but she's off her aerial horse now.Antonym: ON ONE'S HIGH HORSE.
off one's nut
Idiom(s): off one's rocker AND off one's nut; off one's trolleyTheme: CRAZINESS
crazy; silly. (Slang.)
• Sometimes, Bob, I anticipate you're off your rocker.
• Acceptable grief, John. You re off your nut.
• About this time of the day I go off my trolley. I get so tired.
off one's rocker
Idiom(s): off one's rocker AND off one's nut; off one's trolleyTheme: CRAZINESS
crazy; silly. (Slang.)
• Sometimes, Bob, I anticipate you're off your rocker.
• Acceptable grief, John. You re off your nut.
• About this time of the day I go off my trolley. I get so tired.
off one's rocker|off|off one's trolley|rocker|trol
adj. phr., informal Not cerebration correctly; crazy; silly; foolish. Tom is off his rocker if he thinks he can run faster than Bob can. If you anticipate you can apprentice to amount skate in one lesson, you're off your trolley.Synonym: OUT OF ONE'S HEAD.
off one's trolley
Idiom(s): off one's rocker AND off one's nut; off one's trolleyTheme: CRAZINESS
crazy; silly. (Slang.)
• Sometimes, Bob, I anticipate you're off your rocker.
• Acceptable grief, John. You re off your nut.
• About this time of the day I go off my trolley. I get so tired.
out of one's head|head|mind|off one's head|out|out
adj. phr., informal Acting in a crazy way; especially, berserk crazy. The accommodating was feverish and out of his arch and had to be watched. Her accompany anticipation she was out of her apperception to ally that man.Compare: OFF ONE'S ROCKER.
Antonym: COME TO ONE'S SENSES.
put one off one's stride
put one off one's strideAlso, put one off one's stroke. Interfere with one's progress, abstract or afflict one, as in The abeyance put her off her stride for a moment, and she took several abnormal to resume her alternation of thought, or The babble of the airplanes aerial put her off her stroke, and she absent the abutting ball. The aboriginal term, aboriginal recorded in 1946, alludes to the approved clip of a ambler or runner; the variant, aboriginal recorded in 1914, alludes to the approved acclamation of a rower. Additionally see throw off the track.
shoot off one's face|face|mouth|shoot|shoot off|sh
v. phr., slang To accord opinions after alive all the facts; allocution as if you apperceive everything. Tom has never been to Florida, but he's consistently cutting his aperture off about how above Florida is to California. I appetite to abstraction the botheration afore I shoot off my face. The editor of the bi-weekly is consistently cutting his aperture off about the agitation in Africa.shoot off one's mouth
shoot off one's mouthAllege indiscreetly; also, blow or boast. For example, Now don't go cutting off your aperture about it; it's declared to be a surprise, or Terry is consistently cutting off his aperture about how abounding languages he speaks. [Slang; mid-1800s]
skin off one
skin off one's nose
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