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bend Идиома

around the bend

crazy or insane, off your rocker If I had to listen to that noise all the time, I'd go around the bend.

bend over backwards

do anything to help, try to please, go the extra mile They'll bend over backwards to find a room for you. They give excellent service.

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

bend the rules

change the rules to help, look the other way Ed won't accept late reports. He won't bend the rules.

bend your ear

ask you to listen, buttonhole you Carl, can I bend your ear for a minute? I have some news.

bend your elbow

drink beer or liquor, tip a few Your eyes look red and tired. Bend your elbow last night?

fender bender

minor car accident, collision I had a little fender bender with your car, Dad - just a scratch.

go around the bend

(See around the bend)

bend

1. a prostitute:"She was more than just a bend" -- Grand Puba
2. see bend ear

bend ear

to bend your ear: to talk incessantly and tediously

bend elbow

to bend your elbow: to have an alcoholic drink

bender

1. an excessive bout of drinking, but more recently also inclusive of a drug taking spree
2. a homosexual. Possibly derived from gender bender, or from being the passive partner, bending over to receive sex, as opposed to being the thruster

deuce of benders

knees

bend on

set one's mind on； have as a fixed purpose致力于；专注于
He was bent on becoming a musician．他决心当一名音乐家。
Jack used to be bent on chemistry as a profession．杰克曾经专攻化学。

bend on/upon

bend over

1．lean towards俯向
The doctor bent over the sick child．医生弯腰看那生病的孩子。
2．be turned over翻转
Don't bend over the pages．不要卷折书页。

bend upon

on bended knee

Idiom(s): on bended knee

Theme: RESPECT

kneeling, as in supplication. (The verb form is obsolescent and occurs now only in this phrase.)
• Do you expect me to come to you on bended knee and ask you for forgiveness?
• The suitors came on bended knee and begged the attention of the princess.

bend one's ear

Idiom(s): bend one's ear

Theme: COMMUNICATION - VERBAL

to talk to someone, perhaps annoyingly.
• Tom is over there, bending Jane's ear about something.
• I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bend your ear for an hour.

Bend someone's ear

To bend someone's ear is to talk to someone about something for a long-enough period that it becomes tiresome for the listener.

Round the bend

If someone has gone round the bend, they have stopped being rational about something. If something drives you round the bend, it irritates you or makes you angry.

bend over backwards for someone

do everything possible to help someone: "She bent over backwards for them when they first arrived in the town."

bend over backward|backward|bend|bend over|lean|le

v. phr., informal To try so hard to avoid a mistake that you make the opposite mistake instead; do the opposite of something that you know you should not do; do too much to avoid doing the wrong thing; also, make a great effort; try very hard. Instead of punishing the boys for breaking a new rule, the principal bent over backward to explain why the rule was important. Mary was afraid the girls at her new school would be stuck up, but they leaned over backward to make her feel at home.
Compare: GO OUT OF ONE'S WAY.

drive one round the bend|bend|drive

v. phr., informal To upset someone so much that they think they are going crazy. "Slow down, please," Miss Jones cried. "You are driving me around the bend!"
Antonym: DRIVE ONE APE, BANANAS, ETC.

bend one's elbow

bend one's elbow
see crook one's elbow.

bended

bended
on bended knee
in a humble, contrite, or beseeching manner