losing control of myself, losing patience (see lose patience) Babysitting five kids, I was at the end of my rope.
birds of a feather flock together
people who are similar become friends or join together Don
don't know whether you're coming or going
you are confused, you do not understand, go in circles If you believe the cult leaders, you won't know whether you're coming or going.
get it all together
be in full control and possession of one
get it together
become organized, be effective I'll get it together this term. I'll improve my grades.
get together
come to visit, have you over We should get together at Easter. Would you like to visit us?
get your act together
become organized, get it together Bill is getting his act together. He's not late anymore.
get your head together
begin to think clearly, get your act together I need a holiday to get my head together - to think clearly again.
get your shit together
become organized, make a plan and follow it A counsellor can help you get your shit together. Talk to one.
keep body and soul together
keep alive, survive He has been working very hard to try and keep body and soul together after his illness.
lump together
put together, place in the same category They lumped us all together - young, old, rich, poor.
pull together
work together, co-operate If we pull together, we can complete this project on time.
pull yourself together
control your sadness, get a grip on yourself It's difficult to pull yourself together after a divorce.
put our heads together
confer, discuss, talk We put our heads together with the other members of the department to try and find a solution to the problem.
put two and two together
understand or figure something out after learning the facts I finally put two and two together and realized that she was his boyfriend.
scrape together
gather money etc. a little at a time We managed to scrape together enough money to go to Disneyland even though business is very bad and we don
slap together
make in a hurry and without care We slapped together a picnic table for the company picnic.
throw together
make in a hurry and without care We didn
together
"happy, successful; get it together, with it" Cathy is really together. She's knows how she wants to live and she's doing it.
hang together
1.stay united;help and defend one another团结一致;互相帮助 If we all hang together we are sure to succeed in our plan.如果我们都团结一致,我们的计划一定能成功。 We always hang together when one of us is in trouble.我们当中无论谁有困难,大家都团结一致,互相帮助。 2.form a satisfactory whole;be consistent编得前后一致;没有破绽;合乎逻辑 His story of why he was absent from seems to hang together.他没来上课的理由似乎还合乎逻辑。 His argument was a good one and hung together.他的论据很好,逻辑性强。 These two assertions do not seem to hang together.这两种说法似乎互相矛盾。
lay heads together
conspire;confer 共谋;商议;集思广益 We'd better lay our heads together before deciding on any definite course of action.我们最好先商量一下,然后再决定行动方案。
lay/put heads together
conspire;confer 共谋;商议;集思广益 We'd better lay our heads together before deciding on any definite course of action.我们最好先商量一下,然后再决定行动方案。
merge together
blend together(使)混和起来 The shadows slowly merge togeth er.阴影慢慢地合在了一起。 The painter tried to merge the colors together.画家试图把那几种颜色和起来。
piece together
put together piece by piece 一片片拼合;拼凑 She pieced together a blanket from odds and ends of wool.她用零碎毛料拼凑成一床毛毯。 One cannot write a good narrative simply by piecing together the details.只是把细节拼凑起来并不能写出一篇好的记叙文。 I managed to piece together what had happened frow what he told me.我终于按他讲的情况把事情经过贯穿了起来。
pull oneself together
get control of oneself;get into a mood of preparedness振作起来;做好…的思想准备 Stop crying and pull yourself together! You're not a baby any more.别哭了,冷静点!你不再是个小毛孩了。 Pulling himself together,he dismissed the matter from his mind.他振作起来,不再想这件事。
put heads together
conspire;confer 共谋;商议;集思广益 We'd better lay our heads together before deciding on any definite course of action.我们最好先商量一下,然后再决定行动方案。
put together
assemble组装 It's easier to take a machine to pieces than to put it together again.拆卸机器比重新安装要容易。 He put the story together by asking lots of people what had happened.通过向许多人了解所发生的事,他把故事串连了起来。
stick together
remain close together in a situation 团结 Stick together,and don't let anything divide you.要互相支持,不要让任何东西影响团结。 They stuck together through thick and thin.不管有什么艰难险阻,他们都紧密团结在一起。
throw sth together
Idiom(s): throw something together AND slap something together
Theme: CARELESSNESS
to assemble or arrange something in haste. • Don't just slap something together! Use care and do it right. • You assembled this device very badly. It seems that you just slapped it together. • John went into the kitchen to throw together something for dinner.
scrape sth together
Idiom(s): scrape sth together
Theme: COLLECT
to assemble something quickly, usually from a small supply of components. • I'll try to scrape something together for dinner. • We really should try to have a party to celebrate the boss's birthday. Let's try to scrape together a little something.
put sth together
Idiom(s): put sth together
Theme: CONSIDER
to consider some facts and arrive at a conclusion. • I couldn't put everything together to figure out the answer in time. • When I put together all the facts, I found the answer.
pull sth together
Idiom(s): pull sth together
Theme: ORGANIZATION
to organize something; to arrange something. • How about a party? I'll see if I can pull something together for Friday night. • This place is a mess. Please pull things together.
not know whether one is coming or going
Idiom(s): not know whether one is coming or going AND not know if one is coming or going
Theme: CONFUSION
to be very confused. (Fixed order.) • I’m so busy that I don’t know if I'm coming or going. • You look as if you don't know whether you're coming or going.
knock some heads together
Idiom(s): knock some heads together
Theme: MOTIVATION
to motivate people; to make people to do what they are supposed to be doing. (Slang.) • If you kids don't quiet down and go to sleep, I'm going to come up there and knock some heads together. • The government is in a mess. We need to go to Washington and knock some heads together.
in the altogether
Idiom(s): in the altogether AND in the buff; in the raw
Theme: Nakedness
naked; nude. (Informal. In can be replaced with into.) • We often went swimming in the altogether down at the creek. • The museum has a painting of some ladies in the buff. • Mary felt a little shy about getting into the altogether. • Bill says he sleeps in the raw.
go together
Idiom(s): go together
Theme: HARMONY
[for two things] to look, sound, or taste good together. • Do you think that this pink one and this purple one go together? • Milk and grapefruit don't go together.
slap sth together
Idiom(s): throw something together AND slap something together
Theme: CARELESSNESS
to assemble or arrange something in haste. • Don't just slap something together! Use care and do it right. • You assembled this device very badly. It seems that you just slapped it together. • John went into the kitchen to throw together something for dinner.
at the end of one's tether
Idiom(s): at the end of one's rope AND at the end of one's tether
Theme: FRUSTRATION
at the limits of one's endurance. • I’m at the end of my rope! I just can't go on this way! • These kids are driving me out of my mind. I'm at the end of my tether.
Birds of a feather flock together.
People of the same sort are usually found together.
put together
assemble "I have to put the crib together before the baby arrives."
At the end of your tether
(UK) If you are at the end of your tether, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance.
Don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the
If you don't know what to do, you don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon.
Not have two pennies to rub together
If someone hasn't got two pennies to rub together, they are very poor indeed.
Put your heads together
If people put their head together, they exchange ideas about something.
to not have a bean to rub together
"Those two don't earn enough money. They don't have a bean to rub together."
band together|band
v. phr. To join a group to exert united force. The inhabitants of the ecologically threatened area banded together to stop the company from building new smokestacks.
birds of a feather flock together|bird|birds|birds
People who are alike often become friends or are together; if you are often with certain people, you may be their friends or like them. A proverb. Don't be friends with bad boys. People think that birds of a feather flock together.
end of one's rope|end|end of one's tether|rope|tet
n. phr., informal The end of your trying or imagining; the last of your ability, or ideas of how to do more. Frank was out of work and broke, and he was at the end of his rope.The doctor saw that Mother had reached the end of her tether, and told us to send her away for a holiday. Compare: AT ONE'S WIT'S END, FED UP, UP AGAINST IT, UP A TREE.
get it all together|get|get it
v. phr. 1. To be in full possession and control of one's mental faculties; have a clear purpose well pursued. You've sure got it all together, haven't you? 2. Retaining one's self-composure under pressure. A few minutes after the burglars left he got it all together and called the police. 3. To be well built, stacked (said of girls and women.) Sue's sure got it all together, hasn't she?
get together(1)|get|get together
v. To come to an agreement; agree. Mother says I should finish my arithmetic lesson, and Father says I should mow the lawn. Why don't you two get together?
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