gate Идиома
tailgate
chingate
give sb the gate
Idiom(s): give sb the gateTheme: REJECTION
to send someone away; to reject someone.
• Not only was he not friendly, he gave me the gate.
• He was rude, so we gave him the gate.
get the gate
Idiom(s): get the gateTheme: REJECTION
to be sent away; to be rejected. (Slang.)
• I thought he liked me, but I got the gate.
• I was afraid I'd get the gate, and I was right.
Black as Newgate's knocker
(UK) If things are as black as Newgate's knocker, they are very bad. Newgate was an infamous prison in England, so its door knocker meant trouble.First out of the gate
When someone is first out of the gate, they are the first to do something that others are trying to do.Like a bull at a gate
If you tackle a job very quickly, without any real thought about what you are doing, you are going at it like a bull at a gate.Out of the gate running
If someone comes out of the gate running, they start something at a fast pace, without any build-up.congregate housing|congregate|housing
n., informal A form of housing for elderly persons in which dining facilities and services are shared in multiple dwelling units. Jerry put Grandma in a place where they have congregate housing.crash the gate|crash|crasher|gate|gate crasher
v. phr., slang To enter without a ticket or without paying; attend without an invitation or permission. Bob got into the circus without paying. He crashed the gate. Three boys tried to crash the gate at our party but we didn't let them in.get the bounce|bounce|get|get the air|get the gate
v. phr., slang 1. or get the air To lose one's sweetheart; not be kept for a friend or lover. Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl. Shirley was afraid she might get the air from her boyfriend if she went out with other boys while he was away. 2. or get the sack|get the hook To be fired; lose a job. Uncle Willie can't keep a job; he got the sack today for sleeping on the job. You're likely to get the bounce if you are absent from work too much.Antonym: GIVE THE BOUNCE.
give the bounce|bounce|gate|give|give the gate
v. phr., slang 1. or give the air To stop being a friend or lover to (a person); separate from. Mary gave John the bounce after she saw him dating another girl. Bill and Jane had an argument and Bill is giving her the gate. 2. or give the sack|give the hook To fire from a job; dismiss. The ball team gave Joe the gate because he never came to practice.Antonym: GET THE BOUNCE.
open the floodgates|floodgates|open
v. phr. To let loose an outburst of human activity or emotion. It would open the floodgates of anger and discontent if the university raised tuition too soon.aggregate
aggregatein the aggregate
taken all together
crash the gate
crash the gateGain admittance, as to a party or concert, without being invited or without paying. For example, The concert was outdoors, but heavy security prevented anyone from crashing the gate. This term originally applied to persons getting through the gate at sports events without buying tickets. By the 1920s it was extended to being an uninvited guest at other gatherings and had given rise to the noun gatecrasher for one who did so. [Early 1900s]
gate
gatesee crash the gate; give someone the air.
in the aggregate
in the aggregateConsidered as a whole, as in Our profits in the aggregate have been slightly higher. [Late 1700s]
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