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smoke Идиома

chain smoker

a person who smokes one cigarette after another, smokes like a furnace """Do all chain smokers die of emphysema?"" ""No, but most of them do."""

go up in smoke

burn, be destroyed in a fire You need fire insurance. What if your condo goes up in smoke?

go up in smoke/flames

burn or be destroyed by fire, fail, not come true (dreams) His plans to open a new restaurant have gone up in smoke since he lost his job.

holy smoke

what a sight, holy cow, wow Holy smoke, he was weird! He had purple hair!

smoke and mirrors

false impressions, deceit, trickery, bafflegab His speech about new projects is just smoke and mirrors. The company is bankrupt.

smoke like a furnace

smoke a lot of cigarettes, chain smoke He died of lung cancer. He used to smoke like a furnace.

smoke out

find out the facts about something They were able to easily smoke out the real reasons for his decision to leave the company.

up in smoke

burned, destroyed by fire The barn went up in smoke before the fire truck arrived.

cock smoker

offensive term for an extreme jerk

smoke

to kill someone

smoker

someone on drugs

go up in smoke flames

1．burn；be destroyed by fire燃烧；烧毁
Before the firemen could get to the scene，the building went up in flames．消防队员赶到现场之前，那栋大楼已被烧毁。
The barn full of hay went up in smoke．装满干草的谷仓已被烧光。
2．disappear；fail；not come true 成泡影；未实现
His hopes of buying a new car went up in smoke when his father lost his job．他想买部新车的愿望因他父亲失业无钱而成了泡影。

go up in smoke/in flames

Where there's smoke there's fire

Idiom(s): Where there's smoke there's fire

Theme: EVIDENCE

A proverb meaning that some evidence of a problem probably indicates that there really is a problem.
• There is a lot of noise coming from the classroom. There is probably something wrong. Where there's smoke there's fire.
• I think there is something wrong at the old house on the corner. The police are there again. Where there's smoke there's fire.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

Idiom(s): Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

Theme: RECIPROCITY

See how you like that!; It is final, and you have to live with it.
• Well, I'm not going to do it, so put that in your pipe and smoke it!
• I'm sick of you, and I'm leaving. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

have a smoke

Idiom(s): have a smoke

Theme: SMOKING

to smoke a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. (The have can be replaced with need, want, etc.)
• Can I have a smoke? I'm very nervous.
• Do you have a cigarette? I need a smoke.

No smoke without fire.

There could be some truth in the rumour...

Blow smoke

(USA) If people blow smoke, they exaggerate or say things that are not true, usually to make themselves look better.

End in smoke

If something ends in smoke, it produces no concrete or positive result. This expression refers to the boasting by a person, of having put in a lot of efforts by him, for a particular cause or to attain a result which is very difficult to be done by any person. (This mainly refers to an investigation of a crime or solving a serious offence or a mystery). But at the end, when the desired result is not obtained, his claims are found to be false and not worth mentioning. So, he looses his credibility.

Holy smoke!

This is a way of expressing surprise "Holy smoke! Look at all of those geese!"

No smoke without fire

This idiom means that when people suspect something, there is normally a good reason for the suspicion, even if there is no concrete evidence. ('Where's there's smoke, there's fire' is also used.)

Put that in your pipe and smoke it

This is used as an unsympathetic way of telling someone to accept what you have just said.

Smoke like a chimney

Someone who smokes very heavily smokes like a chimney.

Smoke the peace pipe

If people smoke the peace pipe, they stop arguing and fighting.

Smokestack industry

Heavy industries like iron and steel production, especially if they produce a lot of pollution, are smokestack industries.

Where there's smoke, there's fire

When there is an indication or sign of something bad, usually the indication is correct.

Smokey Bear|Bear|Smokey|Smokey-the-Bear|the Smokie

n., slang, citizen's band radio jargon A policeman; a patrol car; frequently abbreviated as Smokey. Slow down, Smokey's ahead! A Smokey is on the move, heading east.

chain smoker|chain|smoker

n. Person who smokes many cigarettes in a row, person who continuously smokes. Mr. Jones is a chain smoker.

chain-smoke|chain|smoke

v. To smoke cigarettes or cigars one after another without stopping. Mr. Jones is very nervous. He chain-smokes cigars.

chain-smoking|chain|smoke|smoking

adj. or n. Chain smoking is very dangerous to health.

go up in smoke|flames|go|go up in flames|smoke

v. phr. To burn; be destroyed by fire. 1. The house went up in flames. The barn full of hay went up in smoke. 2. Disappear; fail; not come true. Jane's hopes of going to college went up in smoke when her father lost his job. The team's chances to win went up in smoke when their captain was hurt.

put that in your pipe and smoke it|pipe|put|smoke

v. phr., informal To understand something told you; accept something as fact or reality; not try to change it.

Usually used as a command, normally only in speech, and often considered rude. People don't vote against Santa Claus, and you might as well put that in your pipe and smoke it. I am not going to do that and you can put that in your pipe and smoke it.

smoke like a chimney|chimney|like a chimney|smoke

v. phr., informal To smoke very heavily and continuously. "If you continue smoking like a chimney" the doctor told my uncle, "you'll wind up in the hospital with lung cancer."

smoke out|smoke

v. phr. 1. To force out with smoke. The boys smoked a squirrel out of a hollow tree. The farmer tried to smoke some gophers out of their burrows. 2. informal To find out the facts about. It took the reporter three weeks to smoke out the whole story.

smoke screen|screen|smoke

n. phr. A camouflage; a veil; something used to cover or hide something. June hides her commercial interests behind a smoke screen of religious piety.

smoke-out|smoke

n. A successful conclusion of an act of investigative journalism revealing some long-kept secrets. Journalist Bob Woodward was the hero of the Watergate smoke-out.

watch one's dust|dust|smoke|watch|watch one's smok

v. phr., slang To notice your quick action; watch you do something quickly. Offer Bill a dollar to shovel your sidewalk, and watch his smoke! "We'll have your yard cleaned in a jiffy," the Boy Scouts told Mr. Truitt. "Watch our smoke!" "I can go to the store and be back in five minutes," bragged Tom. "Just watch my dust."

no smoke without fire, there's

no smoke without fire, there's
Also, where there's smoke there's fire. A suspicion or rumor usually has a basis in fact, as in When the sales figures continued strong but the company still wasn't making money, he suspected something was wrong—there's no smoke without fire. First stated in the late 1300s, this expression appeared in numerous proverb collections from 1546 on and remains current today.

there's no smoke without fire

there's no smoke without fire
see no smoke without fire, there's.

where there's smoke

where there's smoke
see no smoke without fire, there's.