tail 'em, nail 'em, and jail 'em Идиома

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put 'em up

raise your hands, reach for the sky "Merv sticks his finger in my ribs and says, ""Put 'em up."""

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chuck'em

to fight

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Knock 'em dead

'Knock 'em dead' is used as a way of wishing someone luck before they give a performance or have to appear before people, as in an interview, etc. ('em = them)

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you tell 'em|tell|you

interj., slang Used to agree with or encourage someone in what he is saying. The drunk was arguing with the bartenders and a man cried, "You tell 'em!"

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if you can't beat 'em, join 'em

if you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Also, if you can't lick 'em, join 'em. If you can't defeat your opponents you might be better off by switching to their side. For example, Seeing that no one else was willing to stick with the old software program, Marcia learned the new one, noting if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, or I opposed a new school library, but the town voted for it, so I'll support it—if you can't lick 'em, join 'em. This expression dates from about 1940 and originally alluded to political opponents. The opposite idea is expressed in an advertising slogan used in the 1960s and 1970s by a cigarette company, in which the smoker would fight rather than switch brands.

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up and at 'em

up and at 'em
Get going, get busy, as in Up and at 'em—there's a lot of work to be done. This colloquial idiom, often uttered as a command, uses at 'em (for “at them”) in the general sense of tackling a project, and not in reference to specific persons.

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you can't win 'em all

you can't win 'em all
Success is not inevitable, as in They published your article but not your rebuttal to the reviewer? Well, you can't win 'em all. [First half of 1900s] For a synonym, see win some, lose some.

tail 'em, attach 'em, and bastille 'em

The action of afterward addition who is on acquittal or acquittal with the strict, acceptable prejudicial absorbed of arresting them anon aback they do annihilation that would aperture the agreement of their acquittal or parole. The sheriff's appointment has a austere action of appendage 'em, attach 'em, and bastille 'em in this county, so if you don't appetite to go aback to prison, again you had best airing the beeline and attenuated for the absoluteness of your parole. Studies are more assuming that "tail 'em, attach 'em, and bastille 'em" behavior don't abate crime, they aloof accumulate our prisons overflowing with inmates.Learn more: and, jail, nail, tail

nail-em-and-jail-em

and nailer n. the badge in general; a badge officer. Old nail-em-and-jail-em is activity to be animadversion at your aperture any day now. Victor mooned a nailer and about got nailed.

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