Смысл: accidentally

accidentally[͵æksıʹdent(ə)lı]
adv
<Í> случайно; нечаянно, без умысла

tall Идиома

a tall one

a large drink of liquor, a strong drink After he heard the bad news, he poured himself a tall one.

tall one

(See a tall one)

tall tale

a story that is partly true, an exaggerated story Fishermen love to tell tall tales. They lie a little, eh.

totally awesome

excellent, fantastic, far out The Band was totally awesome! They were excellent!

accidentally-on-purpose

seemingly accidental but with veiled malice or harm

tall order

a requirement or undertaking which makes excessive demands过高的要求；难办的事
Repairing the machine in half an hour is a tall order，
but we can try．半小时之内修好这台机器是很难的，但我们可以试试。

stall off

Idiom(s): stall sb or sth off

Theme: DELAY

to put off or delay someone or something.
• The sheriff is at the door. I'll stall him off while you get out the back door.
• You can stall off the sheriff, but you can't stall off justice.

Tall oaks grow from little acorns.

Great things may come from small beginnings.

Cut down the tall poppies

(AU) If people cut down the tall poppies, they criticise people who stand out from the crowd.

In the tall cotton

A phrase that expresses good times or times of plenty and wealth as tall cotton means a good crop.

Small dog, tall weeds

This idiom is used to describe someone the speaker does not believe has the ability or resources to handle a task or job.

Tall drink of water

Someone who is very tall and slender is a tall drink of water. ('A tall glass of water' is also used.)

Tall story

A tall story is one that is untrue and unbelievable.

Tally ho!

(UK) This is an exclamation used for encouragement before doing something difficult or dangerous.

tall story|story|tale|tall|tall tale

n. phr. See: FISH STORY.

accidentally on purpose

accidentally on purpose
see on purpose, def. 2.

tall

tall
In addition to the idioms beginning with tall, also see walk tall.
* * *
- tall order
- tall tale

walk tall

walk tall
Show pride and self-confidence, as in The most important thing she taught us was to walk tall. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

More Idioms/Phrases

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