foul Idiom, Proverb
foul up
fouled up
Idiom(s): fouled upTheme: CONFUSION
messed up.
• My fishing line is all fouled up.
• The football team got fouled up and lost the game.
foul one's own nest
Idiom(s): foul one's own nestTheme: HARM
to harm one's own interests; to bring disadvantage upon oneself.
• He tried to discredit a fellow senator with the president, but just succeeded in fouling his own nest.
• The boss really dislikes Mary. She certainly fouled her own nest when she spread those rumors about him.
foul play
Idiom(s): foul playTheme: CRIME
illegal activity; bad practices.
• The police investigating the death suspect foul play.
• Each student got an A on the test, and the teacher imagined it was the result of foul play.
fall afoul of
Idiom(s): fall afoul of someone or something AND run afoul of someone or somethingTheme: OPPOSITION
to get into a situation where one is opposed to someone or something; to get into trouble with someone or something.
• Dan fell afoul of the law at an early age.
• I hope that you will avoid falling afoul of the district manager. She can be a formidable enemy.
• I hope I don't run afoul of your sister. She
run afoul of
Idiom(s): fall afoul of someone or something AND run afoul of someone or somethingTheme: OPPOSITION
to get into a situation where one is opposed to someone or something; to get into trouble with someone or something.
• Dan fell afoul of the law at an early age.
• I hope that you will avoid falling afoul of the district manager. She can be a formidable enemy.
• I hope I don't run afoul of your sister. She
No harm, no foul
There's no problem when no harm or damage is done, such as the time my sister-in-law stole the name we'd chosen for a boy and we both ended up having girls.afoul of|afoul
prep. 1. In collision with. The boat ran afoul of a buoy. 2. In or into trouble with. The thief ran afoul of the night watchman. Speeders can expect to fall afoul of the law sometimes.foul ball|ball|foul
n. A batted baseball that lands outside the foul line. Mickey hit a long foul ball that landed on the roof.foul line|foul|line
n. 1. Either of two lines separating fair from foul ground in baseball. Willie hit the ball just inside the foul line for a double. 2. A line across the upper end of a bowling alley across which a bowler must not step. John bowled a strike but it didn't count because he stepped over the foul line. 3. A line on the floor in front of the basket in basketball, from which foul shots are made. Tony scored eight points from the foul line.foul out|foul
v. 1. To make an out in baseball by hitting a foul fly ball that is caught. He fouled out to the catcher. 2. To be forced to leave a basketball game because of getting more than the limit number of personal fouls. A professional basketball player is allowed six personal fouls before fouling out.foul play|foul|play
n. Treachery; a criminal act (such as murder). After they discovered the dead body, the police suspected foul play. "She must have met with foul play," the chief inspector said when they couldn't find the 12-year-old girl who had disappeared.foul shot|foul|shot
n. A free throw given in basketball to a player who has been fouled. Tony was given two foul shots when he was fouled while trying to shoot.Compare: FIELD GOAL 2, FREE THROW.
foul up(1)|foul|foul up
v., informal 1. To make dirty. The birds fouled up his newly washed car. 2. To tangle up. He tried to throw a lasso but he got the rope all fouled up. 3. To ruin or spoil by stupid mistakes; botch. He fouled the whole play up by forgetting his part. 4. To make a mistake; to blunder. Blue suit and brown socks! He had fouled up again. 5. To go wrong. Why do some people foul up and become criminals?foul-up(2)|foul|foul up
n. (stress on "foul") 1. informal A confused situation; confusion; mistake. The luncheon was handled with only one or two foul-ups. 2. informal A breakdown. There was a foul-up in his car's steering mechanism. 3. slang A person who fouls up or mixes things. He had gotten a reputation as a foul-up.afoul
afoulrun afoul of
or fall afoul of
1) to collide with or become entangled with
2) to get into conflict or trouble with
afoul of
afoul ofsee run afoul of.
foul
foulIn addition to the idioms beginning with foul, also see run afoul of.
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- foul one's nest
- foul play
- foul up
foul one's nest
foul one's nestAlso, foul one's own nest. Hurt one's own interests, as in With his constant complaints about his wife, he's only fouling his own nest. This metaphoric expression transfers a bird's soiling of its nest to human behavior. [Mid-1200s]
run foul
run foulsee run afoul of.
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idiom run afoul of fouls là gì đồng nghĩq foul foul 反対語 foul đồng nghĩa foul antonym
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