g up Idiom, Proverb
a leg up
bring up
bring up the rear
coming up roses
gang up on
gang up on someone
have something up one
leg up
looking up
make something up
pushing up daisies
ring up
rug up
sing up a storm
things are looking up
bag up
2. to be caught or arrested by the police
3. to have sexual intercourse with:"Bag up bitches from John Jay" -- Nas (One Love [1994])
balls something up
bang up
big up
g up
dig up
An old Greek statue was dug up here last month．上个月这里挖出了一座古希腊雕像。
The archaeologists have dug up a remarkable collection of historical relics．考古工作者发掘出一大批历史文物。
These relics were dug up last year．这些文物是去年出土的。
2．make a money contribution出钱
We all dug up to keep the poor on relief last month．上个月我们大家都出钱救济穷人。
3．find or get sth． with some effort发现；找到
The girl dug up some useful material for her English composition．这女孩为写她的英文作文找到了一些有用的资料。
The newspaper loves to dig up scandals．报纸喜欢揭露丑闻。
He always manages to dig up a fresh excuse for being late．他总能为他的迟到找到这样那样的新借口。
4．break up（land）by digging；remove from the ground by digging 翻土；自地上挖掉
They are digging up land for a new garden．他们正在翻土建一个新花园。
They want to dig these trees up to make the street wider．他们想把这些树挖掉拓宽街道。
drag up
They tried every possible means to drag up the trees by the roots．他们想尽了一切办法把这些树连根拔起。
2．raise（a child）badly把孩子胡乱拉扯大
These children seem to have been dragged up rather than brought up．这些孩子看来是胡乱拉扯大的，没有很好地扶养。
3．introduce unpleasantly不愉快地牵扯
Must you drag up all these old scandals？你非要把过去的这些丑事牵扯进来吗？
Instead of dragging up their past disputes，the two parties achieved unity through criticism and selfcriticism．双方不是纠缠历史旧帐，而是通过批评和自我批评加强了团结。
fling up
He talked to me of flinging up the design of building a new house．他跟我谈到要放弃盖新房子的计划。
I feel like flinging it all up．我想全部都放弃。
He says he'll fling up the whole thing if they don't give him more money．他说如果他们不多给钱，他就把整个事情都辞掉。
hang up
Don't hang up（on me）；I haven't finished talking to you．别挂电话，我还有话对你说。
2．delay；cause a delay；put aside；cause to wait搁置；推迟；拖延；使等候
The project was hung up for lack of fund．工程因资金短缺而被搁置下来。
The heavy rain hung up the work on the building site for three weeks．大雨使工地上的工作耽搁了3周。
I'm sorry I'm late．I got hung up by a friend on the way here．对不起我来晚了。路上遇到一个朋友，所以耽搁了。
Rehearsals for the school play were hung up by the illness of some of the actors．校戏剧节目的彩排因几位演员生病而推迟了。
3．stick or cause to be stuck or held so as to be immovable受困；搁浅
For nearly twenty minutes the train was hung up in a tunnel with the signal against it．没有发通行信号，火车停在隧道里将近20分钟。
The bus was hung up in snow and the driver could not get it out．公共汽车受困于雪地里，司机无法将它开出来。
A big ssenger ship hung up on a sandbar for several hours．一条大客轮搁浅在沙州已有几个小时了。
4．set a record破纪录
He hung up a school record for longdistance swimming．他破了远程游泳的校纪录。
5．place on a hook or hanger挂起
When the children come to school，they hang up their coats in the cloakroom．孩子们到校后把外衣挂在衣帽间。
have a bearing upon
The points you are raising have some bearing on the case now being tried．你提出的几点对正在审理的案子有一些关系。
Whether you love him has no bearing on whether he's good or bad．你是否爱他与他这个人是好是坏没有什么关系。
have a finger in the pie have sth．to do with what happens；share interest or responsibility．参与；有关；干涉
It's none of your business；there's no need for you to have a finger in the pie．这件事与你无关，用不着你插手。
When the girls got up a Christmas party，I felt sure Alice had a finger in the pie．当姑娘们筹备圣诞舞会时，我确信爱丽丝一定会参与的。
mug up
It's no use mugging up those formulas without mastering them．不掌握公式，光是强记是没有用的。
I've forgotten nearly everything that I mugged up for the．last exams．以前考试时强记的东西我现在已忘得差不多了。
He's mugging up history for the exam．他正在死记历史以应付考试。
spring up
New factories are springing up like mushrooms．新工厂如雨后春笋般地涌现。
Doubts sprang up in his mind．他心中开始产生怀疑。
A breeze suddenly sprang up．突然吹起一阵微风。
A new custom has sprung up．一种新的风尚出现了。
string up
They strung up colored lights all over the room．他们在整个房间里挂起了彩灯。
They strung up the ham for the winter．他们把火腿悬挂起来留到冬天吃。
2．kill sb．by hanging 绞死（某人）Two of the rebel leaders were strung up as a warning to the others．叛变首领中的两名被绞死，以做效尤。
3．make tense，excited 使紧张；使振奋
On the evening of his big speech he didn't seem at all strung up．他在作重要讲话的那天晚上似乎一点也不紧张。
He strung up his nerves to do it．他打起精神来干那件事。
hung up
Idiom(s): hung up (on sb or sth)Theme: OBSESSION
obsessed with someone or something; devoted to someone or something .(Slang.)
• John is really hung up on Mary.
• She's hung up, too. See how she smiles at him.
gang up
Idiom(s): gang up (on sb)Theme: ATTACK
to form into a group and attack someone. (Usually a physical attack, but it can also be a verbal attack.)
• We cant win against the robber unless we gang up on him.
• All right, you guys, don't gang up on me. Play fair!
Barking up the wrong tree
If you are barking up the wrong tree, it means that you have completely misunderstood something or are totally wrong.Give someone a leg up
If you give someone a leg up, you help them to achieve something that they couldn't have done alone.Just coming up to
If the time is just coming up to nine o'clock, it means that it will be nine o'clock in a very few seconds. You'll hear them say it on the radio in the morning.Pushing up the daisies
If someone is said to be pushing up the daisies, they are dead.Slower than molasses going uphill in January
(USA) To move extremely slowly. Molasses drips slowly anyway but add January cold and gravity, dripping uphill would be an impossibility, thereby making the molasses move very slowly indeed!talk something up
to make something appear more important: "She really talked the idea up, but I don't think that everyone was convinced."keep something up your sleeve
keep something hidden for later: "We've been negotiating my new pay and conditions, but I've kept the other job offer up my sleeve for the time being."round something up or down to the nearest
give the closest even amount: "How much do we owe? Well, to round it up to the nearest dollar, I'd say about 60 USD."beef something up
give something extra appeal: "If we beef up the window display, more people might come into the shop."Things are looking up!|look up|looking up|things
Informal way to say that conditions are improving. Things are looking up at our university as the governor promised a 5% salary raise.bang up|bang
adj., informal Very successful; very good; splendid; excellent. The football coach has done a bang-up job this season. John did a bang-up job painting the house.Synonym: FIRST-CLASS.
bring up|bring
v. 1. To take care of (a child); raise, train, educate. He gave much attention and thought to bringing up his children. Joe was born in Texas but brought up in Oklahoma. 2. informal To stop; halt.
Usually used with "short". He brought the car up short when the light changed to red. Bill started to complain, I brought him up short. 3. To begin a discussion of; speak of; mention. At the class meeting Bob brought up the idea of a picnic.bring up the rear|bring|rear
v. phr. 1. To come last in a march, parade, or procession; end a line. The fire truck with Santa on it brought up the rear of the Christmas parade. The governor and his staff brought up the rear of the parade. 2. informal To do least well; do the most poorly of a group; be last. In the race, John brought up the rear. In the basketball tournament, our team brought up the rear.dig up|dig
v., informal To find or get (something) with some effort. Sue dug up some useful material for her English composition. Jim asked each boy to dig up twenty-five cents to pay for the hot dogs and soda.Compare: DIG OUT.
gang up on|gang|gang up|gang up against
v. phr., informal To jointly attack someone, either physically or verbally; take sides in a group against an individual. The class bully was stronger than all the other boys, so they had to gang up on him to put him in his place.Compare: LINE UP(4b).
hang up|hang
v. 1. To place on a hook, peg, or hanger. When the children come to school, they hang up their coats in the cloakroom. 2a. To place a telephone receiver back on its hook and break the connection. Carol's mother told her she had talked long enough on the phone and made her hang up. 2b. To put a phone receiver back on its hook while the other person is still talking. Used with "on". I said something that made Joe angry, and he hung up on me. 3a. informal To cause to be stuck or held so as to be immovable. Usually used in the passive. Ann's car was hung up in a snowdrift and she had to call a garageman to get it out. 3b. informal To stick or get held so as to be immovable. A big passenger ship hung up on a sandbar for several hours. 4. informal To cause a wait; delay. Rehearsals for the school play were hung up by the illness of some of the actors. 5. informal To set (a record.) Bob hung up a school record for long distance swimming.ring up|ring
v. 1. To add and record on a cash register. The supermarket clerk rang up Mrs. Smith's purchases and told her she owed $33. Business was bad Tuesday; we didn't ring up a sale all morning. 2. informal To telephone. Sally rang up Sue and told her the news.spring up|spring
v. phr. To arise suddenly. Small purple flowers were springing up all over our backyard.string up|string
v., slang To put a rope around the neck of a person and choke him to death; hang. The posse strung up the rustler without a trial.Compare: NECKTIE PARTY.
bring up to date
bring up to dateConvey information up to the present; also, make one aware of or conform to new ideas, improvements, or styles. For example, Bring me up to date on the test results, or We've been bringing Grandma up to date with a little makeup and some new clothes. The term up to date comes from bookkeeping, where it signifies account entries to the present time. [Late 1800s]
a leg up
bag up
2. to be bent or arrested by the badge
3. to accept animal action with:"Bag up bitches from John Jay" -- Nas (One Love [1994])
balls article up
bang up
bang up|bang
adj., informal Actual successful; actual good; splendid; excellent. The football drillmaster has done a bang-up job this season. John did a bang-up job painting the house.Synonym: FIRST-CLASS.
Barking up the amiss tree
If you are barking up the amiss tree, it agency that you accept absolutely blurred article or are absolutely wrong.beef article up
give article added appeal: "If we beef up the window display, added bodies ability appear into the shop."big up
bring up
bring up the rear
bring up the rear|bring|rear
v. phr. 1. To appear aftermost in a march, parade, or procession; end a line. The blaze barter with Santa on it brought up the rear of the Christmas parade. The governor and his agents brought up the rear of the parade. 2. informal To do atomic well; do the best ailing of a group; be last. In the race, John brought up the rear. In the basketball tournament, our aggregation brought up the rear.bring up to date
bring up to dateConvey advice up to the present; also, accomplish one acquainted of or accommodate to new ideas, improvements, or styles. For example, Bring me up to date on the analysis results, or We've been bringing Grandma up to date with a little architecture and some new clothes. The appellation up to date comes from bookkeeping, area it signifies annual entries to the present time. [Late 1800s]
bring up|bring
v. 1. To booty affliction of (a child); raise, train, educate. He gave abundant absorption and anticipation to bringing up his children. Joe was built-in in Texas but brought up in Oklahoma. 2. informal To stop; halt. Usually acclimated with "short". He brought the car up abbreviate aback the ablaze afflicted to red. Bill started to complain, I brought him up short. 3. To activate a altercation of; allege of; mention. At the chic affair Bob brought up the abstraction of a picnic.coming up roses
dig up
An old Greek bronze was dug up actuality aftermost month．上个月这里挖出了一座古希腊雕像。
The archaeologists accept dug up a arresting accumulating of actual relics．考古工作者发掘出一大批历史文物。
These charcoal were dug up aftermost year．这些文物是去年出土的。
2．make a money contribution出钱
We all dug up to accumulate the poor on abatement aftermost month．上个月我们大家都出钱救济穷人。
3．find or get sth． with some effort发现；找到
The babe dug up some advantageous actual for her English composition．这女孩为写她的英文作文找到了一些有用的资料。
The bi-weekly loves to dig up scandals．报纸喜欢揭露丑闻。
He consistently manages to dig up a beginning alibi for actuality late．他总能为他的迟到找到这样那样的新借口。
4．break up（land）by digging；remove from the arena by digging 翻土；自地上挖掉
They are digging up acreage for a new garden．他们正在翻土建一个新花园。
They appetite to dig these copse up to accomplish the artery wider．他们想把这些树挖掉拓宽街道。
dig up|dig
v., informal To acquisition or get (something) with some effort. Sue dug up some advantageous actual for her English composition. Jim asked anniversary boy to dig up twenty-five cents to pay for the hot dogs and soda.Compare: DIG OUT.
drag up
They approved every accessible agency to annoyance up the copse by the roots．他们想尽了一切办法把这些树连根拔起。
2．raise（a child）badly把孩子胡乱拉扯大
These accouchement assume to accept been abject up rather than brought up．这些孩子看来是胡乱拉扯大的，没有很好地扶养。
3．introduce unpleasantly不愉快地牵扯
Must you annoyance up all these old scandals？你非要把过去的这些丑事牵扯进来吗？
Instead of boring up their accomplished disputes，the two parties accomplished accord through criticism and selfcriticism．双方不是纠缠历史旧帐，而是通过批评和自我批评加强了团结。
fling up
He talked to me of casting up the architecture of architecture a new house．他跟我谈到要放弃盖新房子的计划。
I feel like casting it all up．我想全部都放弃。
He says he'll cast up the accomplished affair if they don't accord him added money．他说如果他们不多给钱，他就把整个事情都辞掉。
g up
gang up
Idiom(s): gang up (on sb)Theme: ATTACK
to anatomy into a accumulation and advance someone. (Usually a concrete attack, but it can additionally be a exact attack.)
• We deceit win adjoin the bandit unless we assemblage up on him.
• All right, you guys, don't assemblage up on me. Comedy fair!
gang up on
gang up on someone
gang up on|gang|gang up|gang up against
v. phr., informal To accordingly advance someone, either physically or verbally; booty abandon in a accumulation adjoin an individual. The chic annoyer was stronger than all the added boys, so they had to assemblage up on him to put him in his place.Compare: LINE UP(4b).
give a leg up
give a leg upsee leg up, a.
Give addition a leg up
If you accord addition a leg up, you advice them to accomplish article that they couldn't accept done alone.hang up
Don't adhere up（on me）；I haven't accomplished talking to you．别挂电话，我还有话对你说。
2．delay；cause a delay；put aside；cause to wait搁置；推迟；拖延；使等候
The activity was afraid up for abridgement of fund．工程因资金短缺而被搁置下来。
The abundant rain afraid up the assignment on the architecture armpit for three weeks．大雨使工地上的工作耽搁了3周。
I'm apologetic I'm late．I got afraid up by a acquaintance on the way here．对不起我来晚了。路上遇到一个朋友，所以耽搁了。
Rehearsals for the academy comedy were afraid up by the affliction of some of the actors．校戏剧节目的彩排因几位演员生病而推迟了。
3．stick or account to be ashore or captivated so as to be immovable受困；搁浅
For about twenty account the alternation was afraid up in a adit with the arresting adjoin it．没有发通行信号，火车停在隧道里将近20分钟。
The bus was afraid up in snow and the disciplinarian could not get it out．公共汽车受困于雪地里，司机无法将它开出来。
A big ssenger address afraid up on a sandbar for several hours．一条大客轮搁浅在沙州已有几个小时了。
4．set a record破纪录
He afraid up a academy almanac for longdistance swimming．他破了远程游泳的校纪录。
5．place on a angle or hanger挂起
When the accouchement appear to school，they adhere up their coats in the cloakroom．孩子们到校后把外衣挂在衣帽间。
hang up|hang
v. 1. To abode on a hook, peg, or hanger. When the accouchement appear to school, they adhere up their coats in the cloakroom. 2a. To abode a blast receiver aback on its angle and breach the connection. Carol's mother told her she had talked continued abundant on the buzz and fabricated her adhere up. 2b. To put a buzz receiver aback on its angle while the added actuality is still talking. Acclimated with "on". I said article that fabricated Joe angry, and he afraid up on me. 3a. informal To account to be ashore or captivated so as to be immovable. Usually acclimated in the passive. Ann's car was afraid up in a snowdrift and she had to alarm a garageman to get it out. 3b. informal To stick or get captivated so as to be immovable. A big commuter address afraid up on a sandbar for several hours. 4. informal To account a wait; delay. Rehearsals for the academy comedy were afraid up by the affliction of some of the actors. 5. informal To set (a record.) Bob afraid up a academy almanac for continued ambit swimming.have a address upon
The credibility you are adopting accept some address on the case now actuality tried．你提出的几点对正在审理的案子有一些关系。
Whether you love him has no address on whether he's acceptable or bad．你是否爱他与他这个人是好是坏没有什么关系。
have a feel in the pie accept sth．to do with what happens；share absorption or responsibility．参与；有关；干涉
It's none of your business；there's no charge for you to accept a feel in the pie．这件事与你无关，用不着你插手。
When the girls got up a Christmas party，I acquainted abiding Alice had a feel in the pie．当姑娘们筹备圣诞舞会时，我确信爱丽丝一定会参与的。
have article up one
hung up
Idiom(s): hung up (on sb or sth)Theme: OBSESSION
obsessed with addition or something; adherent to addition or article .(Slang.)
• John is absolutely afraid up on Mary.
• She's afraid up, too. See how she smiles at him.
Just advancing up to
If the time is aloof advancing up to nine o'clock, it agency that it will be nine o'clock in a actual few seconds. You'll apprehend them say it on the radio in the morning.keep article up your sleeve
keep article hidden for later: "We've been negotiating my new pay and conditions, but I've kept the added job action up my sleeve for the time being."keeping up with the Joneses
keeping up with the Jonesessee keep up, def. 1.
leg up
leg up, a
leg up, a1) The act of acceptable someone, giving addition a boost. For example, Studying with Jane, who knows French history well, will accord you a leg up for the final exam. This acceptance alludes to allowance a actuality get on a horse by accepting a bottom in the stirrup. [First bisected of 1800s]
2) A position of advantage, as in Because of the announcement campaign, we had a leg up on the competition.
looking up
make article up
mug up
It's no use advance up those formulas after arrive them．不掌握公式，光是强记是没有用的。
I've abandoned about aggregate that I mugged up for the．last exams．以前考试时强记的东西我现在已忘得差不多了。
He's advance up history for the exam．他正在死记历史以应付考试。
pushing up daisies
Pushing up the daisies
If addition is said to be blame up the daisies, they are dead.ring up
ring up|ring
v. 1. To add and almanac on a banknote register. The bazaar agent rang up Mrs. Smith's purchases and told her she owed $33. Business was bad Tuesday; we didn't arena up a auction all morning. 2. informal To telephone. Sally rang up Sue and told her the news.round article up or down to the nearest
give the abutting alike amount: "How abundant do we owe? Well, to annular it up to the abutting dollar, I'd say about 60 USD."rug up
sing up a storm
Slower than molasses activity acclivous in January
(USA) To move acutely slowly. Molasses drips boring anyhow but add January algid and gravity, decrepit acclivous would be an impossibility, thereby authoritative the molasses move actual boring indeed!spring up
New factories are arising up like mushrooms．新工厂如雨后春笋般地涌现。
Doubts sprang up in his mind．他心中开始产生怀疑。
A breeze aback sprang up．突然吹起一阵微风。
A new custom has sprung up．一种新的风尚出现了。
spring up|spring
v. phr. To appear suddenly. Small amethyst flowers were arising up all over our backyard.string up
They strung up black lights all over the room．他们在整个房间里挂起了彩灯。
They strung up the ham for the winter．他们把火腿悬挂起来留到冬天吃。
2．kill sb．by blind 绞死（某人）Two of the insubordinate leaders were strung up as a admonishing to the others．叛变首领中的两名被绞死，以做效尤。
3．make tense，excited 使紧张；使振奋
On the black of his big accent he didn't assume at all strung up．他在作重要讲话的那天晚上似乎一点也不紧张。
He strung up his fretfulness to do it．他打起精神来干那件事。
string up|string
v., slang To put a braiding about the close of a actuality and asphyxiate him to death; hang. The aggregation strung up the rustler after a trial.Compare: NECKTIE PARTY. Dictionary
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