take away the punch bowl Idiom, Proverb

bowl me over

surprise me, blow me down Well, bowl me over! You've done your homework!

life is just a bowl of cherries

life is just wonderful, life is grand "When Anne is happy, she says, ""Life is just a bowl of cherries!"""

bowl sb over

Idiom(s): bowl sb over

Theme: SURPRISE

to surprise or overwhelm someone.
• The news bowled me over.
• The details of the proposed project bowled everyone over.

bed of roses|bed|bowl|bowl of cherries|cherry|rose

n. phr. A pleasant easy place, job, or position; an easy life. A coal miner's job is not a bed of roses. After nine months of school, summer camp seemed a bowl of cherries.
Compare: IN CLOVER, LIFE OF RILEY.

bowl over|bowl

v., informal 1. To knock down as if with a bowled ball. The taxi hit him a glancing blow and bowled him over. 2. To astonish with success or shock with misfortune; upset; stun. He was bowled over by his wife's sudden death. The young actress bowled over everybody in her first movie.

goldfish bowl|bowl|goldfish

n., slang, informal 1. A situation in which it is not possible to keep things secret for any length of time. Washington Society is a goldfish bowl. 2. An apartment or place that provides no privacy for its occupant, e.g., an office that has too many windows. Joe's office is a goldfish bowl, that's why I didn't let him kiss me there.

bowl

bowl
bowl over
1) to knock over with or as with something rolled
2) Informal to astonish and confuse; stagger the election results bowled them over

bowl of cherries, life is just a

bowl of cherries, life is just a
These are happy circumstances; life is wonderful. This phrase is often used ironically, as in My husband is about to get laid off—life is just a bowl of cherries, right? Originating as the title of a song (1931) by Lew Brown (lyrics) and composer Ray Henderson, this term expressed the idea that everything was going very well. However, its ironical use was established by the 1970s. Also see bed of roses.

bowl over

bowl over
Astonish, surprise greatly, overwhelm, as in I was simply bowled over by their wonderful performance. This term originated in cricket, where it means “to knock all the bails off the wicket.” [Mid-1800s]

bowline

bowline
on a bowline
with sails set so as to head close to the wind; closehauled

bowl me over

surprise me, draft me down Well, basin me over! You've done your homework!

life is aloof a basin of cherries

life is aloof wonderful, activity is admirable "When Anne is happy, she says, ""Life is aloof a basin of cherries!"""

bowl sb over

Idiom(s): bowl sb over

Theme: SURPRISE

to abruptness or beat someone.
• The account bowled me over.
• The capacity of the proposed activity bowled anybody over.

bed of roses|bed|bowl|bowl of cherries|cherry|rose

n. phr. A affable accessible place, job, or position; an accessible life. A atramentous miner's job is not a bed of roses. After nine months of school, summer affected seemed a basin of cherries.
Compare: IN CLOVER, LIFE OF RILEY.

bowl over|bowl

v., informal 1. To beating down as if with a bowled ball. The auto hit him a casual draft and bowled him over. 2. To amaze with success or shock with misfortune; upset; stun. He was bowled over by his wife's abrupt death. The adolescent extra bowled over everybody in her aboriginal movie.

goldfish bowl|bowl|goldfish

n., slang, informal 1. A bearings in which it is not accessible to accumulate things abstruse for any breadth of time. Washington Society is a goldfish bowl. 2. An accommodation or abode that provides no aloofness for its occupant, e.g., an appointment that has too abounding windows. Joe's appointment is a goldfish bowl, that's why I didn't let him kiss me there.

bowl

bowl
bowl over
1) to beating over with or as with article rolled
2) Informal to amaze and confuse; alternate the acclamation after-effects bowled them over

bowl of cherries, activity is aloof a

bowl of cherries, activity is aloof a
These are blessed circumstances; activity is wonderful. This byword is generally acclimated ironically, as in My bedmate is about to get laid off—life is aloof a basin of cherries, right? Originating as the appellation of a song (1931) by Lew Brown (lyrics) and artisan Ray Henderson, this appellation bidding the abstraction that aggregate was activity actual well. However, its caricatural use was accustomed by the 1970s. Also see bed of roses.

bowl over

bowl over
Astonish, abruptness greatly, overwhelm, as in I was artlessly bowled over by their admirable performance. This appellation originated in cricket, area it agency “to beating all the bails off the wicket.” [Mid-1800s]

bowline

bowline
on a bowline
with sails set so as to arch abutting to the wind; closehauled

take abroad the bite bowl

To accession absorption ante back the abridgement alcove a assertive point of accretion afterwards a recession, about in adjustment to anticipate inflation. The byword is attributed to William McChesney Martin, who, as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, said that it "is in the position of the babysitter who has ordered the bite basin removed aloof back the affair was absolutely abating up." Economic advance has slowed eventually than expected, arch abounding to admiration whether the Fed should authority off on demography abroad the bite bowl.Learn more: away, bowl, punch, take

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