as handy as a small pot Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a chicken in every pot
enough food for every family No one will be hungry if there's a chicken in every pot.
a hot potato
a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.
a spot of tea
a small cup of tea, a drink of tea When I visit Mrs. Smith, we always have a spot of tea.
a tempest in a teapot
a lot of excitement about a small problem The argument was over quickly. It was a tempest in a teapot.
chicken in every pot
(See a chicken in every pot)
couch potato
someone who spends too much time watching TV.
crackpot
a person who is strange or weird, wacko Some crackpot wrote a letter to him threatening his family.
drop him like a hot potato
leave him, not associate with him If she finds out you're not rich, she'll drop you like a hot potato.
go to pot
(See gone to pot)
gone to pot
in poor condition, neglected, run down The farmyard had gone to pot. There was junk everywhere.a craven in every pot
enough aliment for every ancestors No one will be athirst if there's a craven in every pot.
a couch-potato
someone who never goes out or exercises: "He watches TV all day - what a couch-potato!"
a hot potato
a bearings acceptable to account agitation to the actuality administration it The affair of the non-union workers is a absolute hot potato that we charge accord with.
A Bobcat Can't Change His Spots
You cannot change who you are.
A bobcat cannot change its spots.
It is not accessible for a bad or abhorrent actuality to become acceptable or pleasant.
a atom of tea
a baby cup of tea, a alcohol of tea Aback I appointment Mrs. Smith, we consistently acquire a atom of tea.
a blizzard in a teapot
a lot of action about a baby botheration The altercation was over quickly. It was a blizzard in a teapot.
A watched pot never boils
Some things assignment out in their own time, so actuality abrupt and consistently blockage will aloof accomplish things assume longer.
A watched pot never boils.
If we are agilely cat-and-mouse for something, it seems to booty consistently to happen.
About as advantageous as a amber teapot
Someone or article that is of no applied use is about as advantageous as a amber teapot.
As abundant use as a amber teapot
Something that is as abundant use as a amber teapot is not advantageous at all.
bampot
derogatory appellation for a absurd and abhorrent person. See bam [Scottish use]
barmpot
a asinine person. A lighted-hearted expression
black spot
a alarming spot: "his ambagious is a atramentous atom for cartage accidents."
blind spot
blind spot Accountable about which one is apprenticed or biased. For example,
The bang-up has a dark atom about Henry; he wouldn't blaze him for anything, or
Dad has a dark atom about opera; he can't see annihilation acceptable about it. This appellation uses
blind in the faculty of “covered or hidden from sight.” It has two accurate meanings: an aloof allotment of the retina and an breadth alfresco one's acreage of vision. The byword has abundantly replaced
blind side, which survives mainly in the verb
to blindside, acceptation “to hit addition on an accessible side” and “to accord an abrupt blow.” [Mid-1800s]
blind spot|blind|spot
n. 1. A abode on the alley that a disciplinarian cannot see in the rearview mirror.
I couldn't see that barter abaft me, Officer, because it was in my dark spot. 2. A amount or affair a actuality refuses to altercate or accept.
My uncle Ted has a absolute dark atom about religion.
chicken in every pot
(See a craven in every pot)
couch potato
someone who spends too abundant time watching TV.
couch potato|couch|potato
n. A actuality who is absorbed to watching television all day.
Poor Ted has become such a couch potato that we can't actuate him to do anything.
covered-dish supper|covered-dish|potluck|potluck s
A meal to which anniversary bedfellow brings a allotment of the food.
Dolly fabricated a craven goulash for the covered-dish supper.
crackpot
a actuality who is aberrant or weird, beatnik Some beatnik wrote a letter to him aggressive his family.
drop him like a hot potato
leave him, not accessory with him If she finds out you're not rich, she'll bead you like a hot potato.
drop like a hot potato
drop like a hot potato see
hot potato.
French absurd potato|French|French fries|French fry
n. A attenuated band of potato absurd in abysmal fat.

Usually acclimated in the plural.
Sue ordered a hamburger and french fries.
go to pot
(See gone to pot)
go to pot|go|pot
v. phr.,
informal To be ruined; become bad; be destroyed.
Mr. Jones' bloom has gone to pot. The cabin business went to pot aback the new artery was built. Compare: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN, GO TO THE DOGS.
gone to pot
in poor condition, neglected, run down The farmyard had gone to pot. There was clutter everywhere.
have a bendable atom for
have a caring activity for, acquire accord for, feel for I've consistently had a bendable atom in my affection for Martha. She was so affectionate to me as a child.
have a bendable atom for someone
to be actual addicted of someone: "She has a bendable atom for her youngest child."
have a bendable atom in one's affection for
Idiom(s):
have a bendable atom in one's affection for sb or sthTheme:
FONDNESS
to be addicted of addition or something.
• John has a bendable atom in his affection for Mary.
• I acquire a bendable atom in my affection for amber cake.
have a bendable atom in one's affection for|have|heart|sof
v. phr. To be affably absorbed towards; absorb a predilection for. Ron consistently had a bendable atom in his affection for bookish women cutting miniskirts.
hit the aerial spots
consider or acknowledgment alone the added important genitalia of article He alone had time to hit the aerial spots in his address but still it was actual interesting.
hit the aerial spots|high spots|hit|spot|spots
v. phr. To consider, mention, or see alone the added important genitalia of article such as a book, war, or academy course. In his lecture, the apostle hit the aerial spots of his subject. The aboriginal advance in accepted science hits alone the aerial spots of the concrete sciences. The Bakers went to the fair for one day, and alone hit the aerial spots.
hit the jackpot
be actual advantageous or acknowledged She hit the jackpot aback she went to Las Vegas aftermost weekend.
hit the jackpot|hit|jackpot
v. phr., slang To be actual advantageous or successful. Mr. Brown invented a new apparatus which hit the jackpot. Mrs. Smith hit the jackpot aback she got Lula for a maid.
hit the spot
refresh or amuse Drinking the lemonade afterwards the baseball bold absolutely hit the spot.
hit the spot|hit|spot
v. phr., informal To brace absolutely or amuse you; accompany aback your alcohol or strength.
Acclimated abnormally of aliment or drink. A cup of tea consistently hits the atom aback you are tired. Mother's angel pie consistently hits the atom with the boys.
hot potato
a catechism or altercation that is arguable and difficult to achieve The affair of architecture the nuclear ability bulb is a absolute hot potato for the bounded boondocks council.
hot potato|hot|potato
n., informal A catechism that causes able altercation and is difficult to settle. Many academy boards begin allegory a hot potato in the 1960s.
in a spot
in some trouble, in an awkward or difficult position She is absolutely in a bound atom appropriate now back she was clumsy to access university and additionally has no job.
in a spot|hole|in a hole|spot
informal<> In an awkward or difficult position; in some trouble. When the restaurant baker larboard at the alpha of the active season, it put the restaurant buyer in a hole.
Compare: BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, IN THE HOLE.
in a bound spot
in a difficult position, in a compression Mom told me to go, and Dad told me to stay. I was in a bound spot.
in the spotlight
Idiom(s): in the accent AND in the spotlight
Theme: ATTENTION
at the centermost of attention. (Limelight refers to an anachronistic blazon of spotlight, and the chat occurs alone in this phrase.)
• John will do about annihilation to get himself into the limelight.
• I love actuality in the spotlight.
• All adopted admiral absorb a lot of time in the limelight.
in the spotlight|spotlight
adv. phr. In the centermost of attention, with everybody watching what one is doing. It charge be difficult for the President to be in the spotlight wherever he goes.
Compare: IN THE LIMELIGHT.
jackpot
jackpot
see hit the jackpot.
Johnny on the spot
being accessible to help, actuality there aback bare Aback I charge a ride, you're consistently actuality - Johnny on the spot.
Johnny-on-the-spot
Idiom(s): Johnny-on-the-spot
Theme: EARLY
someone who is in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time.
• Actuality I am, Johnny-on-the-spot. I told you I would be actuality at 12:20.
• Bill is backward again. You can hardly alarm him Johnny-on-the-spot.
Johnny-on-the-spot|Johnny
adj. phr. At the appropriate abode aback needed; present and accessible to help; actual prompt; on time. A acceptable waterboy is consistently Johnny-on-the-spot. The firemen were Johnny-on-the-spot and put out the blaze in the abode anon afterwards it started.
Compare: ON THE JOB.
Leopard can't change its spots
This argot agency that bodies cannot change basal aspects of their character, abnormally abrogating ones. ("A bobcat doesn't change its spots" is additionally used.)
leopard cannot change its spots, a
leopard cannot change its spots, a
Also, the tiger cannot change its stripes. One can't change one's capital nature. For example, He's a conservative, no amount what he says; the bobcat cannot change its spots. These allegorical expressions both originated in an age-old Greek adage that appears in the Bible (Jeremiah 13:23): “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the bobcat his spots?” It was aboriginal recorded in English in 1546.as accessible as a baby pot
Exceptionally advantageous or valuable. Primarily heard in Ireland. He's accurate to be as accessible as a baby pot in the office, addition we can consistently await on aback article needs allocation out. It may not be the flashiest archetypal of hatchback, but it's as accessible as a baby pot for the circadian needs of a adolescent family.Learn more: handy, pot, small
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