Nghĩa là gì: abeam

abeam /ə'bi:m/

phó từ
- (hàng hải), (hàng không) đâm ngang sườn
  - abeam of us: ngang sườn chúng tôi; sóng ngang với chúng tôi

bea Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a hill of beans

a small amount, very little The money he lost doesn't amount to a hill of beans.

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

an eager beaver

a person who is always willing to volunteer or do extra work.

as busy as a beaver

very busy, working steadily When the teacher returned, the students were as busy as beavers.

bean-counter

accountant We asked the bean-counters to look over the figures in the new budget.

bean pole

tall and thin, string bean Carl is a bean pole - tall and skinny - just like his father.

bear down

try harder, bite the bullet If you bear down a little, you can graduate this year.

bear the brunt

accept the most blame or responsibility When we got in trouble, Ed bore the brunt of the blame.

beat

" exhausted; very tired (adj.)."

beat a dead horse

continue to ask or try when there is no hope They won't refund your money. You're beating a dead horse.

beat a hasty retreat

run away from, leave quickly When the boys heard the siren they beat a hasty retreat.

beat around the bush

speak indirectly or evasively Stop beating around the bush and give us your final decision.

beat into one

teach by telling again and again, drill I have been trying to beat the history material into the student's head.

beat it

go, get lost Beat it, kid! Get going! Leave!

beat one

tire oneself out by thinking I have been beating my brains out all day trying to remember who we should invite to the party.struggle uselessly against something, not succeed after trying very hard You are beating your head against the wall trying to figure out what the new boss wants.

beat one's brains out

try very hard to understand or do something.

beat someone to the punch (draw)

do something before others He beat me to the punch and arrived at the interview first.

beat the pants off

defeat by a large score, blow you away "Ho plays table tennis very well; she'll beat the pants off you."

beat the rap

have the charges removed or dropped, get off Every time the burgler was caught he was able to beat the rap.

beat up

hit and injure, defeat badly She cared for him when he got beat up, trying to ease his pain.

beat up on

hit and injure, defeat in a fight """Why does he beat up on people?"" ""Because his dad beat up on him."""

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

beat your time

take away your girlfriend or boyfriend I can't believe that your friend would beat your time.

beater

a car that is in poor condition, clunker Why does he drive that old beater? He could buy a new car.

Beats me

I have no idea.

beauty is in the eye of the beholder

each person has a different idea of what is beautiful, one man's garbage... "To him, the statue is elegant; to me, it's ugly. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!"

beauty is only skin deep

do not judge a person by physical features, you can't tell a book... If you want to date a beauty queen, remember that beauty is only skin deep.

bevy of beauties

a group of beautiful women, a few lovelies Mr. Gable returned to Hollywood and his bevy of beauties.

browbeat

force you to work, harass, hound, on my case "He browbeats his employees. He shouts, ""You! Get to work!"""

busy as a beaver

(See as busy as a beaver)

deadbeat

a person who never pays his debts There is a policy to penalize deadbeat fathers by the local government.

eager beaver

a person who wants to work Joan is the eager beaver in this class. She likes to work.

full of beans

in high spirits, energetic She seems to be full of beans today. She must be excited about something.

heart skip a beat

be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when the truck almost hit us last night.

heart skips a beat

be startled or excited from surprise, joy or fright My heart skipped a beat when I saw my name on the television screen.

hill of beans

not very much, very little What I lose in the poker games doesn't amount to a hill of beans.

if that doesn't beat all

that is the best/biggest/ worst I have ever seen Fifty people in a phone booth - if that doesn't beat all!

off-beat

different, unusual His condo has an off-beat design. There's a shower in the kitchen.

off the beam

wrong, mistaken What he said about the new office was right off the beam and should be ignored by everyone.

off the beaten track

not on the main road, out of the way I like to explore places that are off the beaten track - wild places.

offbeat

nonconventional, different from the usual The movie was very offbeat which is just the kind of movie that I like.

on the beam

doing well, just right or correct What he said about the tax problem was right on the beam. .

row of beans

(See a hill of beans)

spill the beans

tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it Please don

string bean

thin person, bean pole You string bean, Kenny! You're too skinny to hit the ball!

take a beating

lose money My friend took a beating on the stock market and now he never has to work.

to beat the band

with lots of energy, like crazy, like mad Aunt Jemima was making pancakes to beat the band.

world beater

a person who tries to be the best in the world, set the world on fire "My coach said, ""You don't have to be a world beater. Just be the best you can be."""

beach-bum

a person devoted to spending as much time as available on the beach

beakie

the dirt or bodily secretions that accumulate at the corner of the eyes or between the toes