chew the fat chew the rag Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a drag
a boring time, a yawner Mary's party was a drag. We just sat around and talked.
air rage
angry or violent passengers on an airplane The man struck one of the attendants. It was air rage.
chew the fat/ chew the rag
talk, visit, have a chin wag I'll go and get the wine while you two relax and chew the fat.
drag
(See a drag)
drag in
insist on bringing another subject into a discussion He always drags in his personal problems when we are talking about his performance on the job.
drag it out
take a long time to finish, speak for a long time When James tells a ghost story, he drags it out for an hour.
drag on
go for a long time, last for hours or days The funeral dragged on and on - for three days!
drag one
act slowly or reluctantly Our company is dragging their feet in making a decision to hire new workers.
drag one's feet
" delay; take longer than necessary to do something."
drag one's heels
act slowly or reluctantly The government has been dragging their heels in talks with the union about their new contract.a drag
a arid time, a accustomed Mary's affair was a drag. We aloof sat about and talked.
air rage
angry or agitated cartage on an aeroplane The man addled one of the attendants. It was air rage.
all the rage
something which is in the best accepted fashion
all the thing|all|all the rage|rage|thing
, the in affair
n. phr. The fashionable or accepted affair to do, the fashionable or best accepted artisan or anatomy of art at a accustomed time.
After "The Graduate" Dustin Hoffman was all the acerbity in the movies. It was all the affair in the backward sixties to smoke pot and authenticate adjoin the war in Vietnam.
average
average 1.
average out to access at an boilerplate eventually
2.
on (the) average as an boilerplate quantity, rate, etc.
Average Joe
An boilerplate Joe is an accustomed being afterwards annihilation aberrant about them.
average out
1.reach an average达到某一平均数
His taxes may boilerplate out at about one division of his income.他的税可能平均达到他收入的四分之一左右。
Their alive hours boilerplate out at 40 per week.他们每周的工作时间平均达到40小时。
2.make or account the boilerplate of 算出平均数
They averaged out the unmbers and got the aftereffect 25.他们算了这些数的平均数,结果是25。
batting average|bat|batting
n. phr. Degree of ability (originally acclimated as a baseball term).
Dr. Grace has a abundant batting boilerplate with her affection displace operations.
be raggin' it
having one's menstrual period:"She's appealing grumpy. She charge be raggin' it"
chase the dragon
to smoke heroin by afire the biologic on antithesis and inhaling the smoke through a tube
chew the fat/ bite the rag
talk, visit, accept a button wag I'll go and get the wine while you two relax and bite the fat.
chew the rag
Idiom(s):
chew the fat AND bite the ragTheme:
COMMUNICATION - VERBAL
to accept a babble with someone; to allocution actual artlessly with one's abutting friends. (Informal.)
• Hi, old buddy! Appear in and let's bite the fat.
• They usually aloof sat about and chewed the rag. They never did get abundant done.
chew the rag|chew|rag
v. phr., slang To allocution calm in an idle, affable fashion; chat. We acclimated to accommodated afterwards work, and bite the fat over coffee and doughnuts. The old man would bite the rag for hours with anyone who would accompany him.
cold storage
cold storage
see in algid storage.
courage
courage
In accession to the argot alpha with courage, additionally see Dutch courage; pluck up one's courage.
courage of one's convictions, accept the
courage of one's convictions, accept the
Behave according to one's beliefs. For example, Carl wouldn't accord his best acquaintance any of the analysis answers; he had the adventuresomeness of his convictions. This announcement is believed to accept originated as a adaptation of the French le adventuresomeness de son opinion (“the adventuresomeness of his opinion”), dating from the mid-1800s and at aboriginal so used. By the backward 1800s it had afflicted to the present form.
drag
(See a drag)
drag down
1.make weak使衰弱;使拖垮
His affliction is boring him down.他的病正在把他拖垮。
The charlatan not alone destroyed himself but additionally abject his ancestors down.赌博不仅毁了他自己而且也把他的家庭给拖垮了。
The aerial agitation has been boring him down.高烧使他感到虚弱。
If you ally that man,he'll annoyance you down.如果你嫁给那个人,他会把你给毁了。
2.pull down把…拉下
The bandit was abject down from the belvedere by the students.学生们把小偷从台上拉了下来。
drag in
insist on bringing addition accountable into a altercation He consistently drags in his claimed problems aback we are talking about his achievement on the job.
drag in|drag
v. To assert on bringing (another subject) into a discussion; activate talking about (something different.) No amount what we allocution about, Jim drags in politics. Whenever anyone mentions travel, Grace has to annoyance in the cruise to Mexico she took ten years ago.
drag it out
take a continued time to finish, allege for a continued time Aback James tells a apparition story, he drags it out for an hour.
drag off
lead sb.against his will强拉(某人)
It's no acceptable boring your ancestor off to the amphitheater aback he doesn't acknowledge the opera.既然你父亲不喜欢歌剧,硬拉他去戏院也没什么好处。
Dragged off by my acquaintance to the ball in the afternoon,I had to sit up till midnight,writing the paper.因为下午被我朋友强拉去跳舞,所以我只好熬夜写论文。
drag on
go for a continued time, aftermost for hours or canicule The burial abject on and on - for three days!
drag on the market|drag|market
n. phr. An commodity for which the appeal has collapsed off appropriately causing an oversupply. Your blazon of chat processor went out of appearance and is now a annoyance on the market.
drag on|drag|drag out
v. 1. To canyon actual slowly. The algid winter months abject on until we anticipation bounce would never come. 2. To prolong; accomplish longer. The affair would accept been over bound if the associates had not abject out the altercation about dues.
drag one
act boring or cautiously Our aggregation is boring their anxiety in authoritative a accommodation to appoint new workers.
drag one's ass
drag one's ass
1) Also, drag ass or drag it or drag tail. Leave, depart, as in I'm boring my ass out of this place, or It's absolutely late, let's annoyance ass! [Vulgar slang; 1920s]
2) Also, drag one's tail. Move or act with advised slowness, as in Hurry up, stop boring your tail. [Vulgar slang; c. 1930] For a added affable synonym, see drag one's feet.
drag one's feet
" delay; booty best than all-important to do something."
drag one's feet|drag|drag one's heels|feet|foot|he
v. phr. To act boring or reluctantly. The accouchement capital to watch television, and abject their anxiety aback their mother told them to go to bed. The burghal advisers said the ambassador had promised to accession their pay, but was now boring his feet.
drag one's heels
act boring or cautiously The government has been boring their heels in talks with the abutment about their new contract.
drag out
protract disproportionately or tediously无缘无故地或令人讨厌地延长
He abject out his address until no one was listening.他的演讲拖得太长,大家都不想听了。
drag queen
drag queen
A macho transvestite; also, a changeable impersonator. For example, He was afraid to acquisition out that Roxanne was absolutely a annoyance queen. This appellation uses the argot noun drag in the faculty of “female accoutrements beat by a man” (a acceptance dating from about 1870; additionally see in drag). [Offensive slang; c. 1940]
drag race
two cars antagonism from a stop ablaze """Did you see the annoyance race?"" ""Ya. The Corvette won."""
drag race|drag|race
n., slang An auto chase in which the drivers try to awning a assertive ambit (usually one division mile) in the beeline accessible time. Drag contest are generally captivated on airport landing strips. Holding annoyance contest is a acceptable way to stop boyish hot rod antagonism on accessible highways.
Compare: DRAG STRIP.
drag strip|drag|strip
n., slang A abode area annoyance contest are held. Before the chase Paul loaded his racer assimilate the bivouac to booty it out of boondocks to the annoyance band for the race.
Compare: DRAG RACE.
drag up
1.pull up把…拔出来
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。
drag your feet
work too slow, anticipate advance They're boring their feet. Tell them to assignment faster.
Drag your heels
If you annoyance your heels, you either adjournment accomplishing commodity or do it as boring as accessible because you don't appetite to do it.
dragged
highly intoxicated:"After 3 pitchers I was dragged"
dragged through a...
(See attending like he was abject through a knothole)
dragger
someone who is so bashed that they consistently charge to be agitated or abject aback to their room:"We had a agglomeration of draggers larboard afterwards the party"
dragon
dragon
the Dragon
the afterlife Draco
dragon lady
dragon lady
A arrogant or aggressive woman, as in They alleged her the adjacency dragon lady—she was consistently babble at the children. This slangy appellation was originally the name of a awful Asian woman in Milton Caniff's accepted animation band Terry and the Pirates (1934-1973), which ran in abounding newspapers. It was transferred to added accepted use in the mid-1900s.
durag
bandana (handkerchief) beat on the head; usually the assemblage colors
Dutch courage
Idiom(s): Dutch courage
Theme: COURAGE
unusual or bogus adventuresomeness arising from the access of alcohol.
• It was Dutch adventuresomeness that fabricated the football fan advance the policeman.
• It will booty a bit of Dutch adventuresomeness to accomplish an after-dinner speech.
feel abject out
Idiom(s): feel abject out
Theme: EXHAUSTION
to feel exhausted. (Informal.)
• What a day! I absolutely feel abject out.
• If he runs too much, he ends up activity abject out.
fly into a rage|fly|rage|temper
v. phr. To become actual angry. By the time we acknowledgment the name of her ex-husband, she flies into a rage.
from rags to riches
from abjection to wealth, from bum to millionaire She went from rags to abundance aback she gambled in Vegas.
from rags to riches|from|rags|riches
adv. phr. Suddenly authoritative a fortune; acceptable affluent overnight. The Smiths went from rags to abundance aback they accidentally won the lottery.
garage kept
in acceptable condition, kept in a barn aback not in use This car has been barn kept. The body's excellent. Dictionary