baking-powder /'beikiɳ,paudə/chicken powder Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
take a powder
Bolivian marching powder
burn powder
sitting on a powder keg
Idiom(s): sitting on a powder kegTheme: DANGER
in a risky or explosive situation; in a situation where something serious or dangerous may happen at any time. (Informal. A powder keg is a keg of gunpowder.)
• Things are very tense at work. The whole office is sitting on a powder keg.
• The fire at the oilfield seems to be under control for now, but all the workers there are sitting on a powder keg.
Keep your powder dry
If you keep your powder dry, you act cautiously so as not to damage your chances.Powder your nose
If somebody goes to powder your nose, it is a euphemism for going to the lavatory (toilet).powder room|powder|room
n. The ladies' rest room. When they got to the restaurant, Mary went to the powder room to wash up.take a powder|powder|take
v. phr., slang To leave hurriedly; run out or away; desert, flee. All the gang except one had taken a powder when the police arrived.keep one's powder dry
keep one's powder dryStay alert, be careful, as in Go ahead and take on the opposition, but keep your powder dry. This colloquial expression, which originally alluded to keeping gunpowder dry so that it would ignite, has been used figuratively since the 1800s but today is less common than take care.
powder
powdersee keep one's powder dry; sitting on a powder keg; take a powder.
chicken powder
n. delicate amphetamine. (Drugs.) Those kids assume to be annoyed with craven powder. Learn more: chicken, powder
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