rubber Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

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lay rubber

spin a car's wheels, drag race He likes to drive fast. He lays rubber at every intersection.

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rubber match

final game, showdown Each team has won a game. They play the rubber match today.

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rubberneck

listen to a conversation on a party (co-op) phone line Grandma used to rubberneck so she could hear the local news.

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where the rubber hits the road

"where the theory is tested, when the action begins; the nitty-gritty" In the workplace, you apply what you've learned - that's where the rubber hits the road.

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burn rubber

to depart quickly; derived from burning tyre rubber from excessive acceleration with a motor vehicle

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Where the rubber meets the road

(USA) Where the rubber meets the road is the most important point for something, the moment of truth. An athlete can train all day, but the race is where the rubber meets the road and they'll know how good they really are.

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burn rubber|burn|rubber

v. phr., slang 1. To start up a car or a motorcycle from dead stop so fast that the tires leave a mark on the road. The neighborhood drag racers burned a lot of rubber look at the marks on the road! 2. To leave in a hurry. I guess I am going to have to burn rubber.

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lay rubber|lay|lay a patch|patch|rubber

v. phr., slang To take off in a car or a motorcycle so fast that the tires (made of rubber) leave a mark on the pavement. Look at those crazy drag racers; they laid rubber in front of my house.

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rubber check|check|rubber

n., informal A check written without enough money in the bank to make it good. Bill got into trouble when he paid his bills with rubber checks. By the time we knew he had paid us with a rubber check, the man had left the state. The rubber check bounced.

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rubber check

rubber check
A check drawn on an account without the funds to pay it, as in He's been handing out rubber checks right and left, but the police have caught up with him. The rubber alludes to the fact that, like rubber, the check “bounces,” in this case back from the bank. [Slang; c. 1920]

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rubber stamp

rubber stamp
A person or organization that automatically approves or endorses a policy without assessing its merit; also, such an approval or endorsement. For example, The nominating committee is merely a rubber stamp; they approve anyone the chairman names, or The dean gave his rubber stamp to the recommendations of the tenure committee. This metaphoric term alludes to the rubber printing device used to imprint the same words over and over. [Early 1900s]