Nghĩa là gì:
bindlestiff
bindlestiff /'bindlstif/- danh từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) kẻ lang thang, ma cà bông
stiff Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a stiff upper lip
(See keep a stiff upper lip)
keep a stiff upper lip
be brave, face trouble bravely The prisoners tried hard to keep a stiff upper lip in spite of the hardships of the prison.
scared stiff
very frightened, frightened to death, petrified """Are you afraid of heights?"" ""Yes. I'm scared stiff of anything higher than a bicycle seat."""
stiff
person, man You lucky stiff! You won a TV!
stiff upper lip
(See keep a stiff upper lip)
bindle stiff
one who steals a hobo's bindle
scare sb stiff
Idiom(s): scare sb stiff
Theme: FRIGHT - SEVERE
to scare someone severely; to frighten someone to death. (Stiff means "dead.")
• That loud noise scared me stiff
• The robber jumped out and scared us stiff.
bored stiff
Idiom(s): bored stiff AND bored to death
Theme: BOREDOM
very bored.
• We were all bored stiff.
• I've never been so bored to death in my life.
bore sb stiff
Idiom(s): bore someone stiff AND bore someone to death
Theme: BOREDOM
to bore someone very much. (Stiff is an old slang word meaning "dead.")
• The play bored me stiff.
• The lecture bored everyone to death.
Stiff as a poker
Something or someone that is stiff as a poker is inflexible. ('Stiff as a board' is also used.)
Stiff-necked
A stiff-necked person is rather formal and finds it hard to relax in company.
keep a stiff upper lip|keep|stiff|upper lip
v. phr. To be brave; face trouble bravely. He was very much worried about his sick daughter, but he kept a stiff upper lip. Although he was having some trouble with the engine, the pilot kept a stiff upper lip and landed the plane safely.
Compare: KEEP ONE'S CHIN UP.
stiff as a board
stiff as a board
Also, stiff as a poker. Inflexible, rigidly formal, unbending, as in This cloth is stiff as a board; what happened to it? or There he stood, stiff as a poker, unwilling to give an inch. The board in the first simile for rigidity is a slab of wood; the second, alluding to the iron implement used to push around logs in open fires, dates from the late 1700s.
An stiff idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with stiff, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ stiff