Idioms Flashcards
get someone’s head out of the gutter
means“away from vulgarity or sordidness,” as in That joke was quite innocent; get your mind out of the gutter. This idiom uses gutter in the sense of “a conduit for filthy waste.”
be careful what you wish for
used to tell people to think before they say that they want something and to suggest that they may not actually want it.
wring it out
- to squeeze liquid from something by pressing or twisting it (i.e. take a pee)
- to extract information from someone using a similar kind of force.
something is on one’s radar
one is aware of that thing
down the rabbit hole
“Down the rabbit hole” is an English-language idiom or trope which refers to getting deep into something, or ending up somewhere strange. Lewis Carroll introduced the phrase as the title for chapter one of his 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, after which the term slowly entered the English vernacular
cough up (esp. money or info that’s due or required)
I have to cough up a huge chunk of dough to get into the club
keep up appearances
maintain an impression of wealth or well-being, typically to hide the true situation.
let’s get shit-faced tonight
drunk or under the influence of drugs.
mack on someone
flirt with/seduce someone
from time to time
occasionally
someone’s got a short fuse
a tendency to lose one’s temper quickly.
“From time to time I have a bit of a short fuse.”
roll with something
To accept, or cope with, any challenges as they come.
stick up to sth for sth
to support or defend someone or something, especially when that person or thing is being criticized
“Thank you for sticking up to them for me.”
out of whack
out of order; not working
“It’s out of whack.”
at a whack
at one time
“He built twenty houses at a whack.”
