Значение идиомы not to know whether one is coming or going
[not to know whether one is coming or going] {v. phr.} To becompletely confused. He was so perplexed he didn’t know whether hewas coming or going. Compare: AT SEA.
Значение идиомы drag one’s feet
[drag one’s feet] or [drag one’s heels] {v. phr.} To act slowly or reluctantly. The children wanted to watch television, and dragged their feet when their mother told them to go to bed. The
Значение идиомы bowl over
[bowl over] {v.}, {informal} 1. To knock down as if with a bowled ball. The taxi hit him a glancing blow and bowled him over. 2. To astonish with success or shock with misfortune;
Значение идиомы at odds
[at odds] {adj. phr.} In conflict or disagreement; opposed. The boy and girl were married a week after they met and soon found themselves at odds about religion. Compare: AT LOGGERHEADS.
Значение идиомы out in left field
[out in left field] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Far from the rightanswer; wrong; astray. Johnny tried to answer the teacher’squestion but he was way out in left field. Susan tried to guesswhat the surprise was
Значение идиомы take for a ride
[take for a ride] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To take out in a carintending to murder. The gang leader decided that the informer mustbe taken for a ride. 2. To play a trick on;
Значение идиомы put oneself in another’s place
[put oneself in another’s place] or [put oneself in another’sshoes] {v. phr.} To understand another person’s feeling imaginatively;try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter intohis trouble. It seemed like a dreadful
Значение идиомы think out
[think out] {v.} 1. To find out or discover by thinking; study andunderstand. Andy thought out a way of climbing to the top of thepole. Compare FIGURE OUT, WORK OUT. 2. To think through
Значение идиомы kill the goose that laid the golden egg
[kill the goose that laid the golden egg] To spoil something thatis good or something that you have, by being greedy. – A proverb. Mrs. Jones gives you an apple from her tree whenever
Значение идиомы send word
[send word] {v. phr.} To send notification to; advise. When hisfather fell seriously ill, we sent word to Mike to come home asquickly as possible.