Значение идиомы crackpot
[crackpot] {n.}, {attrib. adj.}, {informal} 1. {n.} An eccentric person with ideas that don’t make sense to most other people. Don’t believe what Uncle Noam tells you – he is a crackpot. 2. {attrib.
Значение идиомы laugh one out of
[laugh one out of] {v. phr.} To cause another to forget his Herworries and sorrows by joking. Jack was worried about gettingairsick, but his son and daughter laughed him out of it.
Значение идиомы brown-bagger
[brown-bagger] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} A person who does not go to the cafeteria or to a restaurant for lunch at work, but who brings his homemade lunch to work in order to save money.
Значение идиомы stake a claim
[stake a claim] {v. phr.} 1. To claim ownership of land by drivingstakes to show boundaries. The gold hunters staked claims in theWest. 2. {informal} To claim a person or thing as your own
Значение идиомы make haste
[make haste] {v. phr.} To move fast; hurry. – Rarely used inspeaking. The dog wriggled into one end of the hollow log, and therabbit made haste to get out the other end. Mary saw
Значение идиомы high gear
[high gear] {n. phr.}, {informal} Top speed; full activity. Production got into high gear after the vacation. An advertisingcampaign for the new toothpaste promptly moved into high gear.
Значение идиомы pull out
[pull out] {v. phr.} 1. To withdraw; leave unceremoniously. Thedefeated army hastily pulled out of the occupied territories. 2. Toleave. The train pulled out of Grand CentralStation just as the foreign students got there.
Значение идиомы bolt from the blue
[bolt from the blue] {n. phr.} Something sudden and unexpected; an event that you did not see coming; a great and usually unpleasant surprise; shock. We had been sure she was in Chicago, so
Значение идиомы on the run
[on the run] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. In a hurry; hurrying. Janecalled “Help!” and Tom came on the run. Modern mothers are usuallyon the run. 2. Going away from a fight; in retreat;
Значение идиомы dead tired
[dead tired] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Very tired; exhausted; worn out. She was dead tired at the end of the day’s work. Compare: DEAD ON ONE’S FEET.