Rich Idioms and Phrases
SN |
Idioms and Phrases |
Meanings |
241
|
creep
|
a yes-man
|
242
|
cramp
|
to delay to sth’s
development
|
243
|
crack down
|
to try harder to
stop an illegal task
|
244
|
come along
|
to arrive at the
right time
|
245
|
come by
|
to obtain sth by
efforts: Jobs are hard to come by these days.
|
246
|
chunk sb off/ out
of
|
to force sb to leave
a place
|
247
|
come between sb
and sb
|
to interfere with sb
|
248
|
jump /leap to
conclusion
|
to come to a hasty
conclusions
|
249
|
conjure away
|
to make sth
disappear as if by magic
|
250
|
connive
|
to conspire; to
disregard or tacitly consent to a wrong doing
|
251
|
Darken sb’s door
|
to visit someone
|
252
|
day in day out
|
at all times
|
253
|
dead against
|
strictly against
something
|
254
|
dead drunk
|
completely drunk;
boozed
|
255
|
deaf nut
|
a nut without kernel
|
256
|
die hard
|
to die with great
struggle/a fanatic
|
257
|
die in harness
|
to pass away while
on duty
|
258
|
dispense with
|
to do without, to
render needless; to do away with
|
259
|
dissolved in tears
|
wept bitterly
|
260
|
do as Romans do
|
to behave like the majority,; to be with the majority
|
261
|
do away with
something
|
to get rid of
something
|
262
|
dot the I ’s and
cross the T’s
|
to complete a task
in all aspect, to leave no stones unturned
|
263
|
dog-cheap
|
very cheap
|
264
|
Don’t you believe it
|
plz don’t believe it
|
265
|
donkey’s years
|
after a long
time
|
266
|
dreamland
|
the final goal
|
267
|
dry facts
|
uninteresting ideas
|
268
|
early and late
|
at all times
|
269
|
easy come, easy go
|
as you sow so shall
you reap
|
270
|
easy money
|
bribe
|