Give It Some Stick Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Give it some stick What does Give it some stick mean?	(UK) If you give something some stick, you put a lot of effort into it.
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mope What does "mope" mean?	act sadly and slowly

Dead and buried What does "Dead and buried" mean?	If something is dead and buried, it has all long been settled and is not going to be reconsidered.
cut a deal What does "cut a deal" mean?	to make an agreement, to make a deal/arrangement	We cut a deal and left the meeting in a positive mood.
buy (something) on credit What does "buy (something) on credit" mean?	to buy something without paying cash	My friend had no money so he decided to buy some furniture on credit.
roady What does "roady" mean?	person (usually young) who helps a rock group move equipment and set up for a performance
ask for the moon What does "ask for the moon" mean?	to ask for too much	The woman is asking for the moon. She will never get what she wants.

hit close to home What does "hit close to home" mean?	affect one personally	The strike by the trash collectors hit close to home when we had no place to put our garbage.
paper over the cracks (in/of something) What does "paper over the cracks (in/of something)" mean?	to try to hide faults or difficulties	Our boss is trying to paper over the cracks in the office and will not deal with the problems of the staff.
look at the world through rose-colored glasses What does "look at the world through rose-colored glasses" mean?	see only the good things about something, be too optimistic	I told my friend to be more realistic and not to always look at the world through rose-colored glasses.
take it into one's head to do (something) What does "take it into one's head to do (something)" mean?	to decide to do something that does not seem sensible to others	The young woman took it into her head to go to China and she did.
Polishing peanuts What does "Polishing peanuts" mean?	To work very hard at something for little or no return. In other words, wasting time on work which will not yield reasonable value.

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Give It Some Stick Idiom