Hard Cheese Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Hard cheese What does Hard cheese mean?	(UK) Hard cheese means hard luck.
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Do the running What does "Do the running" mean?	(UK) The person who has to do the running has to make sure that things get done. ('Make the running' is also used.)

lay a finger on (someone or something) What does "lay a finger on (someone or something)" mean?	to touch or bother someone or something	The teacher told the students not to lay a finger on the new computer.
put away What does "put away" mean?	to put an animal to death, to kill an animal	We put away our dog because he tried to bite the small girl next door.
have a whale of a time What does "have a whale of a time" mean?	have an exciting time	Everybody had a whale of a time at the school picnic.
hicky What does "hicky" mean?	love bit; mark on skin from biting or sucking	My girlfriend gave me a huge hicky the other night...but it was worth it!
pay a king's ransom for (something) What does "pay a king's ransom for (something)" mean?	to pay a great deal of money for something	My friend paid a king's ransom for his new stereo system.
on the heels of (something) What does "on the heels of (something)" mean?	soon after something	There was a large rain storm on the heels of the wind storm.

Tough luck What does "Tough luck" mean?	Tough luck is bad luck.
tarred with the same brush What does "tarred with the same brush" mean?	to have the same good or bad points (usually used for bad points) as someone else	The boy was tarred with the same brush because his friends were some of the worst students in the school.
Dead as a door nail What does "Dead as a door nail" mean?	To be dead, with no chance for recovery.	You might as well junk that car, the engine is dead as a door nail. Nails were once hand tooled and costly. When an aging cabin or barn was torn down the valuable nails would be salvaged so they could be reused in later construction. When building a door however, carpenters often drove the nail through then bent it over the other end so it couldn't work its way out during the repeated opening and closing of the door. When it came time to salvage the building, these door nails were considered useless, or "dead" because of the way they were bent.

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Hard Cheese Idiom