American Idioms and Expressions

What Are You Driving At? Idiom

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What are you driving at?
What does What are you driving at? mean?
What do you mean?I really didn't understand what my friend was driving at.

Some Random Idioms
rake in the money
What does "rake in the money" mean?
to make a lot of moneyMy cousin's new pizza franchise has been raking in the money since it opened.
ahead of the game
What does "ahead of the game" mean?
to have done more than necessary We worked hard all week in order to be ahead of the game on Monday morning.

get away
What does "get away" mean?
to succeed in leaving, to escapeI was able to get away from work early so I went shopping.
More holes than Swiss cheese
What does "More holes than Swiss cheese" mean?
If something has more holes than a Swiss cheese, it is incomplete,and lacks many parts.
eye of the storm
What does "eye of the storm" mean?
the center of a problem The politician was in the eye of the storm because of the accounting scandal.

one's name is mud
What does "one's name is mud" mean?
a person`s reputation is badHis name is mud now that he has been charged by the police with stealing money from his company.
have one's head in the clouds
What does "have one's head in the clouds" mean?
be unaware of what is going onThe boy has his head in the clouds and doesn't think about what is going on around him.
rag
What does "rag" mean?
ugly clothing
steaming mad
What does "steaming mad" mean?
to be very angryThe woman was steaming mad when the customer service representative was rude to her on the telephone.
have one's finger in too many pies
What does "have one's finger in too many pies" mean?
to be involved in too many things so that you cannot do any of them wellOur supervisor has her finger in too many pies to really do her job well.
stat
What does "stat" mean?
immediately. Get him to the ER stat.

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