Advise Someone Against Something Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Advise Someone Against Something Idiom mean?

This database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available. American Idioms are many and varied. We hope you enjoy our collection. We are adding more all the time. .

advise (someone) against (something) What does advise (someone) against (something) mean?	to suggest that something should not be done	I advised my friend not to swim in the river.
	Some Random Idioms
Hatchet job What does "Hatchet job" mean?	A piece of criticism that destroys someone's reputation is a hatchet job.

grasp at straws What does "grasp at straws" mean?	to try something with little hope of success	The man is grasping at straws with his weak excuse for his bad behavior.
out of gas What does "out of gas" mean?	to have no gas in a vehicle, to be tired/exhausted	The truck was out of gas so we could not use it last night.
have egg on one`s face What does "have egg on one`s face" mean?	be embarrassed	He has egg on his face after finding out about his mistake.
at every turn What does "at every turn" mean?	everywhere that one looks	When we visited Rome, there was a group of tourists at every turn.
know the score What does "know the score" mean?	know the facts about something	know the facts about somethingThe new secretary doesn't really know the score about how the company operates.

piece of tail What does "piece of tail" mean?	potential partner for sex (usually a woman)
die out What does "die out" mean?	to die or disappear slowly until gone, to not exist anymore	The campfire slowly died out and we went to bed. Dinosaurs died out many years ago.
off like a shot What does "off like a shot" mean?	to go away quickly	The children were off like a shot when the school bell rang.
haul ass What does "haul ass" mean?	move quickly out of a location
cut one's losses What does "cut one's losses" mean?	to do something in order to stop losing additional money or time etc.	We should sell the old machinery soon and try to cut our losses.

American Idioms and Expressions

Advise Someone Against Something Idiom