American Idioms and Expressions

Be Curtains For (someone Or Something) Idiom

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. .

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be curtains for (someone or something)
What does be curtains for (someone or something) mean?		 to be the end or death for someone or somethingIt was curtains for my old car when it finally broke down last week.

Some Random Idioms
rack time
What does "rack time" mean?		time spend in bed asleep
put (something) on the back burner
What does "put (something) on the back burner" mean?		 to delay or postpone somethingWe have put our plans for a holiday on the back burner as we try to do some repairs to our house.
come to light
What does "come to light" mean?		 to be discovered, to become knownIt has come to light that the company recently lost millions of dollars.
brimming with (something)
What does "brimming with (something)" mean?		 to be full of some kind of happy behaviorThe children were brimming with energy on the morning of the festival.
flip out
What does "flip out" mean?		 go crazy; go nuts; lose control
turn a deaf ear to (someone)
What does "turn a deaf ear to (someone)" mean?		 to pretend not to hear someone, to not pay attention to someoneThe supervisor turned a deaf ear to our complaints about the heat.
pull a fast one on (someone)
What does "pull a fast one on (someone)" mean?		 to cheat/deceive someoneThey pulled a fast one on me when they sold me the broken stereo.
in the ballpark
What does "in the ballpark" mean?		 in a particular area or range (from a baseball field) in a particular area or range (from a baseball field)The value of my business was not in the same ballpark as what I had been offered so I decided not to sell it.
Drive you spare
What does "Drive you spare" mean?		 If someone or something drives you spare, it is extremely annoying.
put (someone) on hold
What does "put (someone) on hold" mean?		 to leave someone waiting during a telephone callI phoned the bank and the receptionist put me on hold.
Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you
What does "Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you" mean?		 Don't go looking for trouble or problems- let them come to you.
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