American Idioms and Expressions

Be With It 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 with it
What does be with it mean?		 to be able to focus or concentrate on something The man is not with it and cannot understand what I am saying.


Some Random Idioms
so clean you can eat off the floor
What does "so clean you can eat off the floor" mean?		 very clean My mother's kitchen is so clean that you can eat off the floor.

straighten out (someone or something)
What does "straighten out (someone or something)" mean?		 to cause someone's bad behavior to improve, to organize/fix something that is in confusion or disorderI went to the bank to straighten out the problem with my credit card.
Like a headless chicken
What does "Like a headless chicken" mean?		 If someone rushes about like a headless chicken, they move very fast all over the place, usually without thinking.
Neither use nor ornament
What does "Neither use nor ornament" mean?		 Something that serves no purpose and is not aesthetically pleasing is neither use nor ornament.
grin and bear it
What does "grin and bear it" mean?		 to endure something unpleasant with good humorI have to grin and bear it when my supervisor becomes angry with me.
turps
What does "turps" mean?		turpentine
weigh on/upon (someone)
What does "weigh on/upon (someone)" mean?		 be a weight or pressure on someone or something, worry or upset someoneThe pressure of her exams has begun to weigh upon my sister.
burst with pride
What does "burst with pride" mean?		 to be full of pride and ready to burstThe girl's parents were bursting with pride at the graduation ceremony.
clamshell
What does "clamshell" mean?		luggage container that is put on a car's roof (it opens like a clam does)
no cigar
What does "no cigar" mean?		 not agreed to, no, certainly notI almost got the job but in the end it was no cigar.
draw a blank
What does "draw a blank" mean?		 get no response from someone when you ask them a questionThe teacher drew a blank when she asked about the boy's plans for the weekend.
die away
What does "die away" mean?		 to gradually get lower and then disappear (often said about noise) The noise of the airplane slowly died away.

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