American Idioms and Expressions

Bugger About 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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bugger about
What does bugger about mean?		 behave carelessly or dumbly. Stop buggering about and get to work.

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stink to high heaven
What does "stink to high heaven" mean?		 to smell very badThe kitchen garbage was stinking to high heaven in the hot sun.
no news is good news
What does "no news is good news" mean?		 when you do not receive any news about something or somebody it probably means that everything is going wellAlthough the woman had not heard from her son for several weeks, she believed that no news is good news and she did not worry.
blow a fuse
What does "blow a fuse" mean?		 to burn out a fuse, to become angryWe quickly replaced the old fuse when our house blew a fuse last night.
get the runaround
What does "get the runaround" mean?		 to receive a series of excuses and delaysI got the runaround when I went to talk to the company about my parking ticket.
up to one`s ears in work
What does "up to one`s ears in work" mean?		 have a lot of work to doI`d like to go with you but I`m up to my ears in work at the moment.
sail into (someone)
What does "sail into (someone)" mean?		 to scold or criticize someone very hard, to attack someoneWhen I entered the office my supervisor sailed into me for being late.
get/have the green light
What does "get/have the green light" mean?		 to receive a signal to start or continue somethingWe got the green light to begin a study of the security problems at our school.
put a stop/end to (something)
What does "put a stop/end to (something)" mean?		 to bring something to an endThe company is trying to put an end to the personal use of computers during office hours.
in the red
What does "in the red" mean?		 to be in debt, to be unprofitableThe company has been in the red for three years now.
shit
What does "shit" mean?		feces; the act of defacating; a despicable pesron; something completely worthless; nonsense. There's shit all over the place. What happened?
fall flat on one's face
What does "fall flat on one's face" mean?		 to be completely unsuccessfulI fell flat on my face when I tried to make a speech at the wedding.
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