American Idioms and Expressions

Count On 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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count on (someone or something)
What does count on (someone or something) mean?
to depend on someone or something You can count on our boss to do everything right.

Some Random Idioms
hack
What does "hack" mean?
cough
be up and running
What does "be up and running" mean?
(for a technological process) be operational; be ready to use ."John's Coffee Shoppe on the Web has been up andrunning since December 1995."
Bums on seats
What does "Bums on seats" mean?
The people who have paid to watch a performance are bums on seats.
bang for the buck
What does "bang for the buck" mean?
idiom. value or return for money used
by the year
What does "by the year" mean?
one year at a time The contract for the garbage pickup is renewed by the year.

Fine tuning
What does "Fine tuning" mean?
Small adjustments to improve something or to get it working are called fine tuning.
horse sense
What does "horse sense" mean?
good judgement, wisdom in making decisionsHe has good horse sense so you can expect him to make an intelligent decision.
shlep
What does "shlep" mean?
dumb, annoying person
turn a blind eye to (someone or something)
What does "turn a blind eye to (someone or something)" mean?
to ignore someone or something troublesome and pretend not to see it Our teacher sometimes turns a blind eye to the bad behavior of the students in her class.

down-at-the-heels
What does "down-at-the-heels" mean?
to be shabby, to be poorly dressed The man looked down-at-the-heels after he was fired from his job.

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