American Idioms and Expressions

Extend Credit To (someone) 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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extend credit to (someone)
What does extend credit to (someone) mean?		 to permit someone to buy something on creditThe bank extended credit to the small company so that they could continue to operate.

Some Random Idioms
drag one's feet
What does "drag one's feet" mean?		: delay; take longer than necessary to do something."Joe should have finished his project a week ago. Whyis he dragging his feet?"
hold out for (something)
What does "hold out for (something)" mean?		 to keep resisting or refuse to give up until you get the desired resultsThe union is holding out for a better deal and they do not plan to end their strike.
bury one`s head in the sand
What does "bury one`s head in the sand" mean?		 to refuse to see something, to know something unpleasant but not want to deal with it The man always buries his head in the sand and never wants to hear about family problems.

put one`s foot in one`s mouth
What does "put one`s foot in one`s mouth" mean?		 to say something that is the wrong thing to say in a situationHe put his foot in his mouth when he told his girlfriend about the surprise party.
rotten
What does "rotten" mean?		 stinky; smelly; disgusting
have (something) at one's fingertips
What does "have (something) at one's fingertips" mean?		 to have something nearby and ready to use I usually have a dictionary at my fingertips when I am reading a book.

receive (someone) with open arms
What does "receive (someone) with open arms" mean?		 to greet someone eagerlyThe employees received their new boss with open arms.
get carried away
What does "get carried away" mean?		 to be overcome by emotion or enthusiasm, to lose one's control or judgementI got carried away yesterday and cleaned all of my apartment.
hate (someone's) guts
What does "hate (someone's) guts" mean?		 to hate someone very much I think that my neighbor hates my guts. He will never say hello to me.

Home stretch
What does "Home stretch" mean?		 The home stretch is the last part of something, like a journey, race or project.
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