American Idioms and Expressions

Help Out With (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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help out with (something)
What does help out with (something) mean?
assist someone to do somethingI helped out with carrying the luggage of the other tour members.

Some Random Idioms
to the bone
What does "to the bone" mean?
entirely, to the coreHe was wet to the bone after staying out in the rain for two hours.
Fast and furious
What does "Fast and furious" mean?
Things that happen fast and furious happen very quickly without stopping or pausing.
eat (something) up
What does "eat (something) up" mean?
to enjoy/absorb/appreciate somethingThe students were eating up the comments by their professor.
in no uncertain terms
What does "in no uncertain terms" mean?
in very specific and direct languageI told my neighbor in no uncertain terms that I wanted the music to stop.
gone
What does "gone" mean?
asleep; unconscious
thumb/leaf through (something)
What does "thumb/leaf through (something)" mean?
to look quickly through a book/magazine/newspaperI thumbed through the garden catalogue at the bookstore.
Playing to the gallery
What does "Playing to the gallery" mean?
If someone plays to the gallery, they say or do things that will make them popular, but which are not the right things to do.
as gentle as a lamb
What does "as gentle as a lamb" mean?
very gentle The girl is as gentle as a lamb when she is with her little sister.

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