American Idioms and Expressions

Lace Into (someone) Idiom

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lace into (someone)
What does lace into (someone) mean?		 attack or scold someoneThe mother laced into her child when he came home late from the movie.

Some Random Idioms
mellow
What does "mellow" mean?		 at ease; calm; relaxed
neat
What does "neat" mean?		 cool; nice; pleasant
elbow (someone) out of (somewhere)
What does "elbow (someone) out of (somewhere)" mean?		 to pressure someone out of somewhereThe woman elbowed the other shoppers out of the way so that she could buy some shoes.
so soon
What does "so soon" mean?		 early, before the regular timeI did not expect the dinner to end so soon after the presentations were finished.
birds-eye view
What does "birds-eye view" mean?		 a general view from above"Let`s go up to the roof and get a birds-eye view of the surrounding area."
a sight for sore eyes
What does "a sight for sore eyes" mean?		 a welcome sightThe man was a sight for sore eyes when he returned to work after a three-week holiday.
close one's eyes to (something)
What does "close one's eyes to (something)" mean?		to ignore something, to pretend that something is not really happening My father closed his eyes to the problems that were happening in his company.

a bat out of hell
What does "a bat out of hell" mean?		 very fast (bats are not birds but are mammals that can fly) The man left here like a bat out of hell. I do not know why he was in such a hurry.
in a nutshell
What does "in a nutshell" mean?		 briefly, in a few words We went to the meeting and they told us in a nutshell about the plans for our company.

pie Idioms



a leopard can't change its spots
What does "a leopard can't change its spots" mean?		 you cannot change someone's basic human nature or bad qualitiesThe manager wrote a letter of apology to the customer but a leopard can't change its spots and I do not believe that the manager has changed and the letter does not mean anything.

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