American Idioms and Expressions

Lead (someone) To Believe (something) Idiom

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lead (someone) to believe (something)
What does lead (someone) to believe (something) mean?		 imply something to someoneThe salesman led me to believe that he would be able to deliver the product within a week.

Some Random Idioms
in search of (someone or something)
What does "in search of (someone or something)" mean?		 trying to find someone or somethingI have been in search of a good restaurant for the family dinner for several weeks now.
be hard up
What does "be hard up" mean?		 be short of moneyI am hard up for money at the moment so I can`t go to the movie.
Beat the daylights out of someone
What does "Beat the daylights out of someone" mean?		 If someone beats the daylights out of another person, they hit them repeatedly. ('Knock' can also be used and it can be made even stronger by saying 'the living daylights'.)
killer
What does "killer" mean?		 very unusual or extraordinary
Adam's apple
What does "Adam's apple" mean?		 The Adam's apple is a bulge in the throat, mostly seen in men.
stoned
What does "stoned" mean?		 drunk; intoxicated
criminal law
What does "criminal law" mean?		 the law that is concerned with crimes by people against the state/society with the function to punish the offenderThe university law department had one of the best criminal law libraries in the country.
according to Hoyle
What does "according to Hoyle" mean?		 doing something strictly by the rules, doing something the usual and correct way (Hoyle was a writer who was an expert on the rules of card games) "According to Hoyle, we should not use this room but probably nobody will complain if we do use it."

out of the corner of one's eye
What does "out of the corner of one's eye" mean?		 at a glance, a glimpse of someone or somethingI saw the car coming out of the corner of my eye and quickly moved off the street.
stand for (something)
What does "stand for (something)" mean?		 to signify/mean somethingI did not know what the letters stood for so I was not able to write the full name of the company.
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