Run It Down Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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run it down What does run it down mean?	tell exactly what happened
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down-and-out What does "down-and-out" mean?	having no money	My friend was down-and-out for many years before he got a job and began to make money.

grotty What does "grotty" mean?	low quality; unpleasant
cut (someone) down to size What does "cut (someone) down to size" mean?	to prove that someone is not as good as he or she thinks	I cut my colleague down to size when I criticized what he had said at the meeting.
Don't stand there with curlers in your hair What does "Don't stand there with curlers in your hair" mean?	This means 'don't keep me waiting'. It's said to someone who is taking too long to get moving.
vanilla What does "vanilla" mean?	ordinary; dull; plain
fall asleep What does "fall asleep" mean?	to go to sleep	I fell asleep as soon as I arrived home.
yellow-bellied What does "yellow-bellied" mean?	extremely timid, cowardly	The new supervisor handled the matter in a yellow-bellied manner.
fish in troubled waters What does "fish in troubled waters" mean?	to involve oneself in a difficult or dangerous situation in order to gain an advantage	The politician was fishing in troubled waters in order to gather information related to the scandal.

ask for the moon What does "ask for the moon" mean?	to ask for too much	The woman is asking for the moon. She will never get what she wants.
fall into the wrong hands What does "fall into the wrong hands" mean?	something secret or dangerous is discovered by someone who may use it in a way that harms people	The government does not want the new weapons to fall into the wrong hands.
cut one's eyeteeth on (something) What does "cut one's eyeteeth on (something)" mean?	to have done something since one was very young	The man cut his eyeteeth on fixing bicycles and he is now an expert.

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Run It Down Idiom