Wake The Dead Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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wake the dead What does wake the dead mean?	be very loud and able to wake even those who have died	Our neighbors told us that our stereo was so loud that it would wake the dead.
wake the dead What does wake the dead mean?	to be very loud and be able to wake even those who have died	Our neighbors told us that our stereo was so loud that it would wake the dead.
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B&E What does "B&E" mean?	Break and Enter - a criminal act of breaking into a house or building to steal something	Break and Enter - a criminal act of breaking into a house or building to steal somethingWhen I was going to university there was a B&E in my apartment.

blessing in disguise What does "blessing in disguise" mean?	something that turns out to be good but which seemed to be bad at first	The elderly woman was in very much pain and it was a blessing in disguise when she quietly passed away.
vivor What does "vivor" mean?	survivor
keep your nose out of my business What does "keep your nose out of my business" mean?	phr. do not meddle in my affairs; do not involve yourself in what I am doing
nix What does "nix" mean?	stop; halt; prohibit.	Wait, nix that idea. It's no good.

hit-and-run What does "hit-and-run" mean?	striking suddenly and leaving quickly	The army made a hit-and-run attack on the enemy soldiers.
crash the gate What does "crash the gate" mean?	to enter someplace without a ticket or without paying	Many people did not have a ticket for the concert so they decided to crash the gate.
get under (someone`s) skin What does "get under (someone`s) skin" mean?	bother/irritate someone	She is beginning to get under my skin with her constant complaining about the noise.
give (someone) a bum steer What does "give (someone) a bum steer" mean?	to make a misleading suggestion	The store owner gave the police a bum steer when he told them where the robber may have gone.
Dead as a door nail What does "Dead as a door nail" mean?	To be dead, with no chance for recovery.	You might as well junk that car, the engine is dead as a door nail. Nails were once hand tooled and costly. When an aging cabin or barn was torn down the valuable nails would be salvaged so they could be reused in later construction. When building a door however, carpenters often drove the nail through then bent it over the other end so it couldn't work its way out during the repeated opening and closing of the door. When it came time to salvage the building, these door nails were considered useless, or "dead" because of the way they were bent.

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Wake The Dead Idiom