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at one with someone
tóm tắt the same view as someone The other members of the committee are at one with me over my decision to lớn fire the lazy worker.Bạn đang xem: Play around là gì
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always ready khổng lồ serve sometoàn thân His eldest daughter is always at his beck and call when he spends an evening at home page.at someone"s
at someone"s In addition to idioms beginning with at someone"s, also see idioms beginning with at one"s.at someone"s beck and call
at someone"s beông xã và call Required lớn comply with someone"s requests or commands, as in The trùm expects the entire staff khổng lồ be at his beông xã và điện thoại tư vấn. The noun bechồng, now obsolete except in this idiom, meant “a gesture or signal of commvà, such as a nod or h& movement,” whereas hotline signifies “a vocal summons.” Also see dance attendance on.at someone"s elbow
at someone"s elbow Immediately beside someone, cthua kém by, as in The apprentice was constantly at the master"s elbow. Why this idiom focuses on the elbow rather than the arm, shoulder, or some other toàn thân part is not known. Moreover, it can mean either that someone is so nearby as to constitute a nuisance or in order khổng lồ readily provide assistance. Either can be meant in the example above.at someone"s feet, be
at someone"s feet, beat someone"s heels
at someone"s heels Also, on someone"s heels. Immediately behind, in cđại bại pursuit. This idiom is used both literally, as in Jean"s dog was always at her heels, và figuratively, as in Although his company dominated the công nghệ, he always felt that his competitors were on his heels. This idiom appeared in the 14th-century romance Sir Gawain và the Green Knight. The expression is sometimes intensified as hard on someone"s heels or hot on someone"s heels. Also see on the heels of.at someone"s mercy
at someone"s mercy see at the mercy of.at someone"s request
at someone"s request On being asked lớn vày something, as in At my request they"ll move us to lớn another room, or I"m speaking at his request. <1300s> Also see by request.at someone"s service
at someone"s service Ready khổng lồ help someone, at someone"s disposal, as in The tour guide said he was at our service for the rest of the afternoon.attover lớn someone
take care or khuyến mãi with someone The doctor attended to the other patient before he got to lớn my mother.baông xã someone up
tư vấn someone: "Thank you for backing me up in the meeting."bad-mouth someone|bad mouth|mouth
v., slang To say uncomplimentary or libelous things about someone; deliberately lớn damage another"s reputation. It"s not nice to bad mouth people.badger someone
get someone khổng lồ vị something by repeated questions or by bothering them I always have to badger my friover in order to make hlặng return my computer game software.bail someone or something out
help or rescue The government has decided to lớn bail out the troubled ngân hàng.ball is in someone"s court
be someone else"s move or turn The ball was in the union"s court after the company made their final offer.be at someone"s beông xã & call
khổng lồ always be ready lớn vì what someone wants: "As the office junior, she was at his beông xã and Call all day."be fed up with (with someone or something)
be out of patience (with someonebe in someone else"s shoes|in someone else"s shoes
v. phr. To be in someone else"s situation. Fred has had so much trouble recently that we ought khổng lồ be grateful we"re not in his shoes.be in someone"s good books|be in someone"s bad boo
be in favour (or disfavour) with someone: "I"m not in her good books today - I messed up her report."be the táo bị cắn of someone"s eye
be someone"s favourite person: "She"s the táo bị cắn of her father"s eye."beat a path khổng lồ someone"s door
beat a path to someone"s doorbeat seven shades of shit out of someone
khổng lồ thoroughly beat upbeat someone at his or her own game
beat someone at his or her own gameBeat someone lớn the draw
(USA) If you beat someone lớn the draw, you vì chưng something before they bởi.Xem thêm: Launch Csm Là Gì - Tùy Chọn Csm Là Gì
beat someone lớn the punch (draw)
bởi vì something before others He beat me lớn the punch and arrived at the interview first.Beat the daylights out of someone
If someone beats the daylights out of another person, they hit them repeatedly. ("Knock" can also be used & it can be made even stronger by saying "the living daylights".)Behind someone"s back
If you do something behind someone"s baông xã, you do it without telling them.bover over backwards for someone
vày everything possible to lớn help someone: "She bent over backwards for them when they first arrived in the town."Bkết thúc someone"s ear
To bover someone"s ear is to talk to lớn someone about something for a long-enough period that it becomes tiresome for the listener.Bite someone"s head off
If you bite someone"s head off, you criticise them angrily.bleed someone white
bleed someone white Extort money, take someone"s last penny. For example, That contractor would have bled the department trắng, but fortunately he was apprehended in time. Presumably this term alludes lớn losing so much blood that one turns pale (and perhaps also khổng lồ the idea that money is the life blood of commerce).blow someone out
lớn rudely cancel (an arranged meeting with someone)"I"m going lớn blow out my brother & go to lớn that new club night instead"blow someone to
blow someone tobore someone rigid
lớn bore someone greatlybrain someone
brain someonebreak someone
break someonebreak someone of something
break someone of something Cause lớn discontinue a habit or practice, as in Mom tried for years khổng lồ break Betty of biting her nails. The Oxford English Dictionary cites a quotation from W. Wotton"s History of Rome (1701): “He ... broke them of their warm Baths,” which presumably refers khổng lồ breaking Romans of their custom of bathing regularly. Today we are more apt to lớn break someone of a bad habit.break someone up
break someone upbreak someone"s heart
make someone feel very disappointed/discouraged/sad.break someone"s serve
break someone"s serve In tennis và related sports, win a game served by one"s opponent, as in The only way he"ll win the match is to break Bill"s serve sầu. The use of serve sầu, from the earlier service, meaning “starting play” in these sports, dates from the early 1600s.break up (with someone)
stop a relationship She broke up with her boyfriover last June.breathe down someone"s neck
kiểm tra constantly what someone else is doing: "I can"t write this letter with you breathing down my neck!"bring trang chủ the importance of something to lớn someone
make someone fully realize something He was unable khổng lồ bring trang chính the importance of arriving early for the meeting.bring someone inkhổng lồ line
persuade someone to lớn agree with you He was finally able khổng lồ bring the other members of the committee inlớn line.Bring someone to book
If somebody is brought lớn book, they are punished or made to account for something they have done wrong.Bring someone to lớn heel
If you bring someone lớn heel, you make them obey you.("call someone to heel" is also used.)bug (someone)
bother, irritate, get lớn me That scraping noise bugs me. It"s quite annoying.bug someone
annoy or irritate someone My frikết thúc is beginning to lớn bug me with his constant questions.Xem thêm: Từ Điển Tiếng Việt " Phá Gia Chi Tử Là Gì, Từ Điển Tiếng Việt Phá Gia Chi Tử
