pick

balls up

balls up {n.}

A bungled or messed up situation. (WWI Service slang).

Categories:

Source: British slang (Wikipedia)

'balls up' on video

Subscribe to: British Slang

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

have someone by the balls

[have someone by the balls] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To have someone at a disadvantage or in one's power. * /The kidnappers had the company by the balls for […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

base on balls

[base on balls] {n.} First base given to a baseball batter who is pitched four balls outside of the strike zone. * /He was a good judge of pitchers and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

break one's balls

[break one's balls] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To do something with maximum effort; to do something very difficult or taxing * /I've been breaking my balls to buy you […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

all in all

[all in all] (2) or [in all] {adv. phr.} When everything is thought about; in summary; altogether. * /All in all, it was a pleasant day's cruise./ * /All in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates:

name is mud

[name is mud] {informal} (You) are in trouble; a person is blamed or no longer liked. - Used in the possessive. * /If you […]

strike it rich

[strike it rich] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To discover oil, or a large vein of minerals to be mined, or a buried treasure. * […]

Miguel de Cervantes

(1547-1616), Don Quixote, 1605-15 Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.

Def Leppard - "Slang"

Def Leppard - Slang (video-clip) Released: 13 May 1996 Produced by: Pete Woodroffe & Def Leppard

Idioms to Learn Today

New Reading / Flip Card set is now available

N.Y. State Senator James H. Donovan

Where would Christianity be if Jesus got 8 to 15 years with time off for good behavior?

Quizzes on idioms starting with K

come to grief

[come to grief] {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. * /Bill […]