pick

land all over

See: JUMP ON.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'land all over' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

lay of the land

[lay of the land] also [how the land lies] {n. phr.} 1. The natural features of a piece of land, such as hills and valleys. * /The style of house […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

jump on

[jump on] or [jump all over] or [land on] or [land all over] {v. phr.}, {informal} To scold; criticize; blame. * /Tom's boss jumped all over Tom because he made […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fat of the land

[fat of the land] {n. phr.} The best and richest food, clothes, everything. * /When I'm rich I'll retire and live off the fat of the land./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

land on one's feet

[land on one's feet] also [land on both feet] {v. phr.}, {informal} To get yourself out of trouble without damage or injury and sometimes with a gain; be successful no […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Slang is

"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

Recent updates:

Idioms to Learn Today

Learn/refresh your knowledge against this set!Then check yourself by running flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.

in the clouds

[in the clouds] {adj. phr.} Far from real life; in dreams; in fancy; in thought. * /When Alice agreed to marry Jim, Jim went […]

leave in the lurch

[leave in the lurch] {v. phr.} To desert or leave alone in trouble; refuse to help or support. * /The town bully caught […]

English as a Second Language website

A starting point for ESL learners who want to study English through the Web. This site is being constantly updated, so your […]

Artemus Ward

(1834-1867) U.S. humorist Gentlemen, I give you Upper Canada, because I don't want it myself.

thread

[thread] See: [HANG BY A THREAD].

attributed to Al Capone

(1899-1947) You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.

WOOFYS

[WOOFYS] [Well Off] Older Folks. * /Fred's parents made great financial decisions early in life, causing them to become […]