pick

tread on the toes of

tread on the toes of or tread on one's toes

See:

STEP ON THE TOES OF or STEP ON ONE'S TOES.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'tread on the toes of' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

step on one's toes

[step on one's toes] or [tread on one's toes] {v. phr.} To do something that embarrasses or offends someone else. * /If you break in when other people are talking, […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

turn up one's toes

[turn up one's toes] {v. phr.}, {slang} To die. * /One morning the children found that their pet mouse had turned up his toes, so they had a funeral for […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on one's toes

[on one's toes] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Alert; ready to act. * /The successful ball player is always on his toes./ Compare: [HEADS-UP], [ON THE BALL]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

toe

[toe] See: [CURL ONE'S HAIR] or [CURL ONE'S TOES], [ON ONE'S TOES], [STEP ON THE TOES OF]. 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:

George Daacon

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?

Xerox Subsidy

[Xerox Subsidy] Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.

get the brush-off

[get the brush-off] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To be paid no attention; not be listened to or thought important. * /My idea for a […]

mouth

[mouth] See: [BORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN ONE'S MOUTH], [BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH], [BY WORD OF MOUTH], [DOWN […]

bottom line

[bottom line] {v.}, {informal} (stress on "bottom") To finish; to bring to a conclusion. * /Okay, you guys, let's bottom line […]

dot the i's and cross the t's

[dot the i's and cross the t's] {v. phr.} To be careful, thorough, and pay close attention to detail. * /"The best way to […]

Woody Allen

(1935- ) in Without Feathers, 1975 U.S. comediandirector I don't want to achieve immortality through my work...I want to […]