E
Idioms beginning with "E"
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Contents of E:
[effect]
See:
[IN EFFECT],
[INTO EFFECT],
[SOUND EFFECTS],
[TAKE EFFECT],
[TO THAT EFFECT],
[TO THE EFFECT THAT]
[egg]
See:
[BAD EGG],
[GOOD EGG],
[KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG],
[LAY AN EGG],
[PUT ALL ONE'S EGGS IN ONE BASKET],
[ROTTEN EGG].
[egg on] {v.}
To urge on; excite; lead to action.
Joe's wife egged him on to spend money to show off.
The big boys egged on the two little boys to fight.
Compare: [PUT UP] (6).
[eke out] {v.}
1. To fill out or add a little to; increase a little.
Mr. Jones eked out a country teacher's small salary by hunting and trapping in the winter.
The modest meal was eked out with bread and milk.
2. To get (little) by hard work; […]
[elbow]
See:
[AT ONE'S ELBOW],
[ELBOW ROOM],
[RUB ELBOWS],
[UP TO THE CHIN IN] or [UP TO THE ELBOWS IN].
[elbow grease] {n.}
Exertion; effort; energy.
"You'll have to use a little more elbow grease to get these windows clean," Mother said to Ed.
[elbow one's way into] or [out of] {v. phr.}
To force entry into a place by using one's elbows.
The bus was so crowded that, in order to get off in time, we had to elbow our way to the exit door.
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