pick

fall

See:

BOTTOM DROP OUT or BOTTOM FALL OUT,

RIDING FOR A FALL.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

'fall' on video

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

Get site updates @:

See as well

bottom drop out

[bottom drop out] or [bottom fall out] {v. phr.} {informal} 1. To fall below an earlier lowest price. * /The bottom dropped out of the price of peaches./ 2. To […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

riding for a fall

[riding for a fall] {adj. phr.} Behaving in an overconfident way that is likely to lead to trouble; being too sure of yourself; doing something dangerous. * /The student who […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fall in

[fall in] {v.} 1. To go and stand properly in a row like soldiers. * /The captain told his men to fall in./ Contrast: [FALL OUT] (3). 2. to collapse. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fall back on

[fall back on] or [fall back upon] {v. phr.} 1. To retreat to. * /The enemy made a strong attack, and the soldiers fell back on the fort./ 2. To […] 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

Bronx cheer

[Bronx cheer] {n. phr.}, {slang} A loud sound made with tongue and lips to show opposition or scorn. * /When he began to […]

the ropes

[the ropes] {n. plural}, {informal} Thorough or special knowledge of a job; how to do something; the ways of people or the […]

George Daacon

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

pitch in

[pitch in] {v.}, {informal} 1. To begin something with much energy; start work eagerly. * /Pitch in and we will finish the […]

put wise

[put wise] {v.}, {slang} To tell (someone) facts that will give him an advantage over others or make him alert to opportunity […]

W.C. Fields

(1880-1946) U.S. actor Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.