M
Idioms beginning with "M"
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Contents of M:
[move a muscle] {v. phr.}
To move even a very little. — Used in negative sentences and questions and with "if".
The deer stood without moving a muscle until the hunter was gone.
The girls were so startled that they did not move a muscle.
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[move heaven and earth] {v. phr.}
To try every way; do everything you can.
Joe moved heaven and earth to be sent to Washington.
Compare: [LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED].
[move in on] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial}
To take over something that belongs to another.
He moved in on my girlfriend and now we're not talking to each other.
[moving spirit] {n. phr.}
The main figure behind a business or an activity; the one who inspires the others.
Mr. Smith is the moving spirit behind our expansion plans.
[much]
See:
[AS MUCH AS],
[FOR AS MUCH AS],
[MAKE MUCH OF],
[SO MUCH],
[SO MUCH FOR],
[THINK A GREAT DEAL OF] or [THINK MUCH OF].
[much less] {conj.}
And also not; and even less able or likely to. — Used after a negative clause.
I never even spoke to the man, much less insulted him.
John couldn't even pick up the box, much less carry it upstairs.
* /George can hardly […]