pick

storm

See: TAKE BY STORM.

No categories: add yours

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

Subscribe to: American Idioms

► Also consider the parent subscriptions (1)

English Slang

Leave my opinion

✉

We are in Telegram

Our RSS-feeds

Show All

See as well

take by storm

[take by storm] {v. phr.} 1. To capture by a sudden or very bold attack. * /The army did not hesitate. They took the town by storm./ 2. To win […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

weather the storm

[weather the storm] {v. phr.} To survive some disaster. * /When Peter and Sue started their business they had very little money, but in a year they weathered the storm./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

any port in a storm

[any port in a storm] Any help is welcome in an emergency. - A proverb. * /The motel we stopped in was nothing to brag about, but we were so […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

brain-storm

[brain-storm] {v.} To have a discussion among fellow researchers or co-workers on a project in order to find the best solution to a given problem. * /Dr. Watson and his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

Johann Goethe

(1749-1832), German author Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.

Idioms with keep to learn

Flashcard learning set.Check yourself now!Try flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.Set includes the following […]

catch off guard

[catch off guard] {v. phr.} To challenge or confront a person at a time of lack of preparedness or sufficient care. * /The […]

split hairs

[split hairs] {v. phr.} To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important. * […]

Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand

DoS

[DoS] "Denial-of-Service"; a malicious attack on a computer system.

catch up

[catch up] {v.} 1. To take or pick up suddenly; grab (something). * /She caught up the book from the table and ran out of […]

think a great deal of

[think a great deal of] or "think a lot of" also "think much of" {v. phr.} To consider to be very worthy, valuable, or […]