S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[search me] {informal}
I don't know; how should I know? — May be considered rude.
When I asked her what time it was, she said, "Search me, I have no watch."
[search one's heart] or [search one's soul] {v. phr.}, {formal}
To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest.
The teacher searched his heart trying to decide if he had been unfair in failing Tom.
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[search out] {v.}
To search for and discover; find or learn by hunting.
The police were trying to search out the real murderer.
[seat]
See:
[BACK SEAT DRIVER],
[FLY BY THE SEAT OF ONE'S PANTS],
[HOT SEAT],
[JUDGMENT SEAT],
[TAKE A BACK SEAT].
[seat belt] {n.}
A strong strap used to protect a person in a moving car or other vehicle by holding him in his seat.
When the plane began to land, Billy and his mother fastened their seat belts.
* /Passengers in automobiles should wear seat belts […]
[second best] {adv.}
Second; in second place.
The team came off second best in the game.
[second best] {n.}
Something that is lower than or not quite as good as the best.
Tom liked the deluxe model bicycle; but he could afford only a second best.
Joan chose the best and Mary had to take the second best.
* /There were ten boys in […]