S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[small] or [wee hours] {n. phr.}
The very early hours of the morning between 1 and 4 A.M.
My brother was in trouble for coming home in the small hours.
See: [WEE HOURS].
[small fry] {n.}
1. Young children.
In the park, a sandbox is provided for the small fry.
2. Something or someone of little importance.
* /Large dairies ignore the competition from the small fry who make only a few hundred pounds of cheese a […]
[small talk] {n. phr.}
General idle conversation.
At the party there was the usual kind of small talk about the cost of living increase and the war in Africa.
[small-time] {adj.}, {informal}
Unimportant; minor; with little power or importance.
He has a job as a drummer with a small-time band.
It is a small-time business, but it may grow.
Contrast: [BIG-TIME].
[smash hit] {n.}, {informal}
A very successful play, movie or opera.
The school play was a smash hit.
[smell a rat] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong.
Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I'm beginning to smell a rat.
* /When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled […]