S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[sob all the way to the bank]
See: [CRY ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK].
Contrast: [LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK].
[sob story] {n.}
A story that makes you feel pity or sorrow; a tale that makes you tearful.
The beggar told us a long sob story before he asked for money.
The movie is based on a sob story, but people love it.
[social climber] {n.}
A person who tries to mix with rich or well-known people and be accepted by them as friends and equals.
People do not like Mrs. Brown very well; she is known as a social climber.
* /Social climbers are usually soon known and […]
[sock it] {v. phr.}, also {interj.}, {slang}, {informal}
To give one's utmost; everything one is capable of; to give all one is capable of.
Right on, Joe, sock it to 'em!
* /I was watching the debate on television and more than once Bill Buckley […]
[soda jerk] or [soda jerker] {n.}, {informal}
A person who serves soda and ice cream to customers, usually in a drug store or ice cream parlor.
Bob worked as a soda jerk at the drug store all summer.
He is just a soda jerker with no future.
[soft drink] {n. phr.}
A nonalcoholic beverage such as 7-Up, Coca-Cola, etc.
She drinks no alcohol; she always orders a soft drink.
[soft touch] {n.}
A person with a sympathetic disposition from whom it is easy to get help, primarily money.
My Uncle Herb is a soft touch; whenever I'm in need I ask him for a quick twenty bucks.
[softhearted] {adj.}
Generous; sympathetic.
Street beggars tend to exploit the softhearted nature of passersby.