S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[spill the beans] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To tell a secret to someone who is not supposed to know about it.
John's friends were going to have a surprise party for him, but Tom spilled the beans.
Compare:
[GIVE AWAY] (3),
[LET THE CAT OUT OF THE […]
[spin a yarn] {v. phr.}
To tell a story of adventure with some exaggeration mixed in; embellish and protract such a tale.
Uncle Fred, who used be a sailor, knows how to spin a fascinating yarn, but don't always believe everything he says.
[spin off] {v. phr.}
To bring something into existence as a byproduct of something that already exists.
* /When Dr. Catwallender opened his medical practice, he also spun off a small dispensary beside it where patients could get their prescriptions […]
[spin one's wheels] {v. phr.}
1. Said of cars stuck in snow or mud whose wheels are turning without the car moving forward.
There was so much snow on the driveway that my car's wheels were spinning in it and we couldn't get going.
2. To exert […]
[spin out] {v. phr.}
1. To go out of control.
The bus spun out on the icy road and fell into the ditch.
2. To make something go out of control.
Tom stepped on the brakes so fast that he spun his car out of control and went off the road.
[spine-chilling] {adj.}
Terrifying; causing great fear.
Many children find the movie, "Frankenstein," spine-chilling.
A was spine-chilling to learn that a murderer was in our neighborhood.
Compare: [HAIR STAND ON END].
[spine-tingling] {adj.}
Very exciting; thrilling.
Our ride up the mountain in a chair lift was spine-tingling.
The children's plane ride was a spine-tingling adventure to them.
[spinoff] {n.}
A byproduct of something else.
The television soap opera "Knot's Landing" was considered a spinoff of "Dallas," with many of the same characters featured in both.
[spirit away] {v. phr.}
To hide or smuggle something out; abduct.
The famous actress was spirited away by her bodyguards as soon as she emerged from the door.