S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[split-up] {n.}
A separation or division into two or many smaller parts.
The split-up of our company was due to the founder's untimely death.
[spoil for] {v. phr.}
To want something very badly; be belligerent or pugnacious about something.
After a few drinks it became embarrassingly evident that Hal was spoiling for a fight.
Compare: [HANKER AFTER], [LUST FOR].
[spoken for] {adj.}
Occupied; reserved; taken; already engaged or married.
"Sorry, my boy," Mr. Jones said condescendingly, "but my daughter is already spoken for. She will marry Fred Wilcox next month."
[sponge bath] {n.}
A bath with a cloth or sponge and a little water.
During the drought the family had only sponge baths.
The family took sponge baths because they had no bathtub.
[sponge on] or [off] {v. phr.}
To exploit parasitically; depend upon for support.
He is already forty years old, but he refuses to go to work and sponges off his retired parents.
[spoon-feed] {v.}
1. To feed with a spoon.
Mothers spoon-feed their babies.
2a. To make something too easy for (a person).
Bill's mother spoon-fed him and never let him think for himself.
* /Alice depended on her mother for all decisions […]
[sporting blood] {n.}
Willingness to take risks; spirit of adventure.
The cowboy's sporting blood tempted him to try to ride the wild horse.
The boy's sporting blood caused him to run away with a circus.
[spot]
See:
[HIT THE HIGH SPOTS],
[HIT THE SPOT],
[JOHNNY-ON-THE-SPOT],
[ON THE SPOT] or [UPON THE SPOT] also [IN A SPOT],
[SORE SPOT].