S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[square peg in a round hole] {n.}, {informal}
A person who does not fit into a job or position; someone who does not belong where he is.
Arthur is a square peg in a round hole when he is playing ball.
* /George likes to work with his hands. When […]
[square up] {v. phr.}
To liquidate debts and other obligations.
I want to square up my medical bills before I accept my new teaching assignment in Africa.
[squared away] {adj. phr.}
Looked after properly; tucked away; arranged.
My first two daughters are happily married, but my third one, Jennifer, isn't squared away yet.
[squeak by] {v. phr.}
1. To barely succeed.
He was so poorly prepared for his bar exam that he barely squeaked by.
2. To clear with difficulty.
* /The entrance to the corridor in the old Italian castle was so narrow that I barely managed to […]
[squeak through] {v.}, {informal}
To be successful but almost fail; win by a small score.
Susan squeaked through the history examination.
The football team squeaked through 7—6.
Compare: [BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH].
[squeeze out of] {v. phr.}
To apply pressure to someone in order to obtain what one desires.
The police were interrogating the suspect to squeeze information out of him.
[stab in the back] (1) {v. phr.}, {slang}
To say or do something unfair that harms (a friend or someone who trusts you).
Owen stabbed his friend Max in the back by telling lies about him.
[stab in the back] (2) {n. phr.}, {slang}
An act or a lie that hurts a friend or trusting person; a promise not kept, especially to a friend.
John stabbed his own friend in the back by stealing from his store.
* /My friend stabbed me in the back […]