S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[stuffed shirt] {n. phr.}
A pretentious bore; a pompous, empty person.
I think that Howard is a terrible stuffed shirt with no sense of humor.
[stuffed up] {adj. phr.}
Impeded; blocked.
Our kitchen sink is all stuffed up so I have to call the plumber.
[stumble across] {v. phr.}
To encounter a person or thing, mostly by accident.
I gave up looking for my old hat when I accidentally stumbled across it in a dark corner of the closet.
[subject to] {adj. phr.}
1. Under the government or control of; in the power of.
The English colonies in America were subject to the English king.
The principal and the teachers of a school are subject to the school board.
2. Likely to get or […]
[such and such] {pron.}
Something whose name is not mentioned because it does not need to be mentioned.
George's argument tries to prove such and such to be true, but it does not convince me.
[such as] {conj.}
1. Of a kind or amount shown or named; of a kind like.
The explorer took only such men and things as he really needed into the jungle with him.
They felt such heat in the jungle as they had never felt before.
* /Many […]