T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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Contents of T:
[throw up one's hands in horror] {v. phr.}
To be horrified; feel alarmed; give up hope of straightening things out; be shocked by something terrible.
* /When Mrs. Brown saw the mess the children were making in her living room, she threw up her hands in […]
[thumb]
See:
[ALL THUMBS],
[GREEN THUMB],
[TURN THUMBS DOWN],
[TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS],
[UNDER ONE'S THUMB] or [UNDER THE THUMB OF].
[thumb a ride] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To get a ride by hitchhiking; hitchhike.
Not having much money, Carl decided to thumb a ride to New York.
[thumb one's nose] {v. phr.}
1. To hold one's open hand in front of one's face with one's thumb pointed at one's nose as a sign of scorn or dislike.
After Bob ran into the house he thumbed his nose at Tom through the window.
2. {informal}
To look […]
[thumb through] {v. phr.}
To examine superficially; read cursorily.
I have read "War and Peace" but Fran has only thumbed through it.
[thus and so] also [thus and thus] {adv. phr.}
In a particular way; according to directions that have been given.
The teacher is very fussy about the way you write your report. If you don't do it thus and so, she gives you a lower mark.
[tick off] {v.}
1. To mention one after the other; list.
The teacher ticked off the assignments that Jane had to do.
2. To scold; rebuke.
The boss ticked off the waitress for dropping her tray.
3. To anger or upset. — Usually used as ticked […]