T

[ticket]

See:

[SPLIT TICKET],

[STRAIGHT TICKET],

[THE TICKET],

[WALKING PAPERS] also [WALKING TICKET].

[tickle pink]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To please very much; thrill; delight. Usually used in the passive participle.

[tickle to death]

See: [TO DEATH].

[tide]

See: [TURN THE TIDE].

[tide over]  {v.}

To carry past a difficulty or danger; help in bad times or in trouble.

He was out of work last winter but he had saved enough money to tide him over until spring.

An ice cream cone in the afternoon tided her over until supper.  […]

[tide turn]

See: [TURN THE TIDE].

[tidy sum]  {n. phr.}

A large amount of money.

The Smith's big new home cost them a tidy sum.

Compare: [PRETTY PENNY].

[tie]

See: [FIT TO BE TIED].

[tie down]  {v.}

To keep (someone) from going somewhere or doing something; prevent from leaving; keep in.

Mrs. Brown can't come to the party. She's tied down at home with the children sick.

* /The navy tied the enemy down with big gunfire while  […]

[tie in]  {v.}

To connect with something else; make a connection for. — Often used with "with".

The teacher tied in what she said with last week's lesson.

* /The English teacher sometimes gives compositions that tie in with things we are studying  […]