All Idioms
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Meaning: To treat people, rules, or opinions with harsh disregard, ignoring their rights or feelings.
Example: The management rode roughshod over employee concerns to meet its targets. Read more ➺
Meaning: To regard someone as inferior or unworthy; to show disrespect or contempt.
Example: He tends to look down on coworkers who do not share his educational background. Read more ➺
Meaning: A situation in which the same events or experiences repeat again and again, with little or no progress.
Example: Every week at the office felt like groundhog day, with the same meetings and arguments repeating endlessly. Read more ➺
Meaning: Very eagerly or enthusiastically; with clear excitement and willingness.
Example: She agreed to help organize the event with bells on, excited to be involved from the start. Read more ➺
Meaning: The true value or quality of something can only be judged by actual results or experience.
Example: The team liked the proposal, but the proof is in the pudding once the product reaches customers. Read more ➺
Meaning: To suddenly lose your temper and become very angry.
Example: Try not to blow your top when the delay is only a few minutes. Read more ➺
Meaning: Describing something that is standardized, uniform, or lacking originality, made to look or function exactly like others.
Example: The new apartment complex felt cookie cutter, with identical layouts and colors throughout. Read more ➺
Meaning: An exclamation expressing disapproval, annoyance, or contempt, used to dismiss something seen as foolish, false, or irritating.
Example: He waved off the proposal with a sharp bah humbug, refusing to take it seriously. Read more ➺
Meaning: Done or operated with very little money.
Example: The nonprofit organization was run on a shoestring, depending heavily on donations and volunteers. Read more ➺
Meaning: To take temporary responsibility while someone else is absent.
Example: She stayed late to hold the fort while her manager attended an off-site meeting. Read more ➺
