All Idioms
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Meaning: A cheap, low-quality, or worthless person or thing.
Example: The two-bit crooks thought they could fool everyone, but the police caught them within minutes. Read more ➺
Meaning: To reveal your true position, intentions, or opinions after hiding them.
Example: The adviser decided to break cover and admit he had been guiding the project from the start. Read more ➺
Meaning: Something small-time or insignificant.
Example: The investors dismissed the proposal as a rinky-dink idea that wasn't worth funding. Read more ➺
Meaning: To shake hands and welcome people in a friendly, public, or political manner.
Example: When the senator arrived, he began to glad-hand supporters, hoping to win their votes. Read more ➺
Meaning: To abandon someone who needs help, leaving them in a difficult or helpless situation.
Example: When the project got complicated, he leave in the lurch his teammates by disappearing for two days. Read more ➺
Meaning: A question that suggests or pushes the respondent toward a specific answer.
Example: The lawyer asked a leading question that practically told the witness what to say. Read more ➺
Meaning: To try to fall asleep by imagining and counting sheep jumping one after another.
Example: When anxiety kept him awake, he began counting sheep to settle his mind and fall asleep. Read more ➺
Meaning: To meet expectations or be as good as people hoped.
Example: The new movie didn't live up to the excitement created by the trailers. Read more ➺
Meaning: A person who wakes up very easily, even from small sounds or movement.
Example: As a light sleeper, she woke up the second the dog barked outside. Read more ➺
Meaning: To decline, deteriorate, or lose quality over time.
Example: After the store closed, the whole block started to go to seed, with peeling paint and empty windows. Read more ➺
