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nod at (someone) Thành ngữ, tục ngữbug (someone)bother, irritate, get to me That scraping noise bugs me. It's quite annoying.catch (someone) dead|catch dead|catch someone deadv. phr., informal To see or hear (someone) in an embarrassing act or place at any time. Used in the negative usually in the passive. You won't catch Bill dead taking his sister to the movies. John wouldn't be caught dead in the necktie he got for Christmas.catch (someone) red-handedcatch someone in the middle of doing something wrong The woman was caught red-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.cost (someone) an arm and a leg" cost a lot; be very expensive."cut (someone) offstop someone from saying something We tried to outline our proposal but we were constantly cut off by our noisy opponents.down on (someone)be critical of someone, angry at She is really down on her friend but I dondraw (someone) outmake a person talk or tell something She was very quiet but we finally were able to draw her out so that she would join the party.drop (someone) a linewrite or mail a note or letter to someone She promised that she would drop me a line when she gets to Singapore.egg (someone) onurge or push someone to do something He is always egging his friend on when he is angry which makes him even angrier.fill (someone) intell someone the details I will fill you in later about our plans for the weekend.get (someone) downmake (someone) unhappy, cause discouragement The long commuting time has begun to get her down so she wants to quit her job.get hold of (someone)find a person so you can speak with him or her I tried to get hold of him last week but he was out of town.get the better of (someone)win against, beat, defeat He got the better of me and won the tennis match.give (someone) a hard timemake trouble for someone, tease She was giving her boyfriend a hard time about his new haircut.go (someone) one betterdo something better than someone else, do more or be better than someone I decided to go him one better and buy a bigger present for my girlfriend.go out with (someone)date or be dating someone She went out with him for two years before they got married.going for (someone)in onehand it to (someone)give credit or praise to someone You have to hand it to him - he worked hard and was very successful with his business.keep (someone) upprevent someone from going to bed They kept me up last night with their noisy radio.lay off (someone)get rid of workers when business is bad Six hundred workers at the automobile factory were recently laid off.leave (someone) holding the bagleave someone else to take the blame He left me holding the bag when he ran away from the accident.let (someone) have ithit someone hard He really let the other man have it when they got into a fight on the bus.let (someone) knowtell, inform Let me know when you are ready to go to the movie.let (someone) off the hookexcuse someone from a penalty or promise He let me off the hook and I didnlook (someone) upseek and find When I was in New York I looked up my friend from university.play (someone) for somethingtreat someone as something, act toward someone as something He was trying to play me for a fool but I could easily see what he was trying to do.play hardball with (someone)act strong and agressive about an issue with someone The union representatives have been playing hardball during the contract talks.push (someone) aroundmake someone do what you want He is always pushing around his salesmen and saleswomen.put (someone) outinconvenience, bother, She shouldnrun (someone) intake to jail, arrest The police ran the three boys in for questioning about the robbery.run into (someone)meet by chance I ran into him when I was at the supermarket.run off with (someone)go away with someone, elope My sister ran off with her boyfriend and got married when she was quite young.set (someone) upput someone in a position to be manipulated I donstand (someone) in good steadbe a great advantage to someone It will stand you in good stead with the company if you do the extra work.stand (someone) upfail to keep an appointment or date with your boyfriend or girlfriend He stood her up on a date last Saturday and now she wonstick (someone) withleave someone with something unpleasant I was stuck with paying the bill when I went to the restaurant with my friends.take (someone) under oneprotect someone He has taken the new employee under his wing and is teaching him about the company.tell (someone) offspeak to angrily He told his neighbor off after their music was too loud last night.tide (someone) overhelp someone through a difficult situation I lent him some money to tide him over until he gets paid.tip (someone) offwarn, inform The police were tipped off that there was going to be a robbery at the bank.turn (someone) offdisgust, irritate, repel someone Her constant complaining always turns me off.turn (someone) onexcite a person, become interested in an idea, person or undertaking She was turned on by the idea of going to Spain for the summer.nod at (someone)To lower one's head in someone's direction in a quick, subtle manner to communicate something to them, such as agreement, confirmation, respect, or salutation. There's a man in the neighborhood who nods at me every morning as I pass him, even though we've never actually spoken to one another. I nodded at her when the system was ready to be rebooted. The child nodded at her father when he asked if she would like some yogurt.Learn more: nodnod at someoneto make a motion to someone with one's head indicating a greeting, agreement, or something else. I nodded at Fred, but I really didn't agree. Molly nodded at Fred, and Fred, knowing she wanted to leave the party, went for their coats. When she offered him some ice cream, he only nodded. She thought he was rude and decided not to give him any.Learn more: nod |
