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to become familiar with a task or situation
- The bank manager told the new trainee to keep his eyes open and watch what the other tellers did until he learned the ropes.
- Im willing to work long hours and Ill work for free. Im anxious to learn the ropes of this business.
Synonym: learn the ins and outs
Compare to: know the ropes
These expressions are similar, but take place at different times. Before one knows the ropes, one learns the ropes.
to search everywhere
- The boss called the employees together for a meeting. He said he didnt know who was stealing from the company, but that he would leave no stone unturned until he found out who it was.
- The police looked everywhere for the prisoner who had escaped. They left no stone unturned, but they were unable to find him.
Synonym: beat the bushes
The expression suggests that whatever one is searching for might be under a stone, and that one will search so thoroughly as to turn over every stone looking for it.
to abandon someone to a difficult situation, forcing him or her to take all the responsibility
- The builder hired several carpenters and electricians to work on the building, but he left them in the lurch when it came time to pay them.
- The company went bankrupt and the stockholders got left in the lurch. They had to pay all the outstanding bills.
- Where were you at four oclock? I thought you were going to attend the meeting and help us with the difficult decisions that needed to be made. You shouldnt have left us in the lurch like that.
Synonym: leave (someone) high and dry
to shun someone; to exclude someone from a place or activity
- Mary seemed not to care for anyone elses feelings, and managed to offend just about everyone. Eventually she got left out in the cold and no one included her in their plans or parties.
- I dont know what I did wrong, but Id like to make up for it. Please dont leave me out in the cold.
The expression suggests that when a person is excluded from the group or mainstream, he or she is outside, where it is cold.
abandoned or stranded; helpless
- Bob got a ride to the party with his friends, but they left without him and he had no way to get home. They left him high and dry.
- When you buy a package vacation trip through a travel agency, be sure that it is a company that has a good reputation. Too many companies have gone out of business, leaving those who have already paid their money high and dry.
Synonyms: leave (someone) in the lurch
Similar to: leave (someone) holding the bag
The expression probably originates from the idea of a ship stranded on high ground, leaving it out of water (dry).
to leave somebody with unwanted responsibility
- If I invest my money with you and things go badly, I want to make sure youre going to take responsibility. I dont want you to leave me holding the bag.
- Laura took a risk and it failed, and she was left holding the bag.
Similar to: leave (someone) in the lurch, leave (someone) high and dry.
to accept a situation as it is; to avoid trying to improve a situation ones actions might make it worse
- Her work isnt perfect, but your criticism might just make the situation worse. I recommend that you leave well enough alone.
- Im a perfectionist, so I can never leave well enough alone. Sometimes that is okay, but sometimes it causes me nothing but trouble.
Synonym: let sleeping dogs lie
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Idioms Referenced by Page Numbers
Ace in the hole
Ace up (ones) sleeve
Achilles heel
Acid test
Across the board
Actions speak louder than words
Albatross around (ones) neck
All kidding aside
All thumbs
All wet
Along for the ride, go/come
Apple of (ones) eye
Armed to the teeth
As the crow flies
At loggerheads
At (ones) wits end
At the drop of a hat
At the end of (ones) rope
Ax to grind
Backhanded compliment
Back-seat driver
Back to square one, go
Back to the drawing board, go
Back to the wall, have (ones)
Bad blood
Bark up the wrong tree
Bats in (ones) belfry, have
Beat about/around the bush
Beat a dead horse
Beat a hasty retreat
Beat (someone) to the punch
Beat the bushes
Behind the eight ball
Below the belt, hit (someone)
Bend (someones) ear
Beside (oneself)
Beside the point
Bet (ones) boots
Bet (ones) bottom dollar
Between a rock and a hard place
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Beyond the pale
Big cheese
Big fish in a small pond
Big shot
Big wheel
Bigwig
Birds-eye view
Bite off more than (one) can chew
Bite the bullet
Bite the dust
Bitter/hard pill to swallow
Black and blue
Black market
Black out
Black sheep
Black tie
Blow off steam
Blow (ones) own horn
Blow (ones) stack
Blow/run hot and cold
Blue
Blue-blood
Blue-collar worker
Blue law
Blue ribbon
Boiling point
Bomb
Bone of contention, a
Bone to pick, a
Born yesterday
Both feet on the ground
Bottom line, the
Bottom of the barrel
Bottoms up!
Boxed in/box (someone) in
Brainstorm
Breadwinner
Break the ice
Bring down the house
Bring home the bacon
Brush-off, get/give (someone) the
Bug
Bull in a china shop
Bum steer, give someone a
Burned out
Burning question
Burn (ones) bridges
Burn rubber
Burn the candle at both ends
Burn the midnight oil
Bury the hatchet
Butter (someone) up
Butt in
Buy (something) for a song
By hook or by crook
By the book, go
By the seat of (ones) pants, do (something)
By the skin of (ones) teeth
By word of mouth
Call a spade a spade
Call (someone) on the carpet
Call (someones) bluff
Call the shots
Can of worms, open a
Carry a torch (for someone)
Carry the ball
Cast pearls before swine
Catch (someone) red-handed [get caught red-handed]
Catch (someones) eye
Catch (someones) fancy
Change horses in midstream
Change of heart
Charmed life, lead a
Checkered past
Chew (someone) out [get chewed out]
Chew (something) over
Chicken
Chicken out
Chip off the old block, a
Chip on (ones) shoulder
Clam up
Clean slate [wipe the slate clean]
Clean (someone) out
Clear the air
Climb/jump on the bandwagon
Climb the walls
Closed-minded
Close shave
Clown around
Cock-and-bull story
Cold feet
Cold turkey
Come full circle
Come home to roost
Come off it!
Come out of (ones) shell
Come out smelling like a rose
Cook (someones) goose
Cook up
Cool (ones) heels
Cornered
Cost (someone) a mint/ an arm and a leg
Couch potato
Cream of the crop
Crocodile tears
Cross (ones) fingers
Cry over spilled milk
Cry/say uncle
Cry wolf
Cut and dried
Cut corners
Cut off (ones) nose to spite (ones) face
Cut (someone) to the quick
Cut the mustard
Damn (someone) with faint praise
Dark horse
Dawn on (someone)
Days are numbered, (someones/somethings)
Dead to the world
Deal (someone) in/out
Diamond in the rough
Divide the spoils
Do an about-face
Dog days (of summer)
Dog-eared
Dog-eat-dog
Do or die
Do (someone) a good turn
Dot the is and cross the ts
Down and out
Down in the dumps
Down in the mouth
Down to earth
Down to the wire
Draw a blank
Draw the line at (something)
Dressed to kill
Drop in the bucket, a
Drum (someone)/get drummed out of the corps
Dutch treat {go Dutch}
Dyed in the wool
Eager beaver
Eat crow/humble pie
Eat (ones) hat
Eat (ones) heart out
Eat out of (someones) hand
Egg on (ones) face, have
Eleventh hour
Eternal triangle
Every Tom, Dick, and Harry
Face the music
Fair and square
Fair shake, get/give (someone) a
Fair to middling
Fair-weather friend
Fall by the wayside
Fall for (someone)
Fall for (something)
Fall off the wagon
Fall on deaf ears
Far cry from (something)
Fat cat
Feather in (ones) cap
Feather (ones) nest
Feel (something) in (ones) bones [have a feeling in (ones) bones]
Feel the pinch
Field day
Fight tooth and nail
Fill/fit the bill
Filthy rich
Fine kettle of fish
Fine-tooth comb
First-rate
Fish out of water
Fishy
Fits and starts
Fix (someones) wagon
Flash in the pan
Flat broke
Fly-by-night
Fly in the face of (something)
Fly in the ointment
Fly off the handle
Fly the coop
Follow in (someones) footsteps
Food for thought
Fool around
Fools gold
Footloose and fancy-free
Forbidden fruit
Force to be reckoned with, a
For crying out loud
For goodness sake
For heavens sake
For the birds
Forty winks
Fourth-rate
From day one
From the word go
Full steam ahead
Get a handle on (something)
Get (a) hold of (oneself)
Get (a) hold of (someone)
Get (a) hold of (something)
Get a leg up
Get a move on
Get a word in edgewise
Get by
Get caught/be left holding the bag [leave (someone) holding the bag]
Get down to brass tacks/business/the nitty gritty
Get/give (someone/something) short shrift
Get/give (someone) the cold shoulder
Get/give (someone) the go-ahead
Get/give (someone) the green light
Get/give (someone) the sack
Get/give (someone) the short end of the stick
Get/give (someone) the third degree
Get/give the go-ahead
Get/have (something) down pat
Get/hit (something) on the nose
Get it in the neck
Get/lend (someone) a hand
Get off/go scot-free
Get off (ones) high horse
Get (ones) act/it together
Get (ones) second wind
Get (someones) dander/hackles up
Get (someones) goat
Get (something) off (ones) chest
Get (something) through (ones) head
Get the message
Get this show on the road
Get to the bottom of (something)
Get to the point
Get-up-and-go
Get up on the wrong side of the bed
Gift of gab, the
Give in
Give (ones) right (body part) for/to do (something)
Give (someone) a hard time
Give (someone) a piece of (ones) mind
Give (someone) a ring
Give (someone) a snow job
Give (someone) a/some song and dance
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