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English Idioms :: ham actor
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hamtring.html - {n. phr.}, {slang} An untalented actor; someone who tries so hard to act that his performance becomes foolishly exaggerated. * /Fred is a ham actor who, instead of memorizing his lines, keeps moving around in a ridiculous way./ |
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English Idioms :: ham it up
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hamtring.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To do more than look natural in acting a part; pretend too much; exaggerate. * /When Tom told the teacher he was too sick to do homework, he really hammed it up./ * /The old-fashioned movies are funny to us because the players hammed it up./ Compare: LAY IT ON. |
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English Idioms :: ham-handed
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hamtring.html - {adj.}, {slang} 1. Having very large hands. * /Pete is a big, ham-handed man who used to be a football player./ 2. See: HEAVY-HANDED. |
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English Idioms :: hammer
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hamtring.html - See: GO AT IT HAMMER AND TONGS, UNDER THE HAMMER. |
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English Idioms :: hammer and tongs
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hamtring.html - {adv. phr.} Violently. * /Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been at it all day, hammer and tongs./ |
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English Idioms :: hammer away at
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hamtring.html - {v.} 1. To work steadily at; keep at. * /That lesson is not easy, but hammer away at it and you will get it right./ 2. To talk about again and again; emphasize. * /The speaker hammered at his opponent's ideas./ |
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