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Traditional English :: skink
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skink.html - n.
any small lizard of the family Scincidae. [F scinc or L scincus f. Gk skigkos] |
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English Idioms :: skin
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skink.html - See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE'S TEETH, GET UNDER ONE'S SKIN, JUMP OUT OF ONE'S SKIN, KEEP ONE'S EYES PEELED or KEEP ONE'S EYES SKINNED, SAVE ONE'S NECK or SAVE ONE'S SKIN, WITH A WHOLE SKIN or IN A WHOLE SKIN. |
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English Idioms :: skin a cat
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skink.html - There are always new and different ways to accomplish a difficult task. - A proverb. * /"'How did you get Tommy to study so hard?" Eleanor asked. "I simply disconnected the television set," Tommy's mother answered. "There's more than one way to get a pig to market."/ |
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English Idioms :: skin alive
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skink.html - {v. phr.} 1. {informal} To scold angrily. * /Mother will skin you alive when she sees your torn pants./ 2. {informal} To spank or beat. * /Dad was ready to skin us alive when he found we had ruined his saw./ 3. {slang} To defeat. * /We all did our best, but the visiting gymnastic team skinned us alive./ |
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English Idioms :: skin and bones
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skink.html - {n.} A person or animal that is very thin; someone very skinny. * /The puppy is healthy now, but when we found him he was just skin and bones./ * /Have you been dieting? You're nothing but skin and bones!/ |
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English Idioms :: skin off one's nose
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skink.html - {n. phr.}, {slang} Matter of interest, concern, or trouble to you. Normally used in the negative. * /Go to Jake's party if you wish. It's no skin off my nose./ * /Grace didn't pay any attention to our argument. It wasn't any skin off her nose./ * /You could at least say hello to our visitor. It's no skin off your nose./ |
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