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English Idioms :: slack off
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slver.html - {v. phr.} 1. To become less active; grow lazy. * /Since construction work has been slacking off toward the end of the summer, many workers were dismissed./ 2. To gradually reduce; taper off. * /The snowstorms tend to slack off over the Great Lakes by the first of April./ |
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English Idioms :: slam
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slver.html - See: GRAND SLAM. |
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English Idioms :: slap down
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slver.html - {v.}, {slang} 1. To stop (someone, usually in a lower position or job) from doing or saying something, in a rough way or with a scolding; silence. * /When Billy talked back, the teacher slapped him down./ 2. To put a quick stop to; refuse roughly. * /The boss slapped down our idea of taking a nap on the job every afternoon./ |
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English Idioms :: slap in the face(1)
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slver.html - {n.} An insult; a disappointment. * /We felt that it was a slap in the face when our gift was returned unopened./ * /Doris thought it was a slap in the face when her boyfriend invited another girl to the dance./ Compare: KICK IN THE PANTS. |
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English Idioms :: slap in the face(2)
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slver.html - {v. phr.} To insult; embarrass; make feel bad. * /John slapped our club in the face by saying that everyone in it was stupid./ * /I don't want to slap her in the face by not coming to her party./ |
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English Idioms :: slap one's wrist
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slver.html - {v. phr.} To receive a light punishment. * /She could have been fired for contradicting the company president in public, but all she got was a slap on the wrist./ |
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