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English Idioms :: stab in the back(1)
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stmach.html - {v. phr.}, {slang} To say or do something unfair that harms (a friend or someone who trusts you). * /Owen stabbed his friend Max in the back by telling lies about him./ |
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English Idioms :: stab in the back(2)
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stmach.html - {n. phr.}, {slang} An act or a lie that hurts a friend or trusting person; a promise not kept, especially to a friend. * /John stabbed his own friend in the back by stealing from his store./ * /My friend stabbed me in the back by telling the teacher I was playing hooky when I was home sick./ |
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English Idioms :: stab in the dark
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stmach.html - {n. phr.} A random attempt or guess at something without previous experience or knowledge of the subject. * /"You're asking me who could have hidden grandpa's will," Fred said. "I really have no idea, but let me make a stab in the dark - I think my sister Hermione has it."/ |
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English Idioms :: stack
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stmach.html - See: BLOW A FUSE or BLOW ONE'S STACK. |
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English Idioms :: stack the cards
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stmach.html - {v. phr.} 1. To arrange cards secretly and dishonestly for the purpose of cheating. * /The gambler had stacked the cards against Bill./ 2. To arrange things unfairly for or against a person; have things so that a person has an unfair advantage or disadvantage; make sure in an unfair way that things will happen. - Usually used in the passive with "in one's favor" or "against one." * /A tall basketball player has the cards stacked in his favor./ * /The cards are stacked against a poor boy who wants to go to college./ |
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English Idioms :: stag party
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stmach.html - See: GO STAG. Contrast: HEN PARTY. |
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