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It means that whoever you were speaking to was able to embarrass you or prove you wrong in an assertion you made upon a subject, especially with an audience. To 'get one's goat' means that someone is speaking on a subject professing untruths and/or embellishing the truth in front of an audience while someone in the background steals the speaker's goat from his herd while the owner has captivated the other's attention.
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What is the idiom of the way he talks gets my goat?
"Gets my goat" means annoys and irritates me.
What does get one's goat mean?
To "get someone's goat" means to annoy or irritate them. The origin of the phrase is unclear, but it likely comes from the idea of stealing a goat, which was believed to be a calming influence on horses when placed nearby.
What does A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener mean?
A goat will eat almost anything according to "common knowledge." If you leave a goat in charge of your garden, it may eat all of your plants and you may get no food from the garden. A related idiom is "Letting the fox watch the henhouse."
What word mean both a row of bushes and to prevent someones freedom?
Hedge can have both of these meanings.Though the usual idiom is 'don't hedge me in', 'don't hedge me' is also possible.
What does the idiom im going to whole hog to get your goat?
to go all out to get someone angry.
What does the idiom itchy nose mean?
It is not an idiom, it means your nose is itching.
What does the idiom what you have in mind mean?
It's not really an idiom. It means "what are you thinking about."
RFP responses idiom what does it mean?
RFP is not an idiom. It's an abbreviation.
What does a polled goat mean?
A polled goat is hornless.
What does sieve mean in idiom terms?
"Sieve" is not an idiom. See the related link.
What does this idiom mean tip of your nostrol?
It's not an idiom. It means the tip of your nostril.
What does idiom mean in poetry?
idiom means expression like a page in a book
