Yes because you are not actually hitting the match, just rubbing it sharply against the sandpaper.
Your match is the person who matches you in skills or abilities. If you have met your match, you have met the person who is your equal or better, and you will not be able to beat them at whatever you are doing. You use this idiom when you are about to lose at something. You have been winning at tennis all week, but you have met your match now that Cindy is playing. I have met my match now, Mark; your grades are higher than mine.
This isn't an idiom because it means exactly what it says. It is an old saying or proverb. Lightning doesn't seem to strike twice in any one spot, so people say that when they hope that something horrible isn't going to happen again.
The idiom "drawn match" refers to a situation in a competition or game where neither side has won, resulting in a tie or a draw. This term is commonly used in sports such as soccer or chess when the final result is a stalemate with no clear winner. The phrase originates from the act of "drawing" or pulling lots to determine a winner in a tied situation.
Head over heels is an idiom because the meaning does not match what the words are saying.
"Strike" can either be a noun [a person, place, or thing] or a verb [an action]. depending on its usage in a sentence. Example of strike as a noun: "The workers went on strike." Example of strike as a verb: "Strike a match carefully, or you might get hurt."
You strike a match on the rough strip on the side of the matchbox.
Strike the Match was created on 2008-06-06.
you strike the match
Strike it on a match box.
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the friction of the match causes the chemicals inside the match head to ignite...in cause as long as there is oxygen in the room the match will light as quick as you strike the match....in other words...the match only lights as fast as you can strike it
The source of activation energy that ignites a strike-anywhere match is friction between the match head and the matchbox, which creates enough heat to ignite the match head. When you strike the match against the rough surface on the matchbox, the friction generates heat that is sufficient to initiate the chemical reaction in the match head, leading to ignition.
there like strike anywhere matches where you can strike them on anything that creates friction.
Your match is the person who matches you in skills or abilities. If you have met your match, you have met the person who is your equal or better, and you will not be able to beat them at whatever you are doing. You use this idiom when you are about to lose at something. You have been winning at tennis all week, but you have met your match now that Cindy is playing. I have met my match now, Mark; your grades are higher than mine.
A mach which usually has a different colored tip. the tip is sulfur which is the oxidiser for the phosphorus in the match. Which allows you to strike it on any rough surface. regular matches the sulfur is in the sandpaper you strike it on.
The falling piano was next seen to strike the pavement.