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A bit of north West English slang, Liverpool or Manchester meaning to take your anger out on one who cannot retaliate. - -( there is a hilarious song about this by the Manchester Spinners, a British folk group)
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What does the idiom kick it in the guts mean?
kicking the guts
What is meant by hit the bucket?
It means that you threw or shot something and hit a bucket.Do you perhaps mean KICK the bucket? To "kick the bucket" is an idiom that means to die.
What does the idiom 'don't kick a man when he's down' mean?
It means just what it says - if someone falls down, don't kick them while they are lying there!You will hear this idiom used when someone has had something bad happen and someone else is trying to make it worse for them.
The idiom says what killed the cat?
Curiosity killed the cat.
To kick up your heels is a figure of speech meaning to what?
"To kick up your heels!" is to celebrate. Get up and do something.
What does the idiom kick it in the guts mean?
kicking the guts
What is a idiom about a cat?
what is a idiom about a cat
What does the idiom To have the cat get your tongue mean?
When "the cat has your tongue", that means that you can't or aren't saying anything.
What does kick a cat mean?
COuld it mean being hipocryt...
What is meant by hit the bucket?
It means that you threw or shot something and hit a bucket.Do you perhaps mean KICK the bucket? To "kick the bucket" is an idiom that means to die.
Is the phrase to kick the bucket an idiom?
Yes it is.
What does the idiom 'don't kick a man when he's down' mean?
It means just what it says - if someone falls down, don't kick them while they are lying there!You will hear this idiom used when someone has had something bad happen and someone else is trying to make it worse for them.
Is kick him right square a metaphor?
A metaphor compares two objects that are different without like or as. A metaphor would be "the moon is a cookie". Kick him right square does not compare two things, so it would not be a metaphor. It seems more like an idiom, which does not mean what it is saying. For example, the idiom "Kick the bucket" means death, but a new speaker to English cannot tell because it does not mean what it literally says.
What does kick reason to the curb mean?
To kick something to the curb is an idiom that means you are discarding something. Imagine that you are in a car and you kick something out as you drive by, or that you kick something off the sidewalk to the curb on the street. If you kick reason to the curb, you discard reason or logic. This would mean that you are ignoring reason and logic and making decisions based on emotion instead.
What does the idiom 'to get a kick out of something' mean?
To get a kick means to enjoy - it's an older slang term from the idea of kicking up your heels with joy.
What does care killed the cat mean?
It is very likely that "curiosity killed the cat" is meant rather than "care killed the cat". That idiom means that being curious is sometimes dangerous.
The idiom says what killed the cat?
Curiosity killed the cat.
