Expressions (A–Z)
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To throw stones at the fallen/to add insult to injury/ to hit a man when he is down
By metaphor: to continue harming a person who is already injured and collapsed....
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To throw the rope in after the bucket/ to throw good money after bad/to send one cheese after another
In the question: Failure after failure. Misfortune led to misfortune. Or: The pa...
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To tilt the balance towards the scale of merit/ (tilting the balance towards the scale of merit)
Bring about acquittal. Cause the claim of innocence to be strengthened (the weig...
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To toil over him
To labor and exert oneself on his behalf; to work hard for him.
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To trace his footsteps
He followed him. He tried to find him.
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To travel about
To wander or travel along difficult roads; to move from place to place uncomfort...
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To travel all over the country
(Slang) to travel all over the country, from end to end; to visit many places in...
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To tread upon the high places of the earth
By metaphor: present in the most important places. He succeeded in his way and r...
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To treat kindly/ show a smiling faceh
By metaphor: he smiled at him. He was kind to him (literally: he revealed to him...
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To tremble at my words, to be careful in speech/ to be very anxious about/ worried about
He made sure to carry out the instructions or the things he heard. The matter wa...
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