Expressions (A–Z)
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To tar and feather
By metaphor: caused him public disgrace and humiliation of great magnitude.
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To thread an elephant through the eye of a needle/ to exaggerate
By metaphor: asserted a strained and illogical argument. Tried to prove his poin...
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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 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 walk in darkness
See: "those who walk in darkness."
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To wave a white flag
He waved a flag as a declaration of his departure. In question: He bowed. He gav...
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Together / in the same basket
Together. In unison. In one place. Figuratively: in shared interaction or joint...
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took him out of the naphthalene
By metaphor: to use it after it had not been in use for a long time. Or: to brin...
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toolbox
A container for holding work tools. By extension: concepts or methods by which a...
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Tread on someone's corns
(Slang) by metaphor: to hurt another in his sensitive points. To say words touch...
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