(with other verbs)
121blow the lid off something — blow the lid off (something) to make public something that was previously not known or was hidden. He blew the lid off modern photography by publishing gritty, realistic pictures at a time when most photos showed a clean, happy world. Usage notes …
122blow the lid off — (something) to make public something that was previously not known or was hidden. He blew the lid off modern photography by publishing gritty, realistic pictures at a time when most photos showed a clean, happy world. Usage notes: sometimes used… …
123knock your socks off — knock (your) socks off to completely surprise or please you very much. The magazine is beautiful and combines color and unusual design in a way that knocks your socks off. Usage notes: also used with other verbs to say that something is done in… …
124knock socks off — knock (your) socks off to completely surprise or please you very much. The magazine is beautiful and combines color and unusual design in a way that knocks your socks off. Usage notes: also used with other verbs to say that something is done in… …
125run yourself into the ground — run (yourself) into the ground to do so much you become unable to do anything well. He ll run himself into the ground if he keeps working at this pace. Usage notes: also used with other verbs: I tend to work myself into the ground …
126run into the ground — run (yourself) into the ground to do so much you become unable to do anything well. He ll run himself into the ground if he keeps working at this pace. Usage notes: also used with other verbs: I tend to work myself into the ground …
127scare the pants off you — scare the pants off (you) to frighten you very much. Spiders scare the pants off me. Usage notes: also used with other verbs to emphasize an extreme reaction: Sunbathing bores the pants off me. Hugh always beats the pants off me in tennis.… …
128scare the pants off — (you) to frighten you very much. Spiders scare the pants off me. Usage notes: also used with other verbs to emphasize an extreme reaction: Sunbathing bores the pants off me. Hugh always beats the pants off me in tennis. Related vocabulary: scare… …
