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91don't ask — don’t ask spoken phrase used for telling someone that you do not want to talk about something because it was not good, pleasant, enjoyable etc ‘How was your day at work?’ ‘Don’t ask.’ Thesaurus: ways of saying that you don t want to talk or think …
92Go Ask Malice — Infobox Book | name = Go Ask Malice: A Slayer s Diary title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Robert Joseph Levy cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Buffy the Vampire Slayer genre =… …
93get someone's back up — (informal) To annoy or irritate someone • • • Main Entry: ↑back * * * get/put/someone’s back up british informal phrase to annoy someone Don’t ask him about it any more or you’ll get his back …
94put someone's back up — To show or arouse resentment, irritation or anger ● back * * * get/put/someone’s back up british informal phrase to annoy someone Don’t ask him about it any more or you’ll get his back up. Thesaurus: to make someone angry …
95at someone's bidding — at someone’s bidding phrase if you do something at someone’s bidding, you do it because they ask or tell you to I’m not here just to run around at your bidding. Thesaurus: obedience and cooperationhyponym to obey a law or rule, or to accept… …
96bend someone's ear — bend someone’s ear informal phrase to talk to someone for a long time, especially in order to complain about something or to discuss a problem Thesaurus: to discuss somethingsynonym to complainsynonym Main entry: bend * * * …
97you might well ask — you may/might well ask spoken phrase used for showing that you think someone’s question is difficult to answer ‘How are we supposed to do this?’ ‘You may well ask!’ Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym Main entry:… …
98you may well ask — you may/might well ask spoken phrase used for showing that you think someone’s question is difficult to answer ‘How are we supposed to do this?’ ‘You may well ask!’ Thesaurus: ways of saying that you do not know or understandsynonym Main entry:… …
99beard someone in their den — beard (someone) in (their) den to visit an important person in the place where they work, in order to tell or ask them something unpleasant. A group of journalists bearded the director in his den to ask how he was going to deal with the crisis.… …
100beard someone in den — beard (someone) in (their) den to visit an important person in the place where they work, in order to tell or ask them something unpleasant. A group of journalists bearded the director in his den to ask how he was going to deal with the crisis.… …