[for something] to become common place to a person. (The someone is usually one, someone, a person, etc., not a specific person.) □ That music is strange, but it grows on you. □ I didnt think I could ever get used to this town, but after a while it gro...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    to be free to do something. □ Youre welcome to leave whenever you wish. □ Hes welcome to join the club whenever he feels hes ready....[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    to cohabit with someone; to live with someone of the opposite sex with whom one is having a sexual relationship. (Slang.) □ Jims not married to Jane. He just shacks up with her. □ Mary and Tom are shacking up now....[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    to bid someone goodbye at an airport, train station, bus station, etc. □ John left for Hull, and his whole family turned out to see the coach off. □ We saw off the children who were going to summer camp....[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    [for something] suddenly to get ruined or destroyed while seeming to go well. □ All my plans blew up in my face when she broke off the engagement. □ It is terrible for your hopes of promotion to blow up in your face....[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    See turn (over) in ones grave....[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    to leave someone with the responsibility for something, especially something difficult or unpleasant, often when it was originally someone elses responsibility. (Informal. Note passive use in the examples.) □ We all promised to look after the house when...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    to talk nonsense. (Informal. See also the following entry.) □ John doesnt know anything about gardening. Hes just talking through his hat. □ Jean said that the Smiths are emigrating, but shes talking through her hat....[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    to take up a task; to get busy. □ You wont accomplish anything unless you put your shoulder to the wheel. □ I put my shoulder to the wheel and finished the task quickly....[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    to become very angry; to put on a display of anger. □ Sally threw a fit when I showed up without the things she asked me to buy. □ My dad threw a fit when I got home three hours late....[繼續(xù)閱讀]