10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON ONE'S BEAM-ENDS»
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1
Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
BE ON ONE'S BEAM ENDS BE ON ONE'S BEAM ENDS BE ON ONE'S FEET BE
ON EDGE BE ON ONE'S GOOD SIDE BE ON ONE'S HONOR BE ON ONE'S
OWN BE ON RECORD BE ON SOMEBODY'S BACK BE ON THE BALL BE ON
THE ...
2
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
It is now thought that the Beaker folk were not a separate race, but that the use of
such pots spread as a result of migration, trade, and fashion. beam1 along, sturdy
piece of squared timber used to support a roof or floor. on one's beam-ends at ...
3
Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
... off the beam inaccurate Their original estimate of finance was way off the beam
. on one's beam-ends dire straits because of money The university could not
release any morefunds as it was on its beam end. ' BEAN full of beans full of
energy; ...
4
Concise English Dictionary
on her beam-ends of a ship, so much inclined to one side that the beams become
nearly vertical, on one's beam- ends in acute distress, destitute: on the port,
starboard, beam applied to any distant point out at sea, at right angles to the keel,
...
5
Oxford Thesaurus of English
insolvent; needy, in need/want, badly off, in reduced circumstances, in straitened
circumstances, hard up, on one's beam-ends, unable to make ends meet,
underprivileged; Brit. on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name); informal
broke, ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... the wind: off (or on) the beam off (or on) the course shown by a radio beam; off
(or on) the right track (//I,'): on her beam-ends of a ship, so much inclined to one
side that the beams become nearly vertical; on one's beam-ends in acute distress
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working for ten hours on end\ mmm&j +m'm \ ) on one's beam-ends !tL BEAM-
ENDS sticky end 1 STICKY the beginning of the end M BEGINNING • the end ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
3. As 'Beam, a Sunbeam motorcycle (in production 1912-57): motorcyclists'. (Mike
Partridge, 1979.)—4. See broad in the beam. beam-ends. The buttocks: naval:
early C.19. Bill Truck, Sep. 1823.—2. In on (one's) beam ends, utterly exhausted:
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Be on one's beam ends Be at the end of one's financial resources; Destitute His
extravagant ways forced him to be at the beam ends Be without a bean Be
without money He boasted that he could go anywhere and do anything because
he ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
BEAM ENDS 'Nearly on one's beam ends' means that the ship is lying over and
about to sink. The deck beams are almost perpendicular to the sea's surface.
Now 'to be on one's beam ends' means to be without money, a job or prospects,
i.e. ...
