«WIPE THE FLOOR WITH SOMEONE» संबंधित इंग्रजी पुस्तके
खालील ग्रंथसूची निवडीमध्ये
wipe the floor with someone चा वापर शोधा. इंग्रजी साहित्यामध्ये वापराचा संदर्भ देण्यासाठी
wipe the floor with someone शी संबंधित पुस्तके आणि त्याचे थोडक्यात उतारे.
2 to destroy (someone or something) completely: They wiped out the whole
regiment in one battle. wipe the floor with (someone) see floor. wire have one's
wires crossed to misunderstand one another: I'm sorry, I think we got our wires
crossed ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
[Anglo-Saxon wipian] ♢ wipe the floor with someone to defeat them completely. O
wipe out slang to fall from a surfboard or skis, etc. See also WIPEOUT. wipe
someone out slang to kill or murder them, wipe something out 1 to remove or get
rid ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
2 to start dancing at a dance, etc □ The orchestra played and the bridal couple
took the floor. 3 to start a performance on stage □ The comedian took the floor. •
wipe the floor with someone slang to defeat them ignominiously; to humiliate
them ...
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Stedman's Guide to Idioms: Know
the Lingo
Wipe the floor with (someone or something) To defeat something or someone in
a competition, or to physically harm someone. The new arthritis drug wiped the
floor clean with the COX-2 inhibitor. With everything on it Wipe the slate clean To
...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
2 to begin to dance: The young couple took the floor and waltzed round the room.
wipe the floor with (someone) to defeat (someone) completely: He tried to argue
with his wife about the matter, but she wiped the floor with him. flower the flower ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1944.) Ex 'to wipe the floor with someone'. floor the odds. (Gen. of a horse) to win
despite heavy odds: the turf:-—1882. Daily Telegraph, 16 Nov., 'The odds were
floored from an unexpected quarter.' floored, ppl adj. Senses as in t0 floor, q.v.-2.
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Advanced Communication Skills Laboratory Manual
A big fish: An important or leading person. 191. Have other fish to try: To have
something else to do or to attend to. 192. Flavour of the month: A person or thing
that is particularly liked at the moment. 193. Wipe the floor with someone: To
defeat ...
... to sweep the floor, so when you hear the expression met iemand de vloer
aanvegen, you may be tempted to think it means the same as the English to wipe
the floor with someone (and this is indeed what dictionaries will tell you). In
practice ...
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Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French
4 Avoir quelqu'un dans sa poche: To be sure of someone's total obedience. 5
Mettre quelqu'un dans sa poche: To 'beat someone into a cocked hat', to 'wipe
the floor with someone', to be more than a match for someone. 6 C'est dans la
poche ...
E A Lovatt Esq, R J H, R. J. H 'erail, 2005
