button your lip
button your lip: do not tell anyone
Examples of BUTTON YOUR LIP
– Button your lip about the speeding ticket. Don’t tell Dad.
– Chris, if it’s all the same to you, could you just pitch and button your lip?
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to be the matter
to be the matter: to be unsatisfactory, to be improper, to be wrong Examples of TO BE THE MATTER There is something the matter with the whole discussion of gun control. But he could not pretend that the matter is something he could easily ignore.
at all
at all: to any degree (also: in the least) Examples of AT ALL The kids were talking during the movie so I couldn’t understand at all what was going on. Can’t you figure out any way at all to complete the construction on time?
The acid test
The acid test: A test which will really prove the value, quality, or truth of something.Examples: The acid test for the vaccine will be its performance in African countries where malaria is raging more fiercely than in Colombia. The new show was well received but viewing figures for the next episode will be the real…
to cross out
to cross out: to cancel by marking with a horizontal lines Examples of TO CROSS OUT I want to cross out this line from the contract; I don’t agree to it. She crossed out the items from her shopping list as she put them into her cart.
to make up one's mind
to make up one’s mind: to reach a decision, to decide finally Examples of MAKE UP ONE’S MIND He needs to make up his mind what restaurant to go to, otherwise we’ll never eat. She can’t make up her mind between two great jobs.
in vain
in vain: useless, without the desired result Examples of IN VAIN The last-minute get-out-the-vote effort was in vain, because the opposition candidate still lost. The director didn’t even see me, so all the rehearsing I did was in vain.