take the trouble

See: GO TO THE TROUBLE.

No categories: add yours

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

To section: T

Subscribe to: American Idioms

► Also consider the parent subscriptions (3)

Discuss

✉

Our RSS-channels

Show All

See as well

go to the trouble

[go to the trouble] or [take the trouble] {v. phr.} To make trouble or extra work for yourself; bother. * /John told Mr. Brown not to go to the trouble […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

borrow trouble

[borrow trouble] {v. phr.} To worry for nothing about trouble that may not come; make trouble for yourself needlessly. * /Don't borrow trouble by worrying about next year. It's too […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bubble trouble

[bubble trouble] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon} Tire trouble, flat tire. * /The eighteen wheeler ahead of me seems to have bubble trouble./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

spell trouble

[spell trouble] {v. phr.} To signify major difficulties ahead. * /The note we just received from the Chancellor seems to spell trouble./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

pip-squeak

[pip-squeak] {n.}, {informal} A small, unimportant person. * /If the club is really democratic, then every little pip-squeak […]

убить двух зайцев

[убить (сразу) двух зайцев] {perf.} {v. phr.} [u`b'it' (`srazu) `dvuh `zaicev] {literary} to kill two […]

George Clemenceau

(1841-1929), French politician War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

back away

[back away] {v.} To act to avoid or lessen one's involvement in something; draw or turn back; retreat. * /The townspeople […]