F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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Contents of F:
[feel no pain] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To be drunk.
After a few drinks, the man felt no pain and began to act foolishly.
[feel one's oats] {v. phr.}, {slang}
1. To feel frisky or playful; be eager and excited.
The horses were feeling their oats.
When they first got to camp, the boys were feeling their oats.
2. To act in a proud or important way.
* /The new […]
[feel one's way] {v. phr.}
To proceed cautiously by trial and error; probe.
I won't ask her to marry me directly; I will feel my way first.
[feel small] or [look small] {v. phr.}
To have the impression that one is insignificant, foolish, or humiliated.
"I feel small next to Hemingway," the young student of creative writing said.
[feel out] {v.}
To talk or act carefully with someone and find what he thinks or can do.
The pupils felt out the principal about a party after the game.
John felt out his father about letting him have the car that evening.
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[feel out of place] {v. phr.}
To experience the sensation of not belonging in a certain place or company.
Dave felt out of place among all those chess players as he knows nothing about chess.
[feel the pinch] {v. phr.}
To be short of money; experience monetary difficulties.
If we are going to have a recession, everybody will feel the pinch.
[feel up] {v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable}
To arouse sexually by manual contact.
You mean to tell me that you've been going out for six months and he hasn't ever tried to feel you up?
Contrast: [COP A FEEL].
[feel up to something] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To feel adequately knowledgeable, strong, or equipped to handle a given task.
Do you feel up to jogging a mile a day with me?
Contrast: [BE UP TO SOMETHING].