J
Idioms beginning with "J"
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[juice dealer] {n.}, {slang}
An underworld money lender who charges exorbitant fees to his clientele and frequently collects payment by physical force.
No matter how broke you are, never go to a juice dealer.
[jump]
See:
[GET THE JUMP ON] or [HAVE THE JUMP ON],
[GO JUMP IN THE LAKE],
[NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN] or [NOT KNOW WHICH WAY TO JUMP].
[jump at] {v.}
To take or accept quickly and gladly.
Johnny jumped at the invitation to go swimming with his brother.
Compare: [TAKE UP] (7).
[jump bail] or [skip bail] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To run away and fail to come to trial, and so to give up a certain amount of money already given to a court of law to hold with the promise that you would come.
* /The robber paid $2000 bail so he […]
[jump ball] {n.}
The starting of play in basketball by tossing the ball into the air between two opposing players, each of whom jumps and tries to hit the ball to a member of his own team.
* /Two players held onto the ball at the same time and the […]
[jump down one's throat] {v. phr.}
To suddenly become very angry at someone; scold severely or angrily.
The teacher jumped down Billy's throat when Billy said he did not do his homework.
[jump from the frying pan into the fire]
See: [OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE].
[jumping-off place] {n. phr.}
1. A place so far away that it seems to be the end of the world.
Columbus' sailors were afraid they would arrive at the jumping-off place if they sailed farther west.
* /So you visited Little America? That sounds like […]