S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[smell up] {v.}, {informal}
To make a bad smell.
A skunk smelled up our yard last night.
Mr. Brodsky's cigar smelled up the living room.
[smoke]
See:
[CHAIN-SMOKE],
[GO UP IN FLAMES] or [GO UP IN SMOKE],
[PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT],
[WATCH ONE'S DUST] or [WATCH ONE'S SMOKE].
[smoke like a chimney] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To smoke very heavily and continuously.
"If you continue smoking like a chimney" the doctor told my uncle, "you'll wind up in the hospital with lung cancer."
[smoke out] {v. phr.}
1. To force out with smoke.
The boys smoked a squirrel out of a hollow tree.
The farmer tried to smoke some gophers out of their burrows.
2. {informal}
To find out the facts about.
* /It took the reporter three weeks […]
[smoke-out] {n.}
A successful conclusion of an act of investigative journalism revealing some long-kept secrets.
Journalist Bob Woodward was the hero of the Watergate smoke-out.
[smoke screen] {n. phr.}
A camouflage; a veil; something used to cover or hide something.
June hides her commercial interests behind a smoke screen of religious piety.
[Smokey Bear] or [Smokey-the-Bear] or [the Smokies] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
A policeman; a patrol car; frequently abbreviated as Smokey.
Slow down, Smokey's ahead!
A Smokey is on the move, heading east.
[smooth away] {v.}
To remove; (unpleasant feelings) take away.
Mr. Jones' new job smoothed away his worry about money.
[smooth down] {v.}
To make calm; calm down.
Mrs. Smith's feelings were hurt and we couldn't smooth her down.