S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[snap up] {v.}, {informal}
To take or accept eagerly.
Eggs were on sale cheap, and the shoppers snapped up the bargain.
Mr. Hayes told Bob that he would take him skiing, and Bob snapped up the offer.
[sneeze at] {v.}, {informal}
To think of as not important; not take seriously. — Used with negative or limiting words and in questions.
* /Mr. Jones was chosen by his party to run for President. He was not elected, but to be chosen to run is not to be […]
[snow in] {v.}
To block up or trap by much snow; keep inside,
After the storm the farmer and his family were snowed in for three days.
The train went off the track and the passengers were snowed in for several days.
[snow job] {n.}, {slang}, {informal}
1. Insincere or exaggerated talk designed to gain the favors of someone.
Joe gave Sue a snow job and she believed every word of it.
2. The skillful display of technical vocabulary and prestige terminology in […]
[snow under] {v.}
1. To cover over with snow.
The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard.
2. {informal}
To give so much of something that it cannot be taken care of; to weigh down by so much of something that' you cannot do anything about […]