S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[snug as a bug in a rug] {adj. phr.}
Comfortable; cozy.
"Are you warm enough?" the boy's mother asked. "Yeah," he replied, "I'm snug as a bug in a rug."
[so]
See:
[AND SO FORTH] or [AND SO ON],
[EVEN SO],
[EVERY NOW AND THEN] or [EVERY SO OFTEN],
[HOW SO],
[IN SO MANY WORDS],
[IS THAT SO],
[OR SO],
[THUS AND SO].
[soak up] {v.}
1. To take up water or other liquid as a sponge does.
The rag soaked up the water that I spilled.
2. To use a sponge or something like a sponge to take up liquid.
John soaked up the water with the rag.
3. {informal}
To take […]
[so-and-so(1)] {pronoun}, {informal}
Someone whose name is not given.
Don't tell me what so-and-so thinks. Tell me what you think.
[so-and-so] (2) {n.}, {informal}
A person of a special kind and usually of a very bad kind. — This word is used in place of a more unacceptable word or swear word.
* /I wish that old so-and-so who thinks digging is easy work was right here digging […]
[so --- as to]
- Used with an adjective or adverb before an infinitive to show a result.
Who could be so mean as to do a thing like that?
Ruth wouldn't be so careless as to forget her pen.
Compare: [SO --- THAT].
[soap opera] {n. phr.}
Radio or television serialized stories of a sentimental nature, often involving sex, crime, and social intrigue. These shows often advertise soap products, hence their name.
* /The two longest running soap operas in the United […]
[sob all the way to the bank]
See: [CRY ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK].
Contrast: [LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK].