S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[strong language] {n. phr.}
Cursing; swearing.
When Ned learned that he had been fired, he used some very strong language about his boss.
[strung out] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial}
1. Nervous, jittery, jumpy; generally ill because of drug use or withdrawal symptoms.
The only explanation I can think of for Max's behavior is that he must be strung out.
2. To suffer because of a lack […]
[stuck on] {slang}
Very much in love with; crazy about.
Judy thinks she is very pretty and very smart. She is stuck on herself.
Lucy is stuck on the football captain.
[stuck-up] {adj.}, {informal}
Acting as if other people are not as good as you are; conceited; snobbish.
Mary is very stuck-up, and will not speak to the poor children in her class.
[stuck with] {adj. phr.}
Left in a predicament; left having to take care of a problem caused by another.
Our neighbors vanished without a trace and we got stuck with their cat and dog.
[stuff and nonsense] {n.}
Foolish or empty writing or talk; nonsense.
Fred told a long story about his adventures in Africa, but it was all stuff and nonsense.
Often used as an interjection.
* /When Jane said she was too sick to go to school, […]
[stuff the ballot box] {v. phr.}
To give more votes to a candidate in an election than there are people who actually voted for him.
It is a crime to stuff the ballot box.
- [ballot-stuffing] {adj. phr.}