S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[stuffed shirt] {n. phr.}
A pretentious bore; a pompous, empty person.
I think that Howard is a terrible stuffed shirt with no sense of humor.
[stuffed up] {adj. phr.}
Impeded; blocked.
Our kitchen sink is all stuffed up so I have to call the plumber.
[stumble across] {v. phr.}
To encounter a person or thing, mostly by accident.
I gave up looking for my old hat when I accidentally stumbled across it in a dark corner of the closet.
[subject to] {adj. phr.}
1. Under the government or control of; in the power of.
The English colonies in America were subject to the English king.
The principal and the teachers of a school are subject to the school board.
2. Likely to get or […]
[such and such] {pron.}
Something whose name is not mentioned because it does not need to be mentioned.
George's argument tries to prove such and such to be true, but it does not convince me.
[such-and-such] {adj. phr.}
Being one whose name has been forgotten or whose name does not need to be mentioned.
She told me to go to such-and-such a street and turn right.
* /Suppose, now, that we have such-and-such a group coming to the school, […]