T
Idioms beginning with "T"
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Contents of T:
[temper]
See:
[GOD TEMPERS THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMB],
[HOLD ONE'S TEMPER] or [KEEP ONE'S TEMPER],
[LOSE ONE'S TEMPER].
[tempest in a teapot] {n. phr.}
Great excitement about something not important.
Bess tore her skirt a little and made a tempest in a teapot.
[tempt fate] or [tempt the fates] {v. phr.}
To take a chance; run a risk; gamble.
You're tempting fate every time you drive that old wreck of a car.
[ten-four?] {v. phr.}, {interrog.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
Do you understand?
Is that a ten-four?
[ten gallon hat] {n.}, {informal}
A tall felt hat with a wide, rolled brim worn by men in the western part of the U.S.
Men from the southwest usually wear ten gallon hats.
[ten roger] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
I acknowledge.
That's a ten roger.
[ten to one] or [two to one] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Almost certainly, nearly sure to be true; very likely to happen.
Ten to one it will rain tomorrow.
It is ten; to one that Bill will be late.
[term]
See:
[BRING TO TERMS],
[COME TO TERMS],
[IN SO MANY WORDS](2) or [IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS],
[IN TERMS OF].