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[tickle pink]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To please very much; thrill; delight. Usually used in the passive participle.

[tickle to death]

See: [TO DEATH].

[tick off]  {v.}

1. To mention one after the other; list.

The teacher ticked off the assignments that Jane had to do.

2. To scold; rebuke.

The boss ticked off the waitress for dropping her tray.

3. To anger or upset. — Usually used as ticked  […]

[tide]

See: [TURN THE TIDE].

[tide over]  {v.}

To carry past a difficulty or danger; help in bad times or in trouble.

He was out of work last winter but he had saved enough money to tide him over until spring.

An ice cream cone in the afternoon tided her over until supper.  […]

[tide turn]

See: [TURN THE TIDE].

[tidy sum]  {n. phr.}

A large amount of money.

The Smith's big new home cost them a tidy sum.

Compare: [PRETTY PENNY].

[tie]

See: [FIT TO BE TIED].

[tie down]  {v.}

To keep (someone) from going somewhere or doing something; prevent from leaving; keep in.

Mrs. Brown can't come to the party. She's tied down at home with the children sick.

* /The navy tied the enemy down with big gunfire while  […]

[tied to one's mother's apron strings]

Not independent of your mother; not able to do anything without asking your mother.