English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions
Alphabetical List of Idioms M, page 2
Idioms M, page 2: from: 'make your flesh crawl' to: 'make nothing of'
- make your flesh crawl
- Something that makes your flesh (or skin) crawl fills you
with disgust or makes you feel very nervous.
"Just talking about snakes makes my flesh crawl!"
- Something that makes your flesh (or skin) crawl fills you
with disgust or makes you feel very nervous.
- make a go of (something)
- When you make a go of something,
you succeed in your enterprise or produce good results.
"Alex opened a restaurant and worked hard to make a go of it."
- When you make a go of something,
you succeed in your enterprise or produce good results.
- make your hair stand on end
- If you are absolutely terrified of
something, it makes your hair stand on end .
"Just the idea of getting on a plane makes my hair stand on end."
- If you are absolutely terrified of
something, it makes your hair stand on end .
- make your hackles rise
- If someone or something makes your
hackles rise, they make you angry.
"Her constant criticism really makes my hackles rise!"
- If someone or something makes your
hackles rise, they make you angry.
- make hay while the sun shines
- This expression is used as an encouragement to take
advantage of a good situation which may not last.
"Successful athletes are advised to make hay while the sun shines."
- This expression is used as an encouragement to take
advantage of a good situation which may not last.
- make headway
- If you make headway, you make progress in what you
are trying to achieve.
"Investigators have made little headway in their search for the causes of the catastrophe."
- If you make headway, you make progress in what you
are trying to achieve.
- make inroads
- If someone or something makes inroads, for
example in a new field or area, they advance successfully or make progress.
"Foreign cars have made inroads into the European market."
- If someone or something makes inroads, for
example in a new field or area, they advance successfully or make progress.
- make a killing
- If you say that someone has made a killing you mean
that they have had great financial success.
"Tony made a killing on the stock market."
- If you say that someone has made a killing you mean
that they have had great financial success.
- make light of (something)
- If you make light of something, you behave as
though it is less serious than it really is.
"He has won several awards for his work but he makes light of it whenever the subject is mentioned."
- If you make light of something, you behave as
though it is less serious than it really is.
- make light work of
- If a person makes light work of something,
they do it very easily or with little effort.
"The boys made light work of the cleaning up. The house was spotless in no time."
- If a person makes light work of something,
they do it very easily or with little effort.
- make mincemeat of
- If you make mincemeat of someone or something,
you completely and utterly defeat or destroy them.
"A good lawyer would make mincemeat of your rival's accusations."
- If you make mincemeat of someone or something,
you completely and utterly defeat or destroy them.
- make a monkey (out) of
- If you humiliate someone by making them appear ridiculous or
foolish, you make a monkey (out) of that person.
"That's enough teasing.Don't make a monkey out of him."
- If you humiliate someone by making them appear ridiculous or
foolish, you make a monkey (out) of that person.
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- If someone makes a mountain out of a molehill,
they make a small, unimportant problem seem much more serious than it is.
"Stop making mountains out of molehills! It's not a major problem."
- If someone makes a mountain out of a molehill,
they make a small, unimportant problem seem much more serious than it is.
- (something) makes your mouth water
- Food can make your mouth water when it looks and
smells extremely good.
"That delicious smell from the kitchen is making my mouth water."
- Food can make your mouth water when it looks and
smells extremely good.
- make no bones about something
- If you , you don't
hesitate to say what you think in a frank and open way.
"I made no bones about it. I told him his offer was unacceptable."
- If you , you don't
hesitate to say what you think in a frank and open way.
- make nothing of
- If you make nothing of something, you attach no
importance to it.
"I took him an hour to walk to the station but he made nothing of it."
- If you make nothing of something, you attach no
importance to it.
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