show a face—(dated) demonstrate bravery or audacity: De la Haye and Douglas were both wounded, but the little party continued to show a face to their foes. show one’s face—(often negat.) appear somewhere, especially when one is not welcome in a place: After what she said, she had better not show her face around here […]
Difference between Shouting head and Talking head
shouting head—(derog., also: barking head) a television commentator who speaks in a loud voice and whose comments tend to be aggressive: We have instead shouting heads trying to interrupt each other to get their talking points across. talking head—a television commentator whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen: Former TV talking […]
Difference between Shout at someone and Shout to someone
shout at someone—talk to a person angrily in a loud voice: She shouted at us for spoiling her lovely evening. shout to someone—address smb. in a very loud voice that can be heard from a long distance away: Davis was struggling to carry the heavy wireless set; I shouted to him to ditch it and […]
Difference between Short time and Small time
short time— 1. fewer than the regular number of hours allotted to daily or weekly work: 80,000 textile workers were flung out of work, and thousands more were on short time. 2. (sl.) a brief visit to a prostitute: They [sailors] make straight for the nearest bar and then on to the brothel for what […]
Difference between Short talk and Tall talk
short talk—a brief lecture or address: The Director said that he would like me to broadcast a short talk under my own name. tall talk —(coll.) boastful or pretentious talk (also: big talk): Tall talk is luckily an object of suspicion to Englishmen. Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase talk […]
Difference between Short order and Tall order
short order—(U.S.) an order for food to be prepared and served up quickly: A good short-order cook in a well-designed kitchen can plate 100 meals an hour during morning rush. tall order—an excessive or unreasonable demand; a difficult task: Miss Maple considered: “It would be better, I think, to find the body first. Don’t you?” […]
Difference between Short in something and Short of something
short in something—(also: short on something ) not having enough of smth.: Though I was at that time rich in fame—for my book ran like wildfire—yet I was very short in money. short of something— 1. = short in something: Elizabeth, always short of money, railed against the required outlay. 2. not fully amounting to […]
Difference between Short hours and Small hours
short hours— 1. hours that seem to pass very quickly: Young or old, guy or girl, thick or thin, we’ll teach you to windsurf in a few short hours. 2. the early hours of the morning after midnight: The monks prayed in the minster till the long hours passed into the short. small hours —(also: […]
Difference between Short change and Small change
short change—a less than the correct amount of money given back to a customer: After several rounds of drinks had been served, Sullivan accused Cook of giving him short change. small change—coins or bills of low denomination: It is always best to have some small change on you, locals often have no change of larger […]
Difference between Short arm and Short hand
short arm—a small inlet of a river: There are overnight mooring available in the short arm on east bank immediately above Diglis Lock. short hand— 1. a quick way of writing which uses signs instead of letters or words: I was confronted with an old copy of the Academy, with some shorthand notes on the […]
Difference between Shoot-up and Upshot
shoot-up— 1. a furious exchange of shooting; a gun battle: Munn was nearly killed in a shoot-up in the streets of Montreal on the very day of his landing. 2. (of prices, etc.) a quick or sudden rise: We haven’t seen the shoot-up in prices like other areas have, and that’s helped quite a bit. […]
Difference between Shoot the crow and Stone the crows
shoot the crow—(sl.) 1. depart hurriedly; make off: There’ll only be his mother in the house. His father shot the crow years ago. 2. sneak off without paying: A canny Scot was sentenced to ten days’ hard for shooting the crow—ordering whiskey and neglecting to pay. stone the crows—(sl., also: stone me) is used as […]