Your web-reference

News

About

ESL

Articles

Feeds

Comments

Home

E > American Idioms > Idioms > English language

enough

[enough] See: GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, KNOW ENOUGH TO COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN, LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE, SURE ENOUGH.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

To upper section: E

Subscribe to: American Idioms


	Follow English as a Second Language on Twitter

	See also »
	give one enough rope and he will hang himself [give one enough rope and he will hang himself] {informal} Give a bad person enough ... A Dictionary of American Idioms rain check [rain check] {n.} 1. A special free ticket to another game or show which will ... A Dictionary of American Idioms rope [rope] See: END OF ONE'S ROPE, GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, ... A Dictionary of American Idioms hang [hang] See: [GO HANG], [GIVE A HANG] or [CARE A HANG], [GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE], ... A Dictionary of American Idioms give a hang [give a hang] or [care a hang] {v. phr.}, {informal} To have any interest or ... A Dictionary of American Idioms hang in (there) [hang in (there)] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} To persevere; not to give up; to stick ... A Dictionary of American Idioms Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), US president When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot ... www.sky-net-eye.com

	Recent updates »
	piggy-back [piggy-back] {adj.} or {adv.} Sitting or being carried on the shoulders. /Little John loved to go for a piggy-back ride on ... Ann Landers (1918—2002) U.S. advice columnist Know thyself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are ... Benjamin Franklin (1706—1790), Poor Richard (June 1753) Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it.


	Get idioms daily by Email

© 2006—2010 www.sky-net-eye.com