K
Idioms beginning with "K"
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[kick over the traces] also [jump the traces] {v. phr.}
To break the rules; behave badly.
When their teacher was absent and they had a substitute, the children kicked over the traces.
Compare: [ACT UP], [CUT UP], [LET LOOSE], [OUT OF HAND], [RAISE […]
[kick the bucket] {v. phr.}, {slang}
To die.
Old Mr. Jones kicked the bucket just two days before his ninety-fourth birthday.
Compare: [KICK OFF] (3).
[kick up] {v.}, {informal}
To show signs of not working right.
John had had too much to eat and his stomach started to kick up.
After working well for a year the air conditioner suddenly started kicking up.
[kick up a fuss] or [kick up a row] or [raise a row] also [kick up a dust] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To make trouble; make a disturbance.
When the teacher gave the class five more hours of homework, the class kicked up a fuss.
* /When the teacher left […]
[kick up one's heels] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To have a merry time; celebrate.
When exams were over the students went to town to kick up their heels.
* /Mary was usually very quiet but at the farewell party she kicked up her heels and had a wonderful […]
[kid]
See:
[HANDLE WITH GLOVES] or [HANDLE WITH KID GLOVES],
[HANDLE WITHOUT GLOVES] or [HANDLE WITHOUT KID GLOVES].
[kiddie car] {n.}, {slang}, {citizen's band radio jargon}
A school bus.
Watch out for that kiddie car coming up behind you!
[kill off] {v.}
To kill or end completely; destroy.
The factory dumped poisonous wastes into the river and killed off the fish.
* /The president suggested a new law to Congress but many members of Congress were against the idea and they killed it […]
[kill the goose that laid the golden egg]
To spoil something that is good or something that you have, by being greedy. — A proverb.
* /Mrs. Jones gives you an apple from her tree whenever you go by her house, but don't kill the goose that laid the […]