- in up to the chin
- very busy with, deeply involved in something, guilty of
He has been in up to the chin in the project to build a new convention center.
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in up to the chin
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take it on the chin — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To be badly beaten or hurt. * /Our football team really took it on the chin today. They are all bumps and bruises./ * /Mother and I took it on the chin in the card game./ 2. To accept without complaint something bad that… … Dictionary of American idioms
take it on the chin — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To be badly beaten or hurt. * /Our football team really took it on the chin today. They are all bumps and bruises./ * /Mother and I took it on the chin in the card game./ 2. To accept without complaint something bad that… … Dictionary of American idioms
take it on the chin — verb undergo failure or defeat • Hypernyms: ↑fail, ↑go wrong, ↑miscarry • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * phrasal : to undergo complete defeat, failure, or frustration : endure punishment … Useful english dictionary
take it on the chin — AND take it on the nose 1. tv. to stand up to something adverse, such as criticism. □ They laid some rude chops on him, but he took it on the chin. □ I knew he could take it on the nose. 2. tv. to receive the full brunt of something. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
take\ it\ on\ the\ chin — v. phr. informal 1. To be badly beaten or hurt. Our football team really took it on the chin today. they are all bumps and bruises. Mother and I took it on the chin in the card game. 2. To accept without complaint something bad that happens to… … Словарь американских идиом
take it on the chin — If you take something on the chin, something bad happens to you and you take it directly without fuss. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** When you take it on the chin, you are brave and accept adversity, criticism or defeat without… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take something on the chin — informal phrase to accept something unpleasant in a brave way without complaining You have to take it on the chin and come back fighting. Thesaurus: to be patient, and to not complain too muchsynonym Main entry: chin … Useful english dictionary
Transverse muscle of the chin — Infobox Muscle Name = PAGENAME Latin = musculus transversus menti GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Scheme showing arrangement of fibers of Orbicularis oris. (Triangularis labeled at bottom right.) Caption2 = Muscles of the head, face, and neck … Wikipedia
take it on the chin — 1. to be brave and not to complain when bad things happen to you or people criticize you. Atkinson took it all on the chin, though some members of his team were very upset by the criticism they received. 2. to have a lot of bad things happen to… … New idioms dictionary
take it on the chin — If you take something on the chin, something bad happens to you and you take it directly without fuss … The small dictionary of idiomes
chuck somebody under the chin — chuck sb under the chin f4 idiom (old fashioned, BrE) to touch sb gently under the chin in a friendly way Main entry: ↑chuckidiom … Useful english dictionary
