Idioms

give (someone) an earful
to scold someone, to tell someone much information (usually in an angry way)
I gave my sister an earful when she phoned me.

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  • give (someone) an inch and they will take a mile
  • give (someone) credit for (something)
  • give (someone) enough rope and he or she will hang themself
  • give (someone) one's word
  • give (someone) pause to think
  • give (someone) the ax
  • give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
  • give (someone) the boot
  • give (someone) the brush-off
  • give (someone) the bum's rush
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  • not breathe a word about (someone or something)
  • use one's head/bean/noodle/noggin
  • dead as a doornail
  • blow a fuse
  • at once
  • make sense of (something)
  • try for (something)
  • live high on/off the hog
  • drop everything
  • keep one's eyes open


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