— Gary Oakes,Toronto Star(Toronto, Can.), 11 Nov. 1986 The buzz in the book biz is that the Doubleday project "Listening to Philip Johnson" has been silenced, as in killed, kiboshed, eighty-sixed. — Michael Fleming and Karen Freifeld,Newsday, 31 May 1989 Among the most recent senses...
1. Put the kibosh on overeating. If you've got saddlebags, the unfortunate truth is that any extra calories you consume are likely to head straight for your thighs. If you struggle with calorie-counting, Dr. Peeke suggests trying time-restricted feeding, also known asintermittent fas...
The English language 1) is not logical, and 2) loves to hold onto its mistakes. Enter folk etymology, or, attempts to apply logic to the language, and the mistakes that took root.
but it can certainly be the meanest. While putting the kibosh on all classroom humor is neither advisable nor possible, the one thing teachers cannot do is be sarcastic. When we respond to students with sarcasm, we say the opposite of what we mean, otherwise known as verbal irony...
Heir to the throne has been raised in secrecy, and when she reaches her age of majority she is collected by an armed guard and escorted to her kingdom. Mayhem along the way. Heir arrives at her citadel and immediately starts stirring things up by kiboshing a human lottery tribute to a ...
put kibosh on more ❯ “The scriptwriters decided to cut my lines from the film.” Verb ▲ To hurt someone's feelings, or to have one's feelings hurt hurt rile upset wound aggrieve agoniseUK agonizeUS faze fret gall irk miff needle offend outrage affront anger annoy bother bug discom...
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Christmas-loving Mary Richards (Moore) is disappointed to learn that not only is she expected to work on Christmas Day, putting the kibosh on her plans to return home to see her family, but also ends up having to hold down the newsroom office fort on Christmas Ev...
That still doesn't address the comment I made to you above, does it? Because you fly off the handle. You react, instead of ignoring me, or, gawd forbid, actually answering the challenges I put to you. 1 Reply 0Recommend duhban DeadHead Aug 29, 2013 at 03:16:40 PM whosh and you...
While her twin continued to work afterSweet Valley Highwas cancelled, Cynthiaput the kibosh on her own acting career(her last role was in 2002, onThat 80s Show) and assumed a different role behind the camera. She's now a professional photographer, with her own studio,Five Arrows Photography...