what's (up) with someone?
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What’s with someone or something? — interrog. What is wrong with someone or something? □ Hey, chum! What’s with you? □ What’s with this can opener? It won’t turn … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
with someone's compliments — with someone’s compliments with the compliments of someone phrase used for showing that you do not have to pay for something Please accept this wine with the compliments of the management. Thesaurus: not costing anythingsynonym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
what's (up) with something? — what’s (up) with something? spoken phrase used for asking someone for an explanation about something What’s with this bill? I don’t owe you any money. Thesaurus: ways of asking questions and making requestshyponym to ask a question or… … Useful english dictionary
have in common with someone — have (something) in common (with (someone/something)) to share interests or characteristics. What these very old objects have in common is that they were all stolen and smuggled out of the country. What does the new model have in common with… … New idioms dictionary
cast your lot with someone — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… … New idioms dictionary
what — [ wat, hwat ] function word *** What can be used in the following ways: as a question pronoun (introducing a direct or indirect question): What do you want? Tell me what happened. as a relative pronoun (starting a relative clause that is subject … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tell someone what to do with something — tv. to tell someone to do something rude with something. (With the unspoken notion that one should stick it up one’s ass.) □ I’ll tell you what you can do with it. □ If that’s the way he wants to be, you can just tell him what to do with it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
be with someone — spoken phrase to understand what someone is telling you ‘Are you with me?’ ‘No, could you explain that bit again?’ Thesaurus: to understand somethingsynonym Main entry: with * * * 1) agree with or support someone … Useful english dictionary
at variance with someone — at variance with (someone/something) different from or not agreeing with someone or something. What she told the police was totally at variance with the truth. My opinions seem to be completely at variance with my friends opinions … New idioms dictionary
have something in common with someone — have (something) in common (with (someone/something)) to share interests or characteristics. What these very old objects have in common is that they were all stolen and smuggled out of the country. What does the new model have in common with… … New idioms dictionary
