As soon as she won the lottery, people started coming out of the woodwork, asking for money.
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crawl out of the woodwork — come/crawl/out of the woodwork phrase to suddenly appear after a long time, especially for unpleasant reasons After his lottery win, several old friends came crawling out of the woodwork. Thesaurus: to appear slightly, suddenly or… … Useful english dictionary
crawl out of the woodwork — come/crawl out of the woodwork to appear after being hidden or not active for a long time, especially in order to do something unpleasant. After you ve been in a relationship for a long while, all sorts of little secrets start to come out of the… … New idioms dictionary
come out of the woodwork — come/crawl/out of the woodwork phrase to suddenly appear after a long time, especially for unpleasant reasons After his lottery win, several old friends came crawling out of the woodwork. Thesaurus: to appear slightly, suddenly or… … Useful english dictionary
come out of the woodwork — come/crawl out of the woodwork to appear after being hidden or not active for a long time, especially in order to do something unpleasant. After you ve been in a relationship for a long while, all sorts of little secrets start to come out of the… … New idioms dictionary
come out of the woodwork — When things come out of the woodwork, they appear unexpectedly. ( Crawl out of the woodwork is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
woodwork — UK [ˈwʊdˌwɜː(r)k] / US [ˈwʊdˌwɜrk] noun [uncountable] 1) a) the wooden parts of a house or room, for example the doors, the frames around windows etc freshly painted woodwork b) informal the frame of a goal, especially in football McLean s shot… … English dictionary
woodwork — wood|work [ wud,wɜrk ] noun uncount 1. ) the wooden parts of a house or room, for example the doors, the frames around windows, etc.: freshly painted woodwork a ) INFORMAL the frame of a goal, especially in soccer 2. ) the activity or skill of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
woodwork — [wood′wʉrk΄] n. 1. work done in wood 2. things made of wood, esp. the interior moldings, doors, stairs, etc. of a house come out of the woodwork or crawl out of the woodwork Informal to come out of hiding or obscurity [candidates continued to… … English World dictionary
woodwork — noun (U) 1 BrE wood work.ing AmE the skill or activity of making wooden objects 2 the parts of a house or room that are made of wood: The woodwork needs painting. 3 crawl/come out of the woodwork if people you don t like crawl out of the woodwork … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
woodwork — wood|work [ˈwudwə:k US wə:rk] n [U] 1.) BrE woodwork|ing AmE [ˈwudwə:kıŋ US ə:r ] the skill or activity of making wooden objects →↑carpentry 2.) the parts of a house or room that are made of wood 3.) crawl/come out of the woodwork if someone… … Dictionary of contemporary English
