screw up your courage
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screw up your courage — screw up (your) courage to force yourself to be brave. Jimmy screwed up his courage and gave Lisa a heart shaped box of chocolates on Valentine s Day … New idioms dictionary
screw up your courage — screw up (your) courage to force yourself to be brave and do something that makes you nervous. She screwed up her courage and asked to see the manager … New idioms dictionary
screw your courage to the sticking place — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Macbeth. Lady Macbeth: We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking place, and we ll not fail … Meaning and origin of phrases
screw up courage — screw up (your) courage to force yourself to be brave. Jimmy screwed up his courage and gave Lisa a heart shaped box of chocolates on Valentine s Day … New idioms dictionary
screw up courage — screw up (your) courage to force yourself to be brave and do something that makes you nervous. She screwed up her courage and asked to see the manager … New idioms dictionary
screw — screw1 [skru:] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: escroe inner screw, nut , from Latin scrofa female pig ] 1.) a thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together →↑nail ▪ Fix the frame… … Dictionary of contemporary English
screw — 1 noun 1 (C) a thin pointed piece of metal that you push and turn in order to fasten pieces of metal or wood together: Tighten the screws on the plug. 2 (C) slang taboo an act of having sex 3 have a screw loose informal often humorous to be… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Screw — Screw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Screwed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screwing}.] 1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Screw around — Screw Screw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Screwed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Screwing}.] 1. To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
courage — n Courage, mettle, spirit, resolution, tenacity are comparable when they mean a quality of mind or temperament which makes one resist temptation to give way in the face of opposition, danger, or hardship. Courage stresses firmness of mind or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
