词汇 | harm |
释义 | IDIOMSLANG HARM at the expense of someone or something to the detriment of someone or something; to the harm of someone or something.He had a good laugh at the expense of his brother.He took a job in a better place at the expense of a larger income. be death on something to be very harmful to something. (Informal or slang.)The salt they put on the roads in the winter is death on cars.That teacher is death on slow learners. bite the hand that feeds one to do harm to someone who does good things for you.I'm your mother! How can you bite the hand that feeds you?She can hardly expect much when she bites the hand that feeds her. black-and-blue bruised; showing signs of having been physically harmed. (Fixed order.)The child was black-and-blue after having been struck.She was black-and-blue all over after falling out of the tree. burned to a cinder burned very badly. (Not necessarily literal.)I stayed out in the sun too long, and I am burned to a cinder.This toast is burnt to a cinder. cut off one's nose to spite one's face a phrase meaning that one harms oneself in trying to punish another person. (The phrase is variable in form. Note the examples.)Billy loves the zoo, but he refused to go with his mother because he was mad at her. He cut off his nose to spite his face.Find a better way to be angry. It is silly to cut your nose off to spite your face. cut one's (own) throat [for someone] to experience certain failure; to do damage to someone. (Informal.)If I were to run for office, I'd just be cutting my throat.Judges who take bribes are cutting their own throats. cut someone to the quick to hurt someone's feelings very badly. (Refers to the tender flesh at the base of fingernails and toenails.)Your criticism cut me to the quick.Tom's sharp words to Mary cut her to the quick. do a job on someone or something to damage someone or something; to mess up someone or something. (Informal or slang.)The robbers really did a job on the bank guard. They beat him when they robbed the bank.The puppy did a job on my shoes. They are all chewed to pieces. do a number on someone or something to damage or harm someone or something. (Slang.)The teacher did a number on the whole class. That test was terrible.Tom did a number on Mary when he went out with Ann. do someone damage to harm someone. (Informal.)I hope she doesn't plan to do me damage.They did us damage by telling the whole story to the newspapers. foul one's own nest to harm one's own interests; to bring disadvantage upon oneself.He tried to discredit a fellow senator with the president, but just succeeded in fouling his own nest.The boss really dislikes Mary. She certainly fouled her own nest when she spread those rumors about him. give someone a black eye to harm the character or reputation of someone.The constant complaining gave the whole group a black eye.His behavior gave him a black eye with the manager. have a bad effect (on someone or something) to be bad for someone or something.Aspirin has a bad effect on me.Cold weather has a bad effect on roses. hoist with one's own petard to be harmed or disadvantaged by an action of one's own which was meant to harm someone else; to be revealed as a wrongdoer by being identified with the deed. (From a line in Shakespeare's Hamlet.)She intended to murder her brother but was hoist with her own petard when she ate the poisoned food intended for him.The vandals were hoist with their own petard when they tried to make an emergency call from the pay phone they had broken. kick someone or something around to treat someone or something badly. (Slang.)I finally quit my job. My boss wouldn't stop kicking me around.Stop kicking my car around. It does everything I ask it. run someone or something down to degrade physically or put wear on someone or something.All these years of hard work have run Mrs. Brown down severely.Our neighbors ran down their house before they sold it. HARM - LACKING not hurt a flea not to harm anything or anyone, even a tiny insect. (Also with other forms of negation.)Ted would not even hurt a flea. He could not have struck BillTed would never hurt a flea, and he would not hit anyone as you claim.
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