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idiomknifego/be under the knifeto have a medical operation:Most people wouldn't want to go under the knife simply in order to appear younger.I was under the knife for more than ten hours, but the doctors did a wonderful job.go/cut through sth like a (hot) knife through butter BrEBrEto cut or pass through something very quickly and easily:This is an excellent tool that will go through wood like a knife through butter.Near the end of the race, our horse came slicing through the rest like a hot knife through butter, and finished in first.put/stick the knife in BrEBrEto criticize someone severely or say bad things about them in order to upset or harm them:Politicians love election campaigns, because they prefer putting the knife in to doing any work.We try to run the best possible coach service, and I'm tired of passengers continually sticking the knife in.twist/turn the knife (in the wound)to say or do something that makes someone feel even more upset or embarrassed than they feel already:Louis did not hesitate to turn the knife in the wound by summoning his entire court to witness the Baumans' apology."Did you hear from Rob recently, then?" Amanda asked, twisting the knife a little. "Well, no," said Ellen, "that letter came in March."
See:- a knife in the back
- an atmosphere that you could cut with a knife
- at knifepoint
- before you can say "knife"
- before you can say knife
- bring a knife to a gunfight
- cut through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter
- get (one's)/the knife into (someone)
- get the knife into someone
- get your knife into somebody
- go under the knife
- have (one's) knife into (someone)
- knife-edge
- knifepoint
- like a (hot) knife through butter
- like a hot knife through butter
- like a knife through butter
- long knife
- not the sharpest knife in the drawer
- on a knife-edge
- play a good knife and fork
- pull a gun
- pull a knife
- pull a knife on (one)
- put the knife in
- put/stick the knife in
- stick the knife in
- turn the knife
- turn/twist the knife
- twist the knife
- under the knife
- you could cut (something) with a knife
- you could cut it with a knife
- you could cut the atmosphere with a knife
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