24-letter words containing g, o, r, e, h
- throw one's weight about — to act in an authoritarian or aggressive manner
- to burn the midnight oil — If someone is burning the midnight oil, they are staying up very late in order to study or do some other work.
- to change for the better — If something changes for the better, it improves.
- to get on the scoresheet — (of a player In football, rugby, and some other sports) to score one or more goals, tries, or points.
- to get your act together — If you get your act together, you organize your life or your affairs so that you are able to achieve what you want or to deal with something effectively.
- to go for the brass ring — to try to succeed in an area where there is a lot of competition
- to have egg on your face — If someone has egg on their face or has egg all over their face, they have been made to look foolish.
- to have not got a prayer — If you say that someone hasn't got a prayer, you mean that it is impossible for them to succeed in what they are trying to do.
- to lay something to rest — If you lay something such as fears or rumours to rest or if you put them to rest, you succeed in proving that they are not true.
- to light the touch paper — if someone lights the touch paper or lights the blue touch paper, they do something which causes anger or excitement
- to make boundary changes — to change the boundaries of parliamentary constituencies, because of population shifts
- to rise to the challenge — If someone rises to the challenge, they act in response to a difficult situation which is new to them and are successful.
- to set fire to something — If you set fire to something or if you set it on fire, you start it burning in order to damage or destroy it.
- transpersonal psychology — a branch of psychology or psychotherapy that recognizes altered states of consciousness and transcendent experiences as a means to understand the human mind and treat psychological disordrs.
- tug/touch one's forelock — If you say that a person tugs their forelock to another person, you are criticizing them for showing too much respect to the second person or being unnecessarily worried about their opinions.
- what are you playing at? — If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong.
- what are you waiting for — If you say to someone 'What are you waiting for?' you are telling them to hurry up and do something.
- where one is coming from — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- work/go/run like a charm — If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.