28-letter words containing k, e, t, o
- to be in someone's bad books — If you are in someone's bad books, they are annoyed with you. If you are in their good books, they are pleased with you.
- to give somebody a thick ear — to hit sb on the ear or head
- to handle sb with kid gloves — to treat someone with great tact or caution
- to have your cake and eat it — If you think that someone wants the benefits of doing two things when it is only reasonable to expect the benefits of doing one, you can say that they want to have their cake and eat it.
- to know something for a fact — If you say that you know something for a fact, you are emphasizing that you are completely certain that it is true.
- to make a clean breast of it — If you make a clean breast of something, you tell someone the truth about yourself or about something wrong that you have done.
- to make someone's blood boil — If you say that something makes your blood boil, you are emphasizing that it makes you very angry.
- to take something lying down — If someone takes an insult or attack lying down, they accept it without protesting.
- to throw the book at someone — If someone in authority throws the book at someone who has committed an offence, they give the offender the greatest punishment that they are allowed to.
- to throw the rule book at sb — to inflict the most severe punishment on someone
- wake up and smell the coffee — to face up to reality, especially in an unpleasant situation
- waterton lakes national park — a national park in W Canada, in S Alberta. 220 sq. mi. (570 sq. km).
- work projects administration — WPA.
- you can cut sth with a knife — If you have been in a place where there was a very tense atmosphere, you can say that you could have cut the atmosphere with a knife.