Словарь американских идиом (8000 единиц)
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[go the whole hog] or [go whole hog] <v. phr.>, <informal> To do something completely or thoroughly; to give all your strength or attention to something. * /When Bob became interested in model airplanes, he went the whole hog./ * /The family went whole hog at the fair, and spent a lot of money./ Compare: ALL OUT, ALL THE WAY, SHOOT THE WORKS.
[go through] <v.> 1. To examine or think about carefully; search. * /I went through the papers looking for Jane's letter./ * /Mother went through the drawer looking for the sweater./ Syn.: GO OVER. 2. To experience; suffer; live through. * /Frank went through many dangers during the war./ 3. To do what you are supposed to do; do what you promised. * /I went through my part of the bargain, but you didn't go through your part./ Syn.: CARRY OUT. 4. To go or continue to the end of; do or use all of. * /Jack went through the magazine quickly./ * /We went through all our money at the circus./ Syn.: RUN THROUGH. 5. To be allowed; pass; be agreed on. * /I hope the new law we want goes through Congress./ * /The sale of the store went through quickly./
[go through hell and high water] <v. phr.>, <informal> To go through danger, or trouble. * /John is ready to go through hell and high water to help his chum./ * /The soldiers went through hell and high water to capture the fort./ Compare: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, THROUGH THE MILL.
[go through the motions] <v. phr.> To pretend to do something by moving or acting as if you were really doing it; do something without really trying hard or caring. * /Jane was angry because she couldn't go out, and when her mother said to dust her room she just went through the motions./ * /The team was so far behind in the game that they just went through the motions of playing at the end./
[go through with] <v. phr.> To finish; do as planned or agreed; not stop or fail to do. * /The boys don't think Bob will go through with his plans to spend the summer at a camp./ * /Mr. Trent hopes the city won't go through with its plans to widen the street./ Syn.: CARRY OUT. Compare: CARRY THROUGH, LIVE UP TO.
[go to] <v.> To be ready to do; start doing something. * /When Jack went to write down the telephone number, he had forgotten it./
[go to any length] <v. phr.> To do everything you can. * /Bill will go to any length to keep Dick from getting a date with Mary./ Compare: ALL-OUT.
[go to bat for] <v. phr.>, <informal> To help out in trouble or need; give aid to. * /Everybody else thought Billy had broken the window, but Tom went to bat for him./ * /Mary went to bat for the new club program./ Syn.: STAND UP FOR.
[go to bed with the chickens] <v. phr.>, <informal> To go to bed early at night. * /On the farm John worked hard and went to bed with the chickens./ * /Mr. Barnes goes to bed with the chickens because he has to get up at 5 A.M./
[go together] <v.> 1. To go with the same boy or girl all the time; date just one person. * /Herbert and Thelma go together./ Compare: GO STEADY, GO WITH(2), KEEP COMPANY. 2. To be suitable or agreeable with each other; match. * /Roast turkey and cranberries go together./ * /Ice cream and cake go together./ * /Green and yellow go together./
[go to great lengths] See: GO TO ANY LENGTH.
[go to hell] See: GO TO THE DEVIL.
[go to it!] <v. phr.> An expression of encouragement meaning go ahead; proceed. * /"Go to it!" my father cried enthusiastically, when I told him I had decided to become a doctor./
[go to one's head] <v. phr.> 1. To make one dizzy. * /Beer and wine go to a person's head./ * /Looking out the high window went to the woman's head./ 2. To make someone too proud; make a person think he is too important. * /Being the star player went to John's head./ * /The girl's fame as a movie actress went to her head./
[go to pieces] <v. phr.> To become very nervous or sick from nervousness; become wild. * /Mrs. Vance went to pieces when she heard her daughter was in the hospital./ * /The man went to pieces when the judge said he would have to go to prison for life./ * /Mary goes to pieces when she can't have her own way./
[go to pot] <v. phr.>, <informal> To be ruined; become bad; be destroyed. * /Mr. Jones' health has gone to pot./ * /The motel business went to pot when the new highway was built./ Compare: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN, GO TO THE DOGS.
[go to prove] See: GO TO SHOW.
[go to seed] or [run to seed] <v. phr.> 1. To grow seeds. * /Onions go to seed in hot weather./ 2. To lose skill or strength; stop being good or useful. * /Sometimes a good athlete runs to seed when he gets too old for sports./ * /Mr. Allen was a good carpenter until he became rich and went to seed./
[go to show] or [go to prove] <v. phr.>, <informal> To seem to prove; act or serve to show (a fact); demonstrate.
– Often used after "it". * /Our team beat a bigger team, and it just goes to show you can win if you play hard enough./ * /The hard winter at Valley Forge goes to show that our soldiers suffered a great deal to win the Revolution./
[go to the chair] <v. phr.> To be executed in the electric chair. * /After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to the chair./
[go to the devil] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To go away, mind your own business.
– Used as a command; considered rude. * /George told Bob to go to the devil./ * /"Go to the devil!" said Jack, when his sister tried to tell him what to do./ 2. To become bad or ruined; become useless. * /The boy got mixed up with bad company and began to steal and rob his friends. He went to the devil./ * /Mr. Jones went to the devil after he lost his business./
[go to the dogs] <v. phr.>, <informal> To go to ruin; to be ruined or destroyed. * /The man went to the dogs after he started drinking./ * /After the death of the owner, the business went to the dogs./ * /The team went to the dogs when its best players got hurt./ Compare: GO TO POT.
[go to the trouble] or [take the trouble] <v. phr.> To make trouble or extra work for yourself; bother. * /John told Mr. Brown not to go to the trouble of driving him home./ * /Since your aunt took the trouble to get you a nice birthday present, the least you can do is to thank her./ Compare: PUT OUT(5).
[go to town] <v. phr.>, <slang> 1. To do something quickly or with great force or energy; work fast or hard. * /The boys went to town on the old garage, and had it torn down before Father came home from work./ * /While Sally was slowly washing the dishes, she remembered she had a date with Pete that evening; then she really went to town./ Compare: IN NO TIME, MAKE TIME. Contrast: TAKE ONE'S TIME. 2. or [go places]. To do a good job; succeed. * /Our team is going to town this year. We have won all five games that we played./ * /Dan was a good student and a good athlete; we expect him to go places in business./