Why do you always have to lay your problems at my doorstep?
•I shall put this issue on someone else's doorstep.
•I don't want that problem on my doorstep.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
on someone's doorstep — on (someone s) doorstep very near to where someone lives. The great thing is we ve got all the local amenities right on our doorstep … New idioms dictionary
darken someone's doorstep — verb to enter somebody elses home uninvited … Wiktionary
doorstep — ► NOUN 1) a step leading up to the outer door of a house. 2) Brit. informal a thick sandwich or slice. ► VERB (doorstepped, doorstepping) Brit. informal 1) (of a journalist) wait uninvited outside the home of (someone) for an interview or… … English terms dictionary
doorstep — door|step1 [ˈdo:step US ˈdo:r ] n 1.) a step just outside a door to a house or building on the doorstep ▪ He stood on the doorstep , straightening his tie. ▪ the front doorstep 2.) on sb s/the doorstep a) very near someone s home ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
doorstep — [[t]dɔ͟ː(r)step[/t]] doorsteps, doorstepping, doorstepped 1) N COUNT A doorstep is a step in front of a door on the outside of a building. 2) VERB (disapproval) When journalists doorstep someone, they go to their home and try to get an interview… … English dictionary
doorstep — I UK [ˈdɔː(r)ˌstep] / US [ˈdɔrˌstep] noun [countable] Word forms doorstep : singular doorstep plural doorsteps 1) a small step outside the main door to a house or other building 2) British informal a very thick sandwich or piece of bread • on… … English dictionary
doorstep — noun 1》 a step leading up to the outer door of a house. 2》 Brit. informal a thick slice of bread. verb (doorsteps, doorstepping, doorstepped) Brit. informal (of a journalist) wait uninvited outside the home of (someone) for an interview or… … English new terms dictionary
on doorstep — on (someone s) doorstep very near to where someone lives. The great thing is we ve got all the local amenities right on our doorstep … New idioms dictionary
“Thing on the Doorstep, The“ — Novelette (10,830 words); written August 21–24, 1933. First published in WT(January 1937); first collected in O;corrected text in DH;annotated version in An2 and TD. The narrator, Daniel Upton, tells of his young friend Edward Derby, who… … An H.P.Lovecraft encyclopedia
May Day — This article is about the holidays celebrated on May 1. For more information on the labour related holiday, see International Workers Day. For the distress signal, see Mayday. For other uses, see May Day (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
International Workers' Day — (a name used interchangeably with May Day ) is a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labour movement. May Day commonly sees organized street demonstrations and street marches by millions of working people and… … Wikipedia
