Stop plaguing me with your requests.
•We plagued the committee with ideas.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
plague — [[t]ple͟ɪg[/t]] plagues, plaguing, plagued 1) N COUNT: oft supp N A plague is a very infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people. A cholera plague had been killing many prisoners of war at the time. Syn: epidemic 2)… … English dictionary
plague — plague1 [ pleıg ] noun 1. ) count any serious disease that spreads quickly to a lot of people and usually ends in death: a plague of cholera a ) the plague a disease that spreads quickly, causing a high fever, lumps on parts of your body, and in… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
plague — 1 noun 1 (C, U) an attack of a disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people: Europe suffered many plagues in the Middle Ages. 2 (U) also the plague a very infectious disease that produces high fever and swellings on… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
plague — plague1 [pleıg] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plage, from Latin plaga hit, wound ] 1.) a disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people ▪ drops in population levels due to plagues and famines 2.) [U] also… … Dictionary of contemporary English
(a) plague on someone — a plague on someone literary phrase used for saying that you hope something bad happens to someone who you are angry with Thesaurus: ways of wishing someone well or illsynonym Main entry: plague … Useful english dictionary
give someone hell — (informal) 1 when I found out I gave him hell: REPRIMAND SEVERELY, rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide, upbraid, reprove, scold, berate, remonstrate with, reprehend … Useful english dictionary
a plague on someone — literary used for saying that you hope something bad happens to someone who you are angry with … English dictionary
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
strike — strike1 W3S3 [straık] v past tense and past participle struck [strʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(hit with hand/weapon etc)¦ 3¦(thought/idea)¦ 4 strike somebody as (being) something 5¦(stop work)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(harm)¦ 8¦(something bad happens)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
live — 1 verb IN A PLACE/TIME 1 IN A PLACE/HOME (intransitive always + adv/prep) to have your home in a particular place: live in/at/with/near etc: Where do you live? | We used to live in Bakersfield. | They have one daughter who still lives with them.… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
