work oneself (up) into a lather — 1. tv. to ork very hard and sweat very much. (In the way that a horse works up a lather.) □ Don’t work yourself up into a lather. We don’t need to finish this today. □ I worked myself into a lather getting this stuff ready. 2. tv. to get excited… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
lather — n. sweating to work oneself into a lather * * * [ lɑːðə] [ sweating ] to work oneself into a lather … Combinatory dictionary
blaze — n 1. fire, flame, bonfire, Brit. Dial. ingle; conflagration, Obs. flagration, holocaust, wildfire, ring or sea of fire, wall or sheet of flames. 2. glow, gleam, glimmer, shimmer; flicker, blink, glint, glance, twinkle; flash, streak, fulguration … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
stew — v 1. simmer, seethe, boil; fricasse. 2.Informal. fret, fuss, worry, agonize, torture oneself, writhe, lose sleep over, toss and turn, stay awake nights; pout, frown, sulk, brood over, mope; chafe, fume, burn, sizzle, smolder, stir, Inf. do a slow … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
rage — n 1. fury, frenzy, madness, hysterics, violence, ferocity, towering or burning or blind rage; wrath, vials of wrath, passion, fever heat, hot blood; anger, ire, dudgeon, high dudgeon, Scot. birse, Inf. Irish, Inf. dander. 2. fit, tantrum, spasm,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
rage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fury, frenzy, wrath, violence; fashion, fad, craze. See desire. v. i. storm, rave, bluster. See excitement, excitability. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Violent anger] Syn. fury, wrath, ferocity; see anger .… … English dictionary for students
madden — v 1. derange, dement, unhinge, unbalance; craze, frenzy, distract, make or send [s.o.] mad, drive [s.o.] mad or insane or crazy, Archaic. mad. 2. enrage, infuriate, lash into a fury, whip into a frenzy, make [s.o. s] blood boil, Inf. make [s.o.]… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Netherlandish Proverbs — Artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder Year 1559 Type Oil on panel Dimensions 117 cm … Wikipedia
sweat — 1. noun 1) he was drenched with sweat Syn: perspiration, moisture, dampness, wetness; Medicine diaphoresis 2) informal he got into such a sweat about that girl Syn: fluster, panic, frenzy, fever, pother; informal state … Thesaurus of popular words
Australian and New Zealand punting glossary — This page is about the Australian English usage of punting, for other uses of punting see punt and punter .The Australian and New Zealand punting glossary explains some of the terms, jargon and slang which are commonly used and heard on… … Wikipedia
