can please tell me the meaning of the following idioms-?

Question

1 bite the bullet
2 to be dead to the world
3 have one's heart in one's mouth
4 paper over cracks
5 patch up differences
6 beat a heisty retreat
7 pull the wool over ice
8 meat one's water loo
9 flavour of the mouth
10 going throuh the motions
11 to blow one's own trumpet
12 ruffle features
13 waste one's breath
14 lick one's boots
15 be on cloud nine
16 a bone of contention
17 foot the bells

Answer 1

1. Do it, in spite of how you feel/danger etc.
2. Be asleep.
3. Be anxious whilst doing something exuiting/dangerious
4. Do something superficial to fix a problem
5. Reconcile with a friend.
6. Go whilst the goings good.
7. Pull the wool over ones eyes is the saying - to decieve someone
8. Meet not meat - encounter the one, or thing, that can defeat you.
9. Favorite at the moment (person, place or thing
10. Doing what must be done to satisfy requirements.
11. Boast about your own abilities
13. ruffle feathers - stir up somone
14. Try and convince or reason with someone who is covinced of their position, even though it is wrong.
15. Be obsequious (now there's a word for you).
16. Be very, very happy.
17. Point of dissagreement
18. Foot the bill . Pay the debt.


All that for only two points?
How about making each point one question.

Answer 2

1. bite the bullet - means even if you are in doubt you still do it and go ahead.
2. To be dead to the world - don't care whats going on around you.
3. Have one's heart in one's mouth- cant help but care.
4. Paper over cracks - cover up things.
5. Patch up differences - to forgive and friends again.
6. Beat a hasty retreat - leave in a hurry
7. Pull the wool over ice -
8. Meat one's water loo
9. flavour of the month - favourite person at the moment
10. going through the motions
11. to blow one's own trumpet - heard this one
12. ruffle feathers - stir up trouble
13. waste one's breath - waste of time talking
14. lick one's boots
15. be on cloud nine - extreme happiness or elation
16. a bone of contention- meaning source of trouble
17. foot the bills - to pay all the cost for something

Answer 3

1 bite the bullet - take the risk of doing the job
2 to be dead to the world - not know whats happening around
3 have one's heart in one's mouth - scared
4 paper over cracks - flimsy
5 patch up differences - make peace
6 beat a heisty retreat - pull away
7 pull the wool over ice - fool
8 meat one's water loo - face defeat
9 flavour of the mouth - whats popular
10 going throuh the motions - doing something disinterestedly
11 to blow one's own trumpet -boast
12 ruffle features - disturb
13 waste one's breath - saying something which has no effect
14 lick one's boots - suck up to
15 be on cloud nine - happy
16 a bone of contention - something which is disputed
17 foot the bells - pay the cost

Answer 4

1 In the old West if someone was wounded in a gunfight the doctor, if there was one, would often have no anaesthetic. Whilst operating to remove any bullet from the would he would give the unfortunate victim another bullet to bite on to help ease the pain and stop him biting his tongue off. To bite the bullet , therefore, is to accept pain and put up with it.

2 To be unconscious or asleep so deeply that one has the appearance of being dead and now able to be awoken, possibly whilst drunk.

3 When experiencing fear you often get a sensation of your heart fluttering as if moving upwards. Thus when having this it is described as having your heart in your mouth.

4 When selling a house people often place fresh wallpaper on the walls to hide any cracks. Thus when commiting a superficial act to hide something it is said to be paperiong over the cracks.

5 This is where you make up after an arguement, agreeing to. if you like, repair your differences, thus 'patching up'. You could repair some things by using a patch.

6 Just what it says. Run away from danger or a situation, usually quickly without too much thought.

7 You mean 'Pull the wool over their eyes'. It means to deceive someone, the expression coming from the idea of pulling a woolen cap over someone's eyes to prevent them from seeing something you want to hide.

8 You mean 'Meet one's Waterloo'. Tjhis comes from the Battle of Waterloo when Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington. This was the turning point in England's war with France which saw Napoleon's ultimate defeat. It means to face up to a difficult situation.

9 You mean 'Flavour of the month'. This describes something that is the latest craze or fashion. It comes from the practice in some restaurants to have a special dish each month.

10 This means making efforts to do something without enthusiasm but trying to look as if you mean it.

11 Blowing one's own trumpet is to boast or brag. In orchestras the trumpet is often the loudest instrument and thus easily heard.

12 This means to upset someone. If you had a piece of silk cloth that made a garment to ruffle it would be to spoil it's appearance. It should be to 'Ruffle your feathers' If a bird's feathers are ruffled it would be uncomfortable and cause difficulty in flying.

13 This means to do something that is pointless like telling something to someone who then ignores your advice. You would, therefore, be wasting your breath.

14 To be subservient in a crawling manner. To be so ingratiating as to lick another person's boots to show your humility.

15 To be on cloud nine is to be in a state of ecstasy or euphoria. In some religions you reach Heaven via a number of clouds starting at Cloud One and to reach the ninth one is to get there. Thus to be on Cloud Nine is to reach this 'Heaven'.

16 A bone of contention is something that annoys you or a subject of dispuite or strife.

17 I think you mean 'Foot the bills'. This is where you are the one who has to pay up, literally meaning that if you were with a crowd of people you would have to get up to go and pay for the others hence 'foot the bill' or walk over to pay.

Answer 5

1 I'm not sure, does it mean to die?
3 to be really afraid
5 overcome your differences?
11 to be proud/show-off
14 suck-up?

I'm not sure about the rest, but they do sound familiar, I just can't remember. Did you try dictionary.com?