cross out
To cancel by marking with a horizontal line.
The teacher crossed out several incorrect words in Tanya's composition.
I crossed the last line out of my letter because it had the wrong tone to it.
crow before one is out of the woods
To be glad or brag before you are safe from danger or trouble. Usually used in negative sentences, often as a proverb, Don't crow before you are out of the woods.
John thought his team would win because the game was almost over, but he didn't want to crow before they were out of the woods.
Often used in a short form, out of the woods.
Mary nearly died during the operation, and she is not out of the woods yet.
cry for
cry out for
To need badly; be lacking in.
It has not rained for two weeks and the garden is crying for it.
The school is crying out for good teachers.
cry out
To call out loudly; shout; scream.
The woman in the water cried out "Help!"
To complain loudly; protest strongly. Used with against.
Many people are crying out against the new rule.
cub scout
A member of the Cub Scouts, the junior branch of the Boy Scouts for boys 8-10 years of age.
Jimmie is only seven, too young to be a Cub Scout.
cut out for something
If you are not cut out for something, you are not the sort of person to succeed or be happy in a particular activity. This idiom is most often used in the negative or in questions.
Если кто-либо #*#не вырезан для чего-либо#*#, то он не сможет преуспеть или быть счастливым в этой области деятельности.
I started studying medicine but I quickly realized I wasn't cut out for it.
Я начал изучать медицину, но скоро понял что я не предназначен для этого.
John is certainly not cut out for the work of a trial lawyer.
Are you certain that you are cut out for that kind of job?
cut out
have one's work cut out
To stop; quit.
All right, now - let's cut out the talking.
He was teasing the dog and Joe told him to cut it out.
He kept bothering her, so finally she told him to cut it out. However, he wouldn’t knock it off until her larger brother appeared.
To displace in favor.
Tony cut Ed out with Mary.
John cut out two or three other men in trying for a better job.
Made ready; given for action; facing. Often used in the phrase "have one's work cut out for one."
Mary agreed to stay with her teacher's children all day; she did not know what was cut out for her.
If Mr. Perkins wants to become a senator, he has his work cut out for him.
Suited to; fitted for.
Warren seemed to be cut out for the law. It was clear very early that Fred was cut out to he a doctor.
To remove by cutting.
The child likes to cut out pictures from the newspaper and to paste them in a notebook.
day in and day out
day in, day out
year in, year out
month in, month out
week in, week out
Regularly; consistently; all the time; always.
He plays good tennis day in and day out.
During the month of April, it rained day in and day out.
Also used with several other time words in place of day: week, month, year.
Year in and year out, the weather in San Diego is the best in the nation.
Every summer, year in, year out, the ice cream man comes back to the park.