shout fire in a crowded theater
To say something that could cause panic or harm to others
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shove it up your ass
go away or leave me alone
shove something down someone's throat
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shove-halfpenny
A gambling pot-house pastime, played on a table. A very old game, originally called push-penny.
shovel
To be put to bed with a shovel; to be buried. He or she was fed with a fire-shovel; a saying of a person with a large mouth.
shovel
A term applied by the vulgar crowd to the inelegant twisted hats worn by the dignitaries of the Church. Dean Alford says, "I once heard a venerable dignitary pointed out by a railway porter as "an old party in a SHOVEL."—Queen’s English.
Shovel Board
A game in which three counters, or coins, were shoved or slid over a smooth board, very popular in the sixteenth and seven- teenth centuries. The "two Edward shovel- boards'* mentioned by Slender in the Merty Wives of Windsor (i, 1), were the broad shillings of Edward VI used in playing the game.
show a clean pair of heels
To run away quickly or escape
show a leg
get out of bed quickly
show and tell
a classroom activity where children share something
show ankle
to show a little bit of one's leg
show colour
to show signs of life or activity
show of hands
a vote or survey done by raising one's hand
show off
to display one's skills or possessions to impress others
Show on Earth
He weighed 6£ tons. He was accidentally killed by a railway engine in 1885, but his name is still synonymous with the idea of an elephant in children's minds.
show one's ass
To act foolishly or embarrassingly
show one's butt
to behave foolishly or embarrassingly
show one's cards
to reveal one's plans or intentions
show one's teeth
To show aggression or defensiveness
show one's true colors
To reveal one's true nature or intentions
show one's true stripes
to reveal one's true nature or character
show pony
Someone who looks good but lacks real ability
show someone a good time
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
show someone a thing or two
teach someone new skills or ideas
show someone one's etchings
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
show someone the door
to ask someone to leave
show the flag
To display or demonstrate one's presence or support
show up
To arrive or attend an event
show who's boss
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shower and shave
to wash and groom oneself
shower down
To give or bestow something generously and abundantly
shower thought
a sudden, often profound idea that occurs unexpectedly
shreddies
Underwear.
shrimp
A little diminutive person.
shrimp
A diminutive person.—Chaucer.
shrinking violet
A shy and modest person
shrouds have no pockets
You can't take wealth with you when you die
Shrove Tuesday
The day before Ash Wednesday; "Pancake day." It used to be the great "Derby Day" of cock-fighting in England.
shtuck
Trouble.
shtumer
A horse against which money may be laid without risk. See SAFE UN.
shtup
push
shuck
The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
shuck and jive
to deceive or evade someone with clever talk
shunt
To avoid, to turn aside from. From the railway term.
shut in
To confine.
shut my mouth
to stop talking or be silent
shut of
Or SHOT OF, i.e., rid of. A very common expression amongst the London lower orders. One costermonger will say to another:—"Well, Ike, did yer get SHUT O’ them there gawfs [apples]?" i.e., did you sell them all?
shut one's eyes
Deliberately ignore or refuse to notice something
shut one's eyes and think of England
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shut one's face
be quiet or stop talking
shut one's gob
to be quiet or stop talking
shut one's trap
to be quiet or stop talking
shut up!
Be quiet, don’t make a noise; to stop short, to cease in a summary manner, to silence effectually. The following is from a literary paper:—"Only the other day we heard of a preacher who, speaking of the scene with the doctors in the Temple, remarked that the Divine disputant completely SHUT THEM UP!" SHUT UP, utterly exhausted, done for.
shvantz
The penis.
shy
A throw. See the following:—
shy bladder
inability to urinate in presence of others
shy cock
One who keeps within doors for fear of bailiffs.
shyster
A duffer, a vagabond. Variation of "shicer."
si quis
A candidate for "orders." From the notification commencing SI QUIS—if any one.
Siamese Twins
Yoke-fellows, in- separables; so called from the original pair, Eng and Chang, who were born of Chinese parents about 1814 and discovered at Mekong, Siam, in 1829, and were subsequently exhibited as freaks. Their bodies were united by a band of flesh, stretching from breast-bone to breast- bone. They married two sisters, had offspring, and died within three hours of each other on January 17th, 1874.
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