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tiddlywink
Slim, puny; sometimes TILLYWINK.
tide over
To help someone survive a difficult period
tidy
Tolerably, or pretty well; "How did you get on to-day?"—"Oh, TIDY."—Saxon.
tie
A dead heat. A game of any kind, in which the possibility exists, is said to end in a tie, if the markings are level on each side at the finish. In racing parlance, all level finishes are called dead-heats.
tie in
to connect or relate to something
tie in knots
To confuse or perplex someone completely
tie in with
to connect or relate to something
tie oneself in knots
To become confused or entangled in one's own thoughts or actions
tie over
Tide over.
tie someone's hands
To limit or restrict someone's ability to act
tie up
to complete or finalize something
tie up loose ends
To complete or resolve unfinished tasks or details
Tied House
A retail business, especially a public-house, that is obliged by a contract to obtain its supplies from some particular firm. There are tied houses in the drapery, grocery, dairy, boot and shoe, hardware, liquor, and book trades. — Liberty Review, 14th April, 1894.
tied in knots
Completely confused or upset
tied up
Given over, finished; also married, in allusion to the hymeneal knot, unless a jocose allusion be intended to the "halter" (altar). See BUCKLED, term in use among costermongers and street folk generally.
tiff
A pet, a fit of ill humour.
tiffin
A breakfast, déjeûner à la fourchette.—Anglo-Indian Slang.
tiffing
Eating or drinking out of meal time, disputing or falling out; also lying with a wench, A tiff of punch, a small bowl of punch.
tiffy
Easily offended, apt to be annoyed.
tiger
A parasite; also a term for a ferocious woman; a boy employed to wait on gentlemen—one who waits on ladies is a page.
tiger of a different stripe
a person or thing that appears similar but has distinct differences
tight
Close, stingy; hard up, short of cash; TIGHT, spruce, strong, active; "a TIGHT lad," a smart, active young fellow; TIGHT, drunk, or nearly so, generally the result of "going on the loose;" "TIGHT-laced," puritanical, over-precise. Money is said to be TIGHT when the public, from want of confidence in the aspect of affairs, are not inclined to speculate.
tight lips
Refusing to talk or reveal information
tight ship
A well-organized and efficiently run operation
tight spot
A difficult or precarious situation
tight squeeze
A difficult or challenging situation
tighten the purse strings
Reduce spending by being more frugal
tightener
A dinner, or hearty meal. See SPITALFIELDS’ BREAKFAST.
tike-
Or BUFFER-LURKING, dog-stealing.
tilbuky
Sixpence; so called from its formerly being the fare for Crossing over from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort.
tile
A hat, a covering for the head.
till death do us part
Until the end of one's life
till death us do part
See DEPART. Death or Glory Boys, the 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) whose regimental badge is a Death's Head and Crossbones, with the words "Or Glory.
tillie
An ATM.
tilt
To tilt; to fight with a sword. To run full tilt against one; allusion to the ancient tilling with the lance.
tilt at windmills
To attack or challenge something that is perceived as wrong or unjust, but is actually harmless or unimportant
tim
A Catholic.
tim whisky
A light one--horse chaise without a head.
timber toe
A man with a wooden leg.
timber-toes
A wooden-legged man. Also at the East-end one who wears clogs, i.e., wooden soled boots.
time
Cabman’s slang for money. If they wish to express 9s. 9d. they say that "it is a quarter to ten;" if 3s. 6d., half-past three; if 11s. 9d. a quarter to twelve. Cab-drivers can hardly have originated a system which has been in existence as long as the adage, "Time is money." They have, however, the full use of the arrangement, which is perhaps the simplest on record.
time after time
Repeatedly, on multiple occasions
time alone will tell
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
time and material
A payment method based on actual time and materials used
time and tide
Circumstances that cannot be changed or controlled
time and tide wait for no man
No one can stop the passage of time
time bandit
Someone or something that wastes or steals time
time burglar
Someone who wastes or steals others' time
time forgot
A place or thing that seems unchanged and forgotten by time
time goes by slowly when you are living intensely
Time seems to pass slowly when one is fully engaged
Time himself is bald. (William Shakespeare)
Time is pitiless and spares no one
time is a great healer
Time can lessen the pain of a wound or sadness
Time is precious. (Paczolay, 1997 p. 428)
Time should be used wisely
time is ripe
The situation is ready for action or change
time is short
There is not much time available
time is ticking
Time is passing and a decision or action must be taken quickly
time is wasted without purpose
Life is pointless without goals or direction
Time of Grace
See SPORTING SEASONS. Time lag, term given to the pause that elapses between a cause and its effect.
time of old
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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