time of one's life
An extremely enjoyable experience
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time off
A period of leave or vacation from work or duties
time out
to take a break or pause from an activity
time out of mind
For a very long time
time o’ day
A dodge, the latest aspect of affairs; "that’s your TIME O’ DAY," i.e., that’s well done; to put a person up to the TIME O’ DAY, or let him know "what’s o’clock," is to instruct him in the knowledge needful for him.
time signal
A visual or wireless signal indicating exact noon or some other recognized hour.
time thief
Something that wastes or steals time
Time-honoured Lancaster
Old John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (about 1340-99), so called by Shakespeare (Richard //, i, 1) because his memory had been honoured by
time-travel
To sleep.
timid as a mouse
Very timid.
timid as a rabbit
Very timid.
timotheus had twelve
It was played either with the fingers or with a plectrum. The lyre is called by poets a "shell," because the cords of the lyre used by Orpheus, Amphion, and Apollo were stretched on the shell of a tortoise. Hercules used boxwood.
tin
Money,—generally applied to silver.
tin bath
A laugh.
tin derby
A tin hat.
tin dip
A tin hat.
tin god
A person with great self-importance
tin hat
A soldiers' name for a metal shrapnel helmet. To. put the tin hat on it, to bring something to an abrupt and conclusive end.
tin lid
A tin hat.
Tin-pan Alley
The district of New York City where popular music is published. The phrase is often used gencrically of the com- posers of this type of music.
tin-pot
"he plays a TIN-POT game," i.e., a low, mean, or shabby game. In the Contes d’Eutrapel, a French officer at the siege of Chatillon is ridiculously spoken of as Captain TIN-POT—Capitaine du Pot d’Etain. TIN-POT, as generally used, means worthless. As applied to billiards and kindred games, it means pretentious and inferior play.
tin-pot dictatorship
A small or insignificant authoritarian regime
tinfish
A torpedo.
tinge
The per-centage allowed by drapers and clothiers to their assistants upon the sale of old-fashioned articles. See SPIFFS.
tink
To unknit.
Tinker to Evers to Chance
A phrase describing a routine or predictable process
tinkler
The penis.
tinkler
A bell. "Jerk the TINKLER," ring the bell. Refined or affected slangists sometimes say, "Agitate the communicator," which, though it represents "ring the bell," should more properly mean "pull the cord."
tip
To drink.
tip
Advice or information respecting anything, but mostly used in reference to horse-racing, so that the person TIPPED may know how to bet to the best advantage. The "straight TIP" is the TIP which comes direct from the owner or trainer of a horse. Of late years a "straight TIP" means a direct hint on any subject.
tip and ring
The two wires in a telephone circuit
Tip and Run Raid
A phrase used in World War II when hostile aircraft flew in across the sea, hurriedly — and often indiscriminately — dropped their bombs, and immediately sped homewards. So called from the light-hearted form of holiday cricket in which the batsman is forced to run every time he touches the ball.
tip of the hat
A gesture of respect or admiration
tip of the ice cube
a small part of a larger problem
tip of the iceberg
A small part of a larger, often hidden problem
tip off
To give someone a secret warning or information about something
tip off
To warn or give a hint, especially timely warning of a police raid.
tip one's hat
Show respect or admiration for someone
tip the scale
to be the factor that decides something
tip the scales
to be the factor that decides something
tip the wink
to give someone a secret signal or hint
tip-top
The best: perhaps from fruit, that growing at the top of the tree being generally the best, as partaking most of the sun. A tip-top workman; the best, or most excellent Workman.
tip-top
First-rate, of the best kind.
tip-topper
A "swell," or dressy man, a "Gorger."
tipper
A kind of ale brewed at Brighton. Mrs. Gamp preferred the "Brighton TIPPER."
tipperary fortune
Two town lands, stream's town, and ballinocack; said of Irish women without fortune.
Tipperary Rifle
A shillelagh or stick made of blackthorn.
tipplers
Sots who are continually sipping.
Tippling House
A contemptuous name for a tavern or public-house. A tippler was formerly a tavern-keeper or tapster, and the tavern was called a tippling house. At Boston, Lincolnshire, in 1577, five persons were appointed "tipplers of Lincoln beer," and no "other tippler [might] draw or sell beer . . ." under penalties.
tipster
A "turf" agent who collects early and generally special information of the condition and racing capabilities of horses in the training districts, and posts the same to his subscribers to guide their betting.
tiptoe through a minefield
To navigate a situation carefully to avoid danger or controversy
Tirant lo Blanch
A romance of chivalry by Johannot Martorell and Jphan de Galba, written in Catalan and published at Valencia in 1490. A favourite book of Cervantes, and one which figures in Don Quixote's library.
tire fire
A chaotic and disastrous situation
Tire Latin Church
The Western Church, in contradistinction to the Greek or Eastern Church.
tired and emotional
drunk or intoxicated
tiring
Dressing: perhaps abbreviation of ATTIRING. Tiring women, or tire women: women that used to cut ladies hair, and dress them.
tit
A horse; a pretty little tit; a smart little girl. a *** or tid bit; a delicate morsel. Tommy tit; a smart lively little fellow.
tit
A favourite name for a horse.
tit for tat
Exchanging retaliatory actions or insults
Tit for Tat
Retaliation; probably representing tip for tap, i.e. blow for blow. J. Bellenden Ker says this is the Dutch dit vor dat (this for that), Lat. quid pro quo. Heywood uses the phrase tit for tat, perhaps the French tant pour tant.
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