true blue will never stain
A really noble heart will never disgrace itself. The reference is 19 blue aprons and blouses worn by butchers, which do not show blood-stains.
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true stripes
show one's real character
true to form
Acting consistently with someone's character or expectations
true-lovers' knot
A complicated double knot with two interlacing bows on each side and two ends, used as a symbol of love.
trull
A soldier or a tinker's trull; a soldier or tinker's female companion.--Guteli, or trulli, are spirits like women, which shew great kindness to men, and hereof it is that we call light women trulls. RANDLE HOLM'S ACADEMY OF ARMORY.
trull
Corruption of "troll" or "trollop," a dirty, slatternly woman, a prostitute of the lowest class.
trump
A good fellow; "a regular TRUMP," a jolly or good-natured person—in allusion to a TRUMP card; "TRUMPS may turn up," i.e., fortune may yet favour me.
trump up
to fabricate or invent a false charge or accusation
trumpery
An old whore, or goods of no value; rubbish.
trumpet
To sound one's own trumpet; to praise one's self.
trumpeter
The king of Spain's trumpeter; a braying ass. His trumpeter is dead, he is therefore forced to sound his own trumpet. He would make an excellent trumpeter, for he has a strong breath; said of one having a foetid breath.
trumpista
A Trumpist.
trumps
To be put to one's trumps: to be in difficulties, or put to one's shifts. Something may turn up trumps; something lucky may happen. All his cards are trumps: he is extremely fortunate.
trunk
A nose. How fares your old trunk? does your nose still stand fast? an allusion to the proboscis or trunk of an elephant. To shove a trunk: to introduce one's self unasked into any place or company. Trunk-maker like; more noise than work.
trunks
Short trousers worn above hose or tights.—Theatrical.
trust me bro
have confidence in what I'm saying
trust, but verify
Be cautious and confirm information, even if you trust the source
truth be told
To admit something honestly
truth drug
Alkaloid scopolamin. An American doctor, R. E. House, used this drug to induce a state of lethargic intoxication in which the patient lost many of his defences and spoke the truth concerning matters about which he would normally have lied or prevaricated. The value of this and other truth drugs in penology has by no means been established.
Truth gives a short answer, lies go round about. (Strauss, 1994 p. 221)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it – often attributed to French author Jules Renard (1864–1910)
Patience and time can lead to greater understanding and insight.
truth is stranger than fiction
Real events can be more surprising than made-up stories
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. (Henry St. John)
Truth is simple and limited, while falsehood is vast and complex.
truth may be blamed, but it shall never be shamed
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
truth seeks no corners
Honesty and truth are always straightforward and transparent.
try it on
to test or experiment with something
try on
To endeavour. To live by thieving. Coves who try it on; professed thieves.
try on for size
To test or consider something to see if it fits or is suitable
try one's hand
To attempt something new to gain experience or test ability
TTiat makes my mouth water
The fragrance of appetizing food excites the salivary glands.
TTie City of the Sun
Baalbec, Rhodes, and Heliopolis, which had the sun for tutelary deity, were so called. It is also the name of a treatise on the Ideal Republic by the Dominican friar Campanella (1568-1639), similar to the Republic of Plato, Utopia of Sir Thomas More, and Atlantis of Bacon.
tu quoque
A retort implying that the one addressed is in the same case as the speaker — no better and no worse.
tub
The morning bath. To TUB has now become a regular verb, so far as colloquialism is concerned, though no one uses a TUB as the word was originally understood.
tub thumper
A presbyterian parson.
tub-thumping
Preaching or speech-making, from the old Puritan fashion of "holding forth" from a tub, or beer barrel, as a mark of their contempt for decorated pulpits.
tube steak
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
tubs
Nickname for a butterman.
tuck
A schoolboy’s term for fruit, pastry, &c. TUCK IN, or TUCK OUT, a good meal.
tuck and roll
to roll with a fall to reduce injury
tuck out
to feast
tucked up
Hanged. A tucker up to an old bachelor or widower; a supposed mistress.
tuft hunter
A it anniversary parasite, one who courts the acquaintance of nobility, whose caps are adorned with a gold tuft.
tuft-hunter
A hanger on to persons of quality or wealth—one who seeks the society of wealthy people. Originally University slang, but now general.
tufts
At the University, noblemen, who pay high fees and are distinguished by golden TUFTS, or tassels, in their caps.
tug of war
A struggle for control or power between two opposing sides
tug of war
A rural sport in which a number of men, divided into two bands, lay hold of a strong rope and pull against each other till one side has tugged the other over the dividing line.
tug one's forelock
Show respect or deference to someone, often in a humiliating way
tugjob
A hand job.
Tulchan Bishops
Certain Scotch bishops appointed by the Regent Morton, in 1572, with the distinct understanding that they were to hand over a fixed portion of the revenue to the patron. A tulchan is a stuffed calf-skin, placed under a cow that withholds her milk. The cow, thinking the "tulcan" to be her calf, readily yields her milk to the milk-pail; the bishop was to have the empty title, and the Regent was to get the "milk.
tulip mania
a period of irrational speculation and inflated prices
Tulip Mania
A reckless mania for the pur- chase of tulip-bulbs that arose in Holland in the 17th century and was at its greatest height about 1634-1637. A root of the species called Viceroy sold for £250; Semper Augustus, more than double that sum. The mania spread all over Europe, and became a mere stock- jobbing speculation.
tumble
To comprehend or understand. A coster was asked what he thought of Macbeth, and he replied, "The witches and the fighting was all very well, but the other moves I couldn’t TUMBLE to exactly; few on us can TUMBLE to the jaw-breakers; they licks us, they do."
tumble on
to discover or find something by chance
tumble to pieces
To be safely delivered, as in childbirth.
Tumbledown Dick
Anything that will not stand firmly. "Dick" is Richard Cromwell (1626- 1712), the Protector's son, who was but a tottering wall at best.
tumbler
A cart; also a sharper employed to draw in pigeons to game; likewise a posture-master, or rope-dancer. To shove the tumbler, or perhaps tumbril; to-be whipt at the cart's tail.
tuna taco
The vulva.
tune in
To watch or listen to a broadcast
tune out
To stop paying attention or listening
tune the old cow died of
An epithet for any ill-played or discordant piece of music. Originally the name of an old ballad, referred to by dramatists of Shakspeare’s time.
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