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Idioms

coil up one's back

To act carefully or drop out of something for fear that it may go wrong.

measure the back

To assess something from various angles in order not to suffer a loss on concerns over the result of it.

dig up someone's back

To secretly investigate to find out something that is not public.

hit the back of someone's head

To betray faith and loyalty.

get hit in the back of one's head

To be betrayed.

enter through the back hole

To enter into a certain group in a wrongful way.

dig[grub] up the back hole of someone

To seek out other's mistakes or faults.

put the back alley

To leave one's self a possible means of getting out.

be seized by one's hind leg

To become unable to escape since one's weakness has been seized upon.

scratch one's hind leg

To behave stupidly by bringing up again what has already been decided or concluded.

hold someone's hind leg

To control someone by seizing on his/her weakness.

be seized by the back of one's neck

To be unable to move at all and get caught.

have a bitter aftertaste

To feel uneasy after having finished something.

come and go through the back door

To secretly come in and out without getting spotted by others.

have one's hands clasped behind one's back

To just watch something without becoming involved.

the first time to hear[the first sound]

An expression used to describe something that one has never heard before and has just heard of for the first time.

have never heard and seen

To not know something at all since one has never heard or seen it before.

raise and put down

For a sound to be loud to such an extent as to shake everything up and down in a certain place.

raise and put down

To have a huge influence.

raise and put down

To buzz around a certain place to distract others.

suck[take out] and eat someone's backbone

To exploit or take another's fortune in every possible way.

have one's backbone fall out

To go through all sorts of hardships.