Word Meanings 2021-05-21 [8 Words]

1.
drop the ball
phrase of drop

INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
make a mistake; mishandle things.
"I really dropped the ball on this one"

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2.
creepy
/ˈkriːpi/

adjectiveINFORMAL
causing an unpleasant feeling of fear or unease.
"the creepy feelings one often gets in a strange house"
Similar:
frightening
scaring
terrifying
hair-raising
spine-chilling
blood-curdling

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3.
bonkers
/ˈbɒŋkəz/

adjectiveINFORMAL•BRITISH
mad; crazy.
"you're stark raving bonkers!"

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4.
be climbing the walls
phrase of climb

INFORMAL
feel frustrated, helpless, and trapped.
"his job soon had him climbing the walls"

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5.

be for the high jump
phrase of high jump
INFORMAL•BRITISH
be about to be severely reprimanded or punished.
"you're for the high jump"

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6.
bogged down
ADJECTIVE [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you get bogged down in something, it prevents you from making progress or getting something done.
But why get bogged down in legal details? [+ in]
Sometimes this fact is obscured because churches get so bogged down by unimportant rules.
Synonyms: entangled, involved, overwhelmed, mixed up   More Synonyms of bogged down
Ref: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bogged-down

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7.
out of the frying pan into the fire
phrase of frying pan
from a bad situation to one that is worse.
"he may find himself jumping out of the frying pan into the fire"

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8.
bogged down; bogging down; bogs down

1: to cause (something) to sink in wet ground
The mud bogged down the car.
The car got bogged down in the mud.
—often used figuratively
It's easy to get bogged down in details.

2: to become stuck in wet ground
The car bogged down in the mud.
—often used figuratively
The story bogs down after the second chapter.

Ref: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bog%20down

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be/get bogged down [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-get-bogged-down]

— phrasal verb with bog verb

UK  /bɒɡ/ US  /bɑːɡ/

 
to be/become so involved in something difficult or complicated that you cannot do anything else:

# Let's not get bogged down with individual complaints

# UK Try not to get too bogged down in the details.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
# Experiencing difficulties

# be (caught) between a rock and a hard place
[If you are caught between a rock and a hard place, you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action.] 

idiom
# be climbing the walls 

idiom
be for the high jump 

idiom
be/come up against a brick wall 
[to arrive at a situation in which something is stopping you from doing what you want]

idiom
fall into sth

[1 : to go down quickly into (something) 
# She fell into the swimming pool. 

2 : to pass to (a less active or less desirable state or condition) 
# This word has fallen into disuse. 
# His theories have now fallen into disrepute/disfavor.]

idiom
on a razor edge 
[—used in various phrases to refer to a dangerous position or a position in which two different things are carefully balanced 
# He's a thrill-seeker who likes living on the razor's edge. 

# The country's future is balanced on a razor's edge. 

# He walks a/the razor edge between humor and bad taste in his comedy.]

idiom
out of the frying pan into the fire 

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