Idiom about something

"Down" Idioms *Back  Down  from   (decide to not fight...) *Batten  Down  The Hatches    (prepare for a big storm...) *Catch One With One's Pants  Down   »   (surprise someone when they were totally unprepared...) * Clamp  Down  On Someone Or Something  »   (not allow it to happen anyway; become more strict...) * Coming  Down  To Earth  »   (become more realistic...) * Down  For The Count  »   (one is not able to continue, like a fighter who has fallen and cannot get up...) * Down  In The Dumps  »   (upset, bothered, sad; feeling sad, low, depressed...) * Down  On One's Luck  »   (one has been having bad luck lately; bad things have been happening...) * Down  On Someone Or Something  »   (finding faults with or criticizing that one...) * Down  South  »   (the southern part of the country...) * Down  The Drain...

idiom meaning example sentence beet red dark red (usually to describe face) My sister's face turned  beet red  when I caught her singing in front of a mirror. black and blue bruised and beaten We found the poor guy  black and blue  near the train tracks. black and white straight forward, very clear The rules we gave the kids were  black and white . No answering the phone or the door. black out faint I always  black out  at the sight of blood. black sheep the odd or bad member of the group My oldest brother was the  black sheep  in our family. He dropped out of school at fifteen. born with a silver spoon in one's mouth born into a rich family Keiko hasn't worked a day in her life. She was  born with a silver spoon in her mouth . catch red handed catch someone in the act of doing something wrong or illegal The kids were  caught red handed  stealing chocolate bars. golden opportunity the perfect chance The models' confer...