scrape someone off the ceiling
idiomUsed to describe the response to someone who is either experiencing great pain, who is very frightened, or is very elated.
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as if someone owns the place
Alternative form of like someone owns the place.
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bamboo ceiling
A social barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a person of East Asian ethnicity.
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beat someone round the ears
To beat (a person) with blows about the head.
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bless someone with
To give or bestow, as a gift from God.
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bow and scrape
To behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.
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brass ceiling
An unwritten, uncodified barrier to promotion or progression for women in law enforcement or the military.
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bring someone to their knees
To defeat and make submit to orders.
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call someone every name in the book
To call someone many abusive names.