I give a tip of the hat to my teacher for her help.
tip of the hat
idiomA gesture of acknowledgement; often, an expression of gratitude; originally by doffing one's hat.
The director gave a tip of the hat to the entire design team for their hard work on the project.
In his final speech, the retiring professor offered a respectful tip of the hat to the mentors who had guided his early career.
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all hat and no cattle
Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
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all hat and no cowboy
Full of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.
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arse over tip
Tumbling or falling; upside-down.
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black hat
A villain in a story, especially in a Western (a film or other work of the Western genre).
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brick in one's hat
Drunkenness.
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does the Pope wear a funny hat
Obviously! Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.
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eat one's hat
Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.
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gray hat
A morally ambiguous character; an antihero.