Example
“Critics dismissed the flashy festival as bread and circuses while public services were being cut.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
cramp someone's style
Informal · CEFR B2
to limit someone's freedom to behave or express themselves in their usual way
friends in high places
Neutral · CEFR B2
powerful or influential acquaintances who can provide help or favorable treatment
cut loose
Informal · CEFR B1
to abandon restraint and behave freely or wildly
every which way
Informal · CEFR B1
in every direction, often in a scattered or disorderly way
fall in line
Neutral · CEFR B1
to obey or accept the rules and expectations set by a group or authority
get out of hand
Neutral · CEFR B1
To become impossible to control.
Source methodology
Meanings, register, CEFR, and examples come from the reviewed dictionary record. Expression notes may describe a reviewed present-day word picture or a background note; they are not presented as verified etymology.