La·od·i·ce·an

La·od·i·ce·an  (l-d-sn) adj. 1. Of or relating to Laodicea. 2. Indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of religion. n. A native or inhabitant of Laodicea. [Adj., sense 2, in reference to Revelation 3:14-16.]

blow someone or something out of the water

blow someone or something out of the water

Fig. to destroy utterly someone or something, such as a plan. (Alludes to a torpedo or other weapon striking a ship and causing a great explosion that makes pieces of the ship fly out of the water.) I will blow him out of the water if he shows up around here. The boss blew the whole idea out of the water.

See also: blow, out, water

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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blow something/somebody out of the water

to destroy or defeat something or someone completely They came to court with fresh evidence that would, they said, blow the prosecution's case completely out of the water.

See also: blow, out, water

Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.

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blow something out of the water

to destroy something The virus blew my computer's hard drive completely out of the water. My lawyer blew their case right out of the water with his witnesses.

See also: blow, out, water

blow you out of the water

1. to completely surprise you Her singing blew me out of the water - I haven't heard anyone sing like that since Sarah Vaughn.

2. to defeat or completely confuse you We were blown out of the water by that team - they didn't make one mistake the whole game! Those directions blew us out of the water. We couldn't follow them at all.

Second-guess somebody/something

second-guess somebody/something   1. to try to guess what will happen or what someone will do It's not for us to second-guess the court's decision - we'll just have to wait and see. 2. to criticize someone's actions or an event after it has happened It's easy to second-guess the team's coach - but let's face it, he made big mistakes

Bumptious

bumptious     Use Bumptious in a sentence bump·tious  [buhmp-shuhs]   adjective offensively self-assertive: a bumptious young upstart. Origin:  1795–1805; bump + (frac)tious  Related forms bump·tious·ly, adverb bump·tious·ness, noun o·ver·bump·tious, adjective o·ver·bump·tious·ly, adverb o·ver·bump·tious·ness, noun

Grasp the nettle

Grasp the nettle UK: to force yourself to be brave and do something that is difficult or unpleasant: You've been putting off making that phone call for days - I think it's about time you grasped the nettle!