Zack Phuc
2021-07-04 02:07
Alarms and excursions idiom
This idiom is used to describe an event that is hysterical and very noisy.
The alarms and excursions upstairs made my headache worsen.
I hate it when my daughter's girlfriends stay at our house for the night. They are usually clamorous with all of their alarms and excursions.
Stop with the alarms and excursions. I am trying to take a nap!
To laugh hysterically
To celebrate noisily and excitingly; to generate excitement in a group of people
Used to indicate that it is so loud as to wake the dead.
Originially, the phrase was used as a calll summoning soldiers to arms. The whole phrase is used in stage directions in Shakespeare to indicate a battle scene.
Do you see anything wrong?
Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail
Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him
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