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What does on the ropes mean?
"On the ropes" is a colloquial term passed from boxing competitions, where a contestant was groggy, and holding onto the ropes round the ring for support. The implication is of being overcome, of weakness and distress.
What does knowing the ropes mean?
This is an old sailing term. If you knew your ropes, you knew which rope on a sailing ship would do which task, and you were a good and experienced sailor. Nowadays, you say that any experienced person "knows the ropes."
What is the purple ropes on naruto characters?
The ropes mean that the person was trained by orochimaro
What is the term for Mexican cowhands who used horses ropes?
Charro
What is the term for a frozen river?
Glacier
What does To choke a horse mean?
It means to stop the horse with the ropes.
What does show someone the ropes mean?
It means: insruct you on the details.
To shout angrily all of a sudden is to fly off the ropes?
"To fly of the handle" is the correct term.
What is the term for constantly frozen subsoil?
Permafrost.
What does the idiom knows the ropes mean?
It refers to being a seasoned sailor and knowing all the ropes on a sailing ship. The person knows where things are and how they work.
Where do you store ropes on a ship?
Lines (the proper term, not ropes) are stored within recessed Line Lockers on most vessels; they're able to hold 300'-600' of 3" mooring line.
What is the term used when two jump ropes are turned at the same time in opposite directions?
double dutch
