boxed in someone in

Meaning: Restricted; to restrict someone.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

More idioms — Daily Life

• brainstorm — To generate many ideas quickly.
• breadwinner — Somebody that provides financially for his or her family.
• get someone the brush-off — To be dismissed casually and almost cruelly.
• give someone a bum steer — Bad advice or instructions.
• burn rubber — To accelerate with tires so quickly from a stopped position that the rubber tires make a…
• burn the candle at both ends — To overwork oneself.

More English idioms

• bring down the house — To be a great success.
• burned out — Lacking enthusiasm due to overexposure or too much of the same thing; completely used up;…
• burning question — A question that deserves or demands discussion.
• butt in — To interfere (sentence 1) or literally to push one's way in between other people (sentenc…
• buy something for a song — To buy something very cheaply.
• by hook or by crook — By one way or another; by any means possible.

← Back to Idioms

Loading the full interactive collection…