second-guess
Meaning: To dispute or try to understand someone's reason for doing something.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
More idioms — Daily Life
- second-rate — Of inferior quality; not the best.
- have second thoughts — To begin to have doubts; to question and reexamine a decision.
- see red — To get angry.
- see something through — To finish something one has started.
- see the light — To understand something clearly.
- see through something or someone — To not be fooled by a false front or disguise that someone presents in order to mislead;…
More English idioms
- sell like hotcakes — To sell quickly.
- sell someone a bill of goods — To sell someone something that is worthless (sentence 1), or to make someone believe some…
- in seventh heaven — Blissfully happy.
- ships passing in the night — Two people whose lives come together or whose paths cross for a short time.
- shot in the dark — A guess, often wild or based on little information.
- sit tight — To wait quietly and patiently, often in an anxious situation.
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