SCRAPE ME OFF THE CEILING

Meaning of SCRAPE ME OFF THE CEILING in English

help me become normal or recover from shock

If I win a million dollars, you'll have to scrape me off the ceiling.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SCRAPE ME OFF THE CEILING — help me become normal or recover from shock If I win a million dollars, you'll have to scrape me off …
English Idioms vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Английский словарь Британика
SCRAPE — I. ˈskrāp verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English scrapen to scrape, erase, from Old Norse skrapa to scrape; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — I. (|)mē, _mi pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CEILING — ˈsēliŋ, -ēŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English celing, from celen to ceil + -ing — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCRAPE — (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy …
Английский словарь Webster
SCRAPE — (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something …
Английский словарь Webster
ME — (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective …
Английский словарь Webster
SCRAPE — ( v. t. ) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRAPE — ( n. ) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ME — ( pers. pron. ) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRAPE — — scrapable , adj. — scrapeage , n. /skrayp/ , v. , scraped, scraping , n. v.t. 1. to deprive …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ME — /mee/ , pron. 1. the objective case of I , used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CEILING — — ceilinged , adj. /see"ling/ , n. 1. the overhead interior surface of a room. 2. the top limit imposed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRAPE — I. ˈskrāp verb ( scraped ; scrap·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skrapa; akin to Old English scrapian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German mīh me, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CEILING — noun Etymology: Middle English celing, from celen Date: 1535 1. a. : the overhead inside lining of a room b. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCRAPE — vt to remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above). 2. scrape ·vi to play awkwardly and inharmoniously on …
Webster English vocab
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
ME — pron one. ·see men, ·pron 2. me (·pron·pers) the person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the …
Webster English vocab
CEILING — vt the inner planking of a vessel. 2. ceiling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of ceil. 3. ceiling ·vt the lining or …
Webster English vocab
SCRAPE — [scrape] vb scraped ; scrap.ing [ME, fr. ON skrapa; akin to OE scrapian to scrape, L scrobis ditch, Russ skresti …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ME — [me] pron, objective case of i [ME, fr. OE me; akin to OHG mih me, L me, Gk me, Skt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CEILING — [ceil.ing] n [ME celing, fr. celen] (1535) 1 a: the overhead inside lining of a room b: material used to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CEILING — the overhead surface or surfaces covering a room, and the underside of a floor or a roof. Ceilings are often …
Britannica English vocabulary
CEILING — ceiling BrE AmE ˈsiːl ɪŋ (usually = sealing) ▷ ceiling|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCRAPE — / skreɪp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb REMOVE 1. to remove sth from a surface by moving sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — pronoun , noun ■ pronoun / mi; NAmE ; strong form miː/ the form of I that is used when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CEILING — / ˈsiːlɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. the top inside surface of a room : She lay on her back staring …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRAPE — I. scrape 1 /skreɪp/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: skrapa ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ME — me S1 W1 /mi; strong miː/ BrE AmE pronoun [object form of ‘I’] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CEILING — cei ‧ ling S3 W3 /ˈsiːlɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: ceil 'to provide with a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCRAPE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a move a hard or sharp edge across (a surface), esp. to make something …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCRAPE — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a move a hard or sharp edge across (a surface), esp. to make something …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
ME — 1. pron. 1. objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Oxford English vocab
SCRAPE — ( scrapes, scraping, scraped) 1. If you scrape something from a surface, you remove it, especially by pulling a sharp …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A speaker or writer uses me to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CEILING — ( ceilings) 1. A ceiling is the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRAPE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES scrape off/away paint (= take most of the paint off a surface using a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CEILING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES glass ceiling ▪ Goodhue shattered the glass ceiling as the first female publisher at Time …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCRAPE — (SUCCEED) [verb] [I usually + adverb or preposition] - to only just be successful in gettingShe scraped into university on …
Cambridge English vocab
ME — (PERSON) [pronoun] - used, usually after a verb or preposition, to refer to the person speaking or writingCan you see …
Cambridge English vocab
CEILING — [noun] [C] - the surface of a room which you can see when you look above youA light was hanging …
Cambridge English vocab
ME — pron. Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CEILING — Synonyms and related words : CAT, acme, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, all, altitude, altitude peak, apogee, atmospheric …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SCRAPE — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully , gently ▪ She carefully ~d away the top layer of paint. ▪ away , back …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CEILING — noun 1 top surface inside a room ADJECTIVE ▪ high , low , tall ( AmE ) ▪ cathedral (= …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SCRAPE — n. 25B6; verb we scraped all the paint off the windows : ABRADE, grate, sand, sandpaper, scour, scratch, rub, file, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCRAPE — v. 1 abrade, graze, scratch, bark, scuff, skin, bruise, damage, injure I scraped my knee on the pavement when I …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

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