1. a ~gun marriage = a
sudden wedding because someone is pregnant
2. to be ~ the gun = to be
under pressure
3. to gun ~ someone = to
shoot someone like an animal
4. to ~ the gun = to move
too quickly
5. to ~ a gun on someone =
to take out a gun & point it out at someone
6. to ~ to one's guns = to
keep your opinion
7. to put a gun to one's ~ =
to threaten sb to do st
8. a smoking gun = strong
evidence
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Seven Gun Idioms
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1. a shotgun marriage
Ex. I can't imagine why
they're getting married so quickly unless it's a shotgun marriage.
2. to be under the gun
Ex. I'm really under the gun
to finish my report by Friday.
3. to gun someone down
Ex. He was gunned down., He
was gunned down in cold blood.
4. to jump the gun
Ex. Don't jump the gun and
quit your job. Wait until you talk to your boss.
5. to pull a gun on someone
Ex. He pulled a gun on the
clerk and demanded all the money from the register.
6. to stick to one's guns
Ex. You made a good
argument, but I'm sticking to my guns.
7. to put a gun to one's
head
Ex. Look, I'm not going to
put a gun to your head, but I'd like for you to come.
8. a smoking gun = strong
evidence
Ex. I am sure he did it, but
there is no smoking gun.
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Words we use with guns:
1. to put bullets in the gun
= to load the gun
Ex. In the old days it took
30 seconds to load a gun.
2. the gun has bullets in it
= the gun is loaded
Ex. Don't worry. The gun
isn't loaded.
3. to carry a gun = to pack
a gun (slang)
Ex. Are you packing?
Is he packing? = Does he
have a gun now?
4. to have a gun or any
weapon = to be armed
Ex. The police say the
suspect is armed and dangerous.
その容疑者は武器を携帯し危険であると思われる。
5. to take someone's weapon
or gun away = to disarm sb
Ex. I disarmed him with
baseball bat.
6. gun size is measured by
caliber
.22 is fairly small
The sizes range from .17 to
.50.
Clint Eastwood in the Dirty
Harry movies carried a .44 Magnum
7. Shotguns are classed
according to gauge
12-gauge shotguns are the
most common
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