bay

at bay

At a safe distance; held back by some action. That preventative course of antibiotics really kept the illness at bay—I was hardly sick at all! We have a security system to keep burglars at bay.

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bay at

To howl at. A: "What's that noise?" B: "Just some coyotes baying at the moon."

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bay at the moon

To make appeals in vain. Good luck talking to the principal, but I think you'll just be baying at the moon—I doubt you'll get a better grade.

bay for blood

To seek punishment for a person or group. My co-workers have been baying for blood ever since they found out that I lied about my credentials on my resume.

See also: bay, blood

bay window

1. A large, protruding window that extends from the wall of a building and creates an alcove inside. Mom still decorates the bay window for every holiday.

2. slang A large or bulging stomach. If you don't get that bay window under control, you'll be asked to play Santa Claus this year!

be baying for blood

To be seeking punishment for a person or group. My co-workers have been baying for blood ever since they found out that I lied about my credentials on my resume.

See also: bay, blood

bring (someone or something) to bay

To catch or trap someone or something (such as an animal). That beast has been terrorizing the townspeople for weeks—we must bring it to bay at once!

flourish like a green bay tree

To thrive; to grow very successfully. The green bay tree is known to grow several new branches every year. Wow, you have just been flourishing like a green bay tree ever since you changed majors.

See also: bay, flourish, green, like, tree

hold (someone or something) at bay

To keep someone or something at a distance or from reaching full potency, especially in order to prevent harm to oneself. These tree frogs have a powerful poison on their backs that helps hold predators at bay. You have to start meeting your minimum monthly repayments if you want to hold your creditors at bay. During my college years, the only things I had to hold hunger at bay were beans, rice, and plain pasta.

keep (someone or something) at bay

To keep someone or something at a distance or from reaching full potency, especially in order to prevent harm to oneself. During my college years, the only things I had to keep hunger at bay were beans, rice, and plain pasta. You have to start meeting your minimum monthly repayments if you want to keep your creditors at bay. These tree frogs have a powerful poison on their backs that helps keep predators at bay.

*at bay

Fig. at a distance. (*Typically: be ~; keep someone or something ~; remain ~.) I have to keep the bill collectors at bay until I get my paycheck. The mosquitoes will not remain at bay for very long.

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bay at something

to howl at something. (Usually said of a dog, wolf, or coyote.) The dogs were baying at the moon. We heard a coyote in the distance, baying at the moon.

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hold someone or something at bay

Fig. to make someone, a group, or an animal stay at a safe distance. (Originally referred only to animals.) I held the attacker at bay while Mary got away and called the police. The dogs held the bear at bay while I got my gun loaded.

at bay

Cornered, in distress, as in Angry bystanders chased the thief into an alley and held him at bay until the police arrived . This idiom originally came from hunting, where it describes an animal that has been driven back and now faces pursuing hounds. Its use for other situations dates from the late 1500s.

See also: bay

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

keep something/someone at bay

hold something/someone at bay

COMMON If you keep something or someone at bay or hold them at bay, you stop them from attacking you or harming you. By salting the meat, bacteria were kept at bay, preserving the meat for future use. Tooth decay can be held at bay by fluoride toothpaste and good dentistry. A dozen American soldiers held the crowd at bay until the helicopter lifted off. Note: When a hunted animal is at bay, it is trapped by the hounds (= hunting dogs) and forced to turn and face them to defend itself. However, if the animal is successfully defending itself in this position, you can say that it is holding the hounds at bay. This second use seems the most likely origin of the expression.

be baying for someone's blood

be baying for blood

BRITISH

If people are baying for someone's blood or baying for blood, they want someone to be punished or hurt. Eight thousand supporters were baying for the manager's blood after a 5-0 loss to Grimsby. The travel company had just buried itself with debts of more than £12m and thousands of disappointed holidaymakers were baying for blood. Note: This expression compares the people's demands to the sounds that dogs make on a hunt.

See also: bay, blood

bay at the moon

howl at the moon

LITERARY

If you bay at the moon or howl at the moon, you waste your time and energy trying to do something which is impossible or trying to get something which you cannot have. You're looking for the perfect man and he doesn't exist. You're baying at the moon.

bay for blood

demand punishment or retribution.

See also: bay, blood

bring someone or something to bay

trap or corner a person or animal being hunted or chased.

This phrase was originally a medieval hunting term, referring to the position of the quarry when it is cornered by the baying hounds. An animal cornered in this way is said to stand at bay .

See also: bay, bring, someone, something

hold (or keep) someone or something at bay

prevent someone or something from approaching or having an effect.

bay at the moon

clamour or make an outcry to no effect.

The barking of dogs at a full moon has been a metaphor for futile activity since the mid 17th century.

at ˈbay

when an animal that is being hunted is at bay, it must turn and face the dogs and hunters because it is impossible to escape from them

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hold/keep somebody/something at ˈbay

prevent somebody/something from coming too close or attacking: Vitamin C helps to keep colds and flu at bay.

See also: bay, hold, keep, somebody, something

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

bay window

n. a belly; an abdomen. You are going to have to do something about that bay window.

hold at bay, to

To keep some adverse situation from worsening; to hold off an enemy. The term comes from the Old French tenir a bay, which meant to hold open or in suspense, and referred to a hunted animal being cornered by its pursuers. The term was used literally by the fourteenth century, and figuratively soon thereafter. It is also phrased as to keep at bay.

at bay

To keep someone or something at a safe distance. The phrase derives from stag hunting, from a French word that also is the source of the English word for the baying howl that hounds make during a chance. A tired and cornered stag that turns to face the pursuing hounds is, for the moment, at a safe distance from its attackers.

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Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

at bay
get sick
take sick
sick
sick up
sick as a dog, to be
you make me sick
(as) sick as a dog
sick as a dog
flu

References in periodicals archive

In fact, the level of pollution in Manila Bay's poses serious health risks to those who may ingest water from it, with the fecal coliform level reaching up to as high as 333 million most probable numbers per 100 milliliters in some portions.

Saving Manila Bay: Is it possible?

Cimatu said that high fecal coliform in the bay could cause typhoid fever, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, dysentery and ear infections.

No more swimming: Manila Bay to be fenced off

Bay laurel, or Laurus nobilis, is what is known as "true bay." This perennial, evergreen herb is in the Lauraceae plant family, which also includes cinnamon and sassafras.

Beyond Soup: Explore How to Grow and Use the Bay Laurel Plant

67 percent less nitrogen is discharged into the bay.

Stats: bay watch: Sarasota bay comes roaring back

However, websites like Isohunt.to have decided to give The Pirate Bay to whoever wants it.

The Pirate Bay Copy Made Public: The Open Bay Is Here By Isohunt.to

U13 girls: 3 Holly Roberts (Colwyn Bay), 7 Ceri Vaughan (C Bay), 13 Yasmine Baker (Wrex), 37 Cara Bird (Wrex).

Smith& Willis in club 1-2

Under-11s: Winners - Whitchurch, 2nd - Swansea Bay, 3rd - Colwyn Bay, 4th Dysynni.

Hockey: Youngsters flying high in big RAF hockey event

Under the new banner of Thunder Bay Fine Papers, a group of local and out-of-town investors looking to buy the idled Lakeshore Drive operation is confident the mill could be producing by early spring once a Canadian equity investors group concludes its due diligence process by late January.

Idled Thunder Bay Cascades back in operation

He was drafted by Green Bay in 1965 and was a key member of Vince Lombardi's NFL championship team that season and Super Bowl I-winning team a year later.

84th annual convention of the AFCA

Architects under 40 may submit a 3,000 s/f to 5,000 s/f one-story or split-level private resort home design on an estate lot at Cotton Bay, in Eleuthera, Bahamas.

Design challenge gives young architects chance to shine

The Chesapeake Bay watershed also supports more than 3,600 species of plant and animal life.

Facts on the Chesapeake Bay and its environment

She registered with Bay Area National Dance Week, posted fliers at a small theater, and crossed her fingers.

National Dance Week: the California Bay Area celebrates

Between June and September, inhabitants surrounding Wisconsin's Green Bay had scarcely seen a drop of rain.

The Peshtigo fire: in 1871, a firestorm struck northeastern Wisconsin, killing more than 1,700 people. With courage and confidence, the survivors forged a new future among the ruins

However, Bay Bridge Enterprises LLC, a Chesapeake, Va.-based ship dismantler, seeks to overcome the hysteria about dangerous conditions and to focus on the company's environmentally compliant operations.

Image conscious: Bay Bridge Enterprises LLC looks to overcome the misperceptions anbout ship dismantling operations

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释义	bay at bay At a safe distance; held back by some action. That preventative course of antibiotics really kept the illness at bay—I was hardly sick at all! We have a security system to keep burglars at bay. See also: bay bay at To howl at. A: "What's that noise?" B: "Just some coyotes baying at the moon." See also: bay bay at the moon To make appeals in vain. Good luck talking to the principal, but I think you'll just be baying at the moon—I doubt you'll get a better grade. See also: bay, moon bay for blood To seek punishment for a person or group. My co-workers have been baying for blood ever since they found out that I lied about my credentials on my resume. See also: bay, blood bay window 1. A large, protruding window that extends from the wall of a building and creates an alcove inside. Mom still decorates the bay window for every holiday. 2. slang A large or bulging stomach. If you don't get that bay window under control, you'll be asked to play Santa Claus this year! See also: bay, window be baying for blood To be seeking punishment for a person or group. My co-workers have been baying for blood ever since they found out that I lied about my credentials on my resume. See also: bay, blood bring (someone or something) to bay To catch or trap someone or something (such as an animal). That beast has been terrorizing the townspeople for weeks—we must bring it to bay at once! See also: bay, bring flourish like a green bay tree To thrive; to grow very successfully. The green bay tree is known to grow several new branches every year. Wow, you have just been flourishing like a green bay tree ever since you changed majors. See also: bay, flourish, green, like, tree hold (someone or something) at bay To keep someone or something at a distance or from reaching full potency, especially in order to prevent harm to oneself. These tree frogs have a powerful poison on their backs that helps hold predators at bay. You have to start meeting your minimum monthly repayments if you want to hold your creditors at bay. During my college years, the only things I had to hold hunger at bay were beans, rice, and plain pasta. See also: bay, hold keep (someone or something) at bay To keep someone or something at a distance or from reaching full potency, especially in order to prevent harm to oneself. During my college years, the only things I had to keep hunger at bay were beans, rice, and plain pasta. You have to start meeting your minimum monthly repayments if you want to keep your creditors at bay. These tree frogs have a powerful poison on their backs that helps keep predators at bay. See also: bay, keep Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. at bay Fig.* at a distance. (Typically: be ~; keep* someone or something ~; remain ~.) I have to keep the bill collectors at bay until I get my paycheck. The mosquitoes will not remain at bay for very long. See also: bay bay at something to howl at something. (Usually said of a dog, wolf, or coyote.) The dogs were baying at the moon. We heard a coyote in the distance, baying at the moon. See also: bay hold someone or something at bay Fig. to make someone, a group, or an animal stay at a safe distance. (Originally referred only to animals.) I held the attacker at bay while Mary got away and called the police. The dogs held the bear at bay while I got my gun loaded. See also: bay, hold McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. at bay Cornered, in distress, as in Angry bystanders chased the thief into an alley and held him at bay until the police arrived . This idiom originally came from hunting, where it describes an animal that has been driven back and now faces pursuing hounds. Its use for other situations dates from the late 1500s. See also: bay The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. keep something/someone at bay or hold something/someone at bay COMMON If you keep something or someone at bay or hold them at bay, you stop them from attacking you or harming you. By salting the meat, bacteria were kept at bay, preserving the meat for future use. Tooth decay can be held at bay by fluoride toothpaste and good dentistry. A dozen American soldiers held the crowd at bay until the helicopter lifted off. Note: When a hunted animal is at bay, it is trapped by the hounds (= hunting dogs) and forced to turn and face them to defend itself. However, if the animal is successfully defending itself in this position, you can say that it is holding the hounds at bay. This second use seems the most likely origin of the expression. See also: bay, keep, someone, something be baying for someone's blood or be baying for blood BRITISH If people are baying for someone's blood or baying for blood, they want someone to be punished or hurt. Eight thousand supporters were baying for the manager's blood after a 5-0 loss to Grimsby. The travel company had just buried itself with debts of more than £12m and thousands of disappointed holidaymakers were baying for blood. Note: This expression compares the people's demands to the sounds that dogs make on a hunt. See also: bay, blood bay at the moon or howl at the moon LITERARY If you bay at the moon or howl at the moon, you waste your time and energy trying to do something which is impossible or trying to get something which you cannot have. You're looking for the perfect man and he doesn't exist. You're baying at the moon. See also: bay, moon Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. bay for blood demand punishment or retribution. See also: bay, blood bring someone or something to bay trap or corner a person or animal being hunted or chased. This phrase was originally a medieval hunting term, referring to the position of the quarry when it is cornered by the baying hounds. An animal cornered in this way is said to stand at bay . See also: bay, bring, someone, something hold (or keep) someone or something at bay prevent someone or something from approaching or having an effect. See also: bay, hold, someone, something bay at the moon clamour or make an outcry to no effect. The barking of dogs at a full moon has been a metaphor for futile activity since the mid 17th century. See also: bay, moon Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary at ˈbay when an animal that is being hunted is at bay, it must turn and face the dogs and hunters because it is impossible to escape from them See also: bay hold/keep somebody/something at ˈbay prevent somebody/something from coming too close or attacking: Vitamin C helps to keep colds and flu at bay. See also: bay, hold, keep, somebody, something Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary bay window n. a belly; an abdomen. You are going to have to do something about that bay window. See also: bay, window McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions hold at bay, to To keep some adverse situation from worsening; to hold off an enemy. The term comes from the Old French tenir a bay, which meant to hold open or in suspense, and referred to a hunted animal being cornered by its pursuers. The term was used literally by the fourteenth century, and figuratively soon thereafter. It is also phrased as to keep at bay. See also: hold The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer at bay To keep someone or something at a safe distance. The phrase derives from stag hunting, from a French word that also is the source of the English word for the baying howl that hounds make during a chance. A tired and cornered stag that turns to face the pursuing hounds is, for the moment, at a safe distance from its attackers. See also: bay Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: at bay get sick take sick sick sick up sick as a dog, to be you make me sick (as) sick as a dog sick as a dog flu References in periodicals archive In fact, the level of pollution in Manila Bay's poses serious health risks to those who may ingest water from it, with the fecal coliform level reaching up to as high as 333 million most probable numbers per 100 milliliters in some portions. Saving Manila Bay: Is it possible? Cimatu said that high fecal coliform in the bay could cause typhoid fever, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, dysentery and ear infections. No more swimming: Manila Bay to be fenced off Bay laurel, or Laurus nobilis, is what is known as "true bay." This perennial, evergreen herb is in the Lauraceae plant family, which also includes cinnamon and sassafras. Beyond Soup: Explore How to Grow and Use the Bay Laurel Plant 67 percent less nitrogen is discharged into the bay. Stats: bay watch: Sarasota bay comes roaring back However, websites like Isohunt.to have decided to give The Pirate Bay to whoever wants it. The Pirate Bay Copy Made Public: The Open Bay Is Here By Isohunt.to U13 girls: 3 Holly Roberts (Colwyn Bay), 7 Ceri Vaughan (C Bay), 13 Yasmine Baker (Wrex), 37 Cara Bird (Wrex). Smith& Willis in club 1-2 Under-11s: Winners - Whitchurch, 2nd - Swansea Bay, 3rd - Colwyn Bay, 4th Dysynni. Hockey: Youngsters flying high in big RAF hockey event Under the new banner of Thunder Bay Fine Papers, a group of local and out-of-town investors looking to buy the idled Lakeshore Drive operation is confident the mill could be producing by early spring once a Canadian equity investors group concludes its due diligence process by late January. Idled Thunder Bay Cascades back in operation He was drafted by Green Bay in 1965 and was a key member of Vince Lombardi's NFL championship team that season and Super Bowl I-winning team a year later. 84th annual convention of the AFCA Architects under 40 may submit a 3,000 s/f to 5,000 s/f one-story or split-level private resort home design on an estate lot at Cotton Bay, in Eleuthera, Bahamas. Design challenge gives young architects chance to shine The Chesapeake Bay watershed also supports more than 3,600 species of plant and animal life. Facts on the Chesapeake Bay and its environment She registered with Bay Area National Dance Week, posted fliers at a small theater, and crossed her fingers. National Dance Week: the California Bay Area celebrates Between June and September, inhabitants surrounding Wisconsin's Green Bay had scarcely seen a drop of rain. The Peshtigo fire: in 1871, a firestorm struck northeastern Wisconsin, killing more than 1,700 people. With courage and confidence, the survivors forged a new future among the ruins However, Bay Bridge Enterprises LLC, a Chesapeake, Va.-based ship dismantler, seeks to overcome the hysteria about dangerous conditions and to focus on the company's environmentally compliant operations. Image conscious: Bay Bridge Enterprises LLC looks to overcome the misperceptions anbout ship dismantling operations
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