rash
Related to rash: heat rash, Viral rash
all over (one) like a rash
Crowding, covering, or in close proximity to one, often in a seductive or flirtatious way. Janet was all over Richard like a rash for the whole night, but you could tell he wasn't interested. The press were all over me like a bad rash the moment I stepped out of the courtroom.
See also: all, like, over, rash
break out in a rash
To experience visible skin irritation. After my husband broke out in a rash, we realized that the bushes he'd been trimming in the back yard were actually poison ivy. I had to go to the emergency room because the medication I'd been prescribed caused me to break out in a rash and have trouble breathing.
See also: break, out, rash
road rash
An abrasion on some area of one's skin resulting from falling off of a non-enclosed vehicle (such as a bicycle, motorcycle, skateboard, etc.) and onto the pavement. A: "I just ended up with a bit of road rash on my arm." B: "You're lucky you didn't get killed! Next time, you wear your helmet on that bike, do you hear me?" My motorcycle slipped on some gravel and I went skidding on my back about 100 feet down the road. I got such bad road rash that I had to get a skin graft!
See also: rash, road
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
break out in a rash
[for the skin] to erupt with a rash. (See also break out in a cold sweat; break out (with a rash).) I knew Dan had the chicken pox, because he broke out in a rash and had a dry cough. The baby breaks out in a rash all the time.
See also: break, out, rash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
road-rash
n. an injury from contact with the ground, as in motorcycling or biking. Shane picked up a bit of road rash when she fell off her bike.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- all over (one) like a rash
- all over (one) like a cheap suit
- all over someone like a cheap suit
- all over
- all over (oneself)
- all over (someone)
- all over (something)
- all over one
- big eye
- the big eye