sheet

Related to sheet: Green Sheet

rap sheet

A list of a person's criminal history. The suspect had a rap sheet a mile long due to his numerous run-ins with the police.
See also: rap, sheet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sheet

verb
See rap sheet
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) white as a ghost
  • (as) white as a sheet
  • a clean sheet
  • a clean sheet/slate
  • be as white as a sheet
  • between the sheets
  • both sheets in the wind
  • cheat sheet
  • clean sheet
  • crib sheet
  • dope sheet
  • four sheets
  • four sheets in the wind
  • four sheets to the wind
  • hot sheet
  • hot-sheet hotel
  • hot-sheet motel
  • keep a clean sheet
  • know no more about (something) than a frog knows about bedsheets
  • poop sheet
  • rap sheet
  • scandal sheet
  • scratch sheet
  • sheet
  • short-sheet
  • sing from the same hymn sheet
  • sing from the same song sheet
  • sing from the same song/hymn sheet
  • sing off the same hymn sheet
  • sing off the same song sheet
  • swindle sheet
  • three sheets
  • three sheets in the wind
  • three sheets in/to the wind
  • three sheets to the wind
  • two sheets to the wind
  • white as a sheet
  • white as a sheet/ghost
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'This step will help the board to have better checking of papers,' the chairman said, adding there was no major difference between the manual and 'E' sheets.
The assortment then moved on to showcase 350-thread-count sheet sets, branded "Exclusively Ours," retailing for $59.99 in blue, white and brown.
Germany, just like Japan after 1990, entered a balance sheet recession following the collapse of information technology and telecommunications share prices starting in 2000.
The cantilever cooling system was designed to meet the growing demand for a machine that would process small rubber strips and also masterbatches of endless sheet or cut sheet.
Features: Closed chamber design provides continuous control of sheet heating, sagging and stretching.
This article will help CPAs responsible for completing balance sheet account reconciliations better understand the new importance of this process following the introduction of section 404.
Results showed that the quality of process water affected the strength properties of these paper grades, and that the amount of colloidal substances in the process water is critical for sheet strength.
The observer was to take notes during the role play, lead a critique of the session during a replay of the taped session, and complete the observer assessment sheet. The role of each student rotated so that each individual had the opportunity to be a manager, employee, and observer.
A nanotube sheet compacts to a thickness of about 50 nanometers, or about 1/1,000th the thickness of a human hair, after it's attached to a surface, saturated with a liquid, and allowed to dry.
The dual perspective of the treasurer and controller is required in order to secure optimal balance sheet benefits.
Schedules A, C, E, F, H, and O are comprehensive and require information about the income statement and balance sheet, stock ownership, total shares outstanding, classes of stock issued and outstanding, ownership transfers, etc.
To assemble the cantaloupe slices, arrange the chocolate shell slices on a sheet pan.
In consultation with front-line people--the case managers of the AIDS service organizations in New Mexico--we agreed to aim for an 8th grade reading level in a single-page (one side) fact sheet. We don't consider 8th grade level "low literacy." But we have heard from our case managers that when they have a low-literacy client, if they have an opportunity to sit down and discuss the information, the fact sheet works as a memory aid to help the client remember the discussion.
To get the full effect, use contrasting sheets, one patterned and the other a solid color that picks up a hue in the patterned sheet.
Uncertainty about how far the process of balance sheet adjustment would have to go and for how long the spending retrenchment of over-leveraged debtors would continue has been a factor in shaping Federal Reserve policy over the past few years.