up to eleven

To an intense, excessive, or extreme degree; at or beyond the maximum amount or normal threshold. (Coined in the 1984 comedy film This is Spinal Tap, referring to the guitar player's amplifier going to eleven, as opposed to the traditional limit of ten.) Some of the best nights we had when we were teenagers were spent just driving aimlessly, cranking the car stereo up to eleven. Whenever our parents' fighting got up to eleven, my sister and I made ourselves scarce.

词组	up to eleven
释义	up to eleven up to eleven To an intense, excessive, or extreme degree; at or beyond the maximum amount or normal threshold. (Coined in the 1984 comedy film This is Spinal Tap, referring to the guitar player's amplifier going to eleven, as opposed to the traditional limit of ten.) Some of the best nights we had when we were teenagers were spent just driving aimlessly, cranking the car stereo up to eleven. Whenever our parents' fighting got up to eleven, my sister and I made ourselves scarce. See also: eleven, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: up the yin-yang twice over tax-and-spend heavily One has to draw the line somewhere (one) has to draw a/the line somewhere over the edge over the top be past (someone's or something's) best
随便看	intimidate into intimidate (one) into (something) intimidate (one) with (something) intimidate with into into (a bit of) a jam into a flat spin into a spin into being in(to) circulation into cold storage into high gear in token of in token of (something) in too deep in(to) one's shell into orbit into overdrive in top form in(to) shape in(to) (someone's) clutches in total into the background in(to) the bargain into the bargain