Neck Of The Woods, Turning The Other Cheek, A Loudmouth

Neck Of The Woods
Your neck of the woods is your figurative location; your locale; your area.

Example: "What are you doing in this neck of the woods? I thought you don't like places this rural and out of the way." This could be said to a friend who prefers large towns and cities who shows up in a rural area.
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Big As All Outdoors
This means, on a large scale.
Example: "The politician's ambitions for higher office were as big as all outdoors."

Turning The Other Cheek
This idiom has biblical origins. Christians urged to "turn the other cheek" after they have been struck by a fist are expected to act with politeness and not retaliate against someone who has injured them. When used as an idiom, this usually refers to injury to one's pride through words, not physical injury.

Example: (Subject: George W. Bush's new memoirs) And he's not out to trash Obama in his new book. The Democrat, in his 2008 presidential campaign, spared no effort to criticize Bush for taking the U.S. to war in Iraq, for letting the effort in Afghanistan flag and for presiding over an economy sinking into the Great Recession.

Bush turns the other cheek, merely praising Obama's decision to add troops in Afghanistan.

A Loudmouth
In English, a loudmouth is someone who is routinely loud, annoying, and a nuisance to others.

Example: "That Lucy is such a loudmouth. She can't shut up about everyone else's dating lives and doesn't know when to back off."


➤ Read more idioms and phrases, English grammar and vocabulary at Basic English Grammar And Vocabulary .