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*in a lather Fig. flustered; excited and agitated. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) Now, calm down. Don't be in a lather. I always get in a lather when I'm late. I get into a lather easily. lather something up to apply thick soapsuds to something, such as part of the body or all of it. He lathered his face up in preparation for shaving. He lathered up his face. See also: up lather up 1. [for a horse] to develop a foam of sweat from working very hard. The horses lathered up heavily during the race. Don't let your horse lather up! 2. [for soap] to develop thick suds when rubbed in water. This soap won't lather up, even when I rub it hard. When the soap lathers up, spread the lather on your face and rub. 3. and lather oneself up [for one] to apply soap lather to one's body. He will spend a few minutes lathering himself up before he rinses. He lathered up and then shaved. See also: up work oneself (up) into a lather and work oneself (up) into a sweat 1. and work up a sweat Lit. to work very hard and sweat very much. (In the way that a horse works up a lather.) Don't work yourself up into a lather. We don't need to finish this today. I worked myself into a sweat getting this stuff ready. 2. . Fig. to get excited or angry. (An elaboration of work oneself up to something.) Now, now, don't work yourself up into a lather. He had worked himself into such a sweat, I was afraid he would have a stroke. be in a lather (informal) to be very anxious about something She was in a real lather when I left this morning because she couldn't find the tickets. (informal) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Though it's one of New York's oldest unions, organized more than a century ago, in 1897, Local 46 of the Metallic Lathers & Reinforcing Ironworkers Union is very much abreast of new technology. The utterly baseball-obsessed city lathers have opted to offer Major League Baseball a staggering $440 million subsidy in the form of a new stadium for the vagabond Montreal Expos. We do not need white people's approval or even their involvement to correct much of what ails us--to require that our children spend less time with BET and more with BOOK, to reconnect our lathers with their families, to abandon the misbegotten mindset that equates ignorance and thuggery with authentic blackness. |
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