streak (redirected from streaks)

*losing streak

Fig. a series of losses [in sports, for instance]. (*Typically: be on ~; have ~; continue one's ~.) The team was on a losing streak that started nearly three years ago.

See also: losing

*lucky streak and *streak of luck

Fig. a series of lucky wins in gambling or games. (*Typically: be on ~; have ~.) Thanks to a lucky streak, I won enough in Las Vegas to pay for the trip.

See also: lucky

cuss a blue streak

Rur. to curse a great deal. When she dropped the brick on her toe, she cussed a blue streak. Bill could cuss a blue streak by the time he was eight years old.

See also: blue, cuss

have a yellow belly and have a yellow streak down one's back

Fig. to be cowardly. Tex has a yellow streak down his back a mile wide. He's afraid to cross the street!

See also: belly, have, yellow

mean streak

Fig. a tendency for a person to do things that are mean. I think that Wally has a mean streak that no one ever saw before this incident.

See also: mean

streak across something

to move across something very fast. A comet streaked across the night sky. Tom streaked across the street to get a cup of coffee.

See also: across

streak of bad luck and string of bad luck

a series of events that are only bad luck. After a long string of bad luck, we finally got a lucky break.

See also: bad, luck

streak of good luck and string of good luck

a series of fortunate events. After a series of failures, we started out on a streak of good luck.

See also: good, luck

talk a blue streak

Fig. to talk very much and very rapidly. Billy didn't talk until he was two, and then he started talking a blue streak. I can't understand anything Bob says. He talks a blue streak, and I can't follow his thinking.

See also: blue, talk

yellow streak (down someone's back)

a tendency toward cowardice. Tim's got a yellow streak down his back a mile wide. Get rid of that yellow streak. Show some courage.

See also: yellow

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talk a blue streak  (American)

to say a lot very fast She talked a blue streak and we just had to listen.

See also: blue, talk