narrow-minded

narrow-minded: not willing to accept the ideas of others (the opposite of narrow-minded is broad-minded or open-minded)

• Narrow-minded people tend to discriminate against groups of people with which they have nothing in common.
• Ted is so broad-minded that he has almost no standards by which he judges others.

to lose one's head

to lose one's head: not to think clearly, to lose one's self-control

• When a dog ran in front of Mel's car, he lost his head and drove onto the sidewalk and into a tree.
• If the politician hadn't gotten stirred up and lost his head, he never would have criticized his opponent unfairly.

to keep one's head

to keep one's head: to remain calm during an emergency

• When the heater caused a fire, Gloria kept her head and phoned for assistance right away; otherwise, the whole house might have burned down.
• When the boat starting sinking in heavy seas, the crew members kept their heads and led the passengers to the lifeboats.

to put (someone) on

to put (someone) on: to mislead by joking or tricking (S)

This idiom is usually used in a continuous tense form. A noun object must divide the idiom.

• Don't worry. I wouldn't expect you do all that work by yourself. I'm just putting you on.
• Jack can't be serious about what he said. He must be putting us on.

to go without saying

to go without saying: to be known without the need to mention

This idiom occurs with a that-clause, often with the pronoun it as the subject.

• It goes without saying that you shouldn't drive fast in bad weather.
• That he will gain weight if he continues to eat and drink so much goes without saying.

to go through

to go through: to undergo, to experience; to consume, to use (also: to use up)

The first definition is used when someone is having some hard ship or difficulty

• I can't believe what she went through to get that job. she had four interviews in one week!
• Frank said that they had gone through all the toilet paper in the house, but Steve couldn't believe that they had used it all up.

to take in

to take in: to visit in order to enjoy (S); to decrease the size of clothes (S); to deceive, to fool (S)

• We decided to take in Toronto on our trip to Canada, and that is where we took n the most memorable outdoor stage play we have ever seen.
• Lois lost so much weight that she had her skirts ans slacks taken in by her tailor.
• The fraudulent investment adviser took everyone in with his sincere manner and generous promises. Most investors lost all their money.

to stir up

to stir up: to cause anger or strong emotion (S); to create (trouble or difficulty) (S)

• The senseless murder of a small child stirred up the whole neighborhood.
• The boss is in a bad mood today so don't stir her up with any more customer complaints.

to look out on

to look out on: to face, to overlook

The noun form lookout derives from this idiom.

• Their rear window looks out on a lovely garden.
• The soldiers watched for enemy troops from their lookout on the hill.

to fool around

to fool around: to waste time (also: to screw around; to goof off, to goof around); joke, not to be serious

• The teacher got angry because her students were fooling around and couldn't finish their class work. She told them that they'd have to stay after school if they continued to goof off.
• Sometimes I wish that Pat would stop fooling around so much and talk about something more interesting to others.