show the ropes
(Redirected from show one the ropes)
English edit
Etymology edit
See learn the ropes.
Verb edit
show the ropes (third-person singular simple present shows the ropes, present participle showing the ropes, simple past showed the ropes, past participle shown the ropes)
- (informal, transitive or intransitive) To teach the basics of a skill.
- When I got there, Bill showed me the ropes
- Bill showed the ropes to the new guy.
- 2011, Cruise of the Pintail[1], page 123:
- Mr. Danzinger sent other roomers for Fonville to show the ropes.