raise Cain — To make a determined or angry fuss • • • Main Entry: ↑Cain raise Cain or raise the roof (informal) 1. To make a lot of noise 2. To be extremely angry • • • Main Entry: ↑raise * * * … Useful english dictionary
raise Cain — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be noisy; cause trouble. * /When John couldn t go on the basketball trip with the team he raised Cain./ * /The children raised Cain in the living room./ Compare: KICK UP A FUSS, RAISE THE DEVIL … Dictionary of American idioms
raise Cain — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be noisy; cause trouble. * /When John couldn t go on the basketball trip with the team he raised Cain./ * /The children raised Cain in the living room./ Compare: KICK UP A FUSS, RAISE THE DEVIL … Dictionary of American idioms
raise cain — (USA) If someone raises Cain, they make a big fuss publicly, causing a disturbance … The small dictionary of idiomes
raise Cain — verb a) To cause trouble. If those boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight... b) To behave in a disruptive manner. I seen old Flint in the corner there, behind you; as plain as print, I seen him; and if I get the horrors, Im a… … Wiktionary
raise Cain — create a disturbance, cause trouble They began to raise Cain at the dance and were asked to leave … Idioms and examples
raise Cain — old fashioned to complain angrily about something and to cause a lot of trouble for the people who are responsible for it. They know that the children s parents will raise Cain if they re excluded from classes … New idioms dictionary
To raise Cain — Raise Raise (r[=a]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Raised} (r[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Raising}.] [OE. reisen, Icel. reisa, causative of r[=i]sa to rise. See {Rise}, and cf. {Rear} to raise.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
raise\ Cain — v. phr. slang To be noisy; cause trouble. When John couldn t go on the basketball trip with the team he raised Cain. The children raised Cain in the living room. Compare: kick up a fuss, raise the devil … Словарь американских идиом
raise Cain — [...ken] tv. to make a lot of trouble; to raise hell. □ Fred was really raising Cain about the whole matter. D Let’s stop raising Cain … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
raise Cain — Meaning Cause trouble. Origin Cain was the first murderer according to biblical accounts. If you make trouble you are raising the spirit of Cain … Meaning and origin of phrases
