THROW A STONE

Attack

Throw a stone, throw stones at; stone, lapidate, pelt; hurl at, hurl against, hurl at the head of; rock

Disapprobation

Take down, take down a peg, set down; snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles; throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden; have a fling, have a snap at; have words with, pluck a crow with; give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.

Retaliation

Serve one right, be hoist on one's own petard, throw a stone in one's own garden, catch a Tartar.

Unskillfulness

Not know what one is about, not know one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered; stand in one's own light, quarrel with one's bread and butter, throw a stone in one's own garden, kill the goose which lays the golden eggs, pay dear for one's whistle, cut one's own throat, bum one's fingers; knock one's head against a stone wall, beat one's head against a stone wall; fall into a trap, catch a Tartar, bring the house about one's ears; have too many eggs in one basket (imprudent), have too many irons in the fire.

Crosswords: THROW A STONE

Expressions using "THROW A STONE": throw a stone at smb. ♦ throw a stone in one's own garden. Additional references.

Albanian

gjuaj me gurë. (various references)

Finnish

heittää jotakuta kivellä päähän (throw a stone at a person's head). (various references)

French

lancer des pierres. (various references)

Pig Latin

owthray aay onestay

Romanian

arunca cu o piatrã în cineva (throw a stone at smb.). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: honeworts, northeast, northwest, stonewort.

-3 letters: arnottos, honewort, rattoons, rheostat, sawtooth, whatnots, whoreson.

-4 letters: another, anthers, arnotto, atoners, attorns, earshot, enroots, hatters, hoarsen, hooters, hornets, natters, notates, onshore, ratoons, rattens, rattons, rattoon, reshoot, reshown, rotates, senator, senhora, shatter, sheroot, shooter, shorten, shotten, soother, stentor, swather, swatter, swooner, swotter, testoon, thawers, thenars, thorons, threats, throats.