walk\ the\ chalk\ mark

walk\ the\ chalk\ mark
• walk the chalk
• walk the chalk line
• walk the chalk mark
To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey.

That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk.

In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes them walk the chalk.

That theater owner wants his place to be orderly, and if boys and girls don't walk the chalk, he puts them out.

(From the fact that sailors used to be asked to walk a chalk line along the deck of the ship to prove they were not drunk.)
Compare: toe the mark

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • walk the chalk mark — phrasal see walk the chalk line …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk\ the\ chalk — • walk the chalk • walk the chalk line • walk the chalk mark To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk. In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • walk\ the\ chalk\ line — • walk the chalk • walk the chalk line • walk the chalk mark To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk. In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes …   Словарь американских идиом

  • walk the chalk — or[walk the chalk line] or[walk the chalk mark] To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. * /That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk./ * /In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes them… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • walk the chalk — or[walk the chalk line] or[walk the chalk mark] To act exactly as you are supposed to; behave properly; obey. * /That new teacher really makes the students walk the chalk./ * /In some classes the students play and talk, but Mr. Parker makes them… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • walk the chalk line — phrasal or walk the chalk mark or walk chalk also walk a chalk line : to behave in a strictly disciplined or obedient way : conduct oneself without deviation from propriety …   Useful english dictionary

  • mark — See: MAKE ONE S MARK, TOE THE LINE or TOE THE MARK, UP TO THE MARK at UP TO PAR(2), WALK THE CHALK or WALK THE CHALK LINE or WALK THE CHALK MARK, WIDE OF THE MARK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • mark — See: MAKE ONE S MARK, TOE THE LINE or TOE THE MARK, UP TO THE MARK at UP TO PAR(2), WALK THE CHALK or WALK THE CHALK LINE or WALK THE CHALK MARK, WIDE OF THE MARK …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • mark — See: make one s mark, toe the line or toe the mark, up to the mark at up to par(2), walk the chalk or walk the chalk line or walk the chalk mark, wide of the mark …   Словарь американских идиом

  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle — Written by Bertolt Brecht Date premiered 1948 Place premiered Carleton College, Minnesota, USA Original language …   Wikipedia

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