"A bitter pill"
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A situation or information that is unpleasant but must be accepted. |
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"A dime a dozen"
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Anything that is common, inexpensive, and easy to get or available any where. |
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"Ace in the hole" |
A hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage. |
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"Achilles' heel" |
A metaphor for a fatal weakness in spite of overall strength. |
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"Add insult to injury" |
To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavorable situation. |
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"All ears" |
Listening intently; fully focused or awaiting an explanation.
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"All thumbs" |
Clumsy, awkward.
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"At the drop of a hat" |
Without any hesitation; instantly. |
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"Barking up the wrong tree" |
Looking in the wrong place.
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"Basket case" |
One made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic, or stress. |
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"Beat around the bush" |
To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally or To delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.
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"Bite off more than one can chew" |
To take on more responsibility than you can manage. |
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"Bite the bullet" |
To endure a painful or unpleasant situation that is unavoidable. |
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"Bite the dust" |
Euphemism for dying or death. |
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"Break a leg" |
A saying from the theatre that means "good luck." |
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"Burn the midnight oil" |
To work late into the night, alluding to the time before electric lighting. |
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"Bust one's chops" |
To say things intended to harass. |
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"By the seat of one's pants" |
To achieve through instinct or do something without advance preparation. |
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"By the skin of one's teeth" |
Narrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a narrow escape from a disaster.
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"Call it a day" |
To declare the end of a task. |
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"Chew the fat" |
To chat idly or generally waste time talking. |
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"Chink in one's armor" |
An area of vulnerability |
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"Clam up" |
To become silent; to stop talking, to shut up. |
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"Cold shoulder" |
To display aloofness and disdain. |
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"Cut a rug" |
To dance |
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"Cut the cheese" |
To pass gas, fart, break wind |
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"Cut the mustard" |
To succeed; to come up to expectations. |
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"Don't have a cow " |
Don't overreact. |
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"Drop a dime " |
Make a telephone call; to be an informant. |
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"I am all ears " |
I am listening intently. |
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"Fit as a fiddle" |
In good physical health. |
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"For a song" |
Almost free. Very cheap. |
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"From A to Z" |
Covering a complete range; comprehensively. |
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"From scratch / to make from scratch" |
Make from original ingredients; start from the beginning with no prior preparation |
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"Get bent out of shape" |
To take offense; to get worked up, aggravated, or annoyed |
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"Have eyes in the back of one's head " |
Someone can perceive things and events that are outside of their field of vision. |
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"Hit the road " |
To leave. |
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"Hit the sack "/sheets/hay |
To go to bed. |
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"Let the cat out of the bag " |
To reveal a secret. |
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"Kick the bucket" |
Euphemism for dying or death. |
"Off one's trolley" or
"Off one's rocker" |
Crazy, demented, out of one's mind, in a confused or befuddled state of mind, senile. |
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"Pop one's clogs" (UK) |
Euphemism for dying or death. |
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"Piece of cake " |
A job, task or other activity that is pleasant – or, by extension, easy or simple. |
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"Pull somebody's leg" |
To tease or to joke by telling a lie. |
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"Pushing up daisies" |
Euphemism for dying or death. |
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"Right as rain" |
Needed, appropriate, essential, or hoped-for and has come to mean perfect, well, absolutely right. |
"Screw the pooch" |
To screw up; to fail in dramatic and ignominious fashion. |
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"Shoot the breeze" |
To chat idly or generally waste time talking. |
"Sleep with the fishes" |
Euphemism for dying or death. |
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"Spill the beans" |
Reveal someone's secret. |
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"Split the whistle"
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To arrive just on time. |
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"Take the biscuit (UK)" |
To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious. |
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"Take the cake (US)"
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To be especially good or outstanding. |
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"Through thick and thin" |
Both good and bad times. |
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"Thumb one's nose" |
To express scorn or to disregard. |
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"Trip the light fantastic"
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To dance |
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"Under the weather" |
Feel sick or poorly |
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"You can say that again"
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That is very true; expression of wholehearted agreement |