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... a wall, etc. ᮀ We’ll put a garage up next month. T The city put up a fence next to our house. 6. [with something] to pro- vide the money for something. ᮀ The government put the money up for ... is a sacred cow in the Smith family. Fred is regarded as a fail- ure because he quit school at 16. ᮀ Don’t talk about eating meat to Pam. Vegetari- anism is one of her sacred cows. sadder but ......
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... We struggled to bring about a meeting of minds on the issues. mean for someone to do something 268 from under you, but the bank is foreclos- ing on your mortgage. know (all) the tricks of the ... heart. ᮀ I went over and over it until I knew it by heart. know (all) the tricks of the trade 2 36 let someone down to disappoint someone; to fail someone. (Also literal.) ᮀ I’m sorry I let yo...
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... after he went to the toilet. ᮀ Ex- cuse me, I have to go to the toilet. go to bed (with someone) 166 I didn’t catch your name. No one told me your name [or I have forgotten it]. (A carrying on of ... rate for your account is 10 percent. ᮀ Our babysitter charges us the going rate. the going rate 167 a gold mine of information someone or something that is full of information. ᮀ Grandfat...
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... shouting distance within within someone’s grasp within within someone’s reach NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 61 6 scene come on the scene scene create a scene scene make a scene scene make the ... up to something to burned to a cinder to burn someone or something to a crisp NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 96 shot (all) shot to hell shot give something a shot shot g...
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... rein on someone or something Keep Keep at it! keep keep at someone or something NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 26 It It never rains but it pours. It It (only) stands to reason. It It sucks. It ... back of one’s hand hand know someone or something like the palm of one’s hand NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 06 nature second nature to someone naught come to naught...
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... of the hour bottom at the bottom of the ladder bottom bet one’s bottom dollar NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 466 work like a horse to work very hard. ᮀ I’ve been working like a horse all day, ... one’s tongue bite bite someone’s head off bite bite the bullet bite bite the dust NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 464 bite bite the hand that feeds one bite grab a bite (to e...
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... to sleep with their brothers. 2. to copulate with someone. (Euphemistic.) ᮀ I hear skin and bones 366 think something out to think through some- thing; to prepare a plan or scheme. ᮀ This is an ... my teeth. ᮀ If you want to get something done, you’ve got take something home (with oneself) 3 96 skin and bones Go to nothing but skin and bones. skin someone alive to be very angry with...
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... the world through birth. ᮀ Mary gave birth to a lovely baby girl. ᮀ The raccoon gave birth to 6 little raccoons. give birth to something to give rise to or start something. ᮀ The composer ... rolling to get started. (Informal.) ᮀ Come on. It’s time to leave. Let’s get rolling! ᮀ Bill, it’s 6: 30. Time to get up and get rolling! get second thoughts about someone or something to have ne...
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... [to be] unable to sing a simple melody; lacking musical ability. call someone or something off 60 hair. ᮀ The horror film made my hair curl. curl up and die to retreat and die. ᮀ When I heard ... captain take turns choosing players. ᮀ Let’s choose up sides and play baseball. ᮀ When chew the fat 68 mond in the rough. Someday it will be valuable. die a natural death 1. [for someone] to di...
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... and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, and NTC’s Dictionary of Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings and Eliza- beth Kirkpatrick in NTC’s English Idioms Dictionary. About This Dictionary xiii amount ... page 62 1, and those that require explanation are cross-referenced to entries in the dictionary. The compiler has included idiomatic phrases drawn from or suggested by A...
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