Idioms and Slang
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'K-9' sounds like canine (ca-nine) and is used as an abbreviation for canine units in the police force in America and in some...
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Here are some of the more common idioms : Piece of cake - easy Under the weather - not feeling well Keep your chin up* - be...
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You can use a dictionary of slang and idioms, you can look online using a search engine, or you can check out the WikiAnswers...
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This is more an idiom from the culture of days gone by and not so much medical advice. The phrase is from Chaucer in "The...
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The most common would probably be jayed (made a mid-range shot over someone), and one (a foul and a made basket), and banked in...
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Its means you feel so sad its to hard to do any thing (also you wont eat or drink or sleep) It means that you are just to sad to...
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Don't assume that you will get something. Wait until you actually have it. It means to not plan something out and act as if it...
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You've been Rickrolled! A 'rickroll' is a prank played on an unsuspecting web surfer. To be rickrolled is when browsing a website...
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An idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning or the associative or connotative meaning.Example: A...
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An English idiom that represents surprise.
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Could mean . stop resting on the shovel handle or spear and get to work.
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Old age is called "second childhood" because as we age our bodies tend to shut down and not function as they once did. When we...
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It mean that he is stuffed down there
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Basically it means something that's no longer any use. In past times, old horses (nags) were slaughtered, and their carcases sent...
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lets face it means bring it on dont run away from the problem face it by hemat ;)
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Refers to a school that includes the grades of Kindergarden to the 6th grade.The K6 microprocessor was launched by AMD in 1997....
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Beauty is more than skin deep means a person can be beautiful inside and out. Their personality can shine through and be just as...
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Either I've heard the term used once before or I just came up with this meaning on my own, but "fadsticks" could mean...
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Minding The StepChildren Means "To Watch/Take Care Of Them When The Guardian Is Unavaliable .
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It's an expression meaning strong determination in self or, if supervising others, a tough no-nonsense inflexibility in ensuring...
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to hog in slang usage means: to eat (greedily/without table manners). You love to hog on would mean love to eat something.
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Someone is who "on the go" usually out of the house, constantly busy and involved in many activities.
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Bo comes from the French Beau=- handsome or attractive and similar in meaning to Fashion Plate or playboy type- who likes loud...
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"Towering" when used of emotions means so intense or furious as to inspire awe.
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Usually the phrase "head over heels" is used to express the thought of someone having fallen deeply in love, sometimes quickly....
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It basically means that spring has begun
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Trouser snout is the feminine of "trouser snake" (aka camel toe)
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A person who is honest to a fault will always tell the truth no matter what. This person is sometimes seen as insensitive, but in...
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It is a corruption of "By Jesus," and is a mild epithet used to express disbelief or amazement. I believe " Jesus ! " without...
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Origin: This phrase is from the mid-1800's and originally referred to Native Americans who were often at war with settlers about...
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It means bad or not good. Missing something. As in " that music is dry". ( the music is missing something that would make the...
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Willing to do just about anything with anyone for the right price of course.
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To figure means to calculate (as in, do figures), and in this case is extended to mean "think through", a meaning for "to figure"...
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rugrats, ankle-biters, cubbies, rascals, Munchkins, nose-miners, whipper snappers, tykes, spawn, larvae......
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it means that you are dead and buried
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It can be a freindly greeting or a question asking why your feeling diffrent from usuall.
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The term Run Out means the horse stopped running because it was to tired most likely because the jockey let it go to soon!
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A yaga yaga is an easy going person. This phrase features in "OK Fred" by John Holt (sung by Errol Dunkley) OK Fred, now you're...
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The term "tossed sald" or "tossing your salad" when used as a sexual term is slang and is in reference to inserting one's tongue...
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It means to be aware of your feelings and let them guide you. Your feelings are there for a reason, so what you can do is try to...
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It is a porn app you can download to your iPod You cannot get it through the app store though
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I don't see anyone else trying to wrest this for an answer,so lemme give it a "stab ".I prefer the expression "BUSTLIN' like a...
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when you call someone Elmo that means you are calling someone Elmo off of sesamie street.
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The phrase "touch and go" is usually used in reference to a particular situation or series of events. It can mean the situation...
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When someone is on good terms with your, or a friend. Someone who is cool/nice.(According to UrbanDictionary.com)
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Stax means a lot or loads, ''I miss you stax'' = I miss you a lot
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it means to be jealous
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The Small Screen
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Yes, it is.Ditto is correct English when you are referring to a ditto mark (which looks like a quotation mark). That is, in a...
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To get stoned/drunk/wiped out from partying or something like that.
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There is no such thing. All southerners use the same idioms! They become "southern Black" idioms, when blacks move north and...
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Swell means to grow bigger, as in 'the swell of the ocean' or 'I could see his chest swell with pride' or, in musical terms, 'the...
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"Down the Rabbit Hole" means going on an unknown adventure.
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There are thirteen (13) items in a baker's dozen. The term originates in England, where an Assize of Bread and Ale during the...
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The expression does not refer to dreams that occur during sleep. In this phrase, "dreams" are one's hopes and aspirations. For...
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13 of every items because if one of the bakers items are burnt or bake wrong they have one extraA baker's dozen contains 13...
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Some things the mind of man cannot comprehend or understand, so the reasons are beyond our ability to understand the 'why' and to...
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its a slang word to have sex with a woman
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The slang term of painting has two meanings in regards to sex. The first is Painting the door and Painting the nose, both mean...
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I believe the expression 'to get your goat' has it's origins in horse racing. Race horses are very high-strung animals. Goats are...
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'Gigity' is the catchphrase of Glen Quagmire from the animated comedy Family Guy and is used to indicate his arousal or use of a...
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Very busy or engaged in an activity.
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"Who died and made you boss? or Who died and left you in charge?" is a term that might be applied to somebody who has over...
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Promiscuous, easy, trasy.
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The idiom refers to the tossing (throwing) of a coin to make a choice. It means that the choice of correct answer or way forward...
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Sarge is short for Sergeant, a rank used by both the Military and Police.
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Proverbs are little stories with a moral message; idioms are just a few words used to express a bigger idea.
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To make a dream come true, or to have a wish come true!
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The term "Cat" simply implies that you are cool or hip. for someone to refer to you as a "crazy Cat" they are giving you respect...
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When train cars are linked together{coupled} it was much like a trailer hitch, but instead of a ball hitch, there was a pin...
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In this context, prove means, turns out to be. Undoing means ruin, disaster. So if something proves to be someone's undoing, it...
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A "Dutch" or "Dutchy" is a Blunt. (With marijuana)
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A small amount of money.
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Ripped off means you had something stolen. You were robbed.
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To fade away means to gradually vanish, or to gradually move farther away, or to gradually leave the area.
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"Zero at the Bone" means ""cold" as in "It's zero at the bone in here." A more common slang phrase that is closely related is:...
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If you "don't give a rip" it means you don't care at all.
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My best definition of surf punk is punk with influences from the surfing scene. That may sound a bit ambiguous, but consider The...
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Dough, moolah, rhino, spondulicks - These are other words for money.
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It has been theorized that people go through a period of dissatisfaction with their lives, relationships, job, etc., about every...
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It means "stimulate me til I want to have sex" .
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This can either mean that something extends a long way down, or that something is very intellectual.
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It means having a random guess.
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Well mainly, they're usually from the hood aka the streets, they use it because it makes words shorter and cooler to use
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Perfectly fine "I'll be happy to bid adieu to these braces" "Well, friends, it's time I bid you all adieu; I've got a 6:10...
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It means you are looking to move, to live somewhere else.
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Locked and cocked is a term usually associated with a firearm, although it is usually said "Cocked and Locked". This refers to...
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To share the same point of view as someone else. To be in agreement on some topic.
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bracketology
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White Anglo Saxon Protestant
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