Idioms and Slang

It means that someone was caught in the act of doing something.

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When you say something like "I have no words to express what I feel for you," what you are saying is that it is hard to say what...

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My favorite is Broad there is not one and even if there was you should have respect enough for women not to call them by...

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if someone says, " has your muffin been buttered?" i think it means has someone made your day yet. it actually means, to have...

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This may be dated, but we always called the youngest the baby of the family. If the parents were older and the last child was...

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The original bookies, or people who handle bets, worked at horse races, where the ground is called turf. Thus, they are...

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It is an impolite slang word substituted for "the n word," meaning an African-American. A: Subjectively impolite. It also means...

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It is a name that has been used for centuries and the reason for it has probably been lost. It is one of several personal male...

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To Shank someone means to stab them, anywere you want to.!

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A pipe dream is something you're not going to get -- it's based on drug lore, using an opium pipe to dream. A bindle stiff is a...

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yes, smarticle means smart in a cool way.i say it all the time. just dont say it in front of a teacher!!my teach told me that....

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"Uncle Tom" is a pejorative term for an African-American who is perceived by others as behaving in a subservient manner to white...

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A dork is usually used to mean a dull or stupid person; someone who is socially inept and eccentric. At one time it did refer to...

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NOUN: what ever Jordan Kai wright or alfie scarfield want it to mean because we made the word up...its also my last name retard!!...

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Pee is already a slang word, for urine.

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In America, women say "I need to go powder my nose" when they need to use the Ladie's Room.

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This is not an idiom - it means exactly what it says. You put more of whatever the conversation is about into it than you got out...

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many happy returns- the expression is used to wish someone happy birthday. happy medium- if you reach a happy medium you are...

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Probably fat, big, heavy, huge, or chubby an dam

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Well, the word "scrabble" means to struggle or to scratch at. "Scrabble" is a word game where you lay tiles to make words and...

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Hanging yourself out to dry means that you have mishandled a situation so that you are left "hanging" without a way to make the...

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It's a meaningless insult designed to make you lose your temper.

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If you turn over a cart full of apples, you end up with apples everywhere, right? "Upset the apple cart" just means to upset...

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The phrase is used to point out somebody's hypocrisy. On old wood stoves the pot and kettle were usually blackened from soot,...

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To d*mn means to curse, as in a magical type curse. People would say "d*mn you to h*ll" and believe that you would really go...

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Bed of roses means: a pleasant or easy situation a comfortable or luxurious position Like if someone was to say to you 'life's...

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"Watch your back" means "Look out for what might be behind you." "I'll watch your back" means "Don't worry about what might be...

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it means its better to work in a group than just by yourself It means that having two (or more) people thinking about a problem...

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It is used in reference to a small, seemingly insignificant, action that leads to, usually disastrous, far-reaching consequences....

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An acid test is a severe or crucial trial.

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A fugazi is a fake. There are multiple spellings and various origins for the word. The most reliable sources indicate that fugazi...

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"Banger" or "Snag" is Australian slang for the BBQ'ing type of sausage, also known as a "mystery bag" because of the questionable...

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It pretty much means what it says. You can go a long way in actual miles or travel, or you can go a long way from where you...

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Real people use idioms and slang, so writers use them to make their characters more believable.

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Thomas Hobson. He was a stable owner who would hire out horses. Customers thought that they were free to choose any horse but in...

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It simply means "usually", or "for the most part".

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Sometimes we are looking for something 10 or 100 feet away and it is right at our feet and don't see it, hence, 'right "under...

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"Trick" is a slang term for the customer of a prostitute.

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It means that someone wants to let you know something but in a way that isn't super offensive.

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To gain the attention of drivers. Normally flares are deployed on traffic accidents. They can also make a visual pathway from...

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- Gucci + its bascially use as a word that replaces cool. (I'm gucci) - petty + uncalled for or unimportant. ( you extra petty...

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To try very hard to accomplish something. or to go to town on someone, could mean to whatever with great enthusiam

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AnswerUber is another word for 'very' or 'cool', i.e: "That is uber sweet" or "You are so uber!"

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Leviticus 4:35 And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace...

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If the meanings haven't changed since I was a child, the 3 R's are for: Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic.

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Poor English means below the standard (broken sentences, wrong spelling, use of inaproppriate words and such.) and is...

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It can mean a small person, but used as an idiom, it usually means a small company or business. You see this phrase used in...

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From Wikipedia and Henna1234 A prep is a guy or a girl that is highly popular and wears expensive clothes.1.if your going to be a...

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Ex is more final. If you said, "that person is my former colleague," it's neutral but "ex-colleague" suggests that you repudiated...

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Yes, it has the meaning of remarkable, striking, and superior but it usually conveys positive connotations. Using it could employ...

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Here are some idioms that mean "to notify someone" to let them know to give them the low-down to give them the skinny to...

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taddle-tale (if spelled right) Answer A tattle-tale (for really young kids), a sneak or a snitch *for older kids*

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'Better you than me' basically means that I don't care about you( as long as it doesn't affect me). For example, you and a friend...

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omg don't you mean what is an idiom? learn to spell......learn your grammar,too

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It means something or someone that feels out of place, like they don't belong, or like others don't think they belong.

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It's not slang, it's a mis-pronunciation and spelling of the word "whore."

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It means you are much better tallented, skilled or just a better person than you say you are.

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Flippin is one of those safe swear words that you say when you don't want to say a real swear word.

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That's the southern term meaning not quite white, off white...

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The expression is "when push comes to shove." It means when matters need to be ultimately confronted or resolved. The issue needs...

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To get half your attention.

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A person that is trying to partner up with some one that has plenty of money

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It is a play on words as when someone says something witty (also known as something sharp) it is said they had nails for...

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if you had ants in your pants you would be squirming about. You would be a fidget, cannt sit stillIt could also mean that you are...

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Literally, a 'bed of roses' describes a formal or semi-formal flower bed dedicated to growing roses, in a private or public...

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It is someone who makes smells onto or around their hand then puts said hand towards their nose. Alternate meaning: A...

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From the pen of William Wordsworth.Evening Ode.."My soul,though yet confined to earth,Rejoices in a second birth."And from...

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Outsider Slang 1. The Fuzz (The Cops) 2. Heater (Gun) 3. Broad (Girl) 4. Boozed up (drunk) 5. Tuff (Cool, Sharp) 6. Greasers...

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Some people wonder about the word c-u-n-t, wondering if it had something to do with "cunning" as in "a cunning woman was a...

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Red-herring: something deliberately misleading to divert your attention from the main subject

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The eleventh hour: at the last possible time, just before the absolute deadline

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Down the hatch: swallow a drink in one gulp

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The LITERAL meaning would be a flea in your ear! But "a flea in your ear" is an idiom, a saying, and it is not normally used...

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A rose is a plant with sharp thorns on the stems. If you find "a rose among the thorns," you find a soft flower among the sharp...

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Abbott and Costello airbags Blouse Brothers B1 and B2 babaloos baby feeders badoinkies balloons baloobas bazookas ...

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To turn the tables on someone you must be one step ahead of them and play them at their own game so that their plan for you turns...

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The term "on thin ice" means that someone is on the verge of getting in trouble, or something bad happening. Thin ice is...

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to work hard

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In rhyming Cockney: Christmas crackers = knackers (testicles)Christmas crackered - knackered (worn out, exhausted, broken,...

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If you call someone an eager beaver it means they are busy/enthusiastic/keen in doing something. Just as beavers are when...

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Eats like a horse. Stubborn as a mule. Like a scared bunny rabbit. Quiet as a mouse. Brays like a donkey. Has the manners of...

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The phrase "Don't count your boobies until they are hatched" comes from the story "The Unicorn in the Garden" by James Thurber....

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This phrase means to keep it to yourself or else to be patient and stop pushing for action on something.

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To get a kick means to enjoy - it's an older slang term from the idea of kicking up your heels with joy.

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ibuprofen, happy pills, kickers, Er... The above person is obviously taking something stronger than Tylenol. Ibuprofen is a...

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Reign in Hell is a 2008-2009 comic book limited series written by Keith Giffen, pencilled by Thomas Derenick and published by DC...

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When you feel like a million bucks it means that you feel really good both physically and mentally; in other words, 'feeling...

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G'd up means gangstered up. Ie g'd up from the feet up.

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To fight.

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baby

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It means, "Do you understand?"

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"Give up on someone" means lose faith or belief in a person.

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Weed friendly

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Someone is complimenting your intelligence.

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It means you're in trouble.

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Camel toe is a slang term that refers to the outline of a human female's labia majora, as seen through tightly fitting clothes.

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metephor

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It means to always be improving one's self.

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A "Baker's Dozen" is 13 of any items. The reason why it is 13 because if one of the bakers items are burnt or baked wrong they...

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It means to ejaculate. Cum can also be slang for an orgasm ("i'm going to cum")Cum is a shortened form of come. Sexually, this...

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