Idioms and Slang
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This refers to the fact that one can be beautiful on the outside and mean or unpleasant on the inside - you also see this in the...
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I amassuming that you are asking what does it mean, and to answer that it means you are literally drunk off the air you are...
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If you can't make heads or tails of something it means you don't understand or can't recognize what it is. Usually used in...
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In short it is a relationship term - usually after 7 years people tend to re-evaluate their relationship. There might be evidence...
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Hired gun. Ambulance chaser. Shyster.
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In slang, easy means that they will have sex with practically anyone who asks them.
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It's your favorite minor complaint. It's when someone, or somethings, actions really irritate you and you just can't stand it. ...
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"On the outs" IS an idiom! Many colorful expressions cover the subject of fallen out lovers, among them Splitsville and Pffft.
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It can literally mean, "I am vomiting violently and excessively" (cause unspecified).Practical application: "I must've eaten a...
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To take a nose dive is to suffer a sudden fall from grace, usually said of a public person's career. The image is of a crashing...
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collies, keepers, or a packs rat's joy XD
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I believe it's from the expression of "dropping a dime", meaning to call someone up-- since years ago pay phones cost only a dime...
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Okies were Americans who were uprooted during the Dustbowl of the 1930s when drought hit the Midwestern states and Canada -...
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It is vulgar slang for the female genital organ, or used disparagingly as a term for a disagreeable person.
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"All but" means "everything except." It means something is almost --- whatever you're talking about. All but clear means...
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To be miffed is to be slightly angry or irritated.
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The term lame duck refers to somebody weak. For example, when an elected official's successor has already been elected, but has...
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The "grapevine" is any informal channel of information. It has spawned such derivative terms as the "jungle telegraph" (Africa,...
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I don't know.. I think..maybe, poketbk?
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correction* Whilst not cockney RHYMING slang, it is cockney slang- cockney slang for Anal Sex or 'buggery' This is slang and...
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It means your eyes are opened widely in surprise or shock, as if they're about to pop right out of your head.
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Crossing Jordan: It's origin & meaning The term crossing Jordan (often used in reference to death) originates in the Old...
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Refers to an action prompted by a feeling of generosity or kindness.
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STROKES fly=butterfly free=freestyle breast=breaststroke back=backstroke IM (individual medley) = fly back breast free all...
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Like " Tempest in a teapot " this means a big uproar over a small misunderstanding .
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To be fed up means to be upset or angry with someone.
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Horse play or rough housing means you are playing rough with someone. Either hitting, wrestling or slapping. Usually by guys and...
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Base Metaphor- Explained! A while ago, a popular online comic came up with a visual explanation. It's shows a baseball field and...
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It means the cat was in the street and you ran over it with your car or other vehicle.
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A butter finger is someone who drops something. It really applies to someone who drops stuff on a regular basis. It does not mean...
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Being a last in more ways then 1 means that you are born a woman but it takes more then just being born this way to be a true...
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It depends on the context. If it is a nautical context, it means to shift your sails and rudder in a fashion that brings your...
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It usually means to have sex with someone and then never see them again. Or you can just have sex and not be in a relationship...
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It is saying that the person pays close attention to small but important points. For example, you might say, "John has an eye for...
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It means to stay sharp -- to remain on top of your competition.
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it means you are sad
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When you wish some one the "Top of the Morning" you are wishing them the best part of the morning. To which they should reply,...
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It means that you feel euphoric and totally optimistic.
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Slang for rubber boots, apparently once favoured by the Duke of Wellington.Also slang for a very fine beer made by the Wellington...
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Urban Dictionary - not a reliable source - says that a "dwag" is a friend or a group of friends. The only other hits I can find...
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To eat one's words is to admit that one's boast or claim was wrong, especially involving threatening treatment of another person....
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Well... it means :context: she was f****ing him last! night that would mean that ythey wre having sex.context: what the f*** r u...
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I'd say softly.
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"Racking his brain" means that he was thinking really hard to figure something out. For example, "He was sitting in a corner...
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"Billy" did not originate as a slang term. A billy was a tin held over an open campfire for the purpose of boiling water. It was...
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It is in unison with time management. When you have good time management you can juggle your time well.
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a person who drinks too muchboozer can be a person who drinks to much but it is also a pub
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Meaning: cute as a button 'quail' The 'button' quail was small, gray & super fluffy.
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To take the most possible out of the system using it to your absolute advantage.
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it means that they think something is attractive whether to eat or they could be referring to the fact that a person is...
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Usually the term "over the hill" refers to over the age of 50. Twenty years ago, it actually referred to the age of 40. It seems...
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An 'Achilles heel' is a single, deadly weakness despite overall strength. It is named after the hero, Achilles, because he was...
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It means that something is easily accessible or attainable, as if you could simply reach out and touch it with your fingers,...
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easily incited to anger, someone with a temper,
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When we were in elementary school and used to taunt other kids by calling them this, it stood for: C-Constipated O-Overweighted...
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I'm from Wyoming, and have spent many hours working horses. Like many such expressions that have become woven into the American...
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The idiom "they froze in their tracks" means that they stopped what they were doing. Example- The robbers froze in their tracks...
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Flipping the bozo bit means you know someone is reliably wrong. The person has been permanently switched off in your mind as...
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Slang is very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid,...
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If a person never stays in one place, he or she never "gathers" or gets attached to things or people. Moss grows on stones which...
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A "light snack" refers to eating a small portion of food in between meal times. A "light snack" is not enough food to replace a...
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"What's up?" an informal slang greeting; it's a way of asking "What's going on in your life?" or "What's happening?"
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It means to hit them so hard that their socks will fall off or to give them information so shocking that their socks will fall...
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Someone made a statement that begs someone to ask for more information. That someone responds "OK I'll bite" to imply that they...
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For all intents and purposes. (right)For all intensive purposes. (wrong)
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"His words got me hot under the collar." "I'm as mad as a wet hen." "You could see the steam come out of his ears."
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It means you are sitting pretty, living the life of Riley. It means everything is going your way professionally and personally....
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To say that someone is thick means that the person is stubborn and rather stupid, unwilling to learn from...
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Feminazi See m-w.com or thefreedictionary.com
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It could mean that they think you're insane or crazy. Hence the "mad" part. Ex: "That serial killer was warped, he was a mad...
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This proverb emphasizes the importance of little things, and the danger of neglecting the insignificance of the beginnings of...
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Pard is the shortened form of partner. More common in the western United States and with cowboys or ranchers.
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Getting a "tude"/being a smart-alek.
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It means "do you understand" in an aggressive and standoffish manner. As in "If you show your face here ever again, you will...
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Scatterbrained or confused with a tendency to babble. Sometimes associated with someone who is pleasantly inebriated....
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It means that there are winds that are colder than winds have been in the recent past. You usually here this expression after the...
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Asdf!
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Fico is what one would call a peson's credit score. FICO is an acronym for the Fair Isaac Corporation, the creators of the FICO...
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Pig parties.
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AnswerCloud Nine refering to being happy or the way you feel when you really like someone
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Calm your Farm I mean no Harm Hurry Your Curry Shush Your Bush Cool Your Pool Settle Your Kettle Chill Your Pill Chill Your...
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well, we dont really have slang for that phrase but usually we wouldn't say best wishes unless we were writing it in a ccard or...
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It means you're ready to take anything on.
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it could possibly refer to a soldier's kit in this context
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an old hand refers to an individual with substantial experience and knowledge in a specific area
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Quief, qweef, queef is an urban slang term for a vaginal fart.
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Someone who is in a hopeless mental condition. Generally means someone that is mentally deficient but on a lighter humorous...
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A dingle berry is a slang term for a small piece of feces that gets caught in anal hair, most often at the end of defecation....
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"Fuzz" is an old fashioned slang term for the police. You hardly ever hear it any more. Other terms for police include bobbies...
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"d'you ken?" meaning "do you understand" is used in some areas of Scotland.
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Tired, exhausted from working.
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To fight. As in, get ready to rumble.
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