Idioms and Slang
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They use it during the thinking gaps they take while speaking
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Usually it is Tommy.... there are other less flattering ones
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The term used in the 1700s to describe one inch haircut leading to a lower blunt well sharpened heel of base of the foot type of...
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If a person has a tendency to do something like stealing from his job and has been caught and fired from a few jobs, when his...
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It means easily passing something, like a test, almost definitely getting a high A.
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A dead heat is a race in which two or more entrants have the same time; a tie. From heat, meaning a single race in a competition...
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Continue doing better than those around you; Be the best; to excel. The meaning comes from the image of a wolf pack, where the...
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Meaning: To calm an angry quarrel; to have a soothing effect through tact or skill in dealing with people. Oil sits on top of...
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It's a slang phrase indicating scornful dismissal -- you're not just refusing whatever or whoever it is, you're kicking them over...
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It means that whoever you were speaking to was able to embarrass you or prove you wrong in an assertion you made upon a subject,...
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An expression sometimes found in British novels, especially in the late 19th, early 20th century and perhaps later. Generally, it...
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Kriky is a form of Australian slang, not English, but I can see how you can get mixed up, the accents are similar!! :)
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Yes. Please visit the related link to Wikipedia for a comprehensive list of all South African slang including Afrikaans.
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"What's up?" is a very infomral way of saying "Hello" or "Hi, how are you?" It is the English equivalent of the Spanis, "que...
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NO ,it is an idiom to say that raining really hard
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A 'Monkey' is slang for £500.00
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To nip something in the bud means to stop it before it starts. A bud is the new growth of a plant - that little rounded green...
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"Went beyond your ken" means it exceeded your knowledge or understanding.
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It means born into an aristocratic or very rich family. The above answer is true, but the truth of this saying goes much father...
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It means they are asking you to help with whatever it is they are doing at that moment.
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Come clean. "'Fess" is short for "confess."
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It is a way of saying someone is naive - if you were born yesterday, you are a baby with no experience. Usually people say 'NOT...
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Usage of the slang term pigeon hole : The term "pigeonhole" can describe a small open space (cubbyhole) used for any purpose...
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It means when a road splits into two roads
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Some people would say '' foxy momma'' or '' she's a babe''. Stuff like that. It really just depended on the person.
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The entire phrase is "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never harm me." It means that someone who is childishly...
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1) $5 U.S. Currency 2) Get going, to begin; get started. i.e.: I fin a get my sleep on.
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If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
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Not a care in the world. It is shortened from "feel like a million bucks," an idiom reflecting the commonly held American belief...
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It is a made-up love potion from a rap song. It doesn't really exist, though bars have started making up alcoholic drinks called...
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Poon Snatch - 'Poon' being someones Women/Men who is taken from one person by another
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The origin of the phrase goes back to the days of traveling circuses. Small circuses with no major acts and no menagerie of...
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A complete lack of sound.basically it means total, eerie silence
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blood is a term used in the sixties and seventies to describe one black man to another,we are blood we are family. the younger...
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Your responsibilities, having commitments and more are so great that it feels like you have the world on your shoulders. The god...
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It means I Say look in the dictionary.In Australian slang it means food.
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It means just what it sounds like - no matter what the cost, do it.
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Aw is just a nonsense word that you use in several situations: to express sadness, as in "Aw, your dog died." to express...
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Means you can screw yourself, f*ck yourself. People also take it as go to hell.. my friend answer!
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Tang has 2 definitions: 1: A drink mix that is mixed with water. it tastes orangery. 2. It is an Anson Tang
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If someone says, "We're in the same boat" they basically mean, "We're on the same side" meaning that person is not your enemy.You...
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A baker's dozen is thirteen. So a baker always has one spare--or one extra.
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"specs" short for spectacles
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It is an obstruction to a spell. In modern slang it means a lack of inspiration.
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Knows something about everything
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420 refers to weed most of the time people use 420 friendly meaning marijuana friendly
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What exactly are you asking? Why would you want to rewrite it? Are you asking what the saying means?
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No, it means to go to a party, get deadly, DEADLY drunk on purpose, and then pass out for fun like in this here sentence: "Socs...
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No rhyme or reason - it represents an absence of common sense.
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A half-baked idea has not been thought through completely. It has a fault that can be seen with a little thought. This uses the...
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getting smashed or hammered instead of 'drinking' or 'being drunk' big, fluffy, full-figured or heavy-set instead of 'fat' lost...
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You are taking a chance and doing something that could get you in trouble.
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Acts like his parent/father.
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Getting "a taste of your own medicine" means that something happens to you, or is done to you, that you have done to someone...
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A "sucker" is a gullible person, as in "There's a sucker born every minute". "I'm a sucker for .." means one is vulnerable to or...
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nonsense poetry: poetry that has little or no sense or meaning. I realy do hope it helps you.
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Russian Roulette was a game played with a revolver, typically 6 shooter. 1 live bullet was placed in a chamber, the rest left...
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Geordie - Newcastle (Don't say someone from Sunderland sounds like a Geordie, they'll rip your head off). Cockney - London and...
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"Don't let the cat our of the bag" mean "Don't tell my secret."
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That Ur cold or that its nice to hang around with U, being moral with others is awesome. : ) yes it is but being cool means you r...
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A-1 means topnotch or the best.
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It means that you're in trouble, or that you're going to be in trouble.
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John Q Public is a slang term for the average man; Joe Average, the man on the streets, the ordinary Joe.
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In a crime or mystery story, the author will sometimes put in misleading information so that the reader or viewer is diverted...
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It is most absolutely not a "Meatloaf album". I was talking about fast moving objects, animals and people long before Meatloaf...
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well , ok say your talkin to but instead of sayin there name you say 'yo son'
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A curveball is a baseball that, when thrown, suddenly curves out of the direction it seemed to be going and goes down a new path....
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Crack Blue Eyes Weed Ice Meth Corpse Trees Glitter Foose Womanz Smack Daddy
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There are no examples of gobbledygook because gobbledygook is nonsense. Let your cat walk on your keyboard and you will have some...
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it means to ask a person a lot of questions. almost like interrogating them.it is to talk to someone about a problem in order to...
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It is an expression for betraying someone who helped you. So for example, if you get promoted because of the help of a friend at...
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Something that at first seems bad and then later proves to be good. Ex. You are stranded on a desert island and your only shelter...
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it is the starting of many insults, and is considered an insult itself. yo mamma starts an entire seiries of 'yo mamma' jokes.
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it means you are very angry and have had enough It refers to the straw that broke the camel's back, because the camel is already...
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It could mean many things from having a crush, a personal attraction, fantasizing about them, a past relationship or just being...
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They are called slang terms because they ARE slang terms. Slang means a nickname or a word that doesn't mean what it seems to...
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"Tuna roll" can have a similar meaning to "fish taco," as a euphemism for the female genitals. Thus, the phrase, "I want your...
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Someone who is excessively thrifty with their money.
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Idioms for no desire to do something: a couch potato sitting like a bump on a log acting "deader or than a doorknob" to lie...
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Greasers= a gang of kids who live on the west side of town and aren't wealthy. They are more loyal to themselves and sentimental....
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If you have one, it's a plan of action. If you have several, they are plans of action (or action plans).
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It is British slang for two things that are completely different. In America, a similar idiom is "comparing apples and oranges."
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