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... get into a mess into get into an argument (with someone ) into get into full swing NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 522 in not for (anything in) the world in not in the same league with someone ... tight rein on someone or something Keep Keep at it! keep keep at someone or something NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 526 It It never rains but it pours. It It (only) stands to...

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... Jane. I don’t know what he saw in her. ᮀ I’m surprised that she didn’t drop him first. drop someone 99 come into its own Go to come into one’s own. come into one’s own and come into its own 1. [for ... something into question to cause someone or something to be eval- uated; to examine or reexamine the 59 C private out. T The boss is always chewing out somebody. T The coach ate out the...

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... up to something to burned to a cinder to burn someone or something to a crisp NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 596 shot (all) shot to hell shot give something a shot shot give something one’s best ... drink to that! to I’ll (try to) catch you later. to in addition (to something ) NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 598 up sew something up up shack up (with someone ) up s...

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... tilt at windmills at tip the scales at something at try one’s hand (at something ) NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 458 as happy as a lark as happy as can be as hard as a rock as hard as nails as ... tick as tight as Dick’s hatband as tough as an old boot as true as steel as ugly as a toad NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 456 with impunity without risk of punish- ment; with...

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... my teeth. ᮀ If you want to get something done, you’ve got take something home (with oneself) 396 skin and bones Go to nothing but skin and bones. skin someone alive to be very angry with someone; ... apart. T He was so mad that I thought he was going to take apart all of us. take someone apart 393 tell things apart to distinguish one thing or a group of things from another thing or...

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... daylight. a ripe old age a very old age. ᮀ Mr. Smith died last night, but he lived to a ripe old age 99 . ᮀ All the Smiths seem to reach a ripe old age. a ripple of excitement a series of quiet but excited ... number to the next higher or lower whole num- ber. ᮀ You should round 8.122 off. T I rounded off 8.7 89 to 9. 2. and round out something to finish something by doing something spec...

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... like someone. (Informal. Almost always in a negative sense.) ᮀ I don’t like Bob. I the likes of someone 2 49 of accepting someone’s apology.) ᮀ It’s okay. Please don’t give it another thought. ᮀ You should ... another thought not to worry about something anymore. (A polite way not give it another thought 2 79 (Proverb.) ᮀ I haven’t heard from my son since he left for college, but I suppose...

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... the movies with Sue. ᮀ The crooks paid Fred hush money to keep their whereabouts secret. hush money 199 ᮀ Bob is high on meditation. He sits and meditates for an hour each day. highflier a person who ... laughs last. Who- ever succeeds in making the last move or He who laughs last, laughs longest. 1 89 gross someone out to revolt someone; to make someone sick. (Slang.) ᮀ Oh, look at his...

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... one’s bearings to determine where one is; to determine how one is oriented to get one’s bearings 1 39 get the edge on someone Go to get the ad- vantage of someone . get the edge over someone Go ... stabilize a ship in a rough sea.) ᮀ His mind is burdened with the flotsam flotsam and jetsam 1 19 my life. ᮀ I had the shock of my life when I won $5,000. get the short end of the stick and...

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... the dictionary. The compiler has included idiomatic phrases drawn from or suggested by Anne Bertram in NTC’s Dictionary of Proverbs and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, and NTC’s Dictionary ... Dictionary of Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings and Eliza- beth Kirkpatrick in NTC’s English Idioms Dictionary. About This Dictionary xiii amount of salt called for in...

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