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... happened at the office, she went stark
raving mad.
ᮀ You must be stark raving
stark raving mad
377
of the economy. ᮀ When he launches forth,
I leave the room.
take
one
at
one’s
word to believe ... morning.
ᮀ Mrs.
Smith told Mr. Smith that he was too old
to be sowing his wild oats.
son of a bitch
372
throw
oneself
at the mercy of the court
Go to throw
oneself
on the mercy of the
cour...
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... returned the lost kit-
ten to Mrs. Brown, she thanked me from
from the bottom of one’s heart
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fish for
something
to try to get information
(from someone). (Also literal.)
ᮀ The
lawyer was ... to work hard to get the contract,
because they have the jump on us.
get the jump on someone
1 47
(Said to someone who has invited you to
something that you cannot attend now,
but would like to...
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... figures
round in round numbers
round round out
something
round round
something
off
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way come
someone’s
way
way do
something
the hard way
way downhill all the ... relish
reluctance reluctance to
do something
reluctant be reluctant to
do something
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to get off to a flying start
to get ready (to
do so...
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... get into a mess
into get into an argument (with
someone
)
into get into full swing
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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
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It It never rains but it pours.
It It (only) stands to...
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... tilt at windmills
at tip the scales at
something
at try
one’s
hand (at
something
)
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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
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with impunity without risk of punish-
ment; with...
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... The
government put the money up for the cost
of construction.
T Who will put up the
money for my education?
7. [with some-
thing] to shape and arrange one’s hair
(with curlers, hairpins, etc.).
ᮀ I can’t ... with—purely to test the validity of
the proposition. (The devil’s advocate
play (the) devil’s advocate
3 17
(Informal.) ᮀ The bear ripped into the
deer.
ᮀ The angry teacher ripped in...
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...
something
not very something; not
at all something.
ᮀ The towels in the
none too something
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knuckle down (to
something
) to get busy
doing something; to get serious about
one’s work. (Informal.) ... another thought not to worry
about something anymore. (A polite way
not give it another thought
279
(Proverb.) ᮀ I haven’t heard from my son
since he left for college, but I suppose no...
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... nervous.
in flux and in a (constant) state of flux
in constant change; changing. ᮀ I can’t
in flux
2 07
evening. ᮀ I’ve put my entire life into
apple-pie order.
in a (pretty) pickle and in a real pickle
in ... says it
harkens back to the time when everything
was delivered by a horse-drawn wagon.
hang tough
174
Have I made myself clear? Do you un-
derstand exactly what I am telling you?
(In...
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... purse strings to be in charge
of the money in a business or a house-
control the purse strings
77
She was able to cover her tracks up so that
they couldn’t find her.
T It’s easy to cover
up ... month.
by themselves 1. with help from no one
else.
ᮀ Do you think they can do it by
by themselves
57
call a meeting to ask that people assem-
ble for a meeting; to request that a meet-
ing be he...
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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
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amount of salt called for in...
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