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... intelligent. ᮀ When she’s think- ing, she drifts into a world of her own. in a (pretty) pickle 2 04 have sticky fingers to have a tendency to steal. (Slang.) ᮀ The clerk—who had sticky fingers—got ... it harkens back to the time when everything was delivered by a horse-drawn wagon. hang tough 1 74 Have I made myself clear? Do you un- derstand exactly what I am telling you? (Indicates ange...

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... criticizing her gar- den. ᮀ Try to be tactful and not ruffle peo- ple’s feathers. rough someone up 344 ride something out to endure something un- pleasant. (Originally referred to ships lasting out ... want to pull it down? Why not remodel it? T They are go- ing to pull down the old building today. 4. [with something] to lower or reduce the amount of something. ᮀ That last test pulle...

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... com- ments. ᮀ Bill was less than pleased at the outcome of the election. leave someone holding the bag 244 ... like someone. (Informal. Almost always in a negative sense.) ᮀ I don’t like Bob. I the likes of someone 249 of accepting someone’s apology.) ᮀ It’s okay. Please don’t give it another thought. ᮀ You should ... ᮀ Todd was laid up for a month. the land of Nod sleep. (Humorous....

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... figures round in round numbers round round out something round round something off NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 74 way come someone’s way way do something the hard way way downhill all the ... thumbs down on someone or something thumbs thumbs up on someone or something NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 94 worked get worked up (over something ) worked worked up...

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... rise gospel the gospel truth got Cat got your tongue? got Have I got something for you! NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 04 in in love (with someone or something ) in in luck in in many respects in in ... hot water hot hot and bothered hot hot and heavy hot hot as fire hot hot as hell NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 14 hand lend a hand (to someone ) hand lend ( someo...

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... one’s tongue bite bite someone’s head off bite bite the bullet bite bite the dust NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 46 4 bite bite the hand that feeds one bite grab a bite (to eat) bite One’s bark ... 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 45 6 with impunity without risk of punish- ment; with immu...

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... know, drunk. thrill someone to death Go to thrill someone to pieces. thrill someone to death 40 5 strike out 1. [for a baseball batter] to be declared “out” after three strikes. (See also strike ... You can’t expect small children to sit through a long movie. sink one’s teeth into something 3 64 team up with someone to join with some- one. ᮀ I teamed up with Jane to write the report....

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... something. ᮀ They fitted the camper out with everything they needed. ᮀ They fitted them out for only $ 140 . ᮀ He fitted his car out with lots of chrome. fit someone to a T 1. Go to suit someone to a T. 2. ... out of my mind. ᮀ Mary couldn’t get the song out of get someone or something out of one’s mind 143 a shellacking anyway. ᮀ I practiced my tennis game so I wouldn’t take a shellac...

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... meat deep to the bone. ᮀ The knife cut John to the bone. He had to cut loose (with something) 84 cast doubt(s) (on someone or something ) to cause someone or something to be doubted. ᮀ The ... camera? The store owner caught him with his pants down. cast doubt(s) (on someone or something) 64 came to a standstill because the workers went on strike. ᮀ The party came to a standstill unt...

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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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