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... tired I just went home and conked out. ᮀ I was afraid I would conk out while I was driv- ing. 2. [for something] to break down; to quit running. (Slang.) ᮀ My car conked out finally. ᮀ I hope ... accident). ᮀ The dri- ver cracked the car up in an accident. T The pilot cracked up the plane. 2. [with someone] to make someone laugh. ᮀ She told a joke that really cracked us up. T I crack...

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... 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 or ... 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 reas...

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... relish reluctance reluctance to do something reluctant be reluctant to do something NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 72 to get off to a flying start to get ready (to do something ) to get something across ... there’s a way. there’s Where there’s smoke there’s fire. these one of these days NTC’s American Idioms Dictionary 5 92 see see which way the wind is blowing see w...

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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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... ᮀ Yo u want to sell for $ 120 , and I want to buy for $100. Let’s split the difference and close the deal at $110. ᮀ I don’t want to split the difference. I want $ 120 . split up [for people] to ... Sally ordered a dozen oysters and found a huge pearl in one of them. She struck it rich! straighten up 3 82 2. That is the answer! ᮀ That’s it! You are right. ᮀ That’s it! You got the right an...

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... change a number to the next higher or lower whole num- ber. ᮀ You should round 8. 122 off. T I rounded off 8.789 to 9. 2. and round out something to finish something by doing something special. ᮀ ... something off 3 42 race against time 1. a rush; rushing to beat a deadline. ᮀ We were in a race against time to beat the deadline. ᮀ It was a race against time, but we made it. 2. to hurr...

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... a surprise party for Jane. Don’t let the cat out let someone down 24 6 I can’t examine your ear if you’re moving,” said the doctor. 2. Go to keep quiet (about someone or something ). keep still ... new wardrobe because I want to keep up with the times. keep still (about someone or something) 23 2 like a house on fire and like a house afire rapidly and with force. (Folksy.) ᮀ The truck cam...

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... owned this land for generations and will continue to do so in perpetuity. in one’s right mind 21 2 in denial in a state of refusing to believe something that is true. ᮀ Mary was in de- nial about ... Bob, so they let him loose. ᮀ You’ve got nothing on me! Let me go! 2. to have no information about someone or something. ᮀ The dictionary had nothing on the word I looked up. ᮀ The libra...

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... world as if she was going to cry. ᮀ It started out seeming for all the follow up (on something) 122 the bottom of her heart. ᮀ Oh, thank you! I’m grateful from the bottom of my heart. from the ... returned the lost kit- ten to Mrs. Brown, she thanked me from from the bottom of one’s heart 127 fish for something to try to get information (from someone). (Also literal.) ᮀ The lawyer wa...

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... and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, and NTC’s Dictionary of Folksy, Regional, and Rural Sayings and Eliza- beth Kirkpatrick in NTC’s English Idioms Dictionary. About This Dictionary xiii amount ... page 621 , and those that require explanation are cross-referenced to entries in the dictionary. The compiler has included idiomatic phrases drawn from or suggested by An...

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