OWS idioms and phrasal verbs int

... car anywhere well and good - good, satisfactory It is well and good that he will go and talk to his supervisor about the problem well-heeled - rich He seems rather well-heeled and is always wearing ... expensive clothes and driving a nice car 967 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com well-off - wealthy Her parents are quite well-off and don`t need to worry about money during their re...

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... Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com alive and kicking - to be well and healthy My aunt is 87 years old and she is very much alive and kicking alive and well - to be well and healthy The worker is alive and well after the ... meeting I will not attend all-out-effort - a very good and thorough effort We are making an all-out-effort to finish our work all over but the shouting -...

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... government bright and early - very early The woman likes to get up bright and early every morning bright-eyed and bushy-tailed - to be eager and cheerful Everybody was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when ... over - to surprise or overwhelm someone The salesman bowled me over with his energetic sales talk brand-new - absolutely new I was finally able to buy a brand-new...

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... expense account cloak -and- dagger - involving secercy and plotting The agents were involved in cloak -and- dagger diplomacy over the spy scandal close Idioms close at hand - to be within reach The ... cold - to become sick with a cold I caught a cold because of the rain and the cold weather catch-as-catch-can - in any way possible We are in the middle of moving house so...

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... (something) - to think or talk about something all the time I wish that my friend would not dwell on his personal problems dyed-in-the-wool - permanent, stubborn My father is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative ... pony show - a display or demonstration of something The politicians put on a dog and pony show to make everyone forget about the scandal dog-eat-dog - to be ready or...

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... circumstances eye of the storm - the center of a problem The politician was in the eye of the storm because of the accounting scandal eyeball-to-eyeball - face to face I sat eyeball-to-eyeball with our boss ... out of (someone's) hand - to what someone else wants The secretary had her boss eating out of her hand and she could whatever she wanted eat (someone) out of house and...

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... Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com get-up -and- go - energy, enthusiasm, drive The man has lots of get-up -and- go and it is difficult to follow him around get up enough nerve (to something) - to become brave enough ... when he is angry give -and- take - sharing, giving and receiving between people You must be willing to give -and- take if you want to have a good marriage give away (a sec...

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... child and always wore hand-me-down clothing a hand-out - a gift (usually from the government) The government stopped giving hand-outs to the university students because they had no money a hand-out ... The man handed a job to his son on a silver platter and he never had to make any effort at all (live) hand-to-mouth - have only enough money for basic living He was living a hand-to...

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... Henry here and we will process your order right away." Johnny-come-lately - a new-comer He`s a Johnny-come-lately and doesn`t really know what he is talking about Johnny-on-the-spot - someone ... always Johnny-on-the-spot Just when we need him he arrives 419 Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com join forces (with someone) - unite/join with someone The two high schools joined forces to try a...

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... for a couple of months a knock-down-drag-out fight - a serious fight or argument My friend and his brother had a knock-down-drag-out fight last evening Knock it off! - stop doing something, quit ... coming or going a know-it-all - a person who acts as if he or she knows everything He is a know-it-all and nobody likes to be around him know of (someone or something) - to be...

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... was a lame-duck leader so it was difficult for him to accomplish some things land of Nod - sleep I entered the land of Nod as soon as my head hit the pillow land on one`s feet/both feet - come out ... tonight a left-handed compliment - an ambiguous compliment interpreted as offensive He gave her a left-handed compliment when he said that her dyed hair looked nice a leg man - s...

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... meat and potatoes - basic and strong, have simple tastes in food and other things My friend's taste in food and life is one of a basic meat -and- potatoes approach a Mecca for (something) - a place ... for the ambulance a man-about-town - a fashionable man who leads a sophisticated life My friend is a man-about-town and goes out almost every evening man in the street -...

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... Mr_doody2004@yahoo.com a nine-to-five-job - a job with regular and normal hours Many people like the regular hours of a nine-to-five job nip and tuck - evenly matched, almost even They were running nip and tuck ... smoking and drinking next-door neighbor - the person living in the house or apartment next to you My next-door neighbor often brings over fresh bread that she h...

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