Bouched Up Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Bouched up What does Bouched up mean?	Substandard; messed up; make a shamble of	Man, you really bouched up that project. Now the company will have to start all over costing double and missing all of our deadlines. Sir Thomas Bouch designed a bridge that was built at the Tay estuary at Dundee in Scotland. It was supposed to be the greatest structure built in Victorian England. The building of the Tay rail bridge culminated in him being knighted. The Tay bridge was nearly two miles long, consisting of 85 spans and at the time (1879) was the longest bridge in the world. One stormy night, only 19 months after the bridge was declared safe by the Board of Trade and opened to traffic in the summer of 1878, the wind caused some of its spans to collapse. A train and 6 carriages and 75 souls were lost that night ranking it as the worst accident caused by structural failure in the history of England. Sir Thomas Bouch died only 10 months after the failure.
	Some Random Idioms
break loose (from someone or something) What does "break loose (from someone or something)" mean?	to get away from someone or something that is holding you	The horse broke loose from the rope and began running through the town.

Bridge the gap What does "Bridge the gap" mean?	If you bridge the gap, you make a connection where there is a great difference.
back out (something) from a parking space or back (something) out of a parking space What does "back out (something) from a parking space or back (something) out of a parking space" mean?	to drive a vehicle out of a parking space	The woman backed the car out of the parking space.
no end of/to (something) What does "no end of/to (something)" mean?	seeming almost endless, very many/much of something	He had no end of problems when he lived overseas for a year.
joined at the hip What does "joined at the hip" mean?	two people spending all their time together	The two boys are joined at the hip and never spend any time apart.
born with a silver spoon in one`s mouth What does "born with a silver spoon in one`s mouth" mean?	to be born rich, to have more than everything that you need since birth	The boy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has never worked in his life.
cash in one`s chips What does "cash in one`s chips" mean?	to exchange or sell something to get some money (from the chips used in a poker game)	I decided to cash in my chips and go back to school.

Dutch treat What does "Dutch treat" mean?	a meal or movie etc. where each person pays his or her own way, to contribute equally to something	When the boy goes out with his girlfriend it is always a Dutch treat as he does not have much money.
you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs What does "you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs" mean?	you cannot do something without causing some problems or having some effects	"You can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs and if you want to change the work schedules, then you are going to cause problems."

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Bouched Up Idiom