Bright As A Button Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Bright as a button What does Bright as a button mean?	A person who is as bright as a button is very intelligent or smart.
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dirty work What does "dirty work" mean?	unpleasant or uninteresting work	I refused to do the dirty work for my friend.
shape up or ship out What does "shape up or ship out" mean?	to either improve one's performance or leave	The new employee was told to shape up or ship out when his performance was not equal to the other members of the staff.
cut one's losses What does "cut one's losses" mean?	to reduce one's losses	We decided to cut our losses and sell our business before it lost more money.
for all practical purposes What does "for all practical purposes" mean?	for what might be reasonably expected	For all practical purposes, our car was no longer suitable for our large family.
drop (someone/something) like a hot potato What does "drop (someone/something) like a hot potato" mean?	to suddenly stop being involved with someone or with some kind of a problem	The advertisers dropped the basketball star like a hot potato when he became involved in a scandal.
in one breath What does "in one breath" mean?	spoken rapidly without stopping to breathe	I told my friend in one breath what happened at the party.

Pot-luck What does "Pot-luck" mean?	If you take pot-luck, you take whatever happens to be available at the time.
brainiac What does "brainiac" mean?	very smart student.	She's such a brainiac, always getting straight A's.

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Bright As A Button Idiom