American Idioms and Expressions

Dollars For Doughnuts Idiom

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Dollars for doughnuts
What does Dollars for doughnuts mean?
If something is dollars for doughnuts, it is a sure bet or certainty.

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fond of (someone or something)
What does "fond of (someone or something)" mean?
to like someone or something Our daughter is very fond of her grandfather.

give (someone) a fair shake
What does "give (someone) a fair shake" mean?
give someone fair treatmentThe man did not believe that the judge would give him a fair shake at his trial.
give (someone) a free hand
What does "give (someone) a free hand" mean?
to allow someone to do something in the way that they choose The senior managers give their employees a free hand to make their work schedule.

get down to business
What does "get down to business" mean?
to start working or doing the business at handWe decided to get down to business and try to finish our work quickly.
Come on hard
What does "Come on hard" mean?
If you come on hard, you are aggressive in your dealing with someone.
tank
What does "tank" mean?
fail; perform poorly
die out
What does "die out" mean?
to die or disappear slowly until gone, to not exist anymore The campfire slowly died out and we went to bed.
Dinosaurs died out many years ago.
birdseed
What does "birdseed" mean?
a minute amount of money. I'm getting paid birdseed for all my hard work.
fit (someone) out with (something)
What does "fit (someone) out with (something)" mean?
to provide someone with something The store helped to fit us out with camping equipment for our holiday.

go whole hog
What does "go whole hog" mean?
to do everything possible, to be extravagant We went whole hog in our effort to make the convention a success.

raise a white flag
What does "raise a white flag" mean?
to indicate that you have been defeated and that you want to give up The soldiers raised a white flag and surrendered to the enemy.

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