American Idioms and Expressions

GAL Idiom

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GAL
What does GAL mean?		 get a life

Some Random Idioms
hold one`s horses
What does "hold one`s horses" mean?		 to wait, to be patient"Hold your horses for a moment while I make a phone call."
do without (something)
What does "do without (something)" mean?		 to manage without something We will have to do without sugar because there is none left.

cut one's eyeteeth on (something)
What does "cut one's eyeteeth on (something)" mean?		 to have much experience with something, to have done something since one was very youngMy cousin cut his eyeteeth on fixing computers and now he is an expert at it.
patsy
What does "patsy" mean?		victim; dupe; person easily taken advantage of
Yen
What does "Yen" mean?		 If you have a yen to do something, you have a desire to do it.
fill in for (someone)
What does "fill in for (someone)" mean?		 to replace someone temporarily My friend is filling in for the librarian this week.

hoops
What does "hoops" mean?		basketball (the game, not the ball itself)
rabbit food
What does "rabbit food" mean?		raw vegetables
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