Stool Pigeon Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Stool pigeon What does Stool pigeon mean?	A stool pigeon is a police informer.
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thrill (someone) to pieces/death What does "thrill (someone) to pieces/death" mean?	to please or excite someone very much	The music that they played at the wedding thrilled me to pieces.

get off the hook What does "get off the hook" mean?	to become free from an obligation	I got off the hook and did not have to clean the classroom after school.
howler What does "howler" mean?	amusing, large error
elbow (someone) out of (somewhere) What does "elbow (someone) out of (somewhere)" mean?	to pressure someone out of somewhere	The woman elbowed the other shoppers out of the way so that she could buy some shoes.
walking wounded What does "walking wounded" mean?	dumb people

do a number on (someone or something) What does "do a number on (someone or something)" mean?	to damage or harm someone or something	The young man did a number on the car that he borrowed from his uncle.
hold down (someone or something) What does "hold down (someone or something)" mean?	keep control of someone or something	The government was able to hold down the rate of inflation for many years.
have (someone) eating out of (the palm of) your hand What does "have (someone) eating out of (the palm of) your hand" mean?	someone is willing to do whatever you want them to do	The woman has her supervisor eating out of the palm of her hand.
knee-high to a grasshopper What does "knee-high to a grasshopper" mean?	to be very young, to be short and small (like a child)	I have been playing the piano since I was knee-high to a grasshopper.
bend (someone's) ear What does "bend (someone's) ear" mean?	to talk to someone (usually in an annoying/persistent manner)	I met my co-worker this morning and she bent my ear for almost an hour about her problems at work.
have a crush (on someone) What does "have a crush (on someone)" mean?	have strong feelings of love for someone (often for a short time and with no results)	have strong feelings of love for someone (often for a short time and with no results)The young girl had a crush on her teacher in junior high school but of course it was an impossible situation.

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Stool Pigeon Idiom