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The whole shooting match What does The whole shooting match mean?	Everything, the entire object, or all the related parts.
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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.

as happy as a clam What does "as happy as a clam" mean?	happy and content	The little girl was as happy as a clam as she played with her toys.
slime What does "slime" mean?	disgusting, worthless person
gloss (something) over What does "gloss (something) over" mean?	to try to make what is wrong or bad seem unimportant, to hide something	The accountant tried to gloss over the amount of money that the company lost last year.
spike What does "spike" mean?	put alcohol into a non-alcoholic drink.	Who spiked the punch?
get one's sea legs What does "get one's sea legs" mean?	to become accustomed to a ship moving at sea, to become accustomed to something in general	After a few days at the new job I was able to get my sea legs.
count (someone) out or count out (someone) What does "count (someone) out or count out (someone)" mean?	to exclude someone from something	"Please count me out of your plans to go skiing this weekend."
boil down to (something) What does "boil down to (something)" mean?	to reduce something to its essential or main part	The reason that we could not go on a holiday boiled down to the fact that we had no money.

fed up with (someone or something) What does "fed up with (someone or something)" mean?	to be disgusted or bored with someone or something	I think that the worker is fed up with the constant complaints of his boss.
take the words out of (someone`s) mouth What does "take the words out of (someone`s) mouth" mean?	to say what someone else was just going to say	My friend took the words out of my mouth when he said that he wanted to get something to eat.
schlep What does "schlep" mean?	carry or haul something or somebody from place to place.	I've been schlepping these books around all day.
before long What does "before long" mean?	soon.	A: "I'm really tired of working."B: "Just be patient. The weekend will be here before long."

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The Whole Shooting Match Idiom