American Idioms and Expressions

VB Idiom

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VB
What does VB mean?
Victorian Bitter (brand of beer in Australia)

Some Random Idioms
control the purse strings
What does "control the purse strings" mean?
to be in charge of the money in a business or a householdMy sister controls the purse strings in her family.
pull (someone`s) leg
What does "pull (someone`s) leg" mean?
to fool someone with a humorous account of something, to trick or joke with someoneThe man was pulling my leg when he said that I could not enter the movie theater after the movie had started.
as blind as a bat
What does "as blind as a bat" mean?
blind, unable to seeThe man was as blind as a bat and he could not see anything at all.
what`s (up) with (someone)
What does "what`s (up) with (someone)" mean?
what is happening/wrong, how is everything"What`s up with the new supervisor? He seems very angry this morning."
"That's the way the ball bounces."
What does ""That's the way the ball bounces."" mean?
that's life, there is nothing you can do about something that's life, there is nothing you can do about somethingThe man replied, "That's the way the ball bounces", when he told his friend about the job that he had lost.
snow
What does "snow" mean?
deception; con
in one's blood
What does "in one's blood" mean?
built into one's personality or characterMy cousin has music in her blood and she has always been very good at it.
Sure-fire
What does "Sure-fire" mean?
If something is sure-fire, it is certain to succeed. ('Surefire' is also used.)
boner
What does "boner" mean?
erection
crap-list
What does "crap-list" mean?
list of worthless or troublesome people
dupe
What does "dupe" mean?
fool, trick, or swindle somebody
a hatchet man
What does "a hatchet man" mean?
a politician whose job it is to say negative things about the opposition, a person in a company who must fire extra workers or cut other expensesHe is acting as a hatchet man for the leader but I don`t think that he really believes what he is saying.
get the benefit of the doubt
What does "get the benefit of the doubt" mean?
to receive a decision in your favor when the evidence in neither for you nor against youI got the benefit of the doubt when I complained about my parking ticket.

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