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database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available.
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VB
What does VB mean? | Victorian Bitter (brand of beer in Australia) |
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control the purse strings
What does "control the purse strings" mean? | to be in charge of the money in a business or a household | My sister controls the purse strings in her family.
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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 someone | The man was pulling my leg when he said that I could not enter the movie theater after the movie had started.
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as blind as a bat
What does "as blind as a bat" mean? | blind, unable to see | The man was as blind as a bat and he could not see anything at all.
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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."
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"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.
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snow
What does "snow" mean? | deception; con |
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in one's blood
What does "in one's blood" mean? | built into one's personality or character | My cousin has music in her blood and she has always been very good at it.
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Sure-fire
What does "Sure-fire" mean? | If something is sure-fire, it is certain to succeed.
('Surefire' is also used.) |
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boner
What does "boner" mean? | erection |
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crap-list
What does "crap-list" mean? | list of worthless or troublesome people |
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dupe
What does "dupe" mean? | fool, trick, or swindle somebody |
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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 expenses | He is acting as a hatchet man for the leader but I don`t think that he really believes what he is saying.
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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 you | I got the benefit of the doubt when I complained about my parking ticket.
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