Yank My Chain Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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Yank my chain What does Yank my chain mean?	If some one says this to another person (i.e. stop yanking my chain) it means for the other person to leave the person who said it alone and to stop bothering them.
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on the warpath What does "on the warpath" mean?	to be very angry, to be looking for trouble	He is on the warpath today so you should stay out of his way.
not for all the tea in China What does "not for all the tea in China" mean?	not for anything	I will not for all the tea in China lend my friend any more money.
play cat and mouse with (someone) What does "play cat and mouse with (someone)" mean?	to tease or fool someone, to change between different types of behavior when dealing with someone	The man is playing cat and mouse with his company about his plans to quit or not.
rich in (something) What does "rich in (something)" mean?	to have valuable resources/characteristics/traditions/history	Many vegetables are rich in important vitamins.
scrape (something) together What does "scrape (something) together" mean?	to gather small amounts of money or something (usually with some difficulty) for some purpose	We managed to scrape together enough money to go on a holiday even though business is very bad at the moment.
bark is worse than one`s bite What does "bark is worse than one`s bite" mean?	someone is not as bad as they sound	"Don`t worry if the boss gets angry - his bark is worse than his bite."

straight from the horse`s mouth What does "straight from the horse`s mouth" mean?	directly from the person who said something, directly from a dependable source	I heard it straight from the horse`s mouth that our supervisor will be leaving the company next week.
have (something) to spare What does "have (something) to spare" mean?	have more than enough of something	We have extra blankets to spare so we gave them to our neighbors.
split (someone) up What does "split (someone) up" mean?	to separate two or more people (from one another)	The teacher had to split the two boys up because they were fighting.

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Yank My Chain Idiom