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You Can Choose Your Friends, But You Can't Choose Your Family Idiom This
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. You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family
What does You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family mean? | Some things you can choose, but others you cannot, so you have to try to make the best of what you have where you have no choice. |
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| | have rocks in one`s head
What does "have rocks in one`s head" mean? | be stupid, not have good judgement | She has rocks in her head. She should never have bought that old car.
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| | More holes than Swiss cheese
What does "More holes than Swiss cheese" mean? | If something has more holes than a Swiss cheese, it is incomplete,and lacks many parts. |
| Put it on the cuff
What does "Put it on the cuff" mean? | If you put something on the cuff, you will take it now and pay for it later. |
| Traffucked
What does "Traffucked" mean? | If you are traffucked, you are stuck in heavy traffic and get where you need to be. |
| by a whisker
What does "by a whisker" mean? | just barely, by a very small amount |
The marathon runner won the race by a whisker.
| see to (someone or something)
What does "see to (someone or something)" mean? | to take care of someone or something | I will see to the rental car and my friend will see to the airplane tickets.
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| | Kick away the ladder
What does "Kick away the ladder" mean? | If someone kicks away the ladder, they remove something that was supporting or helping someone. |
| lead a dog`s life
What does "lead a dog`s life" mean? | live a hard life, work hard and be treated unkindly | He says that he has been leading a dog`s life since he started his new job.
| Blow your top
What does "Blow your top" mean? | If someone blows their top, they lose their temper. |
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