All Important Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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all important What does all important mean?	most important, urgent or necessary	The meeting is all important and I plan to attend it.
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in cold blood What does "in cold blood" mean?	without feeling or pity, cooly and deliberately	The family was murdered in cold blood by the criminal gang.

throw (someone) a curve What does "throw (someone) a curve" mean?	to confuse someone by doing something unexpected, to pitch a curve ball to someone in baseball	The lawyer threw the witness a curve with his very complex questions.
pull over (someone) What does "pull over (someone)" mean?	to make a car drive to the side of the road and stop	The police pulled over the man because he had been drinking and driving.
throw the book at (someone) What does "throw the book at (someone)" mean?	to punish someone severely for breaking a rule or the law	The judge threw the book at the man after he was convicted of robbing a bank.
shit-list What does "shit-list" mean?	list of worthless or troublesome people
Once in a blue moon What does "Once in a blue moon" mean?	To happen only on rare occasions.	The Post Office regularly fails to deliver checks sent in payment to me, but bills sent to me fail to be delivered only once in a blue moon. Two full moons in the same month are extremely rare, though they do happen. A second full moon has come to be called a blue moon. This is apparently because the Maine Farmers Almanac used to list the date of first moon in red text, and the second moon in blue.
crock What does "crock" mean?	a collection of lies, deception, or misleading information
wing it What does "wing it" mean?	to do the best in a situation that one is not prepared for	I forgot to study so I had to wing it on the test.
lay/light into (something) What does "lay/light into (something)" mean?	do/eat something with much energy and enthusiasm	He laid into the steak as soon as the waiter brought it to his table.
Pyrrhic victory What does "Pyrrhic victory" mean?	A Pyrrhic victory is one that causes the victor to suffer so much to achieve it that it isn't worth winning.
boo-boo What does "boo-boo" mean?	error; mistake
rotten to the core What does "rotten to the core" mean?	to be completely worthless (like a rotten apple)	The political organization was rotten to the core and everybody knew that it must change.

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