American Idioms and Expressions

Be Curtains For Someone Or Something Idiom

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be curtains for (someone or something)
What does be curtains for (someone or something) mean?		 to be the end or death for someone or something It was curtains for my old computer when it finally stopped working.


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strike up a conversation with (someone)
What does "strike up a conversation with (someone)" mean?		 to start a conversation with someoneI decided not to strike up a conversation with the man at the bus station.
bird
What does "bird" mean?		odd, eccentric person (anachronistic)
cut-and-dried
What does "cut-and-dried" mean?		 to be previously decided, to be prearranged The decision was cut-and-dried and nobody asked for our opinion.

rack duty
What does "rack duty" mean?		time spend in bed asleep
spaced
What does "spaced" mean?		 giddy; flakey; silly; befuddled
well and good
What does "well and good" mean?		 good, satisfactoryIt is well and good that he will go and talk to his supervisor about the problem.
real McCoy
What does "real McCoy" mean?		 the genuine thingMy new camera is the real McCoy and it will let me take any kind of picture that I want.
suit
What does "suit" mean?		businessman or businesswoman; a person in authority
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