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database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available.
American Idioms are many and varied. We hope you enjoy our collection. We are adding more all the time.
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bring home the bacon
What does bring home the bacon mean? | to work and earn money for your family | My friend is bringing home the bacon for his family and is very busy.
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bring home the bacon
What does bring home the bacon mean? | to earn your family`s living | Recently, I have been working very hard to bring home the bacon. I have no time to do anything else.
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bring home the bacon
What does bring home the bacon mean? | to earn the family living, to earn a salary | I have been working hard all month bringing home the bacon for my family.
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bring home the bacon
What does bring home the bacon mean? | to work and earn money for your family |
My friend works hard to bring home the bacon for his family.
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bring home the bacon
What does bring home the bacon mean? | to earn your family`s living |
Recently, I have been working hard to bring home the bacon.
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bring home the bacon
What does bring home the bacon mean? | to earn the family living, to earn a salary |
I have been working hard all month bringing home the bacon for my family.
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Some Random Idioms
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give way
What does "give way" mean? | to collapse, to fail | The dam gave way and the water flooded the farmland below.
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a house of cards
What does "a house of cards" mean? | something badly put together and easily knocked down, a poorly made plan/action | The peace agreement between the two countries was like a house of cards and fell apart as soon as a minor problem occurred.
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back-to-back
What does "back-to-back" mean? | something follows immediately after something else, two people touching backs |
There were two back-to-back games today because of the rain last week.
We sat back-to-back during the contest.
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pick up a trail/scent
What does "pick up a trail/scent" mean? | to recognize the trail of a hunted person or animal | The tracking dogs were easily able to pick up the trail of the criminal.
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shoot
What does "shoot" mean? | start to explain something |
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collect one's wits
What does "collect one's wits" mean? | to make an effort to control one's thoughts and feelings after something shocking or unexpected happens | I stopped at a small coffee shop after the job interview in order to collect my wits.
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by the sweat of one`s brow
What does "by the sweat of one`s brow" mean? | by hard work |
The farmer managed to make enough money to buy the farm by the sweat of his brow.
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Cross that bridge when you come to it
What does "Cross that bridge when you come to it" mean? | If you will cross that bridge when you come to it, you will deal with a problem when it arises, but not until that point |
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small-time
What does "small-time" mean? | small, on a small scale | The man is a small-time criminal and is always involved in some kind of trouble.
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used to (+ V)
What does "used to (+ V)" mean? | (+ V): an action that was true in the past but is
not true now. | "Jane used to live in Austin, Texas. She livesin San Francisco now."
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of all the nerve
What does "of all the nerve" mean? | How shocking! | Of all the nerve for my friend to ask me for more money when she never repaid me what she had already borrowed.
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lay (something) to rest
What does "lay (something) to rest" mean? | get rid of something, put something away permanently, stop | They have been trying to lay to rest the rumors about the financial problems in the company.
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