Deadbeat Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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deadbeat What does deadbeat mean?	a person who never pays his debts	There is a new government policy to penalize deadbeat fathers.
deadbeat What does deadbeat mean?	a person who never pays the money that he or she owes	Recently, the government is trying to solve the problem of deadbeat dads who do not support their families.
deadbeat What does deadbeat mean?	a person who never pays his debts	There is a new government policy to penalize deadbeat fathers.
deadbeat What does deadbeat mean?	a person who never pays the money that he or she owes	Recently, the government is trying to solve the problem of deadbeat fathers who do not support their families.
	Some Random Idioms
que pasa What does "que pasa" mean?	idiom. what's up? how are you? what's going on? (from Spanish)

flirt with the idea of (doing something) What does "flirt with the idea of (doing something)" mean?	to think about doing something	We flirted with the idea of buying a new house but we decided not to.
HQ What does "HQ" mean?	Headquarters	HeadquartersThe HQ of the company is located in a small town in Korea.
play to the gallery What does "play to the gallery" mean?	to perform in a manner that will get the strong approval of the audience	The politician always plays to the gallery and tells his supporters what they want to hear.
in spite of What does "in spite of" mean?	in opposition to, despite	In spite of the terrible weather we went to the beach for a picnic.

above all else What does "above all else" mean?	most importantly of all	Above all else, I plan to go to the Natural History Museum when I visit the city.
to/of no avail What does "to/of no avail" mean?	with no effect, unsuccessful	My complaints to the company were to no avail and nothing at all was done.
naked eye What does "naked eye" mean?	the human eye (with no microscope/binoculars/telescope etc.)	It was difficult to see the star with the naked eye.
with an eye/view to (doing something) What does "with an eye/view to (doing something)" mean?	with the intention of doing something	We bought the small truck with an eye to using it for our home business.
have the time of one's life What does "have the time of one's life" mean?	have a very good time	We had the time of our life at the party last night.
call of nature What does "call of nature" mean?	the need to go to the toilet	The driver stopped his truck to answer the call of nature.

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Deadbeat Idiom