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database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available.
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dog in the manger
What does dog in the manger mean? | someone who prevents others from doing what he does not want them to do (from Aesops Fables) | The girl was a dog in the manger when she cancelled the dinner because she could not attend.
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dog in the manger
What does dog in the manger mean? | someone who prevents others from doing what they themselves do not want to do (in Aesop's Fables a dog that cannot eat hay lays in the hayrack and prevents the other animals from eating the hay) | My friend always acts like a dog in the manger and often tries to prevent us from enjoying ourselves.
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dog in the manger
What does dog in the manger mean? | someone who prevents others from doing what they themselves do not want to do (in Aesop's Fables a dog that cannot eat hay lays in the hayrack and prevents the other animals from eating the hay) |
My friend always acts like a dog in the manger and often tries to prevent us from enjoying ourselves.
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dog in the manger
What does dog in the manger mean? | one who prevents others from enjoying what one has no use for oneself (from Aesops Fables) |
The girl was a dog in the manger. She cancelled the dinner because she could not attend.
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Some Random Idioms
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hog
What does "hog" mean? | use all of; use a great deal of; take up most or all of something. | Don't hog all the pizza. I want some too.
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lay off (workers/staff)
What does "lay off (workers/staff) " mean? | reduce the number of workers when business is bad | Six hundred workers at the automobile factory were recently laid off.
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Dead right
What does "Dead right" mean? | This means that something or someone is absolutely correct, without doubt. |
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one to a customer
What does "one to a customer" mean? | each person can have or receive only one of something | The store had a limit of one to a customer of the cameras that were on sale.
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back to square one
What does "back to square one" mean? | to go back to the beginning of something |
The city went back to square one in their effort to build a new bridge.
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hot and heavy
What does "hot and heavy" mean? | serious passion or emotions | The love scenes in the movie were hot and heavy.
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have money to burn
What does "have money to burn" mean? | to have very much money, to have more money than is needed | My aunt has money to burn and she is always travelling somewhere.
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one's frame of mind
What does "one's frame of mind" mean? | one`s mental state - either good or bad |
I made sure that my boss was in a good frame of mind before I asked him for a holiday.
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take down (something)
What does "take down (something)" mean? | to take something apart, to pull something to pieces | We took down our tent when it began to rain.
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