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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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drop (someone/something) like a hot potato
What does drop (someone/something) like a hot potato mean? | to suddenly stop being involved with someone or with some kind of a problem | The advertisers dropped the basketball star like a hot potato when he became involved in a scandal.
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knit one's brow
What does "knit one's brow" mean? | wrinkle one's brow by frowning | The teacher knit his brow and looked sternly at the child.
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poop
What does "poop" mean? | information or knowledge about something |
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zap
What does "zap" mean? | shock somebody | Don't zap me, bro!
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Pot to piss in
What does "Pot to piss in" mean? | To have money or wealth. | You want to have children! We can't afford them, we don't have a pot to piss in.
In medieval London, people did not have indoor plumbing. It was common to use a chamber pot as an indoor toilet. The chamber pot could then be dumped out a window into the street gutter below. A person who did not have a "pot to piss in" was poor indeed.
In medieval times the word "piss" was not considered at all vulgar. It was not until Victorian England that words such as piss were deemed vulgar. Even today phrases like "pot to piss in" and "Full of Piss and Vinegar" are somehow considered to be generally acceptable and only moderately crude. |
subject to (something)
What does "subject to (something)" mean? | depending on something, likely to have something | The purchase of the house was subject to several conditions that we wanted to talk about.
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take to one's heels
What does "take to one's heels" mean? | to run away | The young boys took to their heels when the man came out of the building.
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below average
What does "below average" mean? | to be lower or worse than average | The amount of rain was below average during the winter.
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go jump in a lake
What does "go jump in a lake" mean? | go away; get out |
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