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database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available.
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eat dirt
What does eat dirt mean? | to accept another`s insults or bad treatment | The accountant had to eat dirt because of the problems that he had caused.
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eat dirt
What does eat dirt mean? | to act humble, to accept another person's insults or bad treatment | We made the boy eat dirt after he accused us of lying.
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eat dirt
What does eat dirt mean? | to accept another`s insults or bad treatment |
The accountant had to eat dirt because of the problems that he had caused.
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eat dirt
What does eat dirt mean? | to act humble, to accept another person's insults or bad treatment |
We made the boy eat dirt after he accused us of lying.
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fuck up
What does "fuck up" mean? | make an error; screw up; make a mistake; do something badly or incorrectly. | We really fucked up
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thou
What does "thou" mean? | thousand (n.b.: the "th" is pronounced hard, as in "threw") |
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hit the hay
What does "hit the hay" mean? | go to bed; go to sleep. | "It's late, so I guess I'll hit the hay."
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stumble into (somewhere)
What does "stumble into (somewhere)" mean? | to enter a place by stumbling | I stumbled into my bedroom and went to bed.
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pep (someone or something) up
What does "pep (someone or something) up" mean? | to make someone or something more active and energetic | I drank a cup of coffee in order to pep myself up for my afternoon class.
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Taste of your own medicine
What does "Taste of your own medicine" mean? | If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you do something bad to someone that they have done to you to teach them a lesson. |
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On the tip of your tongue
What does "On the tip of your tongue" mean? | If a word is on the tip of your tongue, you know you know the word, but you just can't quite remember it at the moment. |
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up to one's neck (in something)
What does "up to one's neck (in something)" mean? | to have a lot of something, to be much involved or busy with something |
I am up to my neck in work at the moment and will not be able to attend the dinner tonight.
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by any means
What does "by any means" mean? | by any way possible |
We need to find a computer by any means.
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to the nth degree
What does "to the nth degree" mean? | to the greatest degree possible, extremely | We made an effort to the nth degree but we were unable to successfully complete the project.
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just the same
What does "just the same" mean? | nevertheless | I told her not to come early but just the same she came early anyway.
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Can't do it for toffee
What does "Can't do it for toffee" mean? | If you can't so something for toffee, you are incapable of doing something properly or to any sort of standard. |
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Here's mud in your eye!
What does "Here's mud in your eye!" mean? | Drink up! (a drinking toast) |
"Here's mud in your eye," I said as we drank a toast to my new job.
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piss around
What does "piss around" mean? | spend time doing minor, irrelevant things |
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