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get on in years
What does "get on in years" mean? grow old; become older
knock (someone) over with a feather
What does "knock (someone) over with a feather" mean? surprise someone by something extraordinary It could have knocked me over with a feather when I saw my friend on TV last night.
take sides
What does "take sides" mean? to support one side or the other side "You should not take sides in some arguments or both sides will be angry at you."
smell blood
What does "smell blood" mean? realize that you have to defeat or harm an opponent and be eager to try and do this The reporters could smell blood when they began to investigate the politicians and the scandal.

dig one's own grave
What does "dig one's own grave" mean? to be responsible for one's own problems The woman dug her own grave when she fought with her boss. Now she is having many problems at work.

be laid up
What does "be laid up" mean? be confined to bed or unfit for work He has been laid up for a few days because of a cold.
Nip it in the bud
What does "Nip it in the bud" mean? If you nip something in the bud, you deal with a problem when it is still small, before it can grow into something serious.

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Explain Something Away or< I> Explain Away Something Idiom