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database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available.
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foam at the mouth
What does foam at the mouth mean? | to be very angry (like a mad dog) | My father was foaming at the mouth when I told him that I had damaged his car.
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foam at the mouth
What does foam at the mouth mean? | to be very angry (a sick dog foams at the mouth) | The girl's father was so angry that he was almost foaming at the mouth.
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foam at the mouth
What does foam at the mouth mean? | to be very angry (like a mad dog) |
My father was foaming at the mouth when I told him that I had damaged his car.
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foam at the mouth
What does foam at the mouth mean? | to be very angry (a sick dog foams at the mouth) |
The girl's father was so angry that he was almost foaming at the mouth.
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a new deal
What does "a new deal" mean? | a complete change, a fresh start, another chance | The player was given a new deal by the team although the previous year he had not played well.
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rub off on (someone)
What does "rub off on (someone)" mean? | to transmit a characteristic of one person to someone else | The woman's habit of talking all the time has rubbed off on her friend as well.
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poke about/around
What does "poke about/around" mean? | to look or search for something or just look at things | I was poking about in several antique stores last weekend.
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thin on top
What does "thin on top" mean? | to be balding | The manager of our apartment building is a little thin on top.
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newbie
What does "newbie" mean? | person who is new to the Internet. | Too many newbies in this chat room today.
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
What does "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." mean? | Our feeling for those we love increases when we are
apart from them. | "Cheer up Dude, everybody knows that absence makes the heart grow fonder."
In 1604, Shakespeare echoed this sentiment in "Othello" (Act 1, scene ii), when Desdemona confessed, "I dote upon his very absence." James Howell, in "Familiar Letters" (1650) says that, "Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it."
There are other references to this proverb in literature, but it was originally the first line of an anonymous poem which appeared in Davison's "Poetical Rhapsody" in 1602. |
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turn (someone`s) stomach
What does "turn (someone`s) stomach " mean? | to make someone feel sick, to disgust someone |
The sight of the dead dog on the road turned my stomach.
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go with (something)
What does "go with (something)" mean? | to choose one thing rather than another | We decided to go with the small rental car rather than the large one.
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tear into (someone or something)
What does "tear into (someone or something)" mean? | to criticize and scold someone, to attack someone or something | The supervisor tore into the employee for being late.
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