American Idioms and Expressions

Have A Go At (something) Idiom

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have a go at (something)
What does have a go at (something) mean?		 try to do somethingI decided to have a go at applying for the job after my boss told me about it.

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big chicken dinner
What does "big chicken dinner" mean?		jocular for bad conduct discharge
common touch
What does "common touch" mean?		 a friendly manner with everyoneHe has a common touch and everyone likes him a lot.
in good hands
What does "in good hands" mean?		 in the safe and able care of someone The stolen purse was in good hands after the police found it.

tomorrow is another day
What does "tomorrow is another day" mean?		 there will be another opportunity to do something in the futureThe boy gave up his plans to get on the basketball team but tomorrow is another day and he will try again next year.
spill one's guts
What does "spill one's guts" mean?		 confess; reveal everything
Quarrel with bread and butter
What does "Quarrel with bread and butter" mean?		 Bread and butter, here, indicate the means of one’s living. (That is why we say ‘he is the bread winner of the family’). If a sub-ordinate in an organisation is quarrelsome or if he is not patient enough to bear the reprimand he deserves, gets angry and retorts or provokes the higher-up, the top man dismisses him from the job. So, he loses the job that gave him bread and butter. Hence we say, he quarrelled with bread and butter (manager or the top man) and lost his job.
get a break
What does "get a break" mean?		 to get an opportunity or good deal We were able to get a break on the price of the paint and we saved much money.

have a hunch about (something)
What does "have a hunch about (something)" mean?		 have a feeling that something will or should happenI had a hunch that my friend would not come to meet me.
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