American Idioms and Expressions

Have A Good Head For (something) Idiom

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have a good head for (something)
What does have a good head for (something) mean?
to have the mental ability for something, to find it easy to learn somethingMy uncle has a good head for numbers.

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What does "Bite your tongue" mean?
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What does "throw down the gauntlet" mean?
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What does "arse" mean?
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What does "sleaze" mean?
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What does "night on the town" mean?
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What does "spin a yarn" mean?
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tie (someone's) hands
What does "tie (someone's) hands" mean?
to prevent someone from doing somethingThe principal tied our hands and we were not able to start on the project this year.
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What does "hot" mean?
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What does "duty bound (to do something)" mean?
to be forced by duty or honor to do something I was duty bound to talk to my friend about the money that I had lost.

sob story
What does "sob story" mean?
a story that makes one feel pity or sorrowMy sister told me a sob story about how she had lost her job.

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