In General Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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in general What does in general mean?	in most situations or circumstances	In general, most of the people in our apartment are happy with the new manager.
in general What does in general mean?	in most situations or circumstances	In general, most people are happy with the new manager.
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figure out (something) or figure (something) out What does "figure out (something) or figure (something) out" mean?	to find an answer by thinking about something	Everybody is trying to figure out what our boss is going to do with the new equipment.

zapper What does "zapper" mean?	remote control; TV remote	Hand me the zapper, will you, I want to change the channel.
jazzed up What does "jazzed up" mean?	excited; in a good frame of mind
go easy on (someone or something) What does "go easy on (someone or something)" mean?	to be kind or gentle with someone or something	The judge wanted to go easy on the young man but his bad attitude made it difficult to try and help him.
off the subject What does "off the subject" mean?	to be not concerned with the subject under discussion	Our teacher is often off the subject during our class lectures.
re-up What does "re-up" mean?	reenlist.	He re-upped? I thought he wanted out of the army.
Rub someone up the wrong way What does "Rub someone up the wrong way" mean?	If you annoy or irritate someone when you didn't mean to, you rub them up the wrong way.
as blind as a bat What does "as blind as a bat" mean?	blind, unable to see	The man was as blind as a bat and he could not see anything at all.
TTFN What does "TTFN" mean?	ta-ta for now
joker in the pack What does "joker in the pack" mean?	someone or something that is likely to change a situation in an unexpected way (the joker is one of the cards in a deck of cards that can be used as any card that you want in some games)	The small company was almost bankrupt. However, their new product was the joker in the pack that could save their business.
turn a blind eye to (someone or something) What does "turn a blind eye to (someone or something)" mean?	to ignore someone or something troublesome and pretend not to see it	Our teacher sometimes turns a blind eye to the bad behavior of the students in her class.

American Idioms and Expressions

In General Idiom