Jive Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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jive What does jive mean?	inaccurate; deceptive; flashy but meaningless
jive What does jive mean?	lie; lies, nonsense
jive What does jive mean?	retort; back talk
jive What does jive mean?	drugs
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there are plenty of other fish in the sea What does "there are plenty of other fish in the sea" mean?	there are other choices, there are other people to choose from	There are plenty of other fish in the sea and when my sister lost her boyfriend she did not worry too much.

plop What does "plop" mean?	put or place something in some location
have the floor What does "have the floor" mean?	to have permission to speak in a meeting	The president had the floor for almost an hour during the meeting.
make a practice of (something) What does "make a practice of (something)" mean?	turn something into a habit	I make a practice of going to bed at 11:00 PM every evening.

scraggy What does "scraggy" mean?	bony; having little muscle or body fat
put a stop/end to (something) What does "put a stop/end to (something)" mean?	to bring something to an end	The company is trying to put an end to the personal use of computers during office hours.
true love What does "true love" mean?	a genuine feeling of romantic love	a genuine feeling of romantic loveIt seemed like true love until we began to fight all of the time.
Reading the riot act What does "Reading the riot act" mean?	To complain or lecture loudly and with angry emotion.	Upset about his neighbors load music at 3:00 am, Davis knocked on the door and proceeded to read the riot act. "Reading the riot act" used to be a literal event. Bobbies in Britain used to read a prescribed proclamation, known as the Riot Act, before they could break up or arrest a crowd. The Riot Act is used in a fashion similar to the Miranda Rights in the US. The Bobbies would approach the crowd, read the Riot Act aloud, and then disperse or arrest them.

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Jive Idiom