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database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available.
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kill the fatted calf
What does kill the fatted calf mean? | prepare a big feast (in someone's honor) | We decided to kill the fatted calf and have a big dinner for my uncle.
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kill the fatted calf
What does kill the fatted calf mean? | to prepare an elaborate banquet for someone | We decided to kill the fatted calf and have a big feast for my parents.
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kill the fatted calf
What does kill the fatted calf mean? | to prepare an elaborate banquet in honor of someone | We killed the fatted calf for my cousin when she returned from her trip abroad.
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kill the fatted calf
What does kill the fatted calf mean? | to prepare an elaborate banquet for someone |
We will kill the fatted calf and have a big feast for my parents.
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kill the fatted calf
What does kill the fatted calf mean? | to prepare an elaborate banquet in honor of someone |
We killed the fatted calf for my cousin after she returned from her trip abroad.
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kill the fatted calf
What does kill the fatted calf mean? | to prepare a big feast (in someone's honor) |
We decided to kill the fatted calf and have a big dinner for my uncle.
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kill the fatted calf
What does kill the fatted calf mean? | to prepare an elaborate banquet in someones's honor (from the Biblical story that tells about the return of the prodigal son) |
We decided to kill the fatted calf and have a big party for our parents.
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Some Random Idioms
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control the purse strings
What does "control the purse strings" mean? | to be in charge of the money in a business or a household | My sister controls the purse strings in her family.
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once in a blue moon
What does "once in a blue moon" mean? | very rarely | I only go to that restaurant once in a blue moon.
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have a frog in one's throat
What does "have a frog in one's throat" mean? | to get a tickle or soreness in one's throat which makes it difficult to speak until you cough and clear your throat |
I had a frog in my throat and it was difficult to talk on the telephone.
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keep up with the news
What does "keep up with the news" mean? | keep informed | I read the newspaper every morning in order to keep up with the news.
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put one's finger on (something)
What does "put one's finger on (something)" mean? | to locate something precisely, to identify something as very important |
I was able to put my finger on the problem and find someone to fix it.
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Up to snuff
What does "Up to snuff" mean? | If something isn't up to snuff, it doesn't meet the standard expected. |
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All my eye and Peggy Martin
What does "All my eye and Peggy Martin" mean? | (UK) An idiom that appears to have gone out of use but was prevalent in the English north Midlands of Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire from at least the turn of the 20th century until the early 1950s or so. The idiom's meaning is literally something said or written that is unbelievable, rumor, over embellished, the result of malicious village gossip etc. |
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(not one's) cup of tea
What does "(not one's) cup of tea" mean? | something that one does not enjoy or do well (usually used in the negative) |
Going to art galleries is not my cup of tea so I think that I will stay home this evening.
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