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lay a guilt trip on What does lay a guilt trip on mean?	berate; criticize (somebody)
lay a guilt trip on What does lay a guilt trip on mean?	try to make somebody feel guilt or remorse about something
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ciao What does "ciao" mean?	idiom. good-bye (from Italian).	I'm off now, ciao.

take up where one left off What does "take up where one left off" mean?	to start up again in the very place that one has stopped	We will take up where we left off during the next class.
have been to hell and back What does "have been to hell and back" mean?	have survived a great deal of trouble	I thought that I had been to hell and back after I lost my job and couldn't find a new one.
can What does "can" mean?	fire; terminate someone's employment.	He got canned for blogging too much at work.
bad hair day What does "bad hair day" mean?	a day when everything seems to go wrong (just like when you cannot make your hair look attractive)	Yesterday was a bad hair day and everything went wrong for me.
Fair shake of the whip What does "Fair shake of the whip" mean?	If everybody has a fair shake of the whip, they all have equal opportunities to do something.
heads will roll What does "heads will roll" mean?	someone will be punished	Heads will roll when our boss learns about the money that we have lost.
Turn up like a bad penny What does "Turn up like a bad penny" mean?	If someone turns up like a bad penny, they go somewhere where they are not wanted.

sit bolt upright What does "sit bolt upright" mean?	to sit up straight	I sat bolt upright when I heard the news about my cousin.
live happily ever after What does "live happily ever after" mean?	live in happiness after a specific event	It was a very beautiful movie and in the end everybody lived happily ever after.
circle the wagons What does "circle the wagons" mean?	to set up a defense against an enemy	The managers began to circle the wagons as the accounting scandal became worse.

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Lay A Guilt Trip On Idiom