Lay Out (money) Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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lay out (money) What does lay out (money) mean?	spend or pay some money	My friend will have to lay out a lot of money for his new apartment.
lay out (money) What does lay out (money) mean?	to spend/pay money	I had to lay out a lot of money to get my car fixed so now I do not have much money.
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down in the dumps What does "down in the dumps" mean?	to be unhappy	The girl has been down in the dumps since her boyfriend moved away.

green with envy What does "green with envy" mean?	to be very jealous, to be full of envy	I was green with envy when I heard that my cousin would be going to London for a week.
sleep with (someone) What does "sleep with (someone)" mean?	to share a bed with someone	The little girl always sleeps with her mother when they go on a holiday.
nose about/around (something) What does "nose about/around (something)" mean?	to look for something private or secret, to investigate something	The man was nosing about the office looking for something. Many reporters spend a lot of time nosing around the business of famous people.
a road hog What does "a road hog" mean?	a car driver who uses more than his share of the road	The person in front of me on the highway was a road hog but I tried not to get angry.
turn beet-red What does "turn beet-red" mean?	to become red in the face because you are embarrassed	The girl turned beet-red when her friend asked about her boyfriend.

Go tell it to birds What does "Go tell it to birds" mean?	This is used when someone says something that is not credible or is a lie.
break a leg What does "break a leg" mean?	good luck; hope all goes well (from theatrical slang, where "good luck" is a jinx)
one's stamping grounds What does "one's stamping grounds" mean?	a place where a person spends/spent much of his time	My cousin went back to his old stamping grounds which he remembered as a teenager.
extenuating circumstances What does "extenuating circumstances" mean?	the special circumstances that cause something to happen	We were able to avoid paying the parking ticket because of extenuating circumstances.
as plain as the nose on one's face What does "as plain as the nose on one's face" mean?	clearly evident, obvious	The explanation for the problem was as plain as the nose on my face.
wear one`s heart on one`s sleeve What does "wear one`s heart on one`s sleeve" mean?	to show one`s feelings openly	The girl is wearing her heart on her sleeve and everybody knows that she is having problems with her boyfriend.

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Lay Out (money) Idiom