American Idioms and Expressions

Lemon Idiom

This database is a comprehensive collection of all the American idioms and slang available. American Idioms are many and varied. We hope you enjoy our collection. We are adding more all the time. .

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lemon
What does lemon mean?
bad car, usually new and with mechanical problems. So what's with the new lemon law? Does it really protect consumers from bad cars?

Some Random Idioms
shrooms
What does "shrooms" mean?
Psilocybin/psilocin
Don't take any wooden nickels
What does "Don't take any wooden nickels" mean?
This idiom is used to advise people not to be cheated or ripped off.
bottom line
What does "bottom line" mean?
the central issue of a discussion, the main pointMy friend wants to open a restaurant but the bottom line is that if we do not do more research I do not want to invest any money.
fucker
What does "fucker" mean?
a person with many negative traits (used pejoratively or disparagingly; rarely used for women).He's such a fucker.
do
What does "do" mean?
serve a particular purpose well
in charge of something
What does "in charge of something" mean?
to be responsible for an activity or group of peopleOur teacher is in charge of selling tickets for the school dance.
quick one
What does "quick one" mean?
a single drink of alcohol taken before one does something elseWe stopped for a quick one on the way home from work.
If you will
What does "If you will" mean?
'If you will' is used as a way of making a concession in a sentence: He wasn't a very honest person, a liar if you will. Here, it is used a way of accepting that the reader or listener might think of the person as a liar, but without commit the writer or speaker to that position fully.
blue balls
What does "blue balls" mean?
used to describe the tenderness in the testicles after substantial sexual activity

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