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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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line of products
What does line of products mean? | a group/category of products that are similar to each other | Our company will introduce a new line of products in the autumn.
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line of products
What does line of products mean? | a group or category of products that are similar to each other |
Our company will introduce a new line of products in the autumn.
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Some Random Idioms
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shoot the breeze/bull
What does "shoot the breeze/bull" mean? | to talk idly | I met my friend at the supermarket and we decided to shoot the breeze for a few minutes.
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the creeps
What does "the creeps" mean? | a strong feeling of fear or disgust |
I get the creeps every time that I see a snake.
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get out of hand
What does "get out of hand" mean? | to get out of control |
The party was beginning to get out of hand so we asked everyone to leave.
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Hang out to dry
What does "Hang out to dry" mean? | If you hang someone out to dry, you abandon them when they are in trouble. |
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con
What does "con" mean? | convict |
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feed one's face
What does "feed one's face" mean? | to eat | I stopped at a small restaurant after the game to feed my face.
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Passed with flying colors
What does "Passed with flying colors" mean? | To exceed expectations, to do better than expected. | The California smog test is tough, but my car passed with flying colors.
Color(s) has numerous meanings. An early use of the word is flag, pennant, or badge.
"Passed with flying colors" comes from sailing ships that, when passing other ships at sea, would fly their colors (flags) if they wanted to be identified. |
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citizen's arrest
What does "citizen's arrest" mean? | an arrest which may be made by somebody without a warrant when somebody commits a crime | The local politician tried to make a citizen's arrest of the violent beggar.
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have the feel of (something)
What does "have the feel of (something)" mean? | have learned how something feels, be accustomed to something | As soon as I had the feel of the airplane, the instructor let me fly it.
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pour one's heart out (to someone)
What does "pour one's heart out (to someone)" mean? | to tell all of one's hopes/fears/feelings to someone | My friend poured her heart out to me when we went to the coffee shop last evening.
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bail out (of something)
What does "bail out (of something)" mean? | to abandon a situation, to jump out of an airplane |
The plan to buy a summer home with our friends was becoming too expensive so we decided to bail out.
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that's the way the cookie crumbles
What does "that's the way the cookie crumbles" mean? | that's life, those things happen | That's the way the cookie crumbles, I thought when I learned that I would not get the new job.
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