American Idioms and Expressions

Lose Out To (someone Or Something) Idiom

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lose out to (someone or something)
What does lose out to (someone or something) mean?		 fail to win, miss first place in a contestOur team lost out to the other team in the soccer tournament.

Some Random Idioms
give (someone) an earful
What does "give (someone) an earful" mean?		to talk to someone in order to criticize or complain about somethingI met my supervisor on the weekend and I decided to give her an earful about my job.
PTO
What does "PTO" mean?		 Please Turn Over - written on a piece of paper to tell someone to look at the other side Please Turn Over - written on a piece of paper to tell someone to look at the other sideI wrote PTO on the last page of my essay to make sure that the professor would look at the last page.
dead set against (something)
What does "dead set against (something)" mean?		 to be determined not to do something The parents are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

Bag of bones
What does "Bag of bones" mean?		 If someone is a bag of bones, they are very underweight.
have money to burn
What does "have money to burn" mean?		 to have very much money, to have more money than is neededMy aunt has money to burn and she is always travelling somewhere.
go for (something)
What does "go for (something)" mean?		 to try to get something, to desire somethingI have decided to go for the new job at the computer center.
in perpetuity
What does "in perpetuity" mean?		 forever, eternallyThe man was promised by the city that he would receive a discount on his water bill in perpetuity.
get back to (someone)
What does "get back to (someone)" mean?		 to communicate something to someone at a later time, to contact someone later We were very careful that our complaints did not get back to the school principal.

variety is the spice of life
What does "variety is the spice of life" mean?		 life is made more interesting by doing new or different thingsThe three women believe that variety is the spice of life and they are always traveling to new places and trying new things.
at one's fingertips
What does "at one's fingertips" mean?		 something is within one's reachI always have my address book at my fingertips.
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