Short And Sweet Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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short and sweet What does short and sweet mean?	brief and pleasant	My visit with my parents was short and sweet.
short and sweet What does short and sweet mean?	brief and pleasant	My visit with my parents was short and sweet.
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Put the carriage before the horse What does "Put the carriage before the horse" mean?	If you put the carriage before the horse, you try to do things in the wrong order.

boggle (someone's) mind What does "boggle (someone's) mind" mean?	to confuse or overwhelm someone	The amount of waste in the city program really boggles my mind.
put the freeze on What does "put the freeze on" mean?	ignore; leave alone; reject (somebody)
take one`s own medicine What does "take one`s own medicine" mean?	to accept punishment without complaining	He likes to criticize others but he can never take his own medicine when others criticize him.
put one's foot in one's mouth What does "put one's foot in one's mouth" mean?	to say something that is the wrong thing to say in a situation	I put my foot in my mouth and said that I did not like fish just before my friend served me fish at the dinner party.

all thumbs What does "all thumbs" mean?	to have difficulty fixing things or working with one`s hands, to be clumsy	My friend is all thumbs when he fixes things around his house.
go on a binge What does "go on a binge" mean?	to eat/do too much of something	My friend went on a binge and ate too much chocolate recently.
cast aspersions on (someone) What does "cast aspersions on (someone)" mean?	to make insulting remarks about someone	The woman is always casting aspersions on her colleagues at work.

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