Spoken For Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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spoken for What does spoken for mean?	to be taken/reserved	All of the tickets to the concert are spoken for.
spoken for What does spoken for mean?	to be taken or reserved	All of the tickets to the concert are spoken for.
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go on a fishing expedition What does "go on a fishing expedition" mean?	to attempt to discover information	The lawyer went on a fishing expedition to try and discover the facts of the case.

gangsta What does "gangsta" mean?	or or pertaining to gangsta rap or anything related to it
Jet-black What does "Jet-black" mean?	To emphasise just how black something is, such as someone's hair, we can call it jet-black.
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs What does "teach one's grandmother to suck eggs" mean?	to try to tell someone with more knowledge than yourself how to do something	Showing the computer expert how to solve the computer problem was like teaching my grandmother to suck eggs.
biker What does "biker" mean?	a person who rides motorcycles
divide (something) fifty-fifty What does "divide (something) fifty-fifty" mean?	to divide something into two equal parts	We decided to divide the money that we earned fifty-fifty.
How come? What does "How come?" mean?	Why? (statement word order).	"How come you weren't at the party?"
zapped What does "zapped" mean?	fatigued; tired; exhausted	I feel completely zapped
hang by a thread/hair What does "hang by a thread/hair" mean?	be in doubt, depend on a very small thing	The outcome of the election was hanging by a thread until late at night.
pay to (do something) What does "pay to (do something)" mean?	to be beneficial to do something	I decided that it would pay to buy a new car rather than fix my old car.

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