American Idioms and Expressions

Take The Cake Idiom

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take the cake What does take the cake mean?	to be the best or the worst	The woman's manners take the cake. They are very bad.
take the cake What does take the cake mean?	to be the best or worst of something	The behavior of the young girl takes the cake. It is terrible.
take the cake What does take the cake mean?	to be the best or worst of something	The behavior of the young girl takes the cake. It is terrible.
take the cake What does take the cake mean?	to be the best or worst of something	The behavior of the young girl takes the cake. It is terrible. cooking Idioms
take the cake What does take the cake mean?	to be the best or the worst	The woman's manners take the cake. They are very bad.
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hush puppy What does "hush puppy" mean?	cornmeal dumpling that is deep fried

Lower than a snake's belly What does "Lower than a snake's belly" mean?	Someone or something that is lower than a snake's belly is of a very low moral standing.
deal someone in What does "deal someone in" mean?	include someone	include someone I hope that my friend will deal me in on his new computer business.
word up What does "word up" mean?	right; true; right on
at a standstill What does "at a standstill" mean?	in a situation where no progress can be made, at an impasse	The traffic on the road was at a standstill because of the accident.
love at first sight What does "love at first sight" mean?	fall in love with someone (or something) the first time that one sees him or her	fall in love with someone (or something) the first time that one sees him or herWhen I saw the woman at the party it was love at first sight and I knew that I wanted to meet her.

take the stand What does "take the stand" mean?	to go and sit in the witness chair in a courtroom	The star witness will take the stand in the trial tomorrow.
throw cold water on (something) What does "throw cold water on (something)" mean?	to discourage or forbid something	The manager threw cold water on our plan to close the factory for one week in August.
Kick something into the long grass What does "Kick something into the long grass" mean?	If an issue or problem is kicked into the long grass, it is pushed aside and hidden in the hope that it will be forgotten or ignored.

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