Tar And Feather (someone) Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Tar And Feather (someone) Idiom mean?

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tar and feather (someone) What does tar and feather (someone) mean?	to punish someone severely	The teacher said that she would tar and feather anyone who did not do their homework.
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too rich for (someone's) blood What does "too rich for (someone's) blood" mean?	be too expensive for someone	The holiday in the very expensive resort was too rich for our blood so we didn't go.
make a clean sweep of (something) What does "make a clean sweep of (something)" mean?	do something completely or thoroughly	The new political party made a clean sweep of the large cities during the election.
control the purse strings What does "control the purse strings" mean?	to be in charge of the money	My mother used to control the purse strings in our family.
Play for time What does "Play for time" mean?	If you play for time, you delay something because because you are not ready or need more time to thing about it. Eg. I knew I had to play for time until the police arrived.
up front What does "up front" mean?	honest; truthful; forthright
food for thought What does "food for thought" mean?	something worth thinking about	I do not agree with his proposal but at least it is food for thought.
In the tall cotton What does "In the tall cotton" mean?	A phrase that expresses good times or times of plenty and wealth as tall cotton means a good crop.
shit What does "shit" mean?	feces; the act of defacating; a despicable pesron; something completely worthless; nonsense.	There's shit all over the place. What happened?

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Tar And Feather (someone) Idiom