American Idioms and Expressions

What In The Fucking Hell Idiom

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what in the fucking hell
What does what in the fucking hell mean?		 what? (used to indicate anger or surprise)

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by way of (something or somewhere)
What does "by way of (something or somewhere)" mean?		 passing through or by a place We drove to the airport by way of the small town.

run interference
What does "run interference" mean?		 intervene on behalf of someone to protect them from something (from American football) intervene on behalf of someone to protect them from something (from American football)They ran interference on their top salesman to protect him from the scandal.
from the word go
What does "from the word go" mean?		 from the beginningFrom the word go we knew that there would be problems with the new contract.
Spick and span
What does "Spick and span" mean?		 If a room is spick and span, it is very clean and tidy.
second a motion
What does "second a motion" mean?		 to formally agree with a proposal in a meeting I seconded the motion to start one hour early every morning during the summer.

hire out (something)
What does "hire out (something)" mean?		 rent something to someoneWe hired out our boat last summer because we were too busy to use it.
get the brush-off
What does "get the brush-off" mean?		 to be ignored or sent awayI got the brush-off when I asked the girl to dance.
nothing but (something)
What does "nothing but (something)" mean?		 to be only somethingThere were nothing but people who played wind instruments at the music camp.
poke one's nose into (something)
What does "poke one's nose into (something)" mean?		 to interfere with something, to try to discover things that do not involve you My aunt always pokes her nose into the business of other people.

Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole
What does "Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole" mean?		(UK) If you wouldn't touch something with a bargepole, you would not consider being involved under any circumstances. (In American English, people say they wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole)
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