Yucky Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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yucky What does yucky mean?	: terrible; distasteful; very unpleasant.	"Don't eat the soup at the cafeteria. It'syucky!"
yucky What does yucky mean?	disgusting; repulsive; vulgar
	Some Random Idioms
as easy as ABC What does "as easy as ABC" mean?	very easy	Learning how to use a computer was as easy as ABC for the children.

get set What does "get set" mean?	to get ready to start something	Everybody is getting set for the wedding ceremony.
dress up What does "dress up" mean?	to wear one`s best clothes	I decided to dress up to go to dinner on Saturday night.
take (someone or something) off (someone's) hands What does "take (someone or something) off (someone's) hands" mean?	to remove or look after someone or something so that the other person does not have to deal with it	My friend decided to take the old sofa off my hands. The girl took the child off the mother's hands for the afternoon.
belly up What does "belly up" mean?	bankrupt	The small video store near my house is now belly-up.
eco nut What does "eco nut" mean?	somebody greatly concerned about the state of the environment

World is your oyster What does "World is your oyster" mean?	When the world is your oyster, you are getting everything you want from life.
cold turkey What does "cold turkey" mean?	abruptly and without medical aid (used when someone stops taking addictive drugs or tries to stop a bad habit)	The government program helped the drug addicts stop using heroin cold turkey.
know the score What does "know the score" mean?	know the facts (about life or something)	The man doesn't know the score about what is going on at his company.
let the dead bury their dead What does "let the dead bury their dead" mean?	to think about the present and try not to remember and think about past events and people	It would be better for the woman to let the dead bury their dead and stop thinking about what happened with her sister many years ago.
laugh up one's sleeve What does "laugh up one's sleeve" mean?	laugh quietly to oneself	I was laughing up my sleeve when I learned that my friend would have to clean the bathroom at work and not me.

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