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last licks
last few days/ minutes/ hours... of what you are doing		added by anonymous
5 days ago
elevator pitch
A concise way to introduce yourself, business, or idea to strangers		added by michaelg
6 days ago
crunch time
Time to make a decision or act. The approach of a deadline.		added by Boblit
6 days ago
bare necessities
the very least that is enough to get by		added by anonymous
10 days ago
vice versa
with the main items in the preceding statement the other way around.		added by PinkPuma
16 days ago
on the fence
Unsure about something		added by anonymous
18 days ago
thunderclap
Sound when lightning strikes		added by bob5.sauers
18 days ago
bursting at the seams
Full to capacity. Both literally and figuratively.		added by Boblit
20 days ago
harpoon is good for the whale, painful for humans.
The phrase usually refers to how people treat each other. Borrowed from native tribes, it translates to how people feel when they meet similar fate as that of their nemesis.		added by c07willis
20 days ago
back to the salt mines
Resume work, usually with some reluctance. Resume a tedious task , usually with some reluctance		added by Boblit
22 days ago
leaf peepers
People who go to places when and where the leaves are changing colors to see the beauty of the red, orange, yellow and green colors on the landscape.		added by TriplePurple
26 days ago
taking the edge off
Relieving the pressure; having an alcoholic beverage to calm emotions		added by jilldelvir
26 days ago
crazy as all outdoors
A joking way of describing someone who is always getting into trouble from decisions they make.		added by kooplboom
26 days ago
earning brownie points
getting credit for something		added by anonymous
27 days ago
double or nothing
Statement of bravado. Usually involving a risky or gambling choice to keep going or move forward. Can also be used as a version of: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. -If you don’t take a risk, you’ll not get any reward, if you don’t try something, you won’t get any gain		added by Boblit
29 days ago
seeing red
Blood is boiling with anger		added by anonymous
1 month ago
hot wax
Wax is heated to remove hair from sensitive areas.		added by anonymous
1 month ago
building me up
Supporting me; boosting my confidence		added by jilldelvir
1 month ago
give the benefit of the doubt
Attribute as true or take the side of someone or statement when there remains missing information or evidence.		added by Boblit
1 month ago
building me up
Supporting me; boosting my confidence		added by jilldelvir
1 month ago
safe harbor
A place of retreat that is safe from threats of all kinds		added by
1 month ago
smooth like butter
To be suave, charming, smooth-talking.		added by anonymous
1 month ago
a marathon is not a sprint
This means we need to pace ourselves—if we try to go too fast, we will run out of gas.		added by macemiller
1 month ago
click bait
A headline that enticed users to open an article		added by anonymous
1 month ago
click bait
A headline that enticed users to open an article		added by anonymous
1 month ago
my cup runneth over
To have more than is needed or wanted		added by Boblit
1 month ago
geeze freeze
Like when Biden Freezes mid sentence.		added by A2ztm
1 month ago
hurts so good
Enjoyable pain		added by sharbirt
1 month ago
pressure is a privilege
Saying by Billy Jean King and hanging as a plaquette in one of the stadiums in the US open		added by jgaalders
1 month ago
stand-up comic
Person who tells jokes and/or stories to an audience		added by lore.eargle
2 months ago
from those to whom much is given, much is expected
The more you are given, the more responsibility you have to give to others. This reminds us not to be selfish. You have not been blessed so that you can have for yourself. You are blessed so that you have more ability to share with others and be an example for them.		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don't do something bad to the person who does something for you.		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
in dire straits
In a very bad, extremely difficult, serious, challenging, unforgiving, desperate, critical, or precarious situation		added by JokerGem
2 months ago
dad-gum it
euphemism for G** damned; used to add emphasis and/or show disgust or disdain; See also: dagnabbit in our definitions.com, and dad-blamed, gosh darn, gosh darn it, doggone it, in phrases.com		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
find a need and fill it
how to make money; a course of action to take in order to create something new		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
now that you mention it
An expression said after someone says something that triggers another thought that you want to say next to continue the conversation on the same or a different subject		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
we have ways of making you talk
This movie quote is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies; also pronounced as "Vee have vays of making you talk" to imitate a German accent.		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
vee have vays of making you talk
This is a German accent version of the American movie quote "We have ways of making you talk." It is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies.		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
trouble in river city
An expression to indicate there is trouble somewhere/ Often said There's trouble in River City or "There's" is omitted, for short		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
oopsie daisy
Something you say to a child or someone who has just fallen down as you pick the up to reassure them that they are okay/not hurt. It also alerts the person that you are going to pick them up.		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
duck duck goose
A children's game where kids sit in a circle facing each other with their eyes closed. One child is designated "it" and walks around the outside of the circle saying "duck" as he/she touches each child's head. Finally, instead of saying "duck" the person who is it says "goose!" then runs forward around the circle and tries to sit down in the spot where the "goose" was sitting. The goal of the game is for the person who is "it" to sit down before the "goose" catches him/her. If he/she does sit down before being touched/tagged, then the "goose" becomes "it" and the process begins again. If the "goose" catches the person who was "it" then the person who was "it' is out of the game and the circle moves in closer/smaller until only one sitting winner remains.		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
go on git
leave! short for Go on, get out of here!; the speaker is telling the listener to leave, emphatically; also often said to animals to chase them away		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
go on
leave; the speaker is telling you to leave		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
i'm-a
I'm going to...		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
up in here
here; in this place; it doesn't mean "up" (higher) literally		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
vee have vays
This phrase is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. It is an alternative pronunciation with a German accent and a shortened version of the movie quote "We have ways of making you talk."		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
we have ways
A shortened version of "We have ways of making you talk." Usually said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. Also pronounced as "Vee have vays" to imitate a German accent.		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago
get high on one’s own supply
As an idiom: to become overly confident or arrogant about one’s own hype, talk, image, abilities, ideas, products or accomplishments to the point of losing perspective and objectivity; letting (something) go to your head		added by JokerGem
2 months ago
cream cheese
A soft cheese suitable for mixing or spreading.		added by caren.spencer
2 months ago
fingernails on a chalkboard
a phrase used to liken the sharp or shrill sound that is made when fingernails are scratched across a chalkboard to something that sounds sharp or shrill like that		added by TriplePurple
2 months ago

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