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argle-bargle morble whooshExpressing confusion as if under the influence of LSD.Rate it:
argue downUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see argue,‎ down.Rate it:
argue downTo haggle with to reach a lower price.Rate it:
argue downTo campaign against a proposition or vote.Rate it:
argue downTo win an argument, verbal conflict or debate.Rate it:
argue outTo discuss to reach an agreed conclusion, or decision.Rate it:
argue round and roundto talk with many digressions, not about subjectRate it:
ark at eeListen to you; listen to yourself; listen to it.Rate it:
ark at eeUsed to draw attention to something or someone.Rate it:
ark ruffianRogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.Rate it:
arm and a legA relatively high price for an item or service; an exorbitant price.Rate it:
arm candyAn attractive, seemingly romantic companion who accompanies a person in public simply so that one or both of the individuals can gain attention, enhance social status, or create an impression of sexual appeal.Rate it:
arm to the teethTo equip thoroughly with weapons.Rate it:
arm upto supply, or be supplied with, arms (weapons)Rate it:
arm's lengthBarely within reach.Rate it:
arm's lengthDistant, detached.Rate it:
arm's lengthIndependent, but related.Rate it:
armchair quarterbacksomeone who sits back and tries to second-guess or give advice about the quarterback, coach or other players, but who is not involved in the gameRate it:
armed forcesThe ServicesRate it:
armoured carmilitary vehicleRate it:
army volunteerTo make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do.Rate it:
around robin hood's barnAll over the place.Rate it:
around robin hood's barnThe long way around; a roundabout or circuitous route.Rate it:
around the bendCrazy, insane.Rate it:
around the clockAll the time or seemingly all the time; constantly.Rate it:
around the cornerImminent.Rate it:
around the HornVia shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends.Rate it:
around the HornFollowing the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.Rate it:
around the hornA difficult or precarious route that is less advisable than a simpler alternative; also, in baseball, throwing the ball from third base to second to firstRate it:
arrive atTo reach.Rate it:
arrows in your quiverTo have more arrows in your quiver means you have other ideas, options, resources, alternative ways and/or strategies to accomplish a goalRate it:
arse aboutUsed other than as an idiom: see arse, about.Rate it:
arse aboutTo turn round.Rate it:
arse aboutThe wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.Rate it:
arse about faceSomething that is placed or arranged the opposite way to the way it should be.Rate it:
arse aroundTo behave in a clownish, irresponsible or inefficient manner.Rate it:
arse end of nowhereA very remote place.Rate it:
arse has gone clean out of 'erAlternative form of arse is gone right out of 'erRate it:
arse has gone out of 'erAlternative form of arse is gone right out of 'erRate it:
arse has gone right out of 'erAlternative form of arse is gone right out of 'erRate it:
arse is clean out of 'erAlternative form of arse is gone right out of 'erRate it:
arse is gone right out of 'erMatters, especially economic matters, have gone very wrong; things are out of control.Rate it:
arse is out of 'erAlternative form of arse is gone right out of 'erRate it:
arse is right out of 'erAlternative form of arse is gone right out of 'erRate it:
arse over tipTumbling or falling; upside-down.Rate it:
arse over titTumbling; falling; upside-down; unstable or unbalanced.Rate it:
arsy varseyTumbling upside down; head over heels.Rate it:
arsy varsyTumbling upside down; head over heels; backwards.Rate it:
arsy versyTumbling upside down; head over heels; backwards.Rate it:
art classA lesson in artRate it:

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