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suffering housemaid's kneeQuaint expression of earlier days relative to female servants performing chores of scrubbing floor on hands and knees.Rate it:
sufficient unto the day is the evil thereofNo need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about.Rate it:
sugar and spiceExcerpt from a common nursery rhyme "What are little girls made of?"Rate it:
sugar coatedAlternative spelling of sugarcoated. (altered to seem better than it really is, made more attractive.)Rate it:
sugar daddyReference to an older or elderly male adult seen in the company of a female much younger. The judgement of bystanders is; the female is mainly interested in the financial benefits to her lifestyle in this pairing:Rate it:
sugar glider or sugar bearA small gliding marsupial often kept as a pet. Looks like a rodent. Known for being carried in owners’ pockets and other concealed places.Rate it:
sugar offTo reduce maple sap by boiling to make maple syrup, maple sugar or maple toffee.Rate it:
sugar pillUsed other than as an idiom: see sugar, pill.Rate it:
sugar pillA placebo medication.Rate it:
sugar substituteA replacement for sugar.Rate it:
sugarcoat a bitter pillAlternative form of sugarcoat the pillRate it:
sugarcoat the pillTo make an unpleasant situation more pleasant.Rate it:
sugarcoatedCoated with sugar.Rate it:
sugarcoatedMade superficially more attractive. This often implies the reality has faults that are being hidden.Rate it:
suit down to the groundTo suit perfectly.Rate it:
suit upTo don a suit, such as a spacesuit or a formal suit.Rate it:
suit upTo clothe, to put clothes on.Rate it:
suit yourselfDo whatever you want to do.Rate it:
sum of its partsA concept in holism. Related to the idea that the total effectiveness of a group of things each interacting with one another is different or greater than their effectiveness when acting in isolation from one another.Rate it:
sum upTo summarize.Rate it:
summer and winterEndured.Rate it:
summer and winterTo spend extended periods of time with; to test.Rate it:
summon upTo look within oneself to find and put into action a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.Rate it:
sun worshipperOne who reveres the sun as a deity.Rate it:
sun worshipperA person who enjoys exposure to sunlight; an avid sunbather.Rate it:
Sunday bestA person's finest clothing, especially the clothes one reserves to wear to church on Sunday.Rate it:
Sunday driverOne who drives slowly, as for leisure or sightseeing.Rate it:
Sunday driverOne who drives infrequently, and often poorly.Rate it:
sunder outTo separate or set apart from others; split out; segregate.Rate it:
sunder outTo apportion; allot; assign.Rate it:
sunder outTo remove a piece of something from the whole; separate out.Rate it:
sunder outTo break out; divide or scatter about.Rate it:
sunflowerTall flower from the daisy family, grown for the production of edible seeds.Rate it:
suo motuSynonym of sua sponteRate it:
supe upAlternative spelling of soup upRate it:
super duperSomething you regard as excellentRate it:
super starGrandly famous person from screen or stage.Rate it:
supercalifragilisticexpialidociousextraordinarily good; wonderful.Rate it:
suppose toMisspelling of supposed to.Rate it:
supposed toPermitted.Rate it:
supposed toRequired.Rate it:
sure as eggssurely; doubtlesslyRate it:
sure as eggs is eggsAbsolutely certain.Rate it:
sure enoughJust like one would expect.Rate it:
sure of oneselfSelf-confident.Rate it:
sure upto make more sure; more secure; more safe.Rate it:
sure?Are you really sure about what happen or going on?Rate it:
surf and turfA type of cuisine that combines both meat and seafood (especially lobster and steak), or restaurants that serve such cuisine.Rate it:
surf's upA phrase used in surfing when a nearby wave is passing.Rate it:
surf's upIt's time.Rate it:

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