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Skate on Thin IceTo opt to choose a risky or a dangerous way, taking big chance for somethingRate it:
skate on thin iceIn a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.Rate it:
skate one's laneTo mind one's own business; focus on one's own goals and tasks and not worry about what others are doing.Rate it:
skate one's laneTo play in one's assigned position rather than straying to where the current action is.Rate it:
skate overTo avoid adressing or tackling.Rate it:
skate overTo convincingly defeat.Rate it:
skeleton at the feastOne whose presence brings gloom to a joyous occasion.Rate it:
skeleton at the feastA reminder of death, a memento mori.Rate it:
skeleton crewThe minimum number of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item at its most simple operating requirements, such as a ship or business, during an emergency or shut down, and at the same time, to keep vital functions operating.Rate it:
skeleton in the closetA shameful secret.Rate it:
skeleton in the cupboardA shameful secret.Rate it:
Skeleton in Your ClosetA shocking secret people do not like to reveal, something shameful kept in secretRate it:
skeleton keyA key in a hotel (or used by a thief) that opens all the doors in the premises.Rate it:
sketched outto be unnerved by someone or somethingRate it:
ski-jump noseA long nose with an inwardly curving ridge and a tip that curves somewhat upward, resembling the shape of a downhill ramp used in the sport of ski jumping.Rate it:
skim offto separateRate it:
skim throughto go through something hastilyRate it:
skim throughto read something hurriedly without being attached to detailsRate it:
skimp and saveAlternative form of scrimp and save.Rate it:
skin a catA word picture contrived for shock effect in expressing a variety of actions or accomplishments.Rate it:
skin and bonesSaid of one who is emaciated; very skinny, as from lack of nutrition.Rate it:
skin backRetract.Rate it:
skin deepsuperficialRate it:
skin diverunderwater swimmerRate it:
skin in the gameA stake; something at risk.Rate it:
skin upTo make a cannabis cigarette.Rate it:
skinny as a railEspecially of a person, very skinny.Rate it:
skinny rabbitan issue that has little significance to an outcome. The issue is not worth discussing. Outcome is 6 one and half dozen the other. There is no meat to the discussion.Rate it:
skip a beatTo miss a beat.Rate it:
skip a beatTo experience a strong emotion.Rate it:
skip a beatTo momentarily falter.Rate it:
skip outTo shirk; to avoid attending or to leave early, especially without permission.Rate it:
skip ropeTo jump over a rope, both of whose ends are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is moved under the jumper's feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope.Rate it:
skip townTo leave one's place of residence suddenly, without warning.Rate it:
skirt aroundto circumvent, to bypass, to go around in order to avoidRate it:
skirt chaserA man with amorous intentions who habitually seeks out female companionship.Rate it:
skittle outTo dismiss quickly.Rate it:
skittles partythe party where teenagers or young adults bring with them a lot of random pills, take them, and see what happensRate it:
skive offTo skive; to play truant; to slack off.Rate it:
skoffedDo sartastically whistle air out of your mouth and look awayRate it:
skreigh o' dayday break, first lightRate it:
skunk at a garden partyWithin a group, someone who is unwelcome and actively avoided.Rate it:
Sky is the LimitNo limits to achieve your goals, to go far away in reaching your destinationRate it:

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