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Mexican breakfast	A breakfast consisting of a cigarette and a glass of water, supposedly because that is all Mexicans can afford.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
breakfast of champions	An ironic appellation for beer, junk food, or other foods implied to be unhealthy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dog's breakfast	An unappealing mixture; a disorderly situation; a mess.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dressed/done up like a dog’s dinner	The root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
horse opera	A theatrical production, film, or program on radio or television depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
round table	A television show segment in which pundits or reporters discuss current events.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
couch potato	A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol.	Rate it: (4.50 / 2 votes)
mike up	To fit a microphone and transmitter to a person. Usually for television performers, or for police informers.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
come in	Of a broadcast, such as radio or television, to have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
black-and-white	Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
créditos de apertura	Serie de texto superpuesto al inicio de una película o un programa de televisión para presentar el título, reparto principal o los miembros de producción.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dead air	An unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which there is no sound; a similar interruption of a television broadcast in which there is neither sound nor a video signal.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
flick over	To change channels on a television.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fresh country eggs	A common way to describe ordinary chicken eggs on a breakfast menu, especially in expensive restaurants and hotels.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fry up	Full English breakfast.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
full english	A cooked breakfast consisting of bacon and eggs, and other foods.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get the boot	To be voted off a competition in a reality television show.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get the chop	To be eliminated from a competition in a reality television program.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
horror show	A horror movie or television show or other performance which depicts gruesome, horrible, or disgusting events, especially in a vividly visual manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
huitième art	Television	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
idiot box	Television.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in living color	In the bright colors of real life. Used to describe something particularly poignant or vibrant, originated from television during the transition from black and white to color film.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the air	broadcasting usually over radio waves or on live television	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
secuencia de apertura	Recursos visuales y auditivos usados al inicio de una película o un programa de televisión para presentar el título, reparto principal o los miembros de producción.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot 'em up	A short story, novel, television show, film, computer game, or other narrative which depicts considerable gunplay.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sign off	Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sign on	The time of day when a radio or television station begins broadcasting, usually after being off the air for several hours.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stay tuned	To remain as a listener or viewer of the particular radio station or television channel to which one is currently paying attention.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sword and sorcery	Of or pertaining to a genre of narratives—including short stories, novels, television shows, films, and computer games—which combines wizardry and other fantastical supernatural elements with violent combat using medieval weaponry..	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tone down	To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tune in	To select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
universidad a distancia	Institución superior de enseñanza en la que los alumnos no asisten normalmente a un centro de enseñanza sino que los cursos se les imparten a distancia, recibiendo materiales de estudio en su casa o a través de medios de comunicación audiovisuales como la televisión, y consultando sus dudas con el personal docente a través de medios como el teléfono e internet.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)