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give one's head a shakeTo reassess the common sense of one's behaviour, ideas, etc.Rate it:

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when you're hot, you're hot. when you're not, you're notYou're either hot or you're not. There's no in between.Rate it:

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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heart; often when this is said, it is said when it is more than the listener wants or needs to hear about it--so it is often said in a negative way or with a negative connotationRate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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wrap one's head aroundTo come to a good understanding of; believe or accept something shocking; also to wrap one's mind aroundRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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i'll be a monkey's uncle(often preceded by well) expressing complete surprise or disbeliefRate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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if you can't take it, don't dish it outdon't say or do something you wouldn't want said or done to youRate it:

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puddin' tame. ask me again and i'll tell you the same.An impertinent response to being asked "what is your name?"; a response indicating that the speaker does not want to reveal their real name.Rate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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i've seen a better looking head on a grub wormSomeone that drank all night before going to work with hair uncombed an bloodshot eyesRate it:

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head to headTo confront face to face; fight one on one.Rate it:

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give someone a big headTo flatter someone excessively; to overpraise someone, usually resulting in them becoming proud, arrogant or conceited.Rate it:

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give headTo perform oral sex on another person.Rate it:

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give someone his headTo allow (someone) to act without constraint: to give (someone) free rein.Rate it:

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give me liberty or give me deathA set-phrase indicating enormous displeasure at any over-authoritarian policy or law.Rate it:

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have one's head up one's assTo be oblivious to the real state of things, from either stupidity or stubbornness.Rate it:

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shake hands with the unemployedTo urinate.Rate it:

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shake like a leafTo tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; shiverRate it:

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more than you can shake a stick atAlternative form of more than one can shake a stick at.Rate it:

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fair shakeReasonable, unbiased treatment; a fair deal.Rate it:

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shake a leghurry upRate it:

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shake a lega command to get busy, to get going, to do something quickly, to go faster, to move more hurriedly or to pick up paceRate it:

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shake and bakeTo get it done no matter what.Rate it:

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shake downTo shake someone so money falls from their pockets.Rate it:

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shake downTo subject something to a shakedown test.Rate it:

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shake downTo search exhaustively.Rate it:

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shake downTo get money from someone using threats.Rate it:

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shake downTo cause something to fall down by shaking it, or something it is attached to.Rate it:

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shake handsTo grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.Rate it:

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shake hands with the unemployedTo masturbate.Rate it:

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shake it offforget about it; let it go; the process of getting over an upset or bad feeling about somethingRate it:

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shake offTo rid oneself of a malady or its symptomsRate it:

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shake offTo lose someone who is tracking youRate it:

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shake offTo dissociate oneself from.Rate it:

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shake offTo remove by shaking.Rate it:

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shake on itTo agree; to close a deal.Rate it:

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shake outTo agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.Rate it:

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shake outTo unfurl a reef from a sailRate it:

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shake overto friskRate it:

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shake the pagoda treeTo find a source of easy enrichment; to become absurdly rich in a short time.Rate it:

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shake upTo upset or distress.Rate it:

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shake upTo reorganize, to make reforms in.Rate it:

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shake upTo agitate by shaking.Rate it:

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