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put the bottom rail on top	To reverse a hierarchy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ride on a rail	To be subjected to a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
skinny as a rail	Especially of a person, very skinny.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey matter	A collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
grey matter	Brains; a person's ability to think.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
all cats are grey at night	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
all cats are grey by night	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
all cats are grey in the dark	In the dark, physical appearance is unimportant.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey amber	Used other than as an idiom: see grey, amber.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey amber	Ambergris.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey area	A topic that is not clearly one thing or the other.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey area	An area intermediate between two mutually exclusive states or categories where the border between the two is fuzzy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey market	Dealing in shares using methods that are legal but officially frowned upon - for example, before issue and flotation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey out	Alternative spelling of gray out	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey power	The collective political, economic, and social influence of senior citizens, especially when they are mobilized by a common interest.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey sky	To show worry or pain.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey squirrel	rodent	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dusky eyes	Grey beautiful Eyes that seem to express much feelings.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
all cats are gray in the dark	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
in black and white	Explicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas.	Rate it: (2.33 / 3 votes)
rake	A set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
all cats are gray at night	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black-and-white	Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 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)
c'est elle qui porte la culotte	She is mistress in this house (not her husband); The grey mare is the better horse.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Diamond	In Railroad Parlance, the especially designed, critically installed rail-section in place at 'Cross-Over' point. Special Switch-Tower With Special Switch-Point Equipment operated 24/7 by Experts:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in black and white	Using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
la nuit tous les chats sont gris	At night one may easily be mistaken; At night beauty is of no account; When candles are away, all cats are grey.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mariage d'épervier, la femelle vaut mieux que le mâle	The grey mare is the better horse.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
standard fare	The usual price for travel by air, rail, or another means of transport.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
SwitchStand	A Normally Padlocked Manually-operated, Switch-point Arrangement At the Point Of a Sidetrack, Entry to A Yard, Commercial Warehouse, Shipping Terminal et al to enable shunting Entire Trains, Railcars, Rail Equipment from Mainline, or SpecLine, to Location/ Other:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)