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everything but the kitchen sink	Almost everything, whether needed or not.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
loose lips sink ships	Careless talk releasing sensitive information can have damaging consequences	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
everything and the kitchen sink	Alternative form of everything but the kitchen sink.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
kitchen sink	A miscellany or a miscellaneous item.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
for crying in the sink!	An expression of frustration	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kitchen sink	Used other than as an idiom: see kitchen, sink. A sink in a kitchen used for washing dishes and preparing food.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sink in	Become clear in one's mind.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sink like a stone	To completely fail.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sink one's teeth into	To become involved in; particularly in an enthusiastic manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sink or swim	To fail or succeed, no matter what.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Sink or Swim	To be responsible or get failed or success for one’s own actions without involving anybody	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in the heat of the moment	Without thought due to engrossment in strong emotion or excitement; without pausing to consider consequences; hotheadedness	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen	If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
heat up	To heat, to cause to become hotter.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen	If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
like a dog on heat	Very energetic and enthusiastic, especially when sexually aroused.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
pack heat	To carry one or more handguns on one's person, especially in a concealed manner.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
catch heat	To get into trouble with somebody; to be scolded or chastised.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dead heat	A close race or contest in which no winner is apparent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
heat wave	A period of exceptionally hot weather.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
heat wave	spell of hot weather	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
like a dog in heat	Very energetic and enthusiastic, especially when sexually aroused.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
packing heat	Carrying one or more firearms on one's person, especially in a concealed manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
prickly heat	skin complaint	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take the heat	To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
boil down	As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.	Rate it: (4.71 / 7 votes)
burn off	To dissipate as the result of heat.	Rate it: (2.00 / 2 votes)
than a bygod	Used with a comparative to express extreme heat or cold.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
aestus et frigoris patientem esse	to be able to bear heat and cold.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ardore solis torreri	to be dried up by the sun's heat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bring to a boil	To heat something until it reaches its boiling point.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
burn off	To cause to dissipate by applying heat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
calor se frangit (opp. increscit)	the heat is abating.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cook off	To cause an accidental detonation of explosives, especially due to excess heat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cook off	To accidentally detonate, especially as the result of excess heat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
go off the boil	Cease to boil when heat is no longer applied.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
I've burned myself	Indicates that the speaker is physically hurt due to contact with fire or heat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in terram demergi	to sink into the earth.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
marche ou crève	comparable to the English idiom sink or swim	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
navem, classem deprimere, mergere	to sink a ship, a fleet.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
quick sand	The kind of sand that when you step in it, you sink. The more you move, the faster you sink. It can be deadly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stand the gaff?	Can You? 'withstand the demand?, 'weather the storm?' , 'survive the environment?', 'smile the miles', 'beat the HEAT?',	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sweat out	To sweat; to secrete sweat because of heat, nerves etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take on water	To slowly fill with water, as due to a leak or being washed by high waves; to begin to sink.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turn down	To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turn up	To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)