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kill one's darlingsTo destroy, especially with conflicted motives, things or persons of which one is fond.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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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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Kill Two Birds with One StoneTo achieve or carry out two things with one effort, to do two things in one actionRate it:

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kill two birds with one stoneTo solve two problems at once.Rate it:

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dress to killTo dress up so as to impress others (especially of the opposite sex).Rate it:

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kill with kindnessheaping generosity, compassion, or excessive favor on someone -usually in response to an insult- to bring them discomfort; to overwhelm with overindulgenceRate it:

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fish killAn underwater anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populationsRate it:

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killTo disconnect (a user) forcibly from the network.Rate it:

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kill offTo eliminate, or make extinct.Rate it:

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kill the fatted calfTo begin a festive celebration and rejoicing for someone's long-awaited return.Rate it:

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that which doesn't kill you makes you strongerUsed to express the sentiment that hardship or difficult experiences build moral character.Rate it:

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dressed to killvery fashionableRate it:

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fish killUsed other than as an idiom: see fish, kill.Rate it:

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if looks could killA phrase said upon catching sight of someone's giving you a particularly nasty look of discontent or disapproval.Rate it:

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in for the killIn a manner intending to kill or destroy someone or something.Rate it:

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in for the killIntending to kill or destroy someone or something.Rate it:

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killTo exert an overwhelming effect on.Rate it:

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killThe act of killing.Rate it:

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killTo cause to assume the value zero.Rate it:

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killSpecifically, the death blow.Rate it:

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killThe result of killing; that which has been killed.Rate it:

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killThe grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.Rate it:

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killA creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.Rate it:

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killTo strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.Rate it:

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killA kiln.Rate it:

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killNotRate it:

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killcoolRate it:

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killTo punish severely.Rate it:

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killTo produce intense pain.Rate it:

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killTo force a company out of business.Rate it:

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killTo render inoperative.Rate it:

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killTo produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.Rate it:

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killTo amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.Rate it:

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killTo stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.Rate it:

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killTo overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.Rate it:

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killTo invent a story that conveys the death of (a character).Rate it:

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killTo put to death; to extinguish the life of.Rate it:

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