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over a barrelIn a disadvantageous or helpless situation, in which one may be controlled or victimized.Rate it:

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Over a BarrelIn a helpless position, in a dilemma, at someone’s mercyRate it:

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like shooting fish in a barrelTo imply that something is very easy. Can be used sarcastically to mean the oppositeRate it:

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right in the pickle barrelWhen throwing a pitch. It’s defined as throwing it in the strike zone.Rate it:

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Scrape the Bottle of the BarrelTo make use of something from leftover and off cuts. To be left to choose from scrap or residueRate it:

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scrape the bottom of the barrelTo use the least desirable parts of something.Rate it:

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barrelThe quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.Rate it:

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barrelA jar. 1 Kings xvii. 12.Rate it:

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barrelA metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.Rate it:

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barrelA round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.Rate it:

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barrelA solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case.Rate it:

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barrelA tube.Rate it:

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barrelA waste receptacle.Rate it:

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barrelA wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.Rate it:

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barrelThe hollow basal part of a feather.Rate it:

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barrelThe ribs and belly of a horse or pony.Rate it:

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barrel of laughsA toy in the shape of a barrel that emits sounds of laughter.Rate it:

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barrel of laughsThat which is enjoyable or entertaining.Rate it:

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barrel of laughsThat which is immature, embarrassing, or disgraceful.Rate it:

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barrel of monkeysSomething very funny or amusing.Rate it:

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like shooting fish in a barrelExtremely easy.Rate it:

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lock, stock and barrelA thing in its entirety, with nothing omitted.Rate it:

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Lock, Stock, and BarrelTo mean the whole thingRate it:

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Rotten Apple Spoils the BarrelSomething bad spoils everything or someone bad can spoil othersRate it:

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over and overRepeatedly; again and again; many times.Rate it:

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over and over againRepeatedly; again and again; many times.Rate it:

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base over apexFalling over in a jumbled heap.Rate it:

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blow overTo blow on something causing it to topple.Rate it:

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check overTo read and look for errors.Rate it:

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chew overTo think deeply about; to ponder or mull over.Rate it:

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don't cry over spilled milkAlternative spelling of don't cry over spilt milk.Rate it:

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f** someone overTo exploit somebody in a way which result in an advantage to oneself, at the cost of the other party gaining a considerable disadvantage.Rate it:

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fall over oneselfTo be unusually enthusiastic.Rate it:

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give overUsually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.Rate it:

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I can't hear you over the sound ofSaid to dismiss what the interlocutor is saying.Rate it:

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leave overTo allow a portion to remain unused or unconsumed.Rate it:

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over my dead bodyUnder no circumstances; absolutely not.Rate it:

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over the hillOld, past the prime of life.Rate it:

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over the moonDelighted, thrilled.Rate it:

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pore overTo examine something carefully and attentively.Rate it:

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somewhere over the rainbowat an unknown, hypothetical, or very distant placeRate it:

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there's no point crying over spilt milkYou should not be upset over something that cannot be undone.Rate it:

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tick overTo run smoothly and without problems.Rate it:

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tump overcombination of 'tip' and 'dump'; to knock something over, esp. if it is large and contains liquidRate it:

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turn over a new leafTo engage in self-improvement; to begin a good habit or shed a bad habit.Rate it:

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walk overTo dominate, treat (someone) as inferior.Rate it:

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water over the damAn event or set of events which has already happened and cannot be changed.Rate it:

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you have the advantage over meYou know my name, but I do not know yours; what is it, please?; you know me but I do not know youRate it:

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brim overTo overflow over the brim.Rate it:

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put one overTo fool, trick or deceive.Rate it:

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