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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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spill the beans / let the cat out of the bagTo let out a secretRate it:

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let the cat out of the bagA figure of speech relative to someone revealing an important event or secret to the world thereby spoiling the entire thrust of a surprise.Rate it:

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let the cat out of the bagTo reveal a secret. Monique let the cat out of the bag when she told Courtney about the surprise birthday party.Rate it:

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let the cat out of the bagTo disclose a secret; to let a secret be known, often inadvertently.Rate it:

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Let the Cat Out of the BagTo expose something, to disclose a secretRate it:

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the cat's out of the bagIt is too late.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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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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cat's pajamasA highly sought-after and fancy example of something, usually referring to inanimate objects.Rate 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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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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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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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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way out of a paper bagA minimal level of competence or effectiveness, as used in phrases where one is unable to perform such.Rate it:

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bag outto criticise someoneRate it:

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air bagcar's safety deviceRate it:

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bag of bonesA skinny, malnourished person.Rate it:

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bag of weaselsSomething that has pronounced weasely characteristics, such as pettiness, bad temper, and deviousness.Rate it:

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douche bagA bag for holding the water or fluid used in vaginal douching.Rate it:

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leave somebody holding the bagTo abandon somebody, leaving the responsibility or blame.Rate it:

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mixed bagBy extension, a group of entities with few characteristics in common; an assortment.Rate it:

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I lost my bagIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her backpack.Rate it:

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squint like a bag of nailsTo squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.Rate it:

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bag of shellsUsed other than as an idiom: see bag, shell.Rate it:

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bag of windA windbag.Rate it:

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all that and a bag of chipseverything one would want and moreRate it:

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bag and baggageAll one's possessions.Rate it:

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bag of rationsA fussy or overly zealous military superior.Rate it:

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bag of shellsA trifle.Rate it:

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bag of tricksA collection of items, especially as constituting a very complete set of such items.Rate it:

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bag of tricksA set of skills, techniques, items of information, or other resources used to help achieve professional or personal goals.Rate it:

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brown bagA short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime.Rate it:

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douche bagAn annoying person; someone blatantly inconsiderate of others.Rate it:

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douche bagA worthless person.Rate it:

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dumb as a bag of hammersRemarkably stupid.Rate it:

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grab bagAny random assortment, selection or possibility.Rate it:

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grab bagA gift, purchase, etc. whose contents are concealed until after a selection is made.Rate it:

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I lost my bagIndicates that the speaker has lost his or her handbag.Rate it:

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in the bagIntoxicated.Rate it:

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In the BagTo be certain to get success, be sure to win or achieve somethingRate it:

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in the bagCertain or extremely likely to occur; virtually assured of victory or success.Rate it:

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Leave Someone Holding the BagTo fully accuse someone for something when the accusation is equally shared and applied to somebody else as wellRate it:

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