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go out on a limb	To take a risk.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
go out on a limb	To hazard a guess.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
life and limb	Existence together with bodily faculties.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
out on a limb	in a precarious position	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Out on a Limb	In a difficult position, in vulnerable position	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
risk one's life and limb	To do something dangerous that will risk someone's existence together with his or her body faculties	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the upper hand	An advantage or lead.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
stiff upper lip	The quality of being resolute and showing self-restraint, associated with stereotypical British people.	Rate it: (3.75 / 4 votes)
Keep a Stiff Upper Lip	To be strong and resilient in difficulty or in trouble	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
Upper Crust	Upper class, high level of society, highest social position	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
upper crust	The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
upper crust	The social elite.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
upper hand	Advantage or control.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
upper-crust	Posh, upper-class; pertaining to the upper crust.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the quality	The upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Blue Bloods	Deprecating Term for 'Upper Class People', also - - - - Upper-Crust' 'Rich Bitches	Rate it: (4.67 / 3 votes)
nothing to lose but their h's	Descriptive of people in England whose speech is proper or upper-class, but who are poor.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
bend over	To bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Blue Blood	Belonging to upper class of the society or having a royal background	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bridge	An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bridge	The upper bony ridge of the human nose.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il a bon pied, bon œil	He is sound, wind and limb; He is hale and hearty.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il est de la haute volée	He is a tip-top swell, of the first water, of the upper ten.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
know what side of the bread your butter's on	To know who has the upper hand/power in a situation before you take on someone who can make your situation worse	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
main sequence	A major grouping of stars that creates a narrow band from the upper left to the lower right when plotted by luminosity and surface temperature on a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
omnibus artubus contremiscere	to tremble in every limb.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
omnibus membris captum esse	to be affected by disease in every limb; to be paralysed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
prendre le dessus	To gain the upper hand.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
show who's boss	To demonstrate oneself to be dominant; to show that one has the upper hand.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
splinter up	To attach splints to a broken limb in order to allow it to grow together.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
superi; inferi	the gods of the upper, lower world.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the pinnacle of love, is seen in the mother's actions which are rarely self-realized.	When one looks across humanity and the animal kingdom alike. One can see that the mother who gives birth, time and time again, will risk life and limb to secure their offspring.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
who's who	A list of notable, famous, or upper-class people.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)