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fly-by-nightThis expression has broadened to mean any of these: A person or business that appears and disappears rapidly; Someone who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. A dishonest or unreliable person selling something to make a quick profit A transient or traveling salesmen or businessmen, tradesmen; A business that appears to have little or no chance of successRate it:

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follow in someone's footstepsTo follow the same path as someone.Rate it:

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fool aroundTo waste time.Rate it:

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fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on meThis phrase is said in response when someone tries to convince someone to do something again that they have done before that did not work out to their advantage.Rate it:

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foot draggingTo be slow in doing certain things; to not move as fast as someone thinks it should.Rate it:

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footle aboutTo pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.Rate it:

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footle aroundTo pass time doing unimportant things; to mess around.Rate it:

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Footloose and Fancy-FreeNot involved in any relation with someone, free not having any attachment with something or someone Rate it:

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for EnglandVery well or for a long time.Rate it:

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for old time's sakeAlternative form of for old times' sakeRate it:

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for old times' sakeAn appeal to the nostalgia of prior experiences to convince someone to do something.Rate it:

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for onceFor the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.Rate it:

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for the agesEspecially memorable and noteworthy; deserving to endure for a very long time.Rate it:

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for the nonceFor the time being, with the expectation that the situation may change.Rate it:

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for the time beingTemporarily; until later.Rate it:

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force feedmake someone eatRate it:

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force someone's handBring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.Rate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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FortnightOilA Specially Refined Lantern-oil for the Switchman's Signal Lanterns used on the Grand Trunk Railroad. 'Topped-Off' Lanterns generally required refilling after a 'fortnight' of duty time. (Conjecture)Rate it:

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Forty WinksTo take some sleep for shorter period of time, a brief napRate it:

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four-on-the-floorCharacterised by a steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.Rate it:

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four-on-the-floorA steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.Rate it:

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fox's socksSomething or someone that is ideal or very pleasing.Rate it:

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frapper un ennemi à terreTo kick someone when they are downRate it:

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frapper un grand coupmake a splash, hit hardRate it:

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freezeDo not move. Used to make someone stopRate it:

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French kissTo give someone a French kiss.Rate it:

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frenos dare equoto give a horse the reins.Rate it:

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fresh out ofOf someone who has recently left one stage of life to begin another.Rate it:

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frohes Schaffena greeting sometimes used towards someone who is working, most often when leaving themRate it:

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from can see to can't seeFrom the time when it is barely light enough to see until there is no light remaining whatsoever: from sunup to sundown, from dawn to duskRate it:

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from those to whom much is given, much is expectedThe more you are given, the more responsibility you have to give to others. This reminds us not to be selfish. You have not been blessed so that you can have for yourself. You are blessed so that you have more ability to share with others and be an example for them.Rate it:

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from time to timeC. 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 3.Rate it:

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from time to timeOccasionally; sometimes; once in a while.Rate it:

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FTFYfull-time full-yearRate it:

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FTFYInitialism of first-time first-yearRate it:

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fuck aboutTo waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.Rate it:

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fuck someone overto exploit somebody in a way which results in an advantage to oneself, at the cost of the other party gaining a considerable disadvantage.Rate it:

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fuck someone's brains outTo sexually penetrate (or be penetrated) in a voracious but pleasurable manner.Rate it:

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fucked oversimple past tense and past participle of fuck someone overRate it:

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fudge the factsSomeone who complains constantly but does not tell the straight story.Rate it:

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full marksTo exclaim complete satisfaction with someone's efforts.Rate it:

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full of crapin reference to someone who speaks or writes nonsense or untruthsRate it:

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full of himself/herselfThe self-centered individual awash with a smattering of ego expresses an all-knowing, all familiar, par excellence in the extreme. If someone said this about themselves, you could say that they are full of themselves, or "He's full of himself."Rate it:

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Full of Hot AirSomeone who talks nonsense and nothing anything of value and importanceRate it:

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funxuWhen a person is having an absolute blast of a time no thanks to anyone else but only because of themselves.Rate it:

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fuss overTo be overly attentive to someone or something.Rate it:

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gain sympathymake someone feel compassion(sympathy) about youRate it:

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gang up onTo join together in a gang in order to overpower someone else.Rate it:

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gather dustto remain unused for a long period of timeRate it:

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