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

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full of hot airTalking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.Rate it:

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get some airTo invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.Rate it:

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give it the gunLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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gun downTo kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.Rate it:

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gun forTo strive for the downfall or diminution of another.Rate it:

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gun forTo pursue as a goal; to work hard to achieve.Rate it:

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gun itTo accelerate or speed up quickly or suddenly.Rate it:

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gunner's daughterThe gun to which sailors were tied to be flogged.Rate it:

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gunshyBeing afraid to use a gun.Rate it:

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have it outTo argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.Rate it:

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heads or tailsThe practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of his or her employer.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed to advance the interests of his or her employer, especially in a vigorous manner using such methods as political lobbying, legal advocacy, or persuasion.Rate it:

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hospital passA throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital. Thus, a hospital pass.Rate it:

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hot airboastful talkRate it:

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hot airempty talkRate it:

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il a craché en l'air et ça lui est retombé sur le nez (pop.)He wished to do harm to another but it recoiled on himself.Rate it:

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il a l'air d'un déterréHe looks as pale as death, as pale as a ghost.Rate it:

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il a l'air de revenir de pontoiseHe looks down in the mouth; He answers in a silly fashion.Rate it:

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il a un air (or, l'air) comme il fautHe has a very gentlemanly manner.Rate it:

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il a un faux air d'avocatHe looks something like a barrister.Rate it:

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il en a l'air et la chansonHe looks it every inch; He has both the appearance and the actuality.Rate it:

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il en dansera en l'airHe will swing for it.Rate it:

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il parle en l'airHe talks without thinking of what he is saying, at random, not seriously.Rate it:

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il prend un air capableHe puts on a bumptious look.Rate it:

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il tomba les quatre fers en l'air(lit.) He fell on his back; (fig.) He was struck all of a heap.Rate it:

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into thin airImmediately and inexplicably out of sight.Rate it:

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is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see meIndicates the speaker has noticed an erection underneath the interlocutor's clothes.Rate it:

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je vais prendre l'air du bureauI am just going to look in at the office.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo act or begin too soon or without due caution.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.Rate it:

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Jump the GunTo do something a bit earlier or before the time, hasty in doing somethingRate it:

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jump the gun!Take Premature Action:, Begin to run before the report of the starter's gun! Illegal actions:Rate it:

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keep your feet on the groundmaintain a sense of composure, refuse to get all up in the air over any reversal.Rate it:

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kick upInto the air while running or walking or driving.Rate it:

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knocked into a cocked hatAn expression of such nature and composition so as to capture rapt attention, create an air of suspense, curiosity or mystery.Rate it:

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les paroles s'envolent, les écrits restentProverbe qui invite à la prudence, en rappelant que, contrairement aux paroles, les écrits ne s’évanouissent pas dans l’air et laissent des traces qui peuvent être compromettantes.Rate it:

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lighter than airReference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:Rate it:

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ne faites pas attention à ses menaces, autant en emporte le ventPay no attention to his threats, they are as light as air.Rate it:

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nose in the airThe body language most of us have experienced when a friend passes you in public and with head tilted back and nose in the air gives you a first class snub!Rate it:

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on the airbroadcasting usually over radio waves or on live televisionRate it:

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out of thin airFrom non-existent resources.Rate it:

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peashooterA toy gun, consisting of a tube through which peas or small objects are blown.Rate it:

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peashooterAny small or ineffective gun.Rate it:

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pistol whiphit someone with a hand gun/pistolRate it:

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poachers gunA small bore shotgun hidden in a walking cane.Rate it:

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poachers gunUsed other than as an idiom. poacher's gunRate it:

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point blankThe distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for the effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.Rate it:

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