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old boy networkA presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism and usually at the exclusion of certain other people; often specifically at the exclusion of womenRate it:

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poor boyUsed other than as an idiom: see poor, boy.Rate it:

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poor boyA submarine sandwich.Rate it:

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poster boySee poster child.Rate it:

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puer decem annoruma boy ten years old.Rate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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sell wolf ticketsTo make empty threats or promises; to bluff.Rate it:

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son of AdamAny man or boy; any male human.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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toy boyA young male lover of an older woman or man.Rate it:

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well done my boyCompletion of something special, a challenging task.Rate it:

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wet boyA contractor assassin or hit man.Rate it:

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wolf downQuickly and without regard for table manners.Rate it:

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wolf in sheep's clothingSomething harmful or problematic disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.Rate it:

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Wolf in Sheep's ClothingA person who is dangerous but pretends to be harmless, an enemy who is disguising as a friendRate it:

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wolf in sheep's clothingGrammar school stories told of the Wily wolf wearing a sheepskin costume as he stealthily circles the grazing sheep seeking to snatch a helpless little lamb in his sharp-toothed and drooling vicious jaws!Rate it:

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yeah, boy howdy!Being in agreement with someone… an affirmationRate it:

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young manA term of endearment or address for a boy.Rate it:

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近朱者赤，近墨者黑Different environments provide different influences; who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howlRate it:

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