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flip the birdUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see flip, bird.Rate it:

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flip the birdTo make a rude or obscene gesture; particularly, to extend the middle finger.Rate it:

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free as a birdHaving no ties; completely free.Rate it:

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front loadSomething assigned to the early period of a project or a program, especially something burdensome.Rate it:

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get a jump onTo start early, especially to start before something begins or before others begin.Rate it:

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get up with the chickensto wake up earlyRate it:

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ghetto birdA police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).Rate it:

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homing pigeonbirdRate it:

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homing pigeonracing birdRate it:

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in its infancyStill in an early stage.Rate it:

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kitchen table softwareEspecially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.Rate it:

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let a thousand flowers bloomDon't interfere with promising developments in their early stages.Rate it:

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like turkeys voting for an early ChristmasAlternative form of like turkeys voting for Christmas.Rate it:

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long shotSomething unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working. The term arose from the accuracy of early ship guns, which were effective only at close range and unlikely to hit the mark at any great distance.Rate it:

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man-of-warA man of war bird, a magnificent frigatebird.Rate it:

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mettre du sel sous la queue d'un oiseauTo put salt on a bird’s tail.Rate it:

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miner's canaryA caged bird kept caged in mines because its demise provided a warning of dangerous levels of toxic gases.Rate it:

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miner's canaryAny thing, especially an organism, whose demise or distress provides an early warning of danger.Rate it:

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miners' canaryA caged bird kept caged in mines because its demise provided a warning of dangerous levels of toxic gases.Rate it:

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miners' canaryAny thing, especially an organism, whose demise or distress provides an early warning of danger.Rate it:

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mon petit doigt m'a dita little bird told me.Rate it:

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mon petit doigt me l'a ditA little bird told me so.Rate it:

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morning personA person whose who wakes up without difficulty early each morning and who is alert and active during the first part of the day.Rate it:

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nest eggA natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.Rate it:

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night personA person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.Rate it:

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nighthawkA person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.Rate it:

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nip in the budTo stop something at an early stage.Rate it:

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oh dark hundredSome unspecified hour in the early morning.Rate it:

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oh dark thirtySome unspecified hour in the early morning.Rate it:

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on the wingWhen somthing like a bird is on a wingRate it:

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oof-birdAny source or supplier of money.Rate it:

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qui coupe son nez dégarnit son visageIt is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; He who cuts off his nose spites his own face.Rate it:

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rare animalSynonym of rare birdRate it:

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reach an early graveTo resign near the start for good.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo be sentenced to death before the age of 18.Rate it:

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reach an early graveTo die young. To die before the age of 80.Rate it:

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renard qui dort la matinée n'a pas la gueule emplumée’Tis the early bird that catches the worm.Rate it:

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ride shotgunProbably arose in early-20th-century Western fiction and movies to describe an employee armed with a rifle or shotgun riding next to a stagecoach driver for protection.Rate it:

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robber baronEspecially in the 19th-century and early 20th-century, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable.Rate it:

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scissorbillThe black skimmer bird native to the Atlantic states, USA.Rate it:

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se coucher comme les poulesTo go to bed with the sun, very early.Rate it:

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see the elephantTo witness something unexpected and awe-filling. [early 19th c. to Civil War]Rate it:

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sing like a birdto have a beautiful singing voiceRate it:

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sing like a birdto divulge secrets with little coercionRate it:

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skip outTo shirk; to avoid attending or to leave early, especially without permission.Rate it:

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so now!This seems to be an early equivalent of "So there!"Rate it:

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steal a marchTo start early.Rate it:

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strange birdAn unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.Rate it:

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swaddling clothesAn early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception.Rate it:

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the early bird catches the wormthe early bird gets the wormRate it:

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