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thar she blowsAlternative form of there she blows; something someone shouts when they see a whale shooting water through its spout above the waterline. Then they point to where they saw it.Rate it:

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there she blowsThe traditional hail of the lookout in a whaler when sighting the spouting water thrown up by a whale surfacing.Rate it:

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to be honest with youAn expression to be avoided at all costs for progressive, professionally oriented, skilled communicative individuals, lilly- white honest 'movers and shakers'!Rate it:

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wave the white flagTo indicate to an opposing force that one is surrendering.Rate it:

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wave the white flagTo yield, give up, or quit.Rate it:

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whale onTo strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.Rate it:

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whale onTo beat heavily on anything.Rate it:

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whale tailUsed other than as an idiom: The tail of a whale.Rate it:

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whale tailAn automotive spoilerRate it:

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whale tailAn unintentional display of a thong etc above the waistband of trousers etc.Rate it:

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whale the tar outa him!Act of Beating Someone! 'Slap 'im-UP To A Fair Thee Well!"Rate it:

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white as a sheetVery white or pale, as if suffering from shock.Rate it:

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white as driven snowextremely white; totally white (of a color).Rate it:

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white as snowVery white.Rate it:

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white coat hypertensionElevated blood pressure measured by a medical practitioner and deemed to result from the patient's emotional response to the medical environment.Rate it:

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White ElephantA useless object, an expensive but useless possessionRate it:

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white elephantAn ornament etc that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment.Rate it:

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white elephantAn albino elephant.Rate it:

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white elephantSomething you have but uselessRate it:

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white goodsfridges, washing machines, etcRate it:

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white hatA white hat hacker.Rate it:

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white holeA theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.Rate it:

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White HouseThe official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America.Rate it:

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White HouseThe US presidency and its administration.Rate it:

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white lieA deliberate, untrue statement which does no harm or is intended to produce a favorable result.Rate it:

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white lieAn lie that is said for not hurting others with a clean mindRate it:

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White Lightnin,Illegally Brewed, High-Percentage/Grain Alcohol Spirits, Whiskey, Moonshine Liquor, Surrepticously Distributed by 'BootleggersRate it:

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white magicMagic derived from good or benign forces, as distinct from evil or malevolent forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing good or giving aid.Rate it:

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white manA Caucasian man; a European.Rate it:

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white manUsed other than as an idiom: see white, man.Rate it:

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white manWhite people collectively; White culture.Rate it:

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white marriageAn unconsummated marriage.Rate it:

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white on riceA descriptive analogy of closeness. See like white on rice.Rate it:

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white outTo hide an error or other material on a surface by covering it with correcting fluid.Rate it:

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white rabbitWhite rabbit is the first thing one must say, usually 3 times, on the first day of each month.Rate it:

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white rideranother name for "Conquest/Pestilence", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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white saviorAn embedded reflex by those from unquestioned privilege to outline the solution to Black social struggles and systemic racism.Rate it:

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white sheepUsed other than as an idiom: see white, sheep.Rate it:

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white sheepa conformist; an unusual or conventional personRate it:

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white sheepa disliked person; one who is disfavoredRate it:

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white spiritsolventRate it:

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white trashA poorly educated white person with low moral and social standards and low social status.Rate it:

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white trasheryThe state or characteristic of being, resembling, or behaving in the manner of white trash.Rate it:

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white weddingA wedding in which the bride is still a virgin.Rate it:

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white whaleA goal/object which one seeks obsessivelyRate it:

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white-knuckleCausing fear, excitement, apprehension, suspense, or nervousness.Rate it:

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whitewashIt's another way blacks people talk a bout white ladies.Rate it:

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whitewashA lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.Rate it:

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with so many colors, paint black and white dreams is only for those with colorful imagination.It is a phrase inspired by the arts.Rate it:

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