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reserved left hand seatleft seat on any airplane is reserved for the senior pilot {captain} or owner of aircraft'Rate it:

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ride shotgunTo ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, next to the driver.Rate it:

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ringside seatA seat in the front row of a boxing or wrestling match.Rate it:

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ringside seatAny vantage point providing an excellent view.Rate it:

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roll the pillTo stimulate ones clitoris; to masturbate.Rate it:

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s'emporter comme une soupe au laitTo fly into a passion without warning; To be of a very hasty temper.Rate it:

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saddleA seat on a bicycle, motorcycle etcRate it:

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saddleA seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animalRate it:

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scare the pants offTo scare or startle someone thoroughly.Rate it:

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scare the pants off ofTo scare or startle thoroughly.Rate it:

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seat-of-the-pantsDone by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique.Rate it:

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shit one's pantsTo be extremely frightened.Rate it:

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shit one's pantsTo involuntarily defecate into one's pants or other clothing.Rate it:

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shotgunThe front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver.Rate it:

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sit backTo recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat.Rate it:

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sit downTo cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.Rate it:

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smarty pantsTo be really smart for your age or to be just really smart; often used sarcastically toward someone who acts as if they are smart or to a child who 'sasses' their parent or elderRate it:

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snake eyesTwo ones, after rolling two dice.Rate it:

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straighten up and fly rightTo get serious and stop acting absurd, to get focusedRate it:

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sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abireto fly aloft; to be carried into the sky.Rate it:

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tag upOf a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.Rate it:

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take a back seatTo be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.Rate it:

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take a pewTo take a seat; to sit down.Rate it:

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take a seatTo sit down; to become seated.Rate it:

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take aloftTo successfully fly into the air.Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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Take the Bitter with the SweetAccepting bad things along with the good onesRate it:

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taking to ones heelsrunning awayRate it:

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the feathers flyAn argument or fight is instigated.Rate it:

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the pants offAn intensifier used with some transitive action verbs to indicate that the action is performed with thoroughness, vigor, or complete success.Rate it:

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to dog flyto be having a fine only progressRate it:

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too big for one's britchesToo large to fit into one's pants.Rate it:

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tuck inTo push the fabric at the bottom of a shirt under the pants.Rate it:

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turnabout is fair playIt is allowable to retaliate against an enemy's dirty tricks by using the same ones against him.Rate it:

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wait onTo fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; said of a hawk.Rate it:

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wear outOf a shirt, not tucked into the pants; worn in a casual manner.Rate it:

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wet one's pantsto wet oneself, to urinate in one's clothes when they're being worn.Rate it:

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what goes around comes aroundWhat encompasses ones ideal thought makes a return to an original meaning once more.Rate it:

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what's wrong with youMocking sense, making light of ones ailmentRate it:

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when pigs flyNever.Rate it:

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when pigs flyA way of informing that it will never happen -- never in a million years.Rate it:

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would you mind putting on your seat beltPolitely asks someone in a vehicle to put on their seat belt.Rate it:

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wouldn't hurt a flyTo be of very gentle nature.Rate it:

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衫短褲闊人矮鼻直A phrase used to memorise the eight tones in Min Nan. the clothes short, the pants broad, the person short, the nose straight.Rate it:

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