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throw to the wolvesTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as onto the streets, especially towards predators.Rate it:

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throw to the wolvesTo sacrifice someone, especially in an attempt to save oneself.Rate it:

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thumbs upShowing approval or commending someone for a job well doneRate it:

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tickle someone's fancyTo amuse, entertain, or appeal to someone; to stimulate someone's imagination in a favorable manner.Rate it:

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tickle someone's funny boneTo amuse; to strike somebody as funny.Rate it:

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tickle someone's pickleTo stimulate someone's penis sexually.Rate it:

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tickle someone's pickleTo amuse or astonish someone.Rate it:

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Tickle Your Funny BoneAmusing someone or making someone laughRate it:

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tide overTo support or sustain someone, especially financially, for a limited period.Rate it:

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tie someone's handsTo render one powerless to act, to thwart someone.Rate it:

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Tied to Someone's Apron StringsDepending on someone for something; can’t be able to do something due to dependenceRate it:

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ties that bindcommon things that cause people to be close to one another and/or give them a sense of belongingRate it:

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tightfistedBeyond thrifty or just frugal, someone unwilling to spend any money.Rate it:

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time banditSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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time burglarSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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time thiefSomething or someone that consumes an inordinate amount of time, especially without achieving anything productive.Rate it:

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tip offTo alert or inform someone.Rate it:

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tip one's handIn card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand.Rate it:

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tip one's handTo inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.Rate it:

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tire outTo make someone tired; to exhaust.Rate it:

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to be on someone's assTo annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone.Rate it:

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to err is human, to forgive, devineEveryone makes mistakes. The real tragedy is not when someone errs, but when they are not forgiven.Rate it:

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to give a person lineTo allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.Rate it:

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to handaccessibleRate it:

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to move mountainsTo do the impossible (usually on behalf of someone else).Rate it:

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to shine someone on. (“i’m just shining you on”)To falsely lead someone on, with a false but true-sounding idea or opinion.Rate it:

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toca aquigive me fiveRate it:

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tooth and nailTaking everything bodily you possibly could offer/ use to get the job or task done, usually referring to an tough battle ahead. Battle usually a physical fight, or harsh obstacles were to be meet with this plight, but you or many were going to give it your all.Rate it:

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top handUsed other than as an idiom: see top, hand.Rate it:

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top handThe batsman's hand that is further up the handle; used for control rather than power.Rate it:

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top of the morningA generic greeting said to someone in the morning.Rate it:

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total packageeverything someone would ever want; often used in reference to all the qualities someone would want in another personRate it:

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touch the hem of someone's garmentTo give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone; to draw strength or comfort from someone who is superior.Rate it:

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touch upTo touch or to grope someone in flirtatious or sleazy way.Rate it:

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touchez-làHere’s my hand on it.Rate it:

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tough as a tissueThe phrase refers to a person or physical form being as tough as a tissue. Tissues not being at all resistant to items such as wind or someone lifting it then it isn’t so tough is it? Mostly used as an insult.Rate it:

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tough loveThe compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior.Rate it:

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town and gownOn one hand, the members of the city, borough, or similar community near a university and, on the other hand, the students and faculty of the university itself, especially when understood as rivals in a state of tension or conflict.Rate it:

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trade into give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.Rate it:

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traffSomeone with a great sense of humor.Rate it:

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treat like dirtto treat someone badly, especially with disrespect or contemptRate it:

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try it onTo test someone to see how much bad behaviour they will tolerate; to try to deceive someone to see how gullible they are.Rate it:

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try one's handTo attempt a skill, craft, or trade.Rate it:

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try to get on first!An encouraging expression to others to attempt a seemingly impossible task. The leader asks the crew to give it their best and try the "baseball theme".Rate it:

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try to get someone 'off'Plead for leniency, assume an advocacy position, request to be excused, ask to have the misdemeanor overlooked.Rate it:

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tum pes cum pede collatus est (Liv. 28. 2)a hand-to-hand engagement ensued.Rate it:

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turkey slapThe act of hitting someone in the face with one's penis.Rate it:

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turn awayTo rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something.Rate it:

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turn awayTo refuse to admit someone.Rate it:

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turn backTo refuse to allow someone to pass a border or enter a place.Rate it:

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