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for cryin' out loudDepression Expression of Admonishment, "Oh!, For Goodness Sakes, Why Carry-on Like That!"Rate it:

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fortunam ex manibus dimittereto let success slip through one's fingers.Rate it:

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fourth wallThe imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.Rate it:

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fuck like a minkTo be extremely amorous while copulatingRate it:

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fuck like rabbitsTo have copious amounts of sex.Rate it:

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full circleThrough a rotation or revolution that ends at the starting point.Rate it:

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full circleThrough a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.Rate it:

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game outTo run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.Rate it:

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geeze freezeLike when Biden Freezes mid sentence.Rate it:

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get on like a house on fireTo immediately start a good relationship with someoneRate it:

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get pastTo cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.Rate it:

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get pastTo get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.Rate it:

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get the hang ofTo learn to handle something with some skill, through practice or diligence, which can lead to an almost unconscious performance thereof.Rate it:

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get throughTo overcome; to endure.Rate it:

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get throughTo be made successfully.Rate it:

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get throughTo complete; to finish.Rate it:

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get through one's headTo come to terms with a fact, a state of affairs, etc. that one was previously unable or refusing to accept.Rate it:

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get through toTo succeed in communicating with (after initial difficulty).Rate it:

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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 lineRate it:

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glaze overTo become unfocused, as if through boredom.Rate it:

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go down like a lead balloonTo be received negatively by others.Rate it:

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go nativeOf a contractor or consultant, to begin working directly as an employee for a company and cease to work through a contracting firm or agency.Rate it:

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go offTo like less.Rate it:

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go out like a lightTo fall asleep quickly.Rate it:

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Go Over Like a Lead BalloonTo let down and collapse badlyRate it:

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go throughto readRate it:

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go through hellWinston Churchill.Rate it:

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go through hellTo have a miserable experience.Rate it:

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go through the millTo experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.Rate it:

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go through the motionsTo do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm; to perform a task perfunctorily.Rate it:

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go through the roofA dramatic physical or emotional reaction or tirade to any of these. A disappointment, a great omission or error, an unnecessary loss due to inattention or carelessness.Rate it:

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go through withTo proceed; to continue.Rate it:

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go to sleepAn expression used to dismiss an extremely foolish statement, or to dismiss somebody that one does not feel like talking to.Rate it:

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gobble upTo continually absorb or expand through annexation.Rate it:

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golden syruplight treacleRate it:

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gone like hotcakesWent very quickly.Rate it:

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goon squadA group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods.Rate it:

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goûtez-moi ce vin; vous m'en direz des nouvelles (fam.)You just taste this wine, you don’t get wine like that every day; What do you think of that for wine, my boy?Rate it:

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grateA horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.Rate it:

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grin like a cheshire catTo smile broadly, especially in a self-satisfied way.Rate it:

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grinning like a jackass eating greenbriers.Someone with a goofy grin, especially if inappropriate.Rate it:

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guts outTo persevere through; to complete in spite of pain, etc.Rate it:

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hang backTo wait; to falter; to avoid proceeding through reluctance.Rate it:

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hash outTo work through the details of something; especially to work through difficulties.Rate it:

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hate yaSincerely I hate a person like youRate it:

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haunted houseA Halloween amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through the attraction.Rate it:

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have a mind like a sieveTo have a poor memory; to have difficulty remembering things.Rate it:

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he looked like a dying calf in a hail storm.When someone looks ill.Rate it:

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hear ofTo become aware of through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.Rate it:

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hear on the grapevineTo hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends.Rate it:

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