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nod offTo fall asleep, especially while in a seated position or in inappropriate circumstances.Rate it:

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none of your beeswaxA riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.Rate it:

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nook and crannyA place or part of a place, especially small or remote.Rate it:

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nose in the airThe body language most of us have experienced when a friend passes you in public and with head tilted back and nose in the air gives you a first class snub!Rate it:

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not courageous than mouseSomeone being very fearful and scared of things.Rate it:

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not here to fuck spidersUsed to indicate one has serious business to pursue and should not be wasting time.Rate it:

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not in kansas anymoreNo longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings; in the big city.Rate it:

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not outnot dismissed and having not retired.Rate it:

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not out of the woods yetPatient has shown improvement but still could get worse and dieRate it:

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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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nothing is sacredUsed to lament the lack of respect for traditions, ideas, values, etc. and conveys that not much is still considered inviolable or untouchableRate it:

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noughts and crossespen and paper gameRate it:

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nous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondusWe went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.Rate it:

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now and againSometimes; occasionally; intermittently.Rate it:

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now and thenSometimes; occasionally; also said with the word every in front: every now and thenRate it:

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now hear thisAn instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.Rate it:

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null and voidHaving no legal validity, not enforceable legallyRate it:

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nullum tempus a labore intermitterenot to leave off work for an instant.Rate it:

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nummus iactatur (Off. 3. 20. 80)the bank-rate varies.Rate it:

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nuts and boltsThe basic, inner workings of something; the fundamentals or basics; that which makes something operate, on a basic level.Rate it:

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oculos figere in terra and in terramto keep one's eyes on the ground.Rate it:

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odd and curiousA way to designate special coins, namely coins that are both odd and imperfect or seriously damaged.Rate it:

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odd and curiousOn the Isle of Man, the common or general man.Rate it:

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odds and endsMiscellaneous things.Rate it:

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odds and sodsMiscellaneous items.Rate it:

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odds and sodsOrdinary people who lack distinction.Rate it:

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of all the gin jointsan expression of astonishment (and possibly of good or bad luck) at a coincidence, especially of seeing someone somewhere unexpectedly; A shortened version of, "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine."Rate it:

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off and onoccasionallyRate it:

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off and runningLaunched or launching vigorously into a course of action.Rate it:

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off balanceNot physical balanced; not having physical equilibrium.Rate it:

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off balanceSurprised; perplexed.Rate it:

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off boardNot on or in a means of transportation.Rate it:

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off boardNot participating.Rate it:

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off chanceA condition of not being likely or probable.Rate it:

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off licencedrinks shopRate it:

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off like a bride's nightieMoving quickly and resolutely.Rate it:

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off like a bride's nightieMaking a rapid departure; away. [From 1960.](Australia, horse racing) Moving quickly and resolutely.Rate it:

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off like a prom dressMaking a start, or departing, very rapidly.Rate it:

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off messagedeviating from party lineRate it:

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off one's boxCrazy; unhinged; irrational.Rate it:

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off one's boxStoned or intoxicated.Rate it:

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off one's dotOff one's rocker; bananas; mad.Rate it:

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off one's feedNot eating normally.Rate it:

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off one's feedRather unwell, especially with a reduced or altered appetite; somewhat disoriented or disconcerted.Rate it:

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off one's gameC. 1910, Ralph Henry Barbour, "The Dub" in The New Boy at Hilltop and Other Stories.Rate it:

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off one's gamePerforming in any activity below one's usual level; behaving in an irregular, inept, or awkward manner; feeling unwell.Rate it:

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off one's gamePlaying or competing below one's usual level of performance.Rate it:

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off one's medsUsed other than as an idiom: see off, meds.Rate it:

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off one's medsOut of control.Rate it:

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off one's nutInsane, crazy.Rate it:

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