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fine and dandyExcellent, fine, good; things are well; often used sarcastically to insinuate 'faux' delightRate it:

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fine printThe details, restrictions, terms, or conditions, especially of a contract, often printed in very small type.Rate it:

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fish out of waterA person in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings.Rate it:

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flunk outOften requiring a retaking of the course or academic year.Rate it:

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fly byTo pass or go past quickly, often without much interactionRate it:

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fly byAn airplane pilot does a "fly by" when she/he flies too close to the control tower thus making it shake and unnerve the people in itRate it:

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fly too close to the sunTo become overly ambitious or greedy.Rate it:

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for EnglandVery well or for a long time.Rate it:

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force someone's handBring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.Rate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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fox in the henhouseA relationships wherein a predator is granted free reign within the prey's home confinement, often used in the political sense.Rate it:

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fresh as a daisyVery fresh; well-rested.Rate it:

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frohes Schaffena greeting sometimes used towards someone who is working, most often when leaving themRate it:

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from a mile awayWell in advance.Rate it:

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fuck aboutTo waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.Rate it:

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full as a googHaving eaten too much, or being drunk.Rate it:

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fun and gamesrecreation; nothing serious; easy, enjoyable activities (often used ironically).Rate it:

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funny stuffIrregular, often illegal, activities.Rate it:

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gentilall very wellRate it:

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gentilwell behaved, goodRate it:

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get alongTo survive; to do well enough.Rate it:

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get alongTo be together or coexist well, without arguments or trouble.Rate it:

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get carried awayTo become excessively involved, to take something too far.Rate it:

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get one's voice heardIt often requires much energy and persistence to get people to listen to your strongly held views.Rate it:

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get wellTo recover from an illness or injury.Rate it:

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get wellTo recover from financial straits.Rate it:

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get well soonExpressing hope that the listener will soon recover from illness.Rate it:

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give a shitTo care, often used in the negative.Rate it:

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give awayTo formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.Rate it:

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give away the storeTo transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party.Rate it:

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give the royal treatmentTo treat (someone) extremely wellRate it:

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go great gunsTo perform particularly well; to be particularly successful.Rate it:

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go hand in handOf two things, to be closely related or to go together well; see hand in hand.Rate it:

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go on gitleave! short for Go on, get out of here!; the speaker is telling the listener to leave, emphatically; also often said to animals to chase them awayRate it:

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go out withOften in hopes that the relationship will become more longterm as in definition 1.Rate it:

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go overboardGo too far, be excessive.Rate it:

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go snakeTo approach, attack or accost a person, situation or environment in an extremely violent and unrestrained manner, often with no thought about consequences.Rate it:

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go to the well too oftenoverdraw from a resource to exhaustive effectRate it:

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go togetherOf two or more things, to correspond or fit wellRate it:

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go too farTo exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour.Rate it:

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go withTo correspond or fit well with.Rate it:

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god works in mysterious waysExpressing confidence that a conundrum has a solution despite it not being apparent.Expressing that a seemingly unfortunate or unfavourable situation or change may be beneficial later or in the long run.Person A: It seems that I'm about to be fired from my job.Person B: Well, God works in mysterious ways - maybe it'll be the kick you need to apply to university...Rate it:

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going dutchwhen a man and woman each pay for their portion of the bill; often used when on a date, but not necessarily.Rate it:

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gold platea thin layer of gold applied to the surface of an object, often by an electrolytic methodRate it:

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gong showAn event that was a disaster, often in a way that is fun or memorable. (e.g. "Last night, we all went drinking, and the whole thing turned into a total gong show.") Or, an initially serious event that went completely out of control (e.g. "That biology class was a gong show")Rate it:

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good as goldwell behavedRate it:

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good for youwell doneRate it:

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good jobWell done; congratulations!.Rate it:

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good on youAn exclamation of encouragement or congratulation; well done.Rate it:

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good stewardSomeone is who is responsible and manages resources well.Rate it:

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