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Throw the Book at SomeoneSevere punishment for breaking of certain rules or laws; highest level of penaltyRate it:

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throw to the dogsTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as into the streets.Rate it:

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throw to the dogsTo give up on something valuable.Rate it:

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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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thumbs upA gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.Rate it:

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thus and suchA placeholder or generic name for something.Rate it:

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tick awayTo count down to zero of something).Rate 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 the dragon's tailTo do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong.Rate it:

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Tickle Your Funny BoneAmusing someone or making someone laughRate it:

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Tickled PinkExtremely delighted or pleased of something; be very happy or amusedRate it:

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

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tidy upTo make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily neat. Usually used to describe the straightening-out of a small room or small space.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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tighten upTo fix something or make it correct.Rate it:

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

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till the wheels fall offliteral meaning - to drive a car until it won't run any more; figurative meaning - dedicated to the end; indicates relentless effort, commitment to something until it is no longer viable/possible/usableRate 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 outTo call for a time-out.Rate it:

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time outTo call for a suspension of activity or conversation.Rate it:

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time out of mindThe distant past beyond anyone's memory.Rate it:

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time out of mindA lengthy duration of time, longer than is readily remembered.Rate it:

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time out of mind1) The distant past beyond memory 2) A time in the past that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it.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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tinker’s damInsignificant; something of little value; a worthless amount; the smallest degreeRate it:

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tiny but mightysmall but powerful; something people say to express self-worth that even though they may be small they make up for it in being mighty; don't underestimate me/usRate it:

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tip offTo alert or inform someone.Rate it:

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tip outAn amount or percentage of a server's tips that the server shares, either voluntarily or as mandated in a tip sharing or tip pooling agreement, with other employees such as bussers, bartenders, back waiters and host/hostesses whose job duties indirectly assist the server.Rate it:

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tip upTo tilt something upward in order to discharge its contents.Rate it:

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tiptoe aroundTo act very cautiously about something; to avoid speaking about a painful or controversial issue.Rate it:

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

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tirer une épine du pied à quelqu'unTo take a thorn out of some one’s side; To get some one over a difficulty.Rate it:

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to 'put out''put out'; To engage in 'heavy petting' or 'sexual congress'. a Depression expression, may be archaic:Rate it:

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to be a lonley islandA person who singles out himself from others group consistently.Rate it:

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to be named laterSomething of very uncertain value.Rate it:

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to be named laterSomething of very low value.Rate it:

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to be of the peakTo be at the highest point in something of their own. Applies to person thing, season anything related.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 know and not to do is not to knowWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "Your actions speak so loudly that your words I cannot hear"Rate it:

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to let a frog out of one's mouthTo say the wrong thing.Rate it:

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to live out in the sticksTo live in a remote location.Rate it:

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

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